Many phrases like “ no pains, no gains” give the impression that we ought to be suffering while we study. It’s almost as though the only way to know if we’re putting in enough work is the sense of hardship we bear.
When we haven’t taken the time to come up with another idea, all we know how to do is shut ourselves in a room with a book. It’s no surprise that we find revision boring and difficult. Just as children learn from playing, we can learn from doing, or at least from study techniques that interest us, rather than make us switch off.
Shutting yourself away can make you learn to hate studying. This leads to a situation where instead of being able to concentrate on your work, you are troubled by how unfair it is that you must study.
When you hate your work it’s very difficult to make yourself star, or approach it with any kind of structure or enthusiasm. This can be part of a vicious cycle(恶性循环) that traps you into ineffective revision, your poor progress fuelling further annoyance.
Just being around other people really helps fight against feelings of loneliness and, thankfully, it’s perfectly possible to work in the company of other people. We just need to learn how to deal with distractions(使人分心的事物).
It’s not necessary to avoid all company, just idle(懒散的) company. Studying in the same room as someone who is ironing or working out is perfectly possible. People who are bored and looking to be distracted, however, are terrible to work around. They constantly try to keep others in conversation.
It’s also a good idea to avoid the company of people involved in activities that you would rather be doing than studying. What would it be like working while sitting next to someone playing video games?
If being around others means working in a noisy environment, a pair of headphones and some background music can block out even noisy children. They also act as a psychological barrier, so that people think twice before interrupting you.
When you’re studying for a big exam, it seems like your whole life is taken up with study. Friends and family can lessen feelings of isolation(孤立). And connecting with other people makes us happy, so it’s important not to give that up and to make sure that we take the time to socialize.
1.The author might believe that the phrase “no pains, no gains” _______.
A. best describes how to study well
B. makes people treat study as a habit
C. encourages people to learn step by step
D. is not a good inspirational phrase for study
2.Which saying about study might the author prefer?
A. There is no smooth road to learning.
B. It’s better to work behind the closed door.
C. A positive motivation leads to good study results.
D. He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.
3.Which might lead to an effective study based on this text?
A. A correct goal. B. A good teacher.
C. A favorable interest. D. A hard task.
4.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 7 implies that _______.
A. playing video games is helpful for an effective study
B. one shouldn’t let a video player be his / her company
C. one should study from something that interests him/her
D. the more time one spends in playing games, the higher marks he / she will get
5.If you are studying in a noisy environment, you’d better _______.
A. show your not wanting to be interrupted
B. give up others’ company at once
C. think twice before taking any action
D. force yourself to be used to the environment
Art Calendar Walking Tours of the Museum’s collections (fee with admission contribution) are offered daily and on weekends by Museum-trained volunteers. No tours on November 29-December 1 and December 17-31 Weekdays Tuesday through Friday subject to Gallery hours
Weekends Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday tours are chosen from the following topics. Consult Walking Tour Board at Kiosk in the Great Hall for time. American Paintings Impressionists and Their Times American Rooms Islamic Art Chinese Art Japanese Art Egyptian Galleries Old Paintings European Rooms Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas Highlights of the Museum 20th Century Paintings |
1.Walking tours of the Museum’s collections are offered on __________.
A. November 29. B. December 20
C. December 31 D. December 10
2.What time is the latest Chinese Art Class?
A. 1:45 B. 2:45
C. 10:30 D. 10:45
3. When is the last Old Master Paintings?
A. Friday 7:00 B. Tuesday 9:00
C. Friday 1:00 D. Thursday 1:00
4.Which one starts the earliest?
A. Highlights of the Museum
B. Egyptian Galleries
C. Chinese Art
D. Ancient Mexico and Peru.
The Hunan Satellite TV(HNTV) show “Where are we going, Dad?” is a big hit. Many famous stars brought their children to a strange village alone, and they had to spend 72 hours with their children there. The program fully showed us a modern version of the “how to be a good father”. As the young parents today are too busy to take care of their children, this new form of “Lost on the way” played by nanny Daddy and cute kids triggered（触发）a lot of people’s emotional resonance（共鸣）. Both the kids and their parents will find that their hearts are being drawn closer. But this kind of feeling has just proved that there is a big spiritual barrier between the modern parents and children.
The TV shows like “Children are hard to support!”, “Where are we going, Dad?”, “hot mom” and “cute kids” are becoming more and more popular. All of these show the new parents’ confusion in children’s education and the appeal for the balance between career and family.
