Doyouknowhowtostudy_1—andmakeyourstudymoreeffective（有效的）?WeallknowthatChinesestudentsusuallystudyveryhardforlong_2—,Thisisverygood,butitdoesn't_3—alot,foraneffectivestudentmusthaveenoughsleep,enoughfoodandenoughrestand_4—.Everydayyouneedtogooutforawalkorvisitsomefriendsorsomeniceplaces.It,sgoodforyour__5__.Whenyoureturn_6—yourstudies,yourmindwillberefreshed（清醒）andyou'lllearnmore_7—studybetter.Psychologists（心理學(xué)家）—8—thatlearningtakesplacethisway.HeretakeEnglishlearning_9—anexample.Firstyoumakealotofprogressandyoufeelhappy.Thenyourlanguagestudyseems__10__thesame.Soyouwillthinkyou,relearning_11_andyoumaygiveup.Thiscanlastfordaysorevenweeks,yetyou_12—giveup,andatsomepointyourlanguagestudywillagaintakeanotherbig_13—.You'llseethatyoureallyhavebeenlearningallalong.Ifyougetenoughsleep,food,restandexercise,studying,Englishcanbeveryeffectiveand_14_.Don'tgiveupalongtheway.Learn_15—youaresuretogetagoodresult（結(jié)果）.1.A.wellB.goodC.betterD.best2.A.daysB.timeC.hoursD.weeks3.A.helpB.giveC.makeD.take4.A.exerciseB.homeworkC.runningD.clothes5.A.healthB.bodyC.studyD.life6.A.afterB.forC.atD.to7.A.yetB.andC.orD.but8.A.havefoundB.havetaught C.told D.said9.A.withB.forC.asD.to10.A.tohaveB.tomakeC.totakeD.tostayA.something B.anythingC.nothing D.everythingA.mustn’t B.couldn’t C.needn’tD.maynot13.A.workB.jumpC.walkD.result14.A.hardB.commonC.possible D.interesting15.A.slowlyB.fastC.quickly D.happily精選文檔.Treesareusefulinthreeimportantw.Themostimportantwayisthattheyprovidemanwithfood,woodandotherproducts.Treesprovidefoodnotonlyforman,butalsoforanimals.Wtrees,manyanimalscouldnotliveontheearth.It,snoteformantoliveontheearth,either.Thesecondimportantwayisthattreesgiveusshade(樹蔭).Onahotsummerday,peopleareeagertohavearestundertheshadeofatreeafterwalongway.Youcanimaginehowimportanttheshadeofatreeistomanandanimals.Thethirdimportantwayisthattreeshelptopdroughtsandflood.However,inmanypartsoftheworld,manhasn,trealizedit.Hehascuttreesdowninlargenumbers.Intheend,hefindsthathehaslostthebestfriendshehad.Ourenvironmentisgettingw(76)thanbefore.NowmoreandmorepeoplerealizethatweshoulddosomethingtohelptheEarth.HerearethethingswecandotohelptheEarth:Wecanrecycleglass,metalandpaper.Weshouldn,tthrow(77)tinthegarbagecan(垃圾箱)！Wecan(78)winsteadofdrivingcars!Weshouldtryto(79)tshortshowersandturnoffallthe(80)landtheTVwhenweleavetheroom.AllofthesethingswillhelptheEarth.上DoyouknowSweden(瑞典)？ItlinthenorthofEurope.ItisthefourthlargestcountryinEuropewithanaof450,000squarekilometersandthepopulationofabout8.5million.Overonethirdofthemliveinthethreelargestcities,namelyStockholm,GoteborgandMalmo.MorethanhalfofSwedeniscwithtrees.Itisoneofthercountriesintheworld.About100yearsagoSwedenbecameindustrialized(工業(yè)化).Todaylessthanonethirdofthepeoplearef.