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Knowing the best way to study will help you to be a better student. By using your time properly, you can do your homework more quickly. Learning to study is not difficult.
The first thing to remember is that you must be willing to learn. It doesn’t mean that you must always like the subject. It does mean, however, that you must be wil1ing to do whatever is necessary to learn. Try to understand why it is important and how it will help you now and later to do and learn other things. Knowing mathematics facts will be useful in your whole life. Knowing how to spell makes any kind of writing easier. Sometimes the subject that you think is going to be uninteresting will be exciting when you begin to work at it and understand it more clearly. Learning things can be fun if you are willing to work with them.
Here’s some advice for you: have a certain time each day and a quiet place with good lighting for study, so that you can concentrate on your study without interruptions(中断); have everything ready before you sit down to study, a dictionary, paper, a pen and books; be sure you understand what you should learn before you start; read carefully and pay special attention to the most important things; when memorizing, first find out the main parts and then recite the whole thing; check your homework after you finish it; never forget the importance of review and preview.
Don’t try to spend a lot of time researching learning methods. There are many students who know many good learning methods but don’t study well. They forget that the most useful learning method is to study hard.
1． The main goal of the article is______
A. to prove that learning is not difficult
B. to make the readers be interested in study
C. to tell the importance of self teaching
D. to tell the students how to study well
2． The first thing to remember in studying is that
A. you must like the subject
B. you must follow the teacher
C. you must enjoy learning
D. you must study hard
3． We learn things because______
A. our parents want us to learn
B. every student learns at school
C. we may use these things in the future
D. we like the subjects
4． Which of the following is NOT the advice given in the article?
A. To put a pen, paper and books beside you before study.
B. To study at any possible time and place.
C. To review and preview
D. To pay attention to the most important things.
5． Which of the following statements is true?
A. The more learning methods we have, the better we will study.
B. Finding the best learning method is the most important in learning.
C. If you don’t work hard, though you have a good learning method, you can’t be good at study.
D. Once we have mastered a good learning method, we can improve our study greatly.
In the past, people who graduated from college felt proud of their academic (学业的) achievements and felt confident that their degree would help them to find a good job.
However, in the past five years the job market has changed greatly. This year’s college graduates are facing one of the worst job markets. For example, Ryan Stewart, a graduate of San Jose State University, got a degree in religious studies, but no job prospects. He points out that many people already working are getting laid off and don’t have jobs, so it’s even harder for new college graduates to find jobs.
Five years ago, the future looked bright for the class of 2006. There were many high-tech job chances. Graduates received many job offers, and they were able to get jobs with high salaries and benefits such as insurance (保险) and paid vacations. However, "Times have changed and it's a new market," according to an officer of the San Jose State Career Center.
The officer says students who do find jobs started preparing two years ago. They worked during summer vacations, they have had several short-time jobs, and they’ve majored in one of the few fields that are still hot, like chemical engineering, accounting, or nursing, where average starting salaries have actually increased over last year. Other popular fields (like information system management, computer science, and political science) have seen big declines (下降) in starting salaries.
Ryan Stewart (he had hoped to become a teacher) may go back to school in order to become a college teacher. He thinks college teaching could be a good career even in a bad economy.
In conclusion, these days a degree may not be a ticket to instant wealth for some students. For now, they can only hope the value of their degree will increase over time.
6． The underlined word in the second paragraph probably means _____.
A. skills B. interests C. chances D. ideas
7． Which of the following majors has the best job offers?
A. teaching B. accounting
C. political science D. computer science
8． Ryan Stewart will have to ____________.
A. go back to school B. get a job teaching
C. change his major D. become a religious leader
9．The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means ____________.
A. the best way to get rich is not to get a college degree
B. most students with degrees will not be able to find jobs
C. having a college degree does not mean that one has money for travelling
D. a college degree does not mean that one will find a well-paid job
10． The main idea of the passage is that _________.
A. a lot of graduates are losing their jobs
B. Ryan Stewart has been able to find a job
C. salaries in some fields have increased in the past year
D. the job market has changed greatly over the past five years
I will never forget the lesson about my window. Four years ago, I moved to a house in a large town. One of my new neighbors’ house was only a few feet away from mine. There lived a woman. Through one of my windows, I could see her reading by her window every afternoon.
Several months later, I found I couldn’t see the woman clearly. I thought her window was too dirty. I said to myself, “Why doesn’t she clean her window? It looks terrible!”
One afternoon, I decided to clean my house including the window. I felt tired after three hours of hard work. So I sat down by the window for a rest. What a surprise! I could see the woman reading there clearly again! By that time, I realized that my own window was too dirty, not hers! I really felt ashamed for myself. I had been watching her through my dirty window in the past days!
The experience is very important for me. So I try to clean the window of my heart before judging others.
11．How long has the writer lived in the house according to the passage?
