Ever since he was a little child, Steve Jobs has been interested in electronics and filled with the _______ to become one of the best engineers in this field.
A. advantageB. ambition
C. aggressionD. adventure
The prisoner had made up his mind to be a good man during the term of imprisonment and was finally released early because of good _______.
A. characterB. reputation
C. conduct D. dignity
假定你是李明，你的澳大利亚朋友Steven给你来信向你咨询如何才能学好中文。请你根据下列要点给他回信提出建议。
要点：
参加中文学习班；看中文书刊电视；学唱中文歌曲；交中国朋友。
注意：
文章开头已给出，不计入总词数；可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
词数：120左右。
Dear Steven,
I’m glad to receive your letter asking for my advice on how to learn Chinese well.
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Best wishes.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
阅读下列各小题，根据该句的中文意思，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。
1.____________________ my Chinese teacher, I have made great progress in reading and writing. (help n.)
在语文老师的帮助下，我在读写方面取得了很大的进步。
2.His colleagues _________________ him although he himself didn’t think he had done anything special. (think)
尽管他本人认为他没做什么了不起的事，但是他的同事们却对他高度评价。
3.More subways _________________ at present and it is expected that after completion the traffic of the city will be greatly improved. (build)
目前更多的地铁正在被建造，预计建成后城市交通将得到极大改善。
4.When you spoke in front of 300 people at yesterday’s conference, you _____________ nervous. (feel)
当你在昨天的大会上面对300人发言时，你一定感到紧张。
5.The new movie Life of Pi by Ang Lee is so fantastic that it ____________ more than once. (worth)
李安的新片《少年派的奇幻漂流》如此精彩以至于值得多次观看。
6.One of the students, ________________, stood up and asked the famous scientist a few questions about how to study science. (fluent)
一个英语流利的学生站起来就如何学习科学问了著名科学家几个问题。
7.The school _______________ French was not big but very beautiful. (learn)
我们学习法语的学校不大但是很美。
8.___________________ misunderstanding results from lack of communication. (doubt)
毫无疑问误解是因为缺乏沟通而产生的。
9.When sitting in the theater, you can’t smoke and neither _______________ loudly. (talk)
坐在电影院里时，你不能吸烟，你也不能大声交谈。
10._______________ his research work, Mr. Smith pays little attention to the surroundings. (devote)
专心于他的研究工作，史密斯先生很少注意身边的事。
The nose is used in many popular expressions. Some people are able to lead other people by the nose. For example, if a wife leads her husband by the nose, she makes him do whatever she wants him to do. Some people are said to be hard-nosed. They will not change their opinions or positions on anything.
It is always helpful when people keep their nose out of other people’s business. They do not interfere (干涉). The opposite of this is someone who noses around all the time. Such people are interested in oth
er people’s private matters. They’re considered nosy. Someone who keeps his nose to the grindstone (磨石) works very hard. This can help a worker keep his nose clean or stay out of trouble.
One unusual expression is that is no skin off my nose. This means that a situation doesn’t affect or concern me. We also say that sometimes a person cuts off his nose to spite his face. That is, he makes a situation bad for himself by doing something foolish because he is angry.
More problems can develop if a person looks down his nose at someone or something. The person acts as if something is unimportant or worthless. This person might also turn up his nose at something that he considers not good enough. This person thinks he is better than everyone else. He has his nose in the air.
In school, some students thumb their nose at their teacher. They refuse to obey orders or do any work. Maybe the students do not know the correct answers. My mother always told me when I was a student, “If you study hard, the answers should be right under your nose or easily seen.”
1.If we say a wife leads her husband by the nose, we probably mean she _____.
A. loves her husband very much
B. controls her husband’s actions
C. gets on well with her husband
D. does whatever her husband wants her to do
2.Which of the following expressions could be used to tell someone to stay away from your private affairs?
A. Don’t keep your nose to the grindstone.
B. Keep your nose out of my business.
C. Please keep your nose clean.
D. You are really hard-nosed.
3.We can use the expression “has his/her nose in the air” to describe someone _____.
A. who is too proud of himself/herself
B. who is very angry about something
C. who often makes a situation bad
D. who doesn’t care about anything
4.If a student thumbs his/her nose at his/her teacher, the teacher would most probably feel _____.
A. happy B. excited C. angry D. relaxed
“I can’t concentrate.” “My mind wanders when I try to study.” Lack of concentration is one of the most common complaints heard at school.
We all have the ability to concentrate. Think of the times when you were attracted to a super novel or the times when you were playing your guitar or piano. But at other times your mind races from one thing to another. Here are some tips.
Rest from time to time. Remember to take short breaks. Lectures are usually 50 minutes long, and that’s about the length of time most people can direct their attention to one task. But that’s just an average. Your concentration time might be shorter (20-35 minutes) or longer (perhaps 90 minutes).When you take a break, you get more oxygen to your brain! When we sit for long periods, blood tends to be pooled in our lower body and legs. Get up and walk around the room for a couple of minutes. As a result, more oxygen is carried to the brain and you can concentrate better.
_______________If you study one subject for a long time, you may find it hard to concentrate. Many students improve their concentration by changing one subject to another every one to two hours. In this way you can pay more attention to something that’s different.
Reward yourself. Give yourself a reward when you’ve completed a task. The task might be small, such as staying with a difficult paper until you’ve finished. But giving yourself a reward can help you be more interested in doing other tasks.
Increase your activity level. Your concentration wanders more easily if you just read an article straight through. Instead, take the heading for each part and turn it into a question. For this part, that would be, “How can I increase my activity level while studying?” Then study that part to answer that question. Do this routinely. The questions give us a focus for each part and increase our involvement(参与).
1.According to Paragraph 3, what’s the purpose of walking around?
A. To help us stay fit.
B. To benefit our lower body.
C. To provide the brain with more oxygen.
D. To increase our concentration time to 90 minutes.
2.What’s the best title for Paragraph 4?
A. Study for one hour each time.
B
. Do something difficult.
C. Study in different ways.
D. Change subjects.
3.In the last paragraph, the writer suggests that______.
A. we just read the heading of some articles
B. we do our best to read an article straight through
C. we ask ourselves questions about what we are reading
D. we ask other people questions about the article we are reading
4.The writer wrote the passage to______.
A. encourage us to try to concentrate
B. teach us how to concentrate while studying
C. give us the reasons for a lack of concentration
D. list the benefits we can get from concentration