精選文檔.SwedenisthecountrywherethefamousNobelPrizesareawarded.ManypeoplewhohavebeentoStockholm,thecofSweden,musthavevisitedtheplaceswhereNobelPrizesareawarded.ThefirstlanguageofSwedenisSwedish.Englishisthefirstflanguageinschools.Manymiddle-schoolstudentscanstwotothreelanguages.MostoftheSwedishpeople,menandwomen,oandyoung,canspeakEnglish.SothereisnoptospeakwiththeminEnglish.IstillremembervisitingMoscow.ItisthecapitalofRussia,thebcountryintheworld.IwenttherewmyparentswhenIwaseightyearsold.Ilivedandstudiedthereforoneyear,Ihadsomehappymemories.Oneofthemostinterestingthingsofthatcitywasthattweremanydogs.PerhapsRussiansldogsverymuch.Youcanseedogshereandthere.Almosteachofthefamilieshadadog.ImadefriendswithmanyRussianchildrenwIwaslivingandstudyingthere.Theywereallverynice.Theyhadfairhairandfairskin.IplayedwiththemhthoughIcouldonlyspeakalittleRussianatfirst.Theywereftome.TheweatherinMoscowwasverycold.Itsnowedalmosteveryinwinter.Thegroundwasalwayscwithalotofsnow.Weoftenmadestogether.NowIambinChina,butImissthemsomuch.IwillneverforgetmyhappymemoriesofthisvisittoMoscow.Theseyears,withthedevelopmentofsociety,moreandmoreteenagershavesufferedfromstress.Someoftheproblemscanmakethemfeelverywandunhappyallday.Whocanhelpthem?Ateacherfromacollegetriedhisbesttohelpthem.Hethoughtofalotofwtohelpthem.OnMondayandThursday,youcanvhim.Herearesomeideashowtokeeptheyoungmenhealthierineveryway.F,itisveryimportanttokeephealthy.Togetesleepeverydayisalsonecessary.Trytohaveahealthyd.Secondly,maybeyouarenotthetopstudents.Itdoesn,tm.Themostimportantthingistoworkhard.Ifyoutryyourbest,yourteachersandparentswillunderstandyou.Ifyouhavesomeproblems,youshouldbeatotalkwithyourteachersandparents.Theycanhelpyou.Remembertosyourhappinessandswithyourgoodfriends.Sometimesyoucangooutforawalk.Inaword,youcantrytomakeyouhappybyyourselves.I,msureyoucanbehappyeveryday.四Beforewindowswereused,oldhinEurope（歐洲）andBritainwereverydark.Theirgreatroomswerehighwonlyoneholeintheroof（屋頂）toletthesmokeofromcookingfire.Later,peoplebegantomaketheholesbtohave精選文檔.morelightandairintheirhomes.ThefirstEnglishwindowwasjasmallopening（口，孔）inthewall.Itwascutlongtoletinasmlightaspossible,andnarrowtokeepoutthebadw.But,morewindthanlightwouldcinifthewindowwascutlong.Thisiswhyitwasc“Thewind,seye”.Andtheword“w"comesformtwoancient（古代的）wordsfor“wind”and“eye”.五Thirtyyearsago,Iwalkedintoyourbakeryandaskedforsomeloaves（條）ofbreadtosell.Atthattime,Iwas12yearsold.Ayoungladysmethatday.Shegavemefiveloavesandwishedmegoodl.Itooktheloavesandwentouttosellthem.Ittmeallday,butIsoldthemall.Attheeoftheday,Ihadsomemoney.IwasthehboyintheworldasIwalkedhomethatevening.Thenextday,Iwenttoabicycleshop.Ipaidadeposit（定金）onanewbicycle..AndthenIstartedmynextjasanewspaperdelivery（）boy.SoonIcpaytherestofthemoneyforthebicycleandthebikewasmine.Iwassoproudofm!TodayIstillworkinthedeliverybusiness.Ihavealotoftruckstosendgoodsalloverthecountry.Iliveinabeautifulhouse,butIdon,trideabicyclethesedays.Idrivealargenicecar.Idon,tknowethatyoungladywas.Butbshegavemethestart,Ihavebecomeasuccessfulman.I,dliketoshowmythankstoher.六Longago,peopleusedbellsmorettheydotoday.Thepostmenusedtoringahandbellwhentheydeliveredletters.Fireengineshadbelliofsirens（號笛）.Peoplewhosoldthingscamepasthouses,ringingabellandshoutingwwasforsale.Everyvillagehaditschurchbelltoletpeopleknowitwasttogotochurch.Atnight,thisbellwasringingsothattravelerswouldfindthevillageinthed.Inmostcountriesbellswerehungrthenecksofanimals.Thebellshelpedownerstofindlostcowsorsheep.Today,inIndia,animalsstillwearbells.Nowbellsareusedlandless,Buzzers,sirensandhornshavet8theirplace.Nowpeopletrytokeeptheoldbellsinschoolandchurchessottheywillnotltheirbeautifulsoundsforever.