Improve your memory
Do you find yourself forgetting where you left your keys or blanking out information on important tests? 1.Before your next big exam, be sure to check out some of these tried and tested ways of improving memory.
Focus your attention on the materials you are studying. Attention is one of the major parts of memory. In order for information to move from short-term memory into long-term memory, you need to actively attend to this information. 2.
Structure and organize the information you are studying. Researchers have found that information is best organized in related groups.3.Or you can make an outline of your notes and textbook readings to help group related concepts (概念).
4.When you are studying unfamiliar material, take the time to think about how this information relates to things that you already know. By establishing relationships between new ideas and previously existing memories, you can remember the recently learned information.
Pay extra attention to difficult information. Remembering information at the beginning or end of an article is easy. However, recalling information from its middle can be difficult. 5.Another way is to try restructuring what you have learned so it will be easier to remember. When you come across an especially difficult concept, devote some extra time to memorizing the information.
A. Use this approach in your own studies.
B. Try grouping similar concepts and terms together.
C. Relate new information to things you already know.
D. Repeat the information you are studying to improve memory.
E. Try to study in a quiet place and concentrate on your learning.
F. Fortunately, there are things that you can do to help improve your memory.
G. You can overcome this problem by spending extra time memorizing this information.
A Guide to the University
Food
The TWU Cafeteria is open 7am to 8pm. It serves snacks(小吃), drinks and meals. You can pay with cash or your ID cards. You can add meal money to your ID cards at the Front Desk. Even if you do not buy your food in the cafeteria, you can use the tables to eat your lunch, to have meetings and to study with friends.
If you are on campus in the evening or late at night, you can buy snacks, fast food, and drinks in the Lower Café located in the bottom level of the Gouglas Centre. This area is often used for entertainment such as concerts, games or TV watching.
Relaxation
The Globe, located in the bottom level of McMillan Hall, is available for relaxing, studying, cooking, and eating. Monthly activities are held here for all international students. Hours are 10 am to 10 pm, closed on Sundays.
Health
Located on the top floor of Douglas Hall, the Wellness Centre is committed to physical health. A doctor and nurse is available if you have health questions or need immediate medical help or personal advice. The cost of this is included in your medical insurance. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to noon and 1;00 to 4;30pm.
Academic Support
All students have access to the Writing Centre on the upper floor of Douglas Hall. Here, qualified volunteers will work with you on written work, grammar, vocabulary, and other academic skills. You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet outside the door two 30 –minute appointments per week maximum. This service is free.
1.What can you do in the TWU Cafeteria?
A. Do homework and watch TV
B. Buy drinks and enjoy concerts
C. have meals and meet with friends
D. Add money to your ID and play chess
2.Where and when can you cook your own food?
A. The Globe, Friday B. The Lower Café, Sunday
C. The TWU Cafeteria , Friday D. The McMillan Hall , Sunday.
3.The Guide tells us that the Wellness Centre _________.
A. is open six days a week B. offers services without pay
C. trains students in medical care D. gives advice on mental health
4.How can you seek help from the Writing Centre?
A. By applying online B. By calling the centre
C. By filling in a sign-up form D. By going to the centre directly
A Brown University sleep researcher has some advice for people who run high schools: Don't start classes so early in the morning. It may not be that the students who nod off at their desks are lazy. And it may not be that their parents have failed to make sure bedtime. Instead, it may be that biologically these sleepyhead students aren't used to the early hour. "Maybe these kids are being asked to get up at the wrong time for their bodies, " says Mary Carskadon, a professor looking at problems of adolescent sleep at Brown's School of Medicine.
Carskadon is trying to understand more about the effects of early school time in adolescents. And , at a more basic level, she and her team are trying to learn more about how the biological changes of adolescence affect sleep needs and patterns. Carskadon says her work suggests that adolescents may need more sleep than they did at childhood, no less, as commonly thought. Sleep patterns change during adolescence, as any parent of an adolescent can prove. Most adolescents prefer to stay up later at night and sleep later in the morning. But it's not just a matter of choice—their bodies are going through a change of sleep patterns.
All of this makes the change from middle school to high school—which may start one hour earlier in the morning—all the more difficult, Carskadon says. With their increased need for sleep and their biological clocks set on the "sleep late, rise late" pattern, adolescents are up against difficulties when it comes to trying to be up by 5 or 6 a. m. for a 7: 30 a. m. first bell. A short sleep on a desktop may be their bodies' way of saying, "I need a timeout. "
1.Carskadon suggests that high schools should not start classes so early in the morning because ________.
