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Most students have had a love-hate experience with procrastination(拖延). Here are some tips to help you reduce this age-old practice.
◆Set goals.
In order to achieve a particular result, you should constantly set and update goals. It can be beneficial to mark all deadlines in a planner. And then you think about how much time you need to meet them all._ 1.___.
◆ 2.
Sometimes you may consider some work or a class pointless and not useful to your further studies. However, when these thoughts arise and you think that getting a pint of beer is a better idea than getting a good grade, remind yourself what the ultimate goal of your schooling is. Remind yourself why you wanted to go to school and take this program in the first place.
◆Turn off the Internet.
The most common things that take your attention away are those found on the Interne-social media sites, and videos. If you do not need the Internet to do your work, turn it off so that you are not receiving notices while completing your work. 3. You can take a break from being connected to the cyber world in order to do your school work. If you feel the need to check messages and websites often, set times when you will allow yourself to do so rather than constantly staying connected.
◆ 4.
Being productive for all hours of every, day does not work-you do need breaks, and as a student you have the right to have a lot of fun. 5. Ideally, social and relaxation plans should be made for after a significant portion of work is complete. This way, while you are working, you can keep in mind that once you have finished your work you can go out and not worry about your assignments.
A. The same goes for your cell phone.
B. Have something to look forward to.
C. Do not worry about your assignments.
D. Remind yourself of what you are doing.
E. It can be difficult to mark all deadlines in advance.
F. So plan time to go out with friends or do something relaxing.
G. Additionally, make a daily schedule in order to reach necessary goals before going to bed.
Hollywood is on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Worried about an industry wide writers’ strike, struck by a series of theater-chain bankruptcies(破产), burdened with unreasonable corporate profit, requirements and seemingly incapable of producing consistently creative movies, the American film industry is in a period of soul-searching. There’s little doubt it will survive this crisis. But most insiders agree there is disease at both ends of the business—where film are produced, and where they’re shown---that may take years to overcome.
While annual box-office income increases for nine straight years, largely due to increased ticket prices, the number of actual tickets sold declined for the second year in a row. The construction boom has added nearly 10,000 theaters(more than 200,000 more seats) in the last five years. But due to a static(静止的)audience base, eight major chains have gone into bankruptcy and several others are in terrible financial situations.
In fact, insiders say, Hollywood is now in a business it does not want to be in. “There’s a general problem in that the companies that have the most consistent output of material are least interested in what they’re making,” says former 20th Century Fox CEO, Bill. And, Bill adds, “We’re in a period where movies are getting bigger and more costly and less interesting and fulfilling to an audience.”
Today the studios are under the stress to increase profit margins(营业利润) for their corporate parents, and profit margins are hard to control in a business whose products are seen as impulse buys(即兴购买). Other business can increase profits by cutting costs—buying cheaper material, or making the candy bar smaller. Not Hollywood.
“What we’re cutting is risk,” says the head of one major studio, who asked not to be named, “And risk is what great film has always demanded.” While the studios are avoiding risky concepts, their competitors in the home entertainment business have been expanding the boundaries of the imagination. It was this pressure---in electronic games, the Internet, EVDs----that forced the movie theater chains into a self-destructive craze of expansion.
1.Which of NOT the worry of the American film industry according to the passage?
A. Theater-chain bankruptcy
B. Lack of the advertisement funds
C. The stress to increase corporate profit
D. Being unable to produce creative movies
2.What has directly caused major theater-chains in terrible financial situations?
A. Bigger movies
B. More costly movies
C. Increased ticket prices
D. More theaters but an unchangeable audience base
3.What do we know about the profit of the film industry?
A. It’s not easy to control the profit
B. The studios can shorten the material
C. Cutting the cost can increase the profit
D. The studios can buy cheap material to increase profits
4.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Hollywood will survive financial crisis
B. Hollywood is on the edge of destruction
C. It’s hard to increase the profits of the studios
D. The construction boom leads to theater-chain bankruptcies
I was saved from sin(罪过) when I was going on thirteen. But not really saved. It happened like this. There was a big revival(复活) at my Auntie Reed’s church. Then just before the revival ended, they held a special meeting for children, “to bring the young lambs to the fold(羊栏)”. My aunt spoke of it for days ahead. That night I was accompanied to the front row and placed on the mourners’ bench with all the other young sinners, who had not yet been brought to Jesus.
My aunt told me that when you were saved you saw a light, and something happened to you inside! And Jesus came into your life! And God was with you from then on! She said you could see and hear and feel Jesus in your soul. I believed her.
So I sat there calmly in the hot, crowded church, waiting for Jesus to come to me. I wanted to see him, but nothing happened to me. Nothing! I wanted something to happen to me, but nothing happened.
Now it was really getting late. So I decided that maybe to save further trouble, I’d better lie and say that Jesus had come, and get up and be saved. So I get up. The whole room broke into a sea of shouting and my aunt threw her arms around me. The minister took me by the hand and led me to the platform.
That night I cried. I cried, in bed alone, and couldn’t stop. My aunt woke up and told my uncle I was crying because the Holy Ghost had come into my life, and because I had seen Jesus. But I was really crying because I couldn’t bear to tell her that I had lied, that I had deceived everyone in the church, that I hadn’t seen Jesus, and that now I didn’t believe there was a Jesus any more, since he didn’t come to help me.
1.What does “ to bring the young lambs to the fold” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. To free them from sin
B. To feed the young lambs
C. To bring the young lambs home
D. To bring the young people home
2.What do we know about the writer’s aunt?
A. She was a liar
B. She pretended to believe in God
C. She believed the existence of Jesus
D. She could see God with her own eyes
3.From the story, we know the writer wanted to see Jesus__________.
