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Taking good notes is a time-saving skill that will help you to become a better student in several ways. 1. Second, your notes are excellent materials to refer to when you are studying for a test. Third, note-taking offers variety to your study time and helps you to hold your interest.
You will want to take notes during classroom discussions and while reading a textbook or doing research for a report. 2. Whenever or however you take notes, keep in mind that note-taking is a selective process. 3.
The following methods may work best for you.
●Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it.
●Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points and supporting facts.
● Write your notes in your own words.
●4.
● Note any questions or ideas you may have about what was said or written.
As you take notes, you may want to use your own shorthand(速记). When you do, be sure that you understand your symbols and that you use them all the time. ___5. ___
A. Use words, not complete sentences.
B. There are three practical note-taking methods.
C. You must write your notes on separate paper.
D. First, the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and remember it.
E. That means you must first decide what is important enough to include in your notes.
F. You will also want to develop your own method for taking notes.
G. Otherwise, you may not be able to read your notes later.
A study has found, spending hours playing violent video games prevents teenagers from their moral growth. It is thought that regular touch to violence and lack of contact with the outside world makes it harder for them to tell right from wrong．They also struggle to trust other people，and see the world from their viewpoints．
Researchers from Brock University in Ontario found that those who spend more than three hours each day in front of the screen are particularly unlikely to have developed the ability to empathize(同情)．
The Canadian researchers surveyed 109 boys and girls，aged 13 and 14，about whether they played video games，which games they liked，and how long they spent playing them．Their findings found that 88 percent of teens said they played games，and more than half admitted to playing games every day．Violent games were among the most popular．
The teenagers also filled in a questionnaire designed to measure their moral development．For example，they were asked how important it is to save the life of a friend．
Previous studies have suggested that a person’s moral judgment goes through four phases as they grow from children and enter adulthood．By the age of 13 or 14，scientists claim young people should be entering the third stage，and be able to empathize with others and take their viewpoints into account．The research found that this stage appeared to be delayed in teenagers who regularly played violent video games．
It is also thought that teenagers who play games regularly did not spend enough time in the real world to learn to take others’ thoughts into consideration．Researcher Mirjana Bajovic said：“The present results indicate that some teenagers, who spent three or more hours a day playing violent video games，are deprived of such opportunities．” he added：“Touch to violence in video games may influence the development of moral reasoning because violence is not only presented as acceptable but is also justified and rewarded．”
They concluded that rather than trying to enforce an ‘unrealistic’ ban on the games，parents and teachers should encourage teenagers to do charity work and take up after-school activities．
1.Why did the Canadian researchers carry out the studies?
A．To develop teenagers’ ability to communicate.
B．To enrich teenagers’ awareness of social life．
C．To discuss how to save the life of a friend．
D．To measure teenagers’ moral development．
2.What does Mirjana Bajovic want to tell us according to his words?
A．Playing games regularly will improve teens’ intelligence.
B．Vio1ent games cost teens social experiences in real life．
C．Playing games makes teens help others.
D．Playing games inspires teens to develop fast.
3.What would be the result of playing violent video games?
A．Getting teens hard to take others into consideration.
B．Causing teens easier to tell right from wrong．
C．Helping teens make more good friends．
D．Making teens easy to get along with．
4. What can be inferred from the text?
A．Playing video games should be forbidden among teens.
B．Parents and teachers should let teens go online．
C．Teens should be encouraged to do more meaningful things.
D．Game designers should be kindly treated and rewarded.
As the saying goes, man struggles upwards; water flows downwards. Water runs downhill from mountaintops to streams to rivers to oceans. But downhill isn’t the only way that water moves .A new study measures how water travels from country to country for human consumption. This flow isn’t the type we usually think about .These scientists looked at the water used to grow and make the products which get shipped from nation to nation as imports or exports. They call this a flow of “virtual water（虚拟水）”.
We typically think about water as the liquid that flows from a tap. However,92％of the water used by people goes into growing crops，according to water researcher Arjen Hoekstra. He recently studied the hidden travels of virtual water used in products made from things like crops and meats .These products are shipped around the world.
For example, consider a sugary soft drink. Hoekstra estimated that to produce one half-liter of the drink requires between 170 and 310liters of the water—about 95％—is used to grow and process the ingredients(原料).Another 4％goes into the packaging and labeling. In Hoekstra’s calculation, when one country produces a half-liter of soda and sells it abroad，it exports as much virtual water as would fill a large refrigerator．
According to Hoekstra’s new report，dry countries like Israel and Kuwait，both in the Middle East,get the majority of their virtual water from other countries，through imported products. More surprisingly, some wetter countries，like the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, also get the majority of their virtual water from other places. That means that most of the water used to grow or produce the products and food consumed in those countries came from other countries.
In the United States most of the virtual water used comes from American sources .In China even less of the water associated with its products.
1.The example of a sugary soft drink in Paragraph 3 is given to show_________.
A. how drinks are shipped
B. how virtual water is exported
C. how virtual water is used
D. how drinks are made
2.In which countries does most part of virtual water come from outside?________
A. Kuwait and the Netherlands
B.China and the United Kingdom
C. America and the Netherlands
D. Israel and America
3.What is the best title for the passage?
A. Crops and Virtual Water
B. Water’s worldwide travels
C. Benefits of Virtual Water
D. Import and Export of Water
4.The passage is most probably a________.