A. it is really tough for parents to ensure bedtime
B. students are so lazy that they don't like to go to school early
C. students work so late at night that they can't get up early
D. it is biologically difficult for students to rise early
2.The underlined phrase "nod off"(Paragraph l) most probably means "________".
A. turn around B. agree with others
C. fall asleep D. refuse to work
3.What might be a reason for the hard change from middle school to high school?
A. Adolescents depend more on their parents.
B. Adolescents need more sleep than they used to.
C. Adolescents sleep better than they did at childhood.
D. Adolescents have to choose their sleep patterns.
4.What is the text mainly about?
A. Changes in adolescent sleep needs and patterns.
B. Problems in adolescent learning.
C. Adolescent sleep difficulties.
D. Adolescent heath care.
A ban on smoking in public places has come into effect in China — home to a third of the world’s smokers. The move is aimed at controlling the number of deaths from smoking-related diseases, running at a million a year. But the rules have been criticized, because they do not include punishments for those who choose to ignore them. Many business owners hate rules that force them to ban smoking because many customers do not like the rules and complain. The rules do not allow smoking in places like restaurants, hotels, railway stations or theaters, but not at the office. Employers have a duty to warn staff off the dangers of smoking but do not have to forbid them from lighting up at their desks.
Shanghai introduced similar rules a year ago, but people do not seem to take much notice of them. Often you find people smoking at the next table while you are eating your meal or having a drink in a bar. The problem is that the rules do not include punishments for businesses or individuals who ignore them.
It appears that many Chinese people are unaware of the dangers of smoking. Research suggests that only one in four knows the harm cigarettes of second-hand smoke can cause. Officials say they have to try to persuade people not to smoke to reduce the numbers dying from smoking-related diseases. But it is hard to deal with the problem and there is still a long way to go.
1.The number of smokers in China makes up about ______ of the world’s smokers.
A. 66% B. 44% C. 33% D. 55%
2.Why have the rules been criticized by some people?
A. Because those people don’t want to be punished.
B. Because they do not include punishments for those who ignore the rules.
C. Because the rules are ignored by all the people who smoke.
D. Because nobody takes notice of the rules.
3.What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?
A. How to punish those who ignore the ban.
B. What the dangers of smoking are.
C. Why it’s hard to ban smoking.
D. How the non-smokers suffer from second-hand smoke.
Global English Club
@ English training in four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
@ 4-month (800 yuan), 6-month (1,400 yuan) and one year (2,500 yuan) course.
@ Choice of morning or evening classes, 3 hours per day, Mon.—Fri.
@ All native teachers from Canada and USA.
@ Tel: 8872806 Add: 306 Xinhua Road
Body-building Club
@ On the top floor of Sunny Hotel.
@ Every evening from 6:00 to 9:00, Mon. —Sun.
@ Drinks and fruits ready for you during breaks.
@ Tel: 6353188
@ Add: 369 Dunhuang Road
Piano Club
@ One-to-one training on Sat. & Sun. From 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm(150 yuan per hour)
@ Experienced teachers.
@ Pianos supplied(设备) for free.
@ Convenient transportation.
@ Tel: 8756038
@ Add: 808 Park Road
1.In English training class you will have _____teachers.
A. French B. Canadian C. Chinese D. Italian
2.How much do you need to pay for one-to-one piano training every time?
A. 300 yuan B. 150 yuan C. 450 yuan D. 800 yuan
3.If Jim is exercising in the Body-building Club, where can you find him?
A. 306 Xinhua Road. B. 808 Park Road.
C. 696 Dunhuang Road. D. On the highest floor of Sunny Hotel.
4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the advertisement above?
A. You have to pay 800 yuan for 4-month English training.
B. You can enjoy drinks and fruits after body-building exercises.
C. It is very convenient to get to the Piano Club.
D. You have to pay more for using the piano supplied in the class.
假设你是某国际学校学生李华。你校学生会准备举办一次“海报创新设计比赛”。请你根据下面的提示，用英文写一则书面通知，并号召大家积极参与。
比赛目的：丰富校园生活，提高创新意识
参展地点：学生活动中心
展评时间：4月15日-18日
参考词汇：校园campus 海报创新设计 creative design of posters
注意：1.词数100左右
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
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