5．Taking good notes is a time-saving skill that will help you to become
a better student in several ways （16）GSecond，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．（17）E  Whenever or however you take notes，keep in mind that note-taking is a selective process．（18）F
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．
●（19）A
●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．（20）D

A．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 for 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．

4．Hello，everyone，
　　Now I'd like to talk about our performances at school．
　　First，we should be optimistic（61）aboutour future，（62）whichis of great importance to us．Only when we believe in ourselves can we have a （63）creative（creation） mind．
　　Second，manage the spare time well．Don't depend on our parents（64）to arrange（arrange） it．We should keep in mind （65）howvaluable time is．
　　Third，if we have trouble with our classmates，we should get the teacher or parents（66）informed（inform） of what has happened．Nothing can take （67）theplace of their help．
　　Fourth，our study may be （68）exhausting（exhaust），but we should hold on．Just concentrate on our lessons（69）andwe will feel relaxed more or less．
　　I hope every one of us can study and live（70）positively（positive）．
　　That's all．Thank you．

3．As the Mid-Autumn festival is drawing near，we will have a two-day holiday．Where and how can we celebrate the traditional festival？（36）E．
　　This year，we will have a great many activities both in downtown and the suburb of Beijing to enjoy the full moon and features of parent-child activities and picking fruits etc．
　　From September 6th to 9th，Jiuhua Spa & Resort will launch a series of activities，including discounts and promotions．Adults will enjoy half-price concession and children under 1.4m free for the Hot Spring Park．（37）A．Jiupinxianglian，a kind of lotus，is now in full bloom in Beijing Botanic Garden．With especially long flowering period，jiupinxianglian can still blossom in cold late autumn．（38）D．
　　You can also pick grapes in the World Grape Exposition Garden，the plantation with the most various grape species in the world．During the holiday，the grape-themed restaurants in the garden will provide specialties．（39）C．
　　Staying at home is also a perfect choice．You can make moon cakes by yourself，cook a big dinner for your family．enjoy the glorious full moon，guess lantern riddles…
　　（40）FOn the night，food offerings are placed on an altar set up in the courtyard．Fresh fruit like melons，apples，grapes，Chinese dates，pears，chestnuts and cooked food like soybean，peanut，taro etc…A piece of raw soybean is also plugged in the censer to symbolize the cassia tree in the moon．After all is ready，family members worship the moon in turn．This year the moon will be the fullest between 22：00 and 23：00．

A．You will find surprisingly many people at the pool performance．
B．The Mid-Autumn festival has just arrived upon us．
C．Just go there as long as your favorite is delicious food．
D．Many sorts of flowers will be fading one by one at that time．
E．Now we have some advice on how to make the best use of it．
F．Admiring the moon also plays an important part in the celebration．
G．Nothing is more important than the festival itself．

2．New research has shown that you might not just be feeling blue，you may also be seeing it differently．A blue mood may be more than just a figure of speech．Your mood may also affect how you see the world around you，according to a new study．A team of researchers has demonstrated that sadness could have an effect on the way we see colors．
　　The team，led by psychology researcher Christopher Thorstenson of the University of Rochester，found that people in whom they had induced a sad mood were less accurate in identifying colors on the blue-yellow axis（轴线），compared to people who weren't feeling sad．
"We were already deeply familiar with how often people use color terms to describe common phenomena，like mood．even when these concepts seem unrelated，"Thorstenson said in a statement．"We thought that maybe a reason these metaphors emerge was because there really was a connection between mood and identifying colors in a different way．"
　　Thorstenson and his team are not the first to identify a link between a depressed mood and a difference in recognition．In 2010，Emanuel Bubl and his team at Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg in Germany first demonstrated a link between decreased contrast sensitivity and depression．This was supported by a 2013 paper by Johnson Faro et al of the University of Singapore．
　　The team conducted two studies．In the first，127 participants were chosen randomly to watch one of two video clips，which had been proved in previous studies to feel either sadness （a cartoon clip） or amusement （a stand-up comedy routine）．They didn't do that in a specific order．
　　The entire group was then tasked with identifying the colors in 48 continued color swatches．The group that had been shown the cartoon clip was measurably worse at identifying colors along the blue-yellow axis，although no difference was found along the red-green axis．
　　For the second study，130 participants were randomly assigned to watch either a sad clip or a neutral one．The sadness group showed reduced ability to identify colors along the blue-yellow axis than the neutral group．Again，there was no difference along the red-green axis．
　　Because of this lack of difference along the red-green axis，the researchers say the difference in ability cannot be explained by lack of effort，or focus．If the subjects were badly focused，they would have performed equally badly along both color axes．
32．If oneD，the colors he sees might be different from those in others'eyes．
A．is in a good mood 　　　　
B．has an eye illness
C．attends a speech 　　　　
D．doesn't feel happy
33．Who were the first to find out the link between mood and identifying colours？A
A．Emanuel and his team．
B．Thorstenson and his team．
C．Johnson and his team．
D．Thorstenson and Johnson．
34．The sadness group in the second studyC．
A．felt happy when watching the video
B．performed better than the other
C．were less able to identify some colours
D．could only identify blue and yellow
35．What does the underlined word"randomly"in the fifth paragraph mean most probably？A
A．In no specific place．
B．With no specific rule．
C．In no specific confidence．
D．At no specific time．

