You probably think you will never be a top student. In fact you can become a better student if you want to. You may say， 1 “It takes me lots of time to study， but I don’t still make progress.” But if you can use your time well， you may improve your study without much work. Here are a few ways to help you with your study.
Plan your time carefully. You should make a list (目录；清单) of things that you have to do during a week. First， you should write down the time for eating， sleeping， dressing， etc. 2 Then， you should use the time that you can to study. Of course， studying shouldn’t take all of your time. Don’t forget to leave enough time for your hobbies.
Find a good place to study. Keep this space quiet， which may be a desk or just a corner of your room. No Games， radio or television! When you sit down to work， think only about the subject!
Make good use of your time in class. Listen carefully to what the teacher says. Careful listening in class means less work later. 3 You also need to take notes in class， because it can make it easier for you to learn well.
(一）将划线句子（1）进行同义句转换I lots of time ， but I don’t still make progress.
(二) 把短文中划线的句子（2—3）翻译成汉语。 .
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(三) 根据短文内容，简要回答下列问题How should we plan our time carefully?
.Please give two more ways for studying besides (除了) the ways given in the passage.
(1) . (2) .
D
Everyone would like to be remembered. A few people even try to do something that no one else in history has ever tried to do. These people sometimes have their names recorded（记录）in the Guinness Book of Records.
Often it takes a group of people to do something unusual. One such team paddled（用桨划）a bathtub（浴缸）145 kilometers for 24 hours. This group had 13 members. They paddled their bathtub on a river near Ashford, Great Britain on May 28 and 29. 1983. A month later, a racing team of hospital bed pushers in Avon, Great Britain, pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes! However, the distance（距离）record for hospital bed pushing is still held by the men of Bruntsfield Bedding Center. This team from Edinburgh pushed a hospital bed 5,203 kilometers in 1979. It took the team 35 days to cover the distance.
Another group of record makers held the highest dinner party in the world. Nine people from Sydney,Australia, climbed Mountain Huascaran on June 28, 1989. The climbers carried a dinner table. chairs, and a meal up the mountain. When they reached the top, they all put on warm suits for dinner.
People all over the world are trying hard to do something unusual to make a record. It should be understood, however, that now not all the records will be kept in the Guinness Book of Records. According to the passage, what record was made near Ashford in May, 1983?
| A．A record for paddling a bathtub. |
| B．A record for climbing a mountain. |
| C．A record for pushing a hospital bed |
| D．A record for swimming across a river. |
The word cover in the passage means _______.
| A．start | B．go through | C．keep | D．know |
What was unusual about the highest dinner party held by the nine people in the passage?
| A．The people who held the dinner party all came from Sydney. |
| B．Only nine people held the highest dinner party. |
| C．They had a meal on the mountain. |
| D．They carried a dinner table and chairs up the mountain to hold the dinner party. |
Which of the following shows the right order（顺序）of what happened in the passage?
a. A group of 13 members paddled a bathtub on a river near Ashford.
b. A team from Edinburgh made a distance record for hospital bed pushing.
c. A group of nine people from Sydney had a dinner party on the top of Mountain Huascaran.
d. A racing team pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes in Avon.
| A．a-b-c-d | B．d-b-c-a | C．a-d-b-c | D．b-a-d-c |
Which of the following is mentioned（提及）in the passage?
| A．Hospital bed pushing was a popular sport in Edinburgh. |
| B．People living in Ashford usually used a bathtub to carry things. |
| C．Two different records for hospital bed pushing were given. |
| D．Hospital bed pushing was held twice a year in Avon, Great Britain. |
C
There are 5 channels on British television and each channel has several news programs all day long. Some programs are only for 3 minutes but some are one hour long. The people who read the news are called news presenters and because they appear on television every day, they are very famous.
This is a popular news presenter in England called Trevor McDonald, in the news studio. He presents a program called “News at Ten”every Monday to Friday evenings.
Another popular news presenter is Kirsty Young. She has a more modern style of reading the news, as you can see, she sits on the desk not on a chair!
Television news presenters need to have worked as journalists because they have to write most of the news that they read. Sometimes an important new event happens after the program has started, so the presenter has to be able to read something without looking at it first. They must always keep calm even when there are many changes during the program. At the end of “News at Ten”Trevor McDonald says “And finally...”. Then he reads an unusual or interesting item. It’s a famous saying in England now.Who sits on the desk to read the news?
| A．Kirsty Young. | B．Trevor McDonald. |
| C．All the news presenters. | D．Some journalists |
People in Britain can watch TV news _______ every day.
| A．only for three minutes | B．for an hour |
| C．in the evening | D．at any time |
Which is the best title of this passage?
| A．Television News | B．Trevor McDonald |
| C．Evening News | D．News at Ten |
B
People usually talk about two groups of colors: warm colors and cool colors. Scientists think that there are also two kinds of people: people who prefer warm colors and people who prefer cool colors. The warm colors are red, orange and yellow. Where there are warm colors and a lot of lights people usually want to be active. People think that red, for example, is exciting. Sociable people, those who like to be with others, like red.
