1、第一篇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
2、 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. 3The following methods may work best for you. Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in
3、 it.Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points and supporting facts.Write your notes in your own words.4Note 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 unde
4、rstand your symbols and that you use them all the time. 5A. Use words, not complete sentences.B. There are three practical note-taking methods.C. You must write your notes on separate paper.D. Otherwise, you may not be able to read your notes later.E. you will also want to develop your own method fo
5、r taking notes.F. That means you must first decide what is important enough to include in your notes.G. First, the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and remember it.答案： G E . F . A D第二篇1 One of the best things you can possibly do is to start you own club. Its
6、 great fun especially if you are the sort of person who feels theres never anything to do during the school holidays. The first thing you need to come up with is an idea for your club. 2 Pets, clothes, pop music or dancing groups, sports, making things? The list is endless. Next you need some friend
7、s to be in your club with you. 3 All you need is three or four other people who are interested in the same thing as you. 4You should all sit down somewhere together with lots of pieces of paper and write down every name you can think up. Thatll keep you busy for ages. At your first meeting you shoul
8、d make up a rule book. And the first rule should be no grown-ups or little/big brothers or sisters! The best clubs are always secret! Now you have just about everything you need, except membership cards. These are very important and again you can speed a lot of time making them. 5 Why not leave some
9、 space for a photo of yourself? That will make the membership card really look like it. So there you are, get clubbing! Once you get started youll think of loads of more interesting things to do!A. Thats easy.B. Enjoy your own club!C. Invite a designer to join you.D .What are you interest in?E. Some
10、 vacation is just around the corner.F. Then you need to pick a name for your club.G. Use a bright thick pen to make a special design.答案：.E D A F G第三篇1 People use money to buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need or want. When they work, they usually get paid in mon
11、ey.Most of the money today is made of metal or paper. 2 One of the first kinds of money was shells.Shells were not the only things used as money. In China, cloth and knives were used. In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money for a long time. Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used a
12、s money in parts of Africa.The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the centre. 3Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. 4 Sweden and Russia used copper (铜) to make their money. Later some countries began to make coins of
13、gold and silver.But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. 5 The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today.Money has had an interesting history from
14、the days of shell money until today.A. The first coins in England were made of tin (锡).B. But people used to use all kinds of things as money.C. No one knows for certain when people began to use money.D. People strung (串连) them together and carried them from place to place.E. Money, as we know, is a
15、ll made of paper.F. They began to use paper money.G. Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services.答案：GBDAF第四篇Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness?_ 1_. The following are a few tips that I follow to create happines
16、s in my life. Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods will very likely increase if you are going after something you value.Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. _2_.
17、When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self pity. Truly happy people dont allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor._3_. These few minutes will give you the opport
18、unity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness. 4 . Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously (下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood.Finding the hu
19、mor in situations can also lead to happiness. Find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you happy.Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness. 5 .AWhat makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy.BOn the contrary, if you are around
20、people who are happy, their emotional state will be infectious.CBeing overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mooDDThese are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves.ESpend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that mak
21、e you happy.FThere are some tips in life that lead to happiness.GIts also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.答案：DBEGC第五篇：_1_ .Being angry doesnt really solve much, but what people do when they feel angry is important. The goal is to calm down and try to solve what
22、 is bothering you. This is hard for some kids and adults, too. Instead of calming down, some kids might keep getting more and more upset until they explode like a volcano!_2_ .Their anger might be so strong that they lose control of their temper. They may act in ways unacceptable and hurtful. People
23、 may say that someone has trouble controlling their temper._ 3_Some kids might get so angry that they scream at their parents, break something , or even worse , hit their brothers or sisters._ 4_ .However, its not OK for a kid to do any of those things .Kids dont want to act in this way , but someti
24、mes angry feelings can be hard to manage. So what to do?Well, the good news is that kids dont just have to keep making the same mistakes over and over again._ 5_ .Imagine your temper as a puppy inside you that needs some training. The puppy is not bad - it will probably turn out a great dog. It just
25、 needs to learn some rules because, right now, that puppy is causing some problems to you.A. You can train you temper.B. You dont want to cause trouble.C. Kids should be allowed to express their feelings, even angry ones.D. Everybody gets angry sometimes.E. In fact, they usually mean that a kid beha
26、ves badly when feeling angry.F. Instead of thinking of the person youre angry with, think of something else.G. Some kids get angry more often or more easily than some other kids.答案：DGECA第六篇Choosing the right job is probably one of the most important decisions we have to make in life, and it is frequ