七Lifegetsnoisiereverydayandveryfpeoplecanbefreefromnoiseofsomekindoranother.Wyouliveinthecentreofamoderncityoravillagefaraway--thechancesthatyouwillbedisturbedbyplanes,cars,radios,etc.arealmosteverywhere.Weseemtobeusedtonoise,too.Somepeoplefeelquitelonelywbackgroundmusicwhiletheyareworking.Testshavesthattotalsilencecanbeveryfrighteningexperiences.H,somepeopleenjoylisteningtopopmusicwhichisveryloud,andthiscandoharmtotheir精選文檔.ears.Thenoiselevelinsomeplacesisfaratheusualsafetylevelforheavyindustrialareas.Onerecentreportaboutnoisesaidthataalotofpeoplesaythatanynoisedisturbstheirattention,onlyasuddencinthelevelofnoisereallyaffectspeople'sattention.Itgoesontosaythatabackgroundnoise,whichdoesn,tchangetoomuch(music,forexample)mayevenhelppeopletopayattention.Peoplearetestingwaystomakelessnoise.Thereareevenlawscnoise.Wecan,trtothe“goodolddays”ofpeaceandquiet.Butwecanmakelessnoise--ifweshoutloudlyenoughaboutit八Therearetmanyaccidentsincities.Accidentsoftenhappenwhenpeoplectheroadsorstreets.Readthepassagecandlearntobecarefullateron.Becarefulwhenitisr.Manyaccidentshappenonrainydays.Peopleareinahbecausetheydon,twanttogetw.Theyoftencrosstheroadsquickly.Oftentheycan,tseecastheyholdtheirumbrellasinfrontoft.Rememberthatcarstakeltimetostopwhentheroadsarewet.Whenitisraining,wemustbemoreandmorecareful,notlcareful.九MostAmericanfamiliesaresmallerthanthefamiliesinotherc1—.ChildrenintheUSwilll2theirparents,homes.Whentheygrowup,theyusuallylivef3fromtheirparentsbecausetheywanttof4 goodjobs.Theyoftenw5 totheirparentsortelephonethem.Andtheyoftengotov6theirparentsonholiday.Parentsusuallylettheirchildrenchoosetheiro7—jobs.Americansthinkiti8foryoungpeopletodecideontheirlivesbythemselves.Childrenareaskedtodosomeworkaroundtheirhouses.Andinmanyfamilies,Childrenarep9 fordoingsomehouseworksothattheycanlearnh10tomakemoneyfortheirownuse.十Someonesays:“Timeismoney,”butIthinktimeise1__moreimportantthanmoney.Why?Becausewhenmoneyisspent,wecangetitback.However,whentimeisg2_,itwillneverr3_.Thafswhywemustn'twastetime.Itgoeswithoutsayingthatthet4_isusuallylimited(有限的).Evenasecondisveryimportant.Weshouldmakefulluseofourtimetodos5useful.Butitisapitythattherearealotofpeoplewhodonotknowthei6oftime.Theyspenttheirlimitedtimesmoking,drinkingandp7_.Theydonotknowthatwastingtimemeanswastingpartoftheirownl8 .Inaword,weshouldsavetime.Weshouldn,tl9 today,sworkfortomorrow.Rememberwehaven10timetolose.十一AndywasborninChina15yearsago.In2005,shem1totheUSAwithherfamily.Asahighschoolstudent,shehasfoundmanydifferencesb2ChineseandAmericans：精選文檔.AboutmoneyAmericansliketospendm3thantheyhave,somanyofthemarealwaysindebt（欠債）.ButChineseusuallyspendlessthantheyhave,somany0fthemalwayshavem4leftinthebank.TheAmericankidsthemselvesmaketheirownmoney.MostChinesekidsalwaysa5theirparentsformoney.ManyAmericanparentsthinkthereisn6needtosendtheirchildrent0anexpensiveuniversity.It,sdifferentinChina.ManyChineseparentswoulddoanythingtosendtheirchildrentoexpensiveuniversitiest7theirfamilyisn,trichenough.AboutschoolManyAmericangirlstakepartinsports,dancingandsinginggroupswhilemanyChinesegirlstakepartinstudygroups．