1．Alibaba，Bank of China and Huawei-these are the dream employers for Chinese students，according to a new survey．
"The survey of more than 55，000 students，conducted by the research firm Universum，has found that roughly a quarter want to work for an international company，while only 9% want to work for a start-up．Five percent want to start their own business．"
　　The students said that work-1ife balance was the most important career goal，followed by job stability．When it comes to desirable companies，Bank of China has been named the top choice by business students for seven consecutive years，and the gigantic state-owned firm shows no signs of giving up its lead．
　　William Wu，the China country manager for Universum，said that banking remains an attractive industry for young Chinese．"China's government is now emphasizing the revolution of the finance industry，which leaves the younger generation with the impression that although banking is a traditional industry，there are still a lot of development opportunities．"Wu said．
　　E-commerce giant Alibaba （BABA，Tech30）improved six places from 2014，ranking second among business students．Alibaba's rise shouldn't come as much of a surprise-the company held a record-breaking $25 billion IPO in September．
　　Among engineering students，Alibaba was once again a bridesmaid．Instead，Huawei-a telecoms infrastructure firm that now makes consumer products-took the top spot．
"Both of these companies are pioneers in terms of local companies going international．"said Wu．"It shows that…an international development strategy has a positive influence among Chinese young talents．"Tech companies ruled the rankings for humanities students，with Alibaba-which was ninth in 2014一landing at the top．Last year，Apple was the Number l choice of Chinese students．
28．What's the percentage of the surveyed students who want to join a company set up recently？C
A．Five percent．B．Twenty-five percent．
C．Nine percent．D．Twenty percent．
29．What is the second most important career goal for the students？B
A．Work-life balance．B．Job stability．
C．Alibaba．D．Their own business．
30．In William Wu's viewpoint，a native company thatCwill attract graduates．
A．is rooted only in China
B．makes consumer products
C．goes international
D．just aims at the foreign market
31．What does the passage want to tell us mainly？A
A．What companies students want to work for．
B．Why students have to go to university．
C．How a company can develop well．
D．Where students'success lies in．

20．A 12-year-old girl who had a slight feeling that she might be quite clever has taken a test and proved she was absolutely right．
　　Lydia Sebastian achieved the top score of l62 on Mensa's Cattell III B paper，suggesting she has a higher IQ than well-known geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking．
　　The comparison doesn't sit well with the British student，who's currently in Year 8 at Colchester County high school，a selective girl's grammar school in Essex，England．
"I don't think I can be compared to such great intellectuals such as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking．They've achieved so much．I don't think it's right．"Lydia told CNN．
　　Lydia sat the test in her summer holidays，after raising the idea with her parents who were in favor of it after some time．
　　It turns out the test wasn't that hard after all．
"I was really nervous before the test and I thought it was going to be really hard．But as I started the test，I thought it was a bit easier than l thought it was going to be，"she said．
　　Lydia's not quite sure what she wants to do when she goes to university，though she's leaning toward something"based around math，because it's one of my favorite subjects．"
"All I'm going to do is work as hard as I can，and see where that gets me，"she said．
　　To put Lydia's mark in perspective，the top adult score in the Cattell III B test，which primarily tests verbal reasoning，is 161．A top 2% score-which allows entry to Mensa，the club for those with high IQs-would be 148 or over．Lydia scored 162，placing her in the top l% of the population．
24．What can we know about Lydia from the passage？B
A．She is a middle school student．
B．She is the cleverest student．
C．She thinks she is cleverer than Einstein．
D．She had thought the test was very easy．
25．According to the passage，who supported her taking the test？D
A．Her teachers．B．Her classmates．
C．Her friends．D．Her parents．
26．If you want to enter Mensa，you have toD．
A．be as clever as Lydia in the test
B．be able to attend a famous university
C．have a great interest in math
D．get at least 148 in the IQ test
27．After Lydia graduates from high school，she willA．
A．major in math probably 　B．enter a club
C．never be nervous 　　　　D．achieve a lot．

