In classes, your teachers will talk about topic that you are studying．The information they provide will be important for you to know when you take tests．So you must be able to take good written notes from what your teachers say.
Here are the three stages(阶段) of taking notes and what you should do during each stage.
1.Before Class
Review your notes you have taken before you come to class．This will be good for remembering what was covereD． Get you ready to understand new information your teacher will provide.
2.During Class
Keep your attention on what your teacher is saying and ‘the signal words’ that tell you what your teacher is going to say and it is important to write in your notes．Examples of signal words are ‘The most important point…’and ‘Remember that…’ Be sure to include in your notes information that your teacher repeats or writes on the blackboarD． Write quickly so that you can include all the important information in your notes．Do this by writing abbreviations such as med for medicine, using symbols such as % for percent, and writing short sentences.
3.After Class
Rewrite your notes to make them more complete and accurate (准确的) by changing abbreviations into whole words, symbols into words, and shortened sentences into longer sentences．Use them to answer your questions．If necessary, ask your teacher for help.

The train will arrive in ______ two hours.

A． other B． another

C． the others D． the other

I think your bike _____.

A． needs to fix

B． needs fixing

C． needs to fixing

D． needs fixed

— Which of these shirts do you like best?

— I’ll take _____．They are both expensive and out of fashion.

A． neither B． either

C． none D． both

______ great fun it is to swim in summer !

A． What a B． What

C． How D． How a

Helen’s never late for school , _____ she ?

A． hasn’t B． has

C． isn’t D． is

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A well-known speaker started his talking by holding up a $20 bill．In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?"

Hands started going up．He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first, let me do this." He began to crumple(弄皱) the 20 dollar note up．He then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in the air．

"Well," he replied, "what if I do this?" He dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe．He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty．

"Now, who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air．

"My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson．No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value．It was still worth $20."

"Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way．We feel as though we are worthless; but no matter what happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value." "Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who love you．The worth of our lives comes, not in what we do or who we know, but by ...WHO WE ARE."

"You are special — don’t ever forget it."

1.This passage is mainly about ________．

A． a famous professor

B． the value of $20

C． the value of a person

D． the importance of money

2.By making the money crumpled and dirty , the professor wanted to show ________．

A． the value of the money never changed

B． he was not interested in the money

C． he was a very special person

D． the money was valuable any more

3.The underlined word “ decrease” most probably means “________”．

A． become more

B． become less

C． change fast

D． stay the same

4.The writer implies (暗示) in the passage that ________．

A． we should try our best to make more money

B． we should try to make ourselves special

C． we can word hard to prove ourselves

D． we might meet with a lot of difficulties in our life

翻译

1.她心情不好的时候就会一直打电话给我。

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2.那个小男孩耐心十足地等了我们两个小时。

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3.那首歌总是让我想起我的英语老师。

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4.什么使他和其他学生不一样？

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5.应该教育孩子们相互分享玩具。

---Are you going to take part in the speech competition?
---_____ ．It’s too good a chance to miss.
A． No problem B． Thanks a lot

C． Never mind D． That’s for sure

--- __________ is Jeremy LIN?
---He is a famous Harvard-educated，Asian-American NBA basketball player.
A． Where B． What

C． Why D． How old