The cool colors are green, blue and violet. These colors, unlike warm colors, are relaxing. Where there are cool colors, people are usually quiet. People who like to spend time alone often prefer blue. Red may be exciting, but one scientist says that time seems to pass more slowly in a room with warm colors than in a room with cool colors. He says that a warm color, such as red or orange, is good color for a living room or restaurant. People who are resting or eating do not want time to pass quickly. Cool colors are better for offices or factories if the people who are working there want time to pass quickly.According to this passage, people who don't like to be with others _______.
| A．like orange color | B．like blue color |
| C．prefer warm color | D．are usually active |
Which of the following is true according to this passage?
| A．Scientists like warm colors better than cool colors. |
| B．Time seems to pass more quickly in a room with red than with violet. |
| C．Time passes more slowly where there are cool colors. |
| D．We'd better color a living room or restaurant in warm colors. |
Why are offices and factories often colored in cool colors according to the scientist?
| A．Because these colors can make time pass more quickly. |
| B．Because these colors can make people excited. |
| C．Because everybody likes white color. |
| D．Because working people can be more active. |
The best title of this passage should be _______.
| A．Warm Colors and Cool Colors | B．People and Colors |
| C．Sociable People Like Warm Colors | D．Places and Colors |
A
Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple, was not a good student when he was in school. At that time, he always got into trouble with his schoolmates. When he went to college, he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped out（退学）. But he was full of new ideas.
After that, Steve Jobs worked as a video game designer in a company. He worked there only for a few months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and a new chance to change his life.
Steve Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India. In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the first Apple Computer with his friend in his garage. He chose the name “Apple”just because it reminded him of a happy summer he once spent in an apple orchard.
His first Apple Computer was a great success. Because of this, Steve Jobs soon became famous all over the world.Steven Jobs always got into trouble with _______ in school.
| A．his schoolmates | B．his parents | C．his teachers | D．his brothers |
Steven Jobs designed the first Apple Computer with his friend _______.
| A．in his school | B．in his company | C．in his garage | D．at home |
Which of the following is not true?
| A．Steve Jobs didn’t finish his college. |
| B．Steve Jobs worked as a video game designer in a company for a few months. |
| C．Steve Jobs soon became famous all over the world because of his first Apple computer. |
| D．Steve Jobs chose the name “Apple” just because he liked eating apples. |
C
It was at least tow months before Christmas, when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. Her Barbi bike was just too old, and it needed repairing as well.
As Christmas came nearer, her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, so we thought, for she didn’t mention it again. We were busy buying some beautiful storybooks, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then much to our surprise, on December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than anything else.
Now we didn’t know what to do. It was just toot late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing children’s presents, parents’ presents, a brother’s present and friends’ presents till midnight.So there was no time to take to buy the “right bike” for our little girl. Thinking that we were parents who would make their children unhappy, we felt guilty and sad.
Suddenly my husband came up with an idea. “What if I make a little bike out of clay(泥土) and write a note(便条) that she could trade in(交换) the model bike for a real one?” So he spent the next five hours carefully working with the clay to make a small bike.
On Christmas morning, we were so excited for Almie Rose to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened and read the note loudly.
She looked at me and Ron and said, ”So does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real one?” Smiling, I said, “Yes.”
Almie Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied, “I would never trade in this beautiful bike that Daddy made me. I prefer to keep it rather than get a real bike.” At that moment, we would have moved the God to buy her every bike on the Earth.Rose’s wish was to____ on Christmas Day.
| A．get a new bike | B．make a clay bike |
| C．receive a doll house | D．repair her old Barbi bike |
Rose’s parents didn’t buy her a bike because she____.
| A．didn’t want a bike any more |
| B．changed her idea to some story books |
| C．didn’t mention it in the last tow months |
| D．asked for it only on December 24 |
The word “guilty” in the third paragraph(段落) means____.
| A．unhappy | B．worried | C．happy | D．sorry |
Rose’s father got a good idea to____.
| A．spend five hours finishing making a small bike with clay |
| B．make a small bike red and white |
| C．make her old bike red and white |
| D．put the present in the box |
From Rose’s words in the last passage , we know that she____
| A．still wanted to get a real bike |
| B．didn’t know the meaning of the note |
| C．preferred a real bike to a model bike |
| D．was greatly moved by what her father had done |