ManyAmericanstudentsthinkthatBisgoodwhilemanyChinesestudentsthinkthatBistoob8.AboutfriendsMostAmericanparentslettheirsonsordaughtersmakefriendsbyt9.TheyneveraskthemabouttheirfriendswhileChineseparentsusuallyenjoyknowingmoreabouttheirchildren,sfriendsi10manydifferentways,andusuallystopthemfromstayingouttoolatewithfriends．十二Doyouhavebrightideas?Ideasforinventionsthatc1theworldor,atleast,makelifeeasierforsomebody.P2wealldosometimes,butwedon,toftenmaketheideaarealthing.Recently,therewasacompetitioninacountry,whiche3youngpeopletomaketheirbrightideascometrue.Thereweret4_groupsinthecontest:GroupAwasforschoolchildrenunder16;GroupBwasforthoseo5_16.Andtherewereelevenprize-winnersaltogether.NeilHunt,oneoftheprize-winners,wasc6_“SunshineSuperman”byonenewspaperwritingabouthisdesign.Whenpeoplestudytheweather,it,simportanttobeabletorecordthesunshineaccurately（準(zhǔn)確地，精確地）.Weneedtoknowhowmanyh7_ofsunshinewehaveandhowstrongitis.Mostsunshinerecorderso8recorddirect（直接的）sunshine.Neil'sismoreaccurateandthisisveryi9forresearchintowaysofusingsolarpower（太陽能）.Neilplanstokeepinventing.Theideasinthecompetitionweresog10thatwearesurprisedthattheindustry（工業(yè)界）doesn'taskmoreschoolchildrenforsuggestions.十三BritishteenagerscanleaveschoolatsixteenaftertakingtheirGCSEexams.Theystudyforexamsinasmanyastensubjects,s1theyhavetoworkprettyhard!Today's精選文檔.teensspendmoretimedoingtheirhomeworkthananyteenagersinthepast,s2for2.5-3hourseveryevening.FreeTimeIt,snotallwork,ofcourse.WhatdoBritish teenagersdotohavef3?TheylovewatchingTV,goingout,meetingfriendsinInternetcafesandlisteningtomusic.CommunicationsInadditiontotheInternet,teenagersinBritainusetheircomputerstoplaygamesanddotheirhomework.Theya4lovetheirmobilephones,andspendhourstexting（發(fā)短信）theirfriendsandchatting.Today,phonesaregettingsmallerandlighterandyoucandoalotmorew5themthanjusttalk.Textmessaginghasb6thecoolestandmostpopularwaytocommunicate.Morethan90%of12-to16-year-oldshaveamobile,andexpertssaythatthisstopst7fromspendingtheirmoneyonsweetsandcigarettes.Fashion（服飾）Atschool,almostallBritishteenagershavetow8aschooluniform.However,intheirfreet9theycanwearwhatevertheylike,andwhattheylikeisdesignernamessuchasNike,DieselandPaulSmith.Infact,40%ofBritishteenssaythattheythinkitisimportanttohavethelatestfashion.Lookinggooddoesn,tcomec10,butmanyteenagersthinkitusualoreasytospendmorethan￡100ononeitemofclothing.十四Mynine-year-olddaughter,Maria,isinYearFour.Everyeveningwegetintoh1battles（爭執(zhí)）.Threeafternoonsaweek,shehasa2（net-ball,singing）afterschoolandbythetimewegethome,homeworkistheL3thingshefeelslikedoing.Theothertwodays,shegetshomeearlyandweargue（爭論）aboutw4sheshoulddoherhomeworkr5afterschool,orifsheshouldhavesometimetorestandplayf6WhenMariaatlastsitsdowntodoherhomework,sheseemstowantmetherehelpingallthetime.Idowanttohelpher,butI'ms7thatsheisgoingtoneedtobeabletodoitonhero8Andinf9,mostofthetime,IhaveotherthingsIneedtobedoing.Itseemsthatchildrenthesedayshavemuchmorehomeworkthanwedid,andsomeofitisreallybeyond（ 超越）theira10.Asyoucansee,I'mreallyworriedabouthomeworkandIreallydon'tknowwhatIshoulddo.Anyideas?