19．It takes plenty of time for some adults to try to stop children playing．They are usually people who think of play as being the （41）D of work and therefore a waste of time．For humans，work is a way of getting food to eat，and like humans，（42）B must spend time doing the（43）C things．Regardless of this，children （44）A playing，and so do other young animals．It is quite （45）B to keep both a small child and a young cat （46）C for hours with a piece of paper．
Hunting may be the most obvious skill（47）A in play，but it is far from being the only one．Lambs and goat kids play （48）B，although as adults they will never （49）D anything other than some grass．But for these young animals too，（50）A is an important part of learning．Sheep and goats are （51）A hill and mountain animals．Running and skipping exercise young legs and develop a strong sense of （52）B that will keep them safe on the steepest rocks．
（53）C animals'play，children's play is not so different．（54）D trees and catching flies are not the most obvious training for the adult world，but the flexibility （55）B in these activities is similar to that required of a bus driver or businessman．
What we know about animals shows us that playing is a very good way of （56）D，so maybe one of the best ways for （57）A to learn is also by playing．Children find playing is fun，but （58）C notice that they are also learning at the same time．Most people continue to play games long after they have become （59）D，and perhaps that is because we rely so much on our （60）C to learn．

41．A．reward	B．basis	C．nature	D．opposite
42．A．children	B．animals	C．parents	D．cats
43．A．dull	B．ordinary	C．same	D．chief
44．A．enjoy	B．regret	C．delay	D．ignore
45．A．necessary	B．possible	C．reasonable	D．difficult
46．A．annoyed	B．alarmed	C．amused	D．amazed
47．A．practiced	B．kept	C．tested	D．required
48．A．clumsily	B．endlessly	C．crazily	D．aggressively
49．A．catch	B．plant	C．learn	D．hunt
50．A．play	B．work	C．jump	D．walk
51．A．naturally	B．initially	C．strangely	D．equally
52．A．direction	B．balance	C．distance	D．space
53．A．Based on	B．Inspired by	C．Compared with	D．Developed form
54．A．Cutting	B．Growing	C．Watering	D．Climbing
55．A．reduced	B．needed	C．damaged	D．allowed
56．A．growing	B．exercising	C．improving	D．learning
57．A．humans	B．creatures	C．adults	D．students
58．A．generally	B．possibility	C．hardly	D．truly
59．A．strong	B．wise	C．athletic	D．mature
60．A．flexibility	B．liberty	C．curiosity	D．responsibility

18．One of our rules is that every studentshall wear school uniform while at school．

17．Have you ever seen any students whose trousers hang so low you can see their underwear？What do you think of that？Fashionable？Some of today's teenagers are big fans of such a look．（36）A．
The headmaster of a school in central Italy has asked students to stop wearing low-rise jeans that expose underwear and part of the body．His request came after a class trip．One day，he saw one boy's baggy trousers slide to his feet．（37）C．
But in Italy，a nation that takes fashion very seriously，the suggestion caused a debate among parents，teachers and students．The issue is whether the headmaster's request will limit students'freedom-or whether dress in Italian schools is too casual．
（38）B．"We do not want to kick fashion out．"the headmaster explained，"but extremes of fashion like this are not right in school．"Many other schools have now requested that their students also stop wearing such trousers．
（39）F．Ludovica Gaudio，14，wore extremely low trousers exposing orange underwear in class．It was cold，so she wore a matching orange scarf．（40）E．"I don't really feel comfortable in those sorts of jeans，"said Sarah Lattanzi，"in winter，when dressed like that，it's quite cold and I am afraid my stomach will ache．"

A．But recently this trend has been at the center of an argument in Italian middle schools．
B．A parents'group praised the move in favor of good taste，while others advised schools to stop worrying about fashion and fix up old school buildings．
C．He pointed out that this way of dressing is not suitable for school．
D．Most students have simply ignored the request．
E．Another 14-year-old said she would probably respect the request，simply for practical reasons．
F．Let us see that Italian students react differently to schools'requests．
G．Schools should pay attention to things more important than students'clothes．

16．Doing eye exercises isbeneficial（对…有益） to our eyes．