A. One years B. Two years. C. Three years. D. Four years.
12．What did the woman do every afternoon?
A. Read by her window. B. played tennis on the grass.
C. Danced in her house. D. sang in front of the house.
13．The writer couldn’t see the woman clearly because ______________.
A. the writer’s window was dirty
B. the woman’s house was too far
C. the woman didn’t open her window
D. there was something wrong with his eyes.
14．The underlined word “ashamed” means _________________.
A. 兴奋的 B. 放松的 C. 惭愧的 D. 傲慢的
15． According to the passage, the writer has learnt how to __________________.
A. clean the house B. judge others C. help neighbors D. learn English
I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left at message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more and impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn’t care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?”
At that time I didn’t realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, “Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone!” And she swept it into the wastebasket.
I stood watching her, speechless. What on earth...?
She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the test of the house, “Now hear this! All objects in this room----if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!”
Then she turned to me. Kissed me and said calmly, “Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.” With that, she left the room.
After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight , I noticed that something in my mood （心情） had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her aunties helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him and talk to him calmly.
16．Why did the author shout at the telephone?、
A. He was mad at the telephone.
B. He was angry with his agent.
C．He was anxious about his wife.
D. He was impatient with the secretary?
17．What did the author’s wife do after she heard his shouting?
A. She said nothing.
B. She shouted at him.
C. She called the agent.
D. She threw the phone away.
18．What made the author laugh?
A. His own behavior
B. His wife’s suggestion
C. His changeable feelings.
D. His wife’s sweet kiss.
19．What does the underlined word “aunties” refer to?”
A. Smut words
B. Unusual actions.
C. Surprising Looks
D. Anxious feelings.
Among various programs, TV talk shows have covered every inch of space on daytime television. But no two shows are more opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and Oprah Winfrey shows.
Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of "rubbish talk". The show takes the ever-common talk show titles of love, sex, cheating, and hate, to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is about the dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people's lives.
Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes the TV talk show to its top. But Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality of life. Contents are from teaching your children lessons, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.
Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being poured into society. Jerry ends every show with a "final word". He makes a small speech about the entire idea of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.
Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show's main audience are middle-class Americans. Most of the people have the time, money and ability to deal with life's tough problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society.
20．Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows are _______.
A. more interesting. B. unusually popular.
C. more detailed. D. more formal.
21．Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear unpleasant, people who watch the shows ________.
A. show disbelief in them. B. are ready to face up to them.
C. remain cold to them. D. are willing to get away from them.
22．Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?
A. A new type of robot. B. National hatred (憎恨).
C. Family income planning. D. Street accident.
23．What is the advantage of the Jerry Springer show?
A. The show exposes the dark sides of society.
B. The show pours poisonous waste into society.
C. Jerry sums up (总结) the whole idea of the show.
D. Jerry talks about the improvement of society.
While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across an unbelievable sight. It was not a gold medal, or a world record broken, but a show of courage.
The event was swimming and started with only three men on the blocks. For one reason or another, two of them false started, so they were disqualified. That left only one to compete. It would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to race against, even though the time on the clock is important.
I watched the man dive off the block and knew right away that something was wrong. I’m not an expert swimmer, but I can tell a good dive from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality. When he resurfaced, it was evident that the man was not out for gold – his arms were waving in an attempt at freestyle. The crowd started to laugh. Clearly this man was not a medal competitor.
I listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time. Finally he made his turn to start back. It was pitiful. He made a few desperate strokes and you could tell he was worn out.
But in those few awful strokes, the crowd had changed.
No longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer. Some even began to stand and shout “Come on, you can do it!” and he did.
A clear minute past the average swimmer, this young man finally finished his race. The crowd went wild. You would have thought that he had won the gold, and he should have. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors.
Just a short year ago, he had never even swum, let alone race. His country had been invited to Sydney.
In a competition where athletes remove their silver medals feeling they have somehow been cheated out of gold, or when they act so proudly in front of their competitors , it is nice to watch an underdog.
24．From the passage we can learn that the young man .
A. made his turn to start back pitifully
B. was skillful in freestyle in the game
C. swam faster than the average swimmer
D. was not capable enough to win the medal
25．The crowd changed their attitudes because .
A. they felt sorry for the young man
B. they were moved by the young man’s courage
C. they wanted to show their sympathy
D. they meant to please the young man
26．According to the passage, “it is nice to watch an underdog” probably means .
A. it’s amazing to watch an ordinary man challenging himself
B. it’s amusing to watch a man with awful swimming skills
C. it’s cheerful for athletes to act proudly before their competitors
D. it’s brave enough for some athletes to remove the silver medals
27．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The event started with three men, two of whom were disqualified later.
B. The crowd started to laugh at the athlete’s arms waving in an attempt at freestyle.
C. The athlete, as well as the author, is an expert swimmer.
D. The swimming event is a show of courage rather than a fierce competition.
28．What’s the best title for the pas
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