27、ently one of the hardest decisions we have to make. One important question that you might ask yourself is: “How do I get a good job?”_1_. There are people who can answer an insignificant advertisement in the local paper and land the best job in the world; others write to all sorts of places all over
28、 the country, and never seem to get a reply at all. Still others believe that the in person, door-to-door approach is by far the best way to get a job; and then there are those who, through no active decision of their own, just seem to be in the right place at the right time. _2_. He used to spend a
29、 lot of his free time down by the sea watching the tall ships, but never thinking that he might one day sail one of them. His father was a farmer, and being a sailor could never be anything for the boy but an idle dream. One day, on his usual wandering, he heard the captain of the ship complaining t
30、hat he could not sail because one member of his crew was sick. Without stopping to think, the lad(少年) offered to take his place. _3_._4_. If the lad had gone home to ponder（考虑）his decision for a week, he may have missed his chance. It is one thing to be offered an opportunity; it is another thing to
31、 take it and use it well.Sometimes we hear stories about people who break all the rules and still seem to land plum jobs（美差）. When you go for a job interview or fill out an application, you are expected to say nice things about the company to which you are applying. _5_. And within a year this perso
32、n had become general manger of the company.AThis story also illustrates the importance of seizing an opportunity when it presents itself.BPeople find jobs in an infinite number of ways.Cits almost impossible to find a good job by answering advertisement in newspapers DTake for example the young man
33、who wanted to be a sailor.EBut there was one person who landed an excellent job by telling the interviewer all the companys faults.FHe spent the rest of his life happily sailing the ships he had always loved.GIt is very important to seize an opportunity when it presents itself.答案：BDFAE第七篇_1_ One of
34、the best things you can possibly do is to start you own club. Its great fun especially if you are the sort of person who feels theres never anything to do during the school holidays. The first thing you need to come up with is an idea for your club. _2_ Pets, clothes, pop music or dancing groups, sp
35、orts, making things? The list is endless.Next you need some friends to be in your club with you. _3_ All you need is three or four other people who are interested in the same thing as you. _4 You should all sit down somewhere together with lots of pieces of paper and write down every name you can th
36、ink up. Thatll keep you busy for ages. At your first meeting you should make up a rule book. And the first rule should be no grown-ups or little/big brothers or sisters! The best clubs are always secret!Now you have just about everything you need, except membership cards. These are very important an
37、d again you can speed a lot of time making them. 5 Why not leave some space for a photo of yourself? That will make the membership card really look like it. So there you are, get clubbing! Once you get started youll think of loads of more interesting things to do!AThats easy.BEnjoy your own club!CIn
38、vite a designer to join you.DWhat are you interest in?ESome vacation is just around the corner.FThen you need to pick a name for your club.GUse a bright thick pen to make a special design.答案： E DA FG第八篇Before going outside in the morning, many of us check a window thermometer(温度计)for the temperature
39、. This helps us decide what to wear. _1_ . We want our food to be a certain coldness in the refrigerator. We want it a certain hotness in the oven. If we dont feel well, we use a thermometer to see if we have a fever. We keep our rooms a certain warmth in the winter and a certain coolness in the sum
40、mer.Not all the thermometers use the same system to measure temperature. We use a system called the Fahrenheit scale. But most other countries use the Centigrade scale.Both systems use the freezing and boiling points of water as their guide._ 2_ .The most common kind of thermometer is made with merc
41、ury(水银)inside a clear glass tube. As mercury (or any other liquid ) becomes hot, it expands. As it gets colder, it contracts(收缩). That is why on hot days the mercury line is high in the glass tube._3_.First. Take a clear glass juice bottle that has a cap; fill the bottle with coloured water. Tap a h
42、ole in the center of the cap using a hammer and thick nail. Put the cap on the jar. Then stick a plastic straw(吸管) through the nail hole._4_.Finally. Place a white card on the outside of the bottle and behind the straw. Now you can see the water lever easily._5_.As the temperature goes down, the wat
43、er will contract, and the lever in the straw will come down. Perhaps you will want to keep a record of the water lever in the straw each morning for a week.A. We use and depend on thermometers to measure the temperature of manyother things in our daily lives.B. Thermometers measure temperature, by u
44、sing materials that change in the same way when they are heated or cooled.C. Now that you know this rule you can make a thermometer of your own that will work.D. The water will rise in the straw. As the temperature of the air goes up, the water will expand and rise even higher.E. They label these in
45、 different ways. On the Fahrenheit scale water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. On the Celsius scale water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100degrees.F. Take wax (you may use an old candle if you have one) and melt some of it right where the straw is struck into the cap to seal(把.粘住
46、) them together.G. People use thermometers which are made by themselves when travelling around the world.答案：AECFD第九篇What is your favourite colour? Do you like yellow, orange, red? _1_ . Do you prefer greys and blues? Then you are probably quiet, shy, and you would rather follow than lead. You tend t
47、o be pessimist. At least, this is what psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of colour preference, as well as the effect that colours have on human beings. _2_ . If you happen to love brown, you did so, as soon as you opened your eyes, or
48、at least as soon as you could see clearly. _3_ . A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one; and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. _4_ . A black bridge over the Thames River, near London, used to be the scene of more suicides(自杀) than any other bridge in the area-until it was repainted green.