A.science news report B. science fiction story
C. newspaper advertisement D. book review
“My Best Teacher Ever” Contest
Students
Tell us why, in 300 words or less, your teacher (present or past) is the best teacher ever.
Assay Topic
Who was/is your best teacher ever? What makes him or her the best?
Participation
The contest is open to all students enrolled in grades 2 through 12.
Entries
Word limit: 300
Essays will be judged on the following criteria by Readers editorial staff:
·originally, creativity—40 percent
·clarity of presentation— 40 percent
·grammar, punctuation, spelling —20 percent
All entries should be word-processed, typed, or hand-printed on 8.5-inch by 11-inch paper or submitted as an attached word or text document via email.
Each entry must include the entrant’s name, age, complete home mailing address, phone number, school name, and grade, as well as the submitting teacher’s name, school name, complete school mailing address and email address.
Contest Deadline
Entries must be postmarked on or before April 26, 2013, or mailed by EST on that date.
Submission
Email your entry with attached essay and entry information (entrant’s name, age, complete home mailing address, phone number, school name, and grade, submitting teacher’s name, email address, school name, and complete school mailing address) to web-contest @ readers.com or mail your entry with attached entry form to this address:
Readers Publishing My Best Teacher Ever Contest
Attn: Anne Flounders 44 South Broadway, 18th Floor White Plains, NY10601
Prizes
One winner will be chosen in each of two categories: elementary (grades 2-6) and secondary (grades 7-12). Winning students will win a $ 50 gift card and may have their essays published on readers.com. Teachers of winning students will win one free classroom subscription to the Readers magazine of their choice. Winning essays will be posted up on signing of a release by students and their agent or guardian. Winning essays will be announced on May 7, 2013, Teacher Appreciation Day, on readers.com, and winners will be notified directly.
1.Essays will be judged on the following criteria EXCEPT _________.
A. punctuation B. handwriting
C. presentation D. creativity
2.If you become a winner, you _________.
A. will be awarded $ 150 in cash
B. will be informed of your success online
C. may have your essay published online
D. can have the Readers magazine for free
3.According to the text, your essay _________.
A. should have a total of 300 words at least
B. can’t have any mistakes in grammar
C. will be judged by some best teachers
D. must be mailed on or before April 26, 2013
You may never think a documentary film could have aroused so much public enthusiasm in Chinese history. Nowadays everybody is talking about a new 7-part documentary called A Bite of China which was recently broadcast late at night on CCTV I. The documentary describes various gourmet items across the vast Chinese culinary (烹饪) landscape.
According to Taobao, China’s biggest online retail website, just five days after the series began to air, nearly 6 million people went to the site in search of various local specialties, particularly those mentioned in the documentary. More than 7.2 million deals were concluded. A ham producer from Yunnan Province saw his sales grow 17-fold in five days.
However, one can’t help but believe that the documentary’s popularity is probably linked to the endless stream of terrible food security issues that have emerged in recent years. In one well-received article, a netizen wrote, “I wonder how many felt so empty-hearted and sighed after watching the film. Blue-vitriol watered chive, formaldehyde(甲醛) sprayed cabbage, Sudan Red colored salty eggs, restaurants using gutter oil. The list is long…”
A varied and ancient food culture that is famous world-wide and which should have made the Chinese proud ends like this: one can only sigh. Food is the most vital thing in people’s lives. Yet China’s food industry is a typical description of “bad money driving out the good”.The market is huge while the cost of faking and cheating is so low for immoral businessmen; and the punishment is too light. Take the milk industry as an example. Although Sanlu, the company that sold the melamine-adulterated milk powder, was punished, thousands of other dairies didn’t work hard to improve the quality. In order to allow national brands to survive, Chinese authorities are happy to loosen their regulations.
As the documentary shows, people are attracted not to gourmet items like matsutake, a species of rare mushroom grown naturally in remote forests, but to common Chinese dishes like barley, lotus root or tofu. They are what meet our basic needs. This explains why people are so excited about A Bite of China---it is a reminder that there is still a world out there where food is excellent and people have dignity.
1.The underlined word “gourmet items” probably means_______.
A. delicious food B. latest technology
C. beautiful clothes D. great inventions
2.The second paragraph mainly talks about______.
A. the content of the documentary
B. the producer of the documentary
C. The popularity of the documentary
D. the history of Chinese gourmet
3. We can infer from what a netizen wrote in one well –received article that _____.
A. the price of food is too high for many common people
B. the documentary was made by a world-famous Chinese director
C. there is a huge contrast between the ancient food culture and the reality
D. none of the television viewers have a knowledge of the Chinese food culture
4.According to the passage, China’s food industry is full of faking and cheating because_____.
A. there are still so many poor people at the present time
B. the punishment for unscrupulous businessmen isn’t serious enough
C. the Chinese government encourages it to do so
D. the food technology is not so advanced as in developed countries
请根据以下提示，并结合具体事例，用英语写一篇短文。
People nowadays are facing more and more pressures in life and therefore they are more likely to do something they like in their spare time. They hold the belief that a hobby is a good way to relax themselves and live a colorful life.
注意：1、无需写标题；
2、除诗歌外，文体不限；
3、内容必须结合你生活中的具体事例；
4、文中不能透露个人姓名和学校名称；
5、字数不少于120词，如引用提示语则不计入总词数。