十五Whenyoufinishhighschooloruniversity,islearningdone?Theansweris“no”.Inmanycountries,peoplecontinuelearningalltheirlives.Whyislifelong（終身的）learningimportant?Howcanithelpyou?Let,slookatonee1oflifelonglearninginJapan.Yougotoschoolandlearn.Youstudy.YoutaketestsB2learningdoesn,tonly精選文檔.happeninschool.Learningdoesn,ts3whenyougraduatefromhighschoolorcollege.Youarelearningallthetime.Forexample,learningcanh4whenyougotoamuseum.ItcanA5happenwhenyougetajob.Youlearnwhenyoup6asportorwhenyoutakeatrip.Learningisl7!Weneverstoplearning.Everydayyoucanimproveyourselfbylearningsomethingn8.InJapan,lifelonglearningisveryimportant.PeopleinJapanliketotrynewlearninga9.Music,calligraphy（書法）andforeignlanguagesaresomeoftheirf10classes.Japanesetakeclassestoimprovetheirskillsandlearnnewthings.Whenwegraduatefromschool,wecancontinuetolearn.Makelifelonglearningbecomeoneofyourgoals!十六OnMay23,sixpandasleftanimportantpandabase（基地）inWolong,southwestChina,sSichuanProvince,becauseofdamaged（損壞的）s1andfoodshortagesaftertheMay12earthquake,alocalofficialsaid.Thepandasweret2bytrucksfromChinaGiantPandaProtectionandResearchC3toYa,an,anotherbaselessaffectedbytheearthquake,saidXiongBeirong,anofficialofSichuanProvincialForestryBureau（林業(yè)局）.Eightotherpandasl4fortheChengduResearchBaseonMay18.TheywillbecarriedbyChinaSouthernAirlines（CSA）toBeijing,wheretheywills5attheBeijingZoo,saidWolongdirectorZhangHemin.LiuShaoyong,aleaderofCSA,saidthepandaswerescheduled（預(yù)定）toleaveChengduat3p.m.Saturday.TheywilltravelonaBoeing747-700planewithbambooa6water.“Thereise7waternow,b8foodisstillabigproblem.Thepandasneedbamboosandapples.”XiongBeirongsaid.Aftertheearthquake,tonsofbambooshoots,apples,eggs,milkpowderandmedicineswerebroughttothecenter,butthesuppliescouldonlyl9aboutaweek,shesaid.Thereareabout1,590pandasl10inthewildinChina,mostlyinSichuanandthenorthwesternprovincesofShaanxiandGansu.十七Themobilephoneisausefulthing,butmaybeIdon'tknowh1touseit.Sometimesitmakesthingsdifficultforme.OnedayIwantedtoseemyfriendnearby.Icoulda2athishouseinfiveminutes,butIlookedatmymobilephoneandthoughti3wouldbebettertoringhimup.Ir4himforthefirsttime,butthelinewasbusy.Fiveminuteslater,there精選文檔.wasananswer,butitwasthewrongnumber.ThenItrieda5andthistimeIgotananswerfromhim.Iaskedhimifhewasathomeintheafternoon.Andhesaid--at16Ithoughthesaid--hewouldbeathomeallafternoon.SoIwenttohishouse,butthenIfoundn7in.Icalledhimforthefourthtime.ThistimeIgotsoangrythatIs8,"Youarenotathome?Butyoujusttoldmeoverthetelephonethatyouwouldbeathomeallafternoon!"Herew9hisanswer,"No,Isaid:'IwillNOTbeathomeallafternoon.'"Iwentbacktomyroom,satdowninfrontofthemobilephoneandlookedatit.Whate10couldIdo?Nothing!十八Weweresinging,“Happybirthdaytoyou…"Mymotherwassmiling,surroundedbymyfather,mylittlesisterandme.Itwastimetosendwishes.Myfathersaid,“You,vedonem1thingsforus.Onthisspecialday,letmed2allthehouseworkforyou.”Afterkissingmymother,mysistersaid,“Mum,you,reag3muminmyeyes.”Il4atmymother,seyesandsaid,“Dearmum,IamalwayswaitingforonedaywhenyouandDadgetold.”Myparentsseemedpuzzled（困惑）,andIexplained,“Whenyou,reold,Iwilltakecareofyoujustlikeyoutakecareofme.”Thereweretearsintheireyes…Yes,w5theygetold,Iwilltakecareofthem.Thesewordswereinmymindfalongtime,andatlastIsaidthemtomydearparents.Ifeltv7happy.Myparentsarejustcommonpeople,b8they,regreat.Likeotherparents,theybringusupwithlove,andgiveusfoodandc9.Theyteachushowtoberealpeople.MyparentshavedonealotofthingsformeandIamverythankfultothem.However,theywillnotalwaysbeabletotakecareofme.Oneday,theywillgetold.Theymaynot