A. with his heart B. with is feeling
C. with his own eyes D. with his imagination
4.What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. The child was finally saved from sin
B. The child did not think much of being saved from sin
C. Everyone else was delighted at the child’s being saved from sin
D. The child got through a painful process and was finally saved from sin but felt unhappy
Trends come and go but style is eternal. So what is the latest fashion trend that defines this season? Let’s take a look at the fashion trend in 2016 and be the first ones to embrace the latest trend.
Head----It seems like everyone will be wearing a bucket hat this season. Bucket hat might sound a bit old-fashioned for some people, but the 90s trend is in season again! Spring and summer are always the seasons for casual clothes, so pairing the bucket hat with casual shorts or skirts would be your outfit to go in this spring and summer in 2016.
Bottom—Summer is the season when everyone gets ready for the humid weather. The current season trend is making everyone have a more comfortable summer because wide-leg bottoms is in trend again. Perhaps not everyone likes wide-leg bottoms because this could possible make people look shorter, choosing a high-waist wide-leg bottom and matching it with crop top will definitely make you look taller and trendy in 2016.
Dress---Be prepared for embracing the feminine details this season. Ruffles(荷叶边)around the sleeve or ruffles all-over the dress will be everyone’s favorite in SS 2016. All these little details will transform your look in season. Simple colors like pink and black are designer’s favorites in this season too.
Shoes---Many people thought wedges are also the shoes to go in spring and summer time, but in SS 2016, very flat flats are in trend again. Shoe designers are trying to have more combinations flats or low-heels with less of gender identity.
Accessories----No outfit goes perfect without accessories. Adding statement accessories to your simple and natural outlook this summer is your day-to-night outfit. These jewels are doing to make you feel completed in day time and sparkled at night.
1. What kind of people will benefit a lot more from this passage?
A. Scientists B. Teachers
C. Designers D. Lawyers
2. Which of the following is true about bucket hats in the second paragraph?
A. Everyone is wearing a bucket hat
B. Bucket hats in the 90s were old-fashioned
C. Nowadays most people do not like bucket hats
D. Maybe you will match the bucket hat with casual shorts this spring
3. From the passage we know that in SS 2016_________.
A. accessories will be an important part of the fashion
B. shoe designers are trying to have high-heels
C. jewelry is not considered a fashionable item
D. simple and natural outlook this summer is your day-to-night outfit
4.What will fashion icons(时尚潮人) do in SS 2016 except ___________?
A. prefer flat shoes
B. prefer complex colors
C. wear dresses with ruffles(荷叶边) around the sleeves
D. choose a high-waist wide-leg bottom and match it with crop top
Plenty of people dream of traveling to other planets. But “Star Wars” fans can actually visit locations where many of the films’ most famous scenes were shot. Here are some of the places where “Star Wars” comes to life.
Hotel Sidi Driss, Matmata, Tunisia
Perhaps the most famous "Star Wars" landmark in the world, this is where the interiors of Luke Skywalker's childhood home on planet Tatooine were filmed. Centuries ago, Berbers built the underground structure as a real home. Eventually it became a hotel, which George Lucas used to film the first "Star Wars" film. The set decorations came down when the crew left, but were rebuilt in 2000 for "Attack of the Clones." Since then, they've remained, so guests can eat at the table where young master Luke did.
La Grande Dune, outside Nefta, Tunisia
The igloo(冰屋) outside of Luke's house was filmed about 300 kilometers away on the dried-up salt lake of Chott El Jerid. The igloo is still there, reachable with a decent car at the GPS coordinates 33"50'34. 42"N, 7"46'44.48"E.
The surrounding hotels are man-made, to create the illusion (幻觉)that the underground house is next to it. The igloo from the 1977 movie was taken apart, but again rebuilt for "Attack of the Clones," and later restored by a fan. Nearby is La Grande Dune, site of the Dune Sea. About 30 minutes from the igloo is the set of Mos Espa, the spaceport town where Anakin was discovered as a young slave.
Redwood National and State parks, California
Endor, the forest moon home of the furry Ewoks, was filmed among California's giant redwoods. Most of the well-known scenes were shot on private land owned by a lumber company. Since the cast and crew worked on "Return of the Jedi" in 1982, heavy logging has left most of the landscape unrecognizable. But driving through the parks still gives a feel for the set, especially along the Avenue of the Giants highway.
In Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park and the Humboldt Redwoods State Park, plates were filmed for some chase scenes.
1.Hotel Sidi Driss was originally ________ centuries ago.
A. a hotel
B. Berbers’ real home
C. Luke Skywalker’s childhood home
D. the shooting location of “Attack of the Clones”
2.Which of the following is NOT CORRECT about the igloo in the third paragraph?
A. We can still reach the igloo.
B. The igloo was restored by a fan
C. The igloo was taken apart for “Attack of the Clones”
D. The igloo’s location is at the GPS coordinates 33"50'34. 42"N, 7"46'44.48"E
3. The underlined word “Endor” refers to ____________ in “Star Wars”.
A. an animal B. a person
C. a place D. a company
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On a Friday night, a poor young artist was playing with his violin at a street corner with a large piece of paper on the ground. Before long, he was surrounding with people, who were all attracted by the word on that paper. It said, “Last night, a gentleman put an important thing into my hat with mistake. Please come to claim them soon.” Seeing this, people wondered why it could be. Some time later, a man came and take back his lottery which won a prize of $ 500,000. When asked why he didn’t keep it for himself, artist said, “While I don’t have much money, I live happy. However, if I lose honest, I won’t be happy forever.”