In real life, on the one hand the young parents feel helpless because they are too busy to accompany their children under the pressures of work and life; on the other hand they continue to do so. The data collected by HNTV shows that nearly two-thirds of their audience are female, among whom 36% are aged from 25 to 34.We can imagine such a scene that one evening a young mother is watching the show with her young children, while her husband is still at work or trapped in socializing, or maybe is just playing computer games in the bedroom. The story of a child without the company of father is still going on. In fact, it is sometimes the same to mothers. In a modern family, it is often the old who take the responsibility of raising a child. The participation of mother in the children’s education is also very low.
It is just this kind of confusion where the parents have gone in the modern family education, and where the parents will guide their children to go that “Where are we going, Dad?” shows us. If a child wants to grow up healthily and safely into a modern citizen with independent personality and free spirit, it is very important for him or her to follow the parents who serve as their first teacher. Maybe this is the real reason why such kind of TV programs could get hot. The truth is that children will go where their parents go; and society will go where the children go.
1.In raising a child in modern society, parents should ________.
A. play computer games with their children
B. keep their children at home to avoid socializing
C. balance well between family and career
D. break down the barrier between children and teachers
2.Which of the following can be inferred in the passage?
A. Parents shouldn’t entirely leave the education of children to the old.
B. 36% of the audience of the program are female aged from 25-34.
C. The program shows us the confusion where the parents and children will go to play.
D. In a modern family it is often mothers who are responsible for raising a child.
3.Which one is the best title of the passage?
A. Confusion Behind “Where are we going, dad?”
B. Modern Education is Important
C. Nanny Daddy and Cute Kids
D. New problems in Modern Children’s Education
4.What attitude towards modern family education does the author express in the second paragraph?
A. Proud. B. Worried.
C. Optimistic. D. Indifferent.
5.What does the underlined word “participation” probably mean?
A. taking responsibility
B. taking apart
C. taking part
D. keeping company
完形填空（共20小题, 每小题1分, 满分20分）
Bethany Hamilton, born on February 8, 1990, learned to surf at 7 and began her career as a surfer when she entered her first competition at age 11. ____ age 13, she was an excellent surfer and well-respected in the ____ world. Her lifelong ____ of becoming a professional surfer was ____ on October 31, 2003, as she was ____ by a 14-foot tiger shark while surfing off Kauai’s North Shore. She lost her left arm ____ that did not destroy her ____. And it just made her stronger.
“I know I have ____ important to say. Something that people need to hear—but sometimes they get ____ caught up in the story part, that they miss the meaning,” says Bethany Hamilton.
Bethany has chosen to use her ____ to become an inspiration and help others to overcome adversity（厄运）, no matter how ____. She says, “People I don’t even know ____ me. I guess they ____ me as a symbol of courage and inspiration. One thing hasn’t changed—and that’s how I feel when I’m ____ a wave. It’s like, here I am. I’m ____ here. It’s still me and my board—in God's ocean!”
Bethany was presented with a special courage ____at the 2004 Teen Choice Awards and Best Comeback Awards in 2004 ESPY（卓越体育表现奖）. Bethany ____ to compete in the most challenging waves in the world and amaze everyone by achieving the ____. She dominated（支配） the 2005 National Scholastic Surfing Association Nationals Championships, taking first ____ in the Explorer Women’s division.
Her story continues to be told, with Bethany continuingly ____ to be the best at whatever God calls her to do.
1.A. For B. Till C. By D. To
2.A. sports B. sailing C. swimming D. surfing
3.A. dream B. task C. hope D. interest
4.A. damaged B. ruined C. interrupted D. destroyed
5.A. killed B. attacked C. shocked D. bitten
6.A. for B. and C. but D. so
7.A. life B. courage C. ambition D. profession
8.A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything
9.A. very B. too C. so D. quite
10.A. experience B. accident C. suffering D. misfortune
11.A. large B. much C. great D. serious
12.A. come up with B. live up to C. put up with D. come up to
13.A. look B. think C. refer D. see
14.A. surfing B. riding C. speeding D. sliding
15.A. even B. still C. also D. already
16.A. present B. reward C. prize D. award
17.A. continues B. begins C. hopes D. tries
18.A. unusual B. unfortunate C. unimaginable D. unique
19.A. lead B. place C. step D. action
20.A. struggling B. determining C. supposing D. winning
---I’ll do the washing-up. Jack, would you please do the floors?
--- _______.
A. Yes, please B. No, I don’t
C. Yes, sure D. No, not at all
--- I rang you at about nine, but there was no reply.
--- Oh, that was probably _______I was seeing the doctor.
A. why B. when
C. what D. that
