Learning new words is learning new ideas: High school students can take control of

their learning by always looking up new words and finding out what they mean. They should keep a dictionary and a thesaurus close at hand.

Make clear lists: Students should make a list of everything that they need to get done. They should check off assignments（作业）once completed. They should include clear due dates.

Make a commitment: Active learners will resolve to keep up –to-date from the start. They will avoid procrastinating. They will complete most of their work as early as possible.

Independent work is best: Students will do all assignments independently—they will never copy! Students who copy are passive learners. Passive learners do not give their mind a chance to think on its own.

Organization is key: Students should keep an excellent folder and notebook. All problems should be clearly stated and solutions given. All tests and quizzes should be corrected and used as study guides for exams and finals.

All actions without solutions are dead: Active learners will always show their work needed to solve a problem. Active learners will never turn in a list of answers without giving an explanation or a solution.

Advanced reading: Students should do any required reading for the topic before class. They should write an outline of the section or chapter. They should actively take notes as they read to help them remember.

If you want to be successful in exams and finals you should        .

      A．give your mind a chance to think on its own

       B．check off your papers once completed

       C．keep an excellent folder and notebook

       D．hand in your homework on time

What does the underlined word” procrastinating” mean?

       A．be active doing something

       B．finishing doing something

C．delaying doing something

D．doing something ahead

The best title of the passage is “         ”.

A．How to Be an Effective Reader     

B．How to Get Good Scores in Tests

C．How to Collect Academic Information

D．How to Actively Study in High School

Here are a few tips we’ve put together to help you learn English well.

Speak, speak, speak

Practise speaking as often as you can—even speaking to yourself is good practice.

Try recording yourself whenever you can. Compare your pronunciation with the master version, see how you can do better and have another go. If you do this several times, you will find that each version is better than the last.

Why not learn with someone else?

It helps if you can learn with someone else. If you can persuade a friend or a family member to study with you, it will make you keep working.

Don’t get stuck by a word you don’t know.

Practise improvising（即兴的）ways of getting your meaning across when speaking spontaneously（本能地）, even if you don’t know the exact words or phrases. Think of things you might want to say whenever you have spare time. Use facial expressions, hand movements, anything to get your meaning across.

Language learning is also about intuition（直觉）.

Guesswork is an important way to learn a new language. When listening to recorded material, you aren’t expected to understand everything first round. If you play the same piece several times, you will most probably understand something new each time.

Build up your vocabulary.

A wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning but don’t try to learn too much at once. It’s best to study frequently, for short periods of time. Take at most six or seven items of vocabulary and learn them. Put them into sentences to fix them in your mind, then come back to them later.

And above all, have fun!

1.Why should one have himself recorded when practicing speaking?

A. To improve his speaking.             B. To record his own progress.

C. To encourage others to start.           D. To compare himself with others.

2.In the writer’s opinion, which of the following is the most important in leaning English?

A. Speaking.      B. Pleasure.         C. Intuition.      D. Vocabulary.

3.It is implied in the passage that _______ is helpful when you are learning English.

A. body language            B. a good material

C. a good friend             D. a proper dictionary

4. According to the passage, one should ______ when you are learning English.

A. always work with other people        B. be able to guess everything new

C. often review what he has learnt      D. take little notice of grammar

 

Forgiving someone who has hurt you or let you down is never an easy thing. Several new studies, however, say that it could have a lot of health benefits. When you think of forgiveness, you probably don’t think of it as being a health or medical problem. Studies from Stanford University, on the other hand, show that something like anger can change your well-being.
When cartoon book characters like the Incredible Hulk get angry, they change colours and often gain special power. In the real world, anger is less obvious and may be more dangerous. That’s why Professor Fred Luskin, founder of the Stanford Forgiveness Project and author of Forgive for Good, says holding on to anger and hatred can harm your physical and mental health. Two new studies seem to show the same idea.
The studies find that people who are able to forgive feel less stress, less back pain, and less depression(抑郁). They also have fewer headaches, lower blood pressure, and fewer problems on sleeping.
So it doesn’t matter if your anger is caused by the traffic or other things. Learning to let it go is important. Techniques such as deep breath or thought can help. Or just ask yourself if it’s worth hurting yourself by staying angry with someone else.
Forgiveness does not mean that you simply accept what happened and say it’s OK. Instead, it’s a way of making peace with yourself about what happened in the past.
【小题1】 The author of the passage tries to make his viewpoint clear__________.

A．by raising his own examples	B．based on his own experience
C．by mentioning some studies	D．by mentioning some typical patients

【小题2】The example of the cartoon book characters is taken in the passage to__________.

A．support the viewpoint that anger and hatred harm physical and mental health

B．introduce a famous expert

C．let the reader know the different colours of cartoon faces

D．show how to control one’s temper

【小题3】The underlined phrase“holding on to”in this passage possibly means“__________”.

A．removing

B．keeping up

C．getting rid of

D．learning about

【小题4】Which of the following is NOT mentioned in this passage?

A．People who are able to forgive feel less stress.

B．People who are able to forgive feel less depression.

C．People who are able to forgive have fewer problems on sleeping.

D．People who are able to forgive feel less tired.

【小题5】The best title for this passage is probably__________.

A．Forgiveness	B．Forgiveness Is Good for Health
C．A Secret to Keeping Health	D．Anger Is Bad for Health

In recent years advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past. New medicines and machines are being developed every day to extend life. However, some people, including some doctors, are not in favor of these life extending measures, and they argue that people should have the right to die when they want. They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself and that people should not be forced to go on living when conditions of life have become unbearable. They say thatpeople should be allowed to die with dignity (尊严) and to decide when they want to die. Others argue that life under any conditions is better than death and that the duty of doctors is always to extend life as long as possible. And so the battle goes on and on without a definite answer.

The best title for this passage is _____.

A. The Right to Live    B. The Right to Die

C. The Doctor’s Duty   D. Life Is Better Than Death

In recent years, people can live longer than in the past. It’s because of _____ .

A. the development of medical technology 

B. big hospitals

C. good doctors  

D. both B and C    

According to some people whether a dying patient has the right to die or not is up to _____ .

. A. the doctors            B. the surroundings

 C. his or her family      D. the patient himself or herself

In the writer’s opinion _____ .

A.death is better than life

B. life is better that death

C. neither death nor life is good

D. none of the above

Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Most of the medical workers join in the argument.

B. The argument has ended in favor of the patient.

C. The argument hasn’t ended yet.

D. The quality of life is not as important as life itself, so it is generally thought that people should not be allowed to die under any conditions.

第二节根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有

两项为多余选项.

—Excuse me．madam．I,m looking for a place to eat．Can you tell me if there are any restau-

rants in the shopping center?

- 61  What kind of food are you thinking about?

-l,m not sure，anything but fast food．

- 62  It,s a little expensive，but the food is good．

-Oh，sounds good．But I ate Japanese food last night．I,d rather try something new．

-OK．  63 

-Italian sounds good，but so does Chinese．I just can,t decide．Are there any American

places here?

- 64   From Texas，I think．

--I,m sorry to be such a bother，but nothing interests me in particular．  65 

-Well, I,m afraid that,s all we have here．

A．Do you like Italian food?

B．Yes，there is a very good one downstairs．

C．Thanks，anyway．

D．Sure，there are several．

E．How about Italian or Chinese?

F．I do believe I,ll have a good time here．

G．There is a nice Japanese restaurant upstairs．