Many students have problems with vocabulary when preparing for tests. Here is some advice on how to memorize (記憶) new words. You can build up your English vocabulary with these methods.

Repeated encounters (反復(fù)遇見(jiàn))

The usual way of “memorizing” new words is through repeating them while they’re still in your mind. However, simply repeating a word doesn’t seem to be useful. But the following way is helpful: repeated encounters. Words can be memorized more easily if they’ve been met at least seven times in your reading. So, read English magazines and newspaper from time to time.

Spacing and review

It’s necessary to make a plan of your memory work over a period of time. You’d better memorize words day by day instead of doing it in a single day. That’s why new vocabulary introduced in one lesson is reviewed in the next, and then in later lessons.

Use it or lose it

Putting words to use in interesting ways helps add them to your long-term memory. In a study of vocabulary learning, students who made up their own sentences with new words and read them aloud memorized them better than those who learned the words separately and silently. Besides, you can imagine a picture when memorizing a new word. That can help a lot.

Mix it up

Let’s face it — learning words can be really boring, but it doesn’t have to be. Thanks to the Internet, there are more interesting ways to get the job done. Try watching videos from English-speaking countries and copying the way they speak. You can even upload ( 上 傳 ) your own videos and try becoming a star yourself.

【1】完成句子You can memorize the words more easily if you meet them________in your reading.

【2】完成句子It’s necessary to make a plan of your memory work over________.

【3】回答問(wèn)題What kind of students can memorize the words better?

__________________________________________________________________________________________.

【4】找出并寫出全文的主題句

__________________________________________________________________________________________.

【5】將文中的畫線句子翻譯成漢語(yǔ)。

__________________________________________________________________________________________.

As for the name itself, it is surely meaningful. The Chinese word for “knot”, jie, means “connection”. And the pronunciation of the Chinese word jie is very close to that of ji, “good luck”. As a result, Chinese knots are used as a way to express people’s strong wishes for marvellous things like happiness, love and good luck.

The knots are used widely in everyday life. They come in different sizes. Small ones are connected to jewellery (珠寶) , clothes and gifts in order to draw people’ s attention, while large ones are used to make a living room or study more beautiful. Whether large or small, they are named after their shapes and usages. For example, Double Coin Knots are called Shuangqian Jie because they are in the shape of two ancient Chinese coins, meaning “good things come in pairs”. Besides, Chinese knots are famous for their bright colors. Different colors have different traditional cultural meanings. Red means good luck and happiness, green means health, and yellow means wealth.

All in all, the famous Chinese fancy knots fully show the Chinese culture. These brightly colored knots with their endless chains (鏈條) of knots mean that life on earth will continue forever.

【1】What did the writer want to express in this passage?

A.Ask people to buy Chinese fancy knots.B.Introduce a traditional Chinese art form.

C.Teach people how to make a Chinese knot.D.Describe the usages of Chinese fancy knots.

【2】Double Coin Knots are called Shuangqian Jie because of its .

A.pronunciationB.sizeC.shape and meaningD.color

【3】Which is right according to the passage?

A.The Chinese word for “knot” means “l(fā)uck”.

B.Chinese knots became popular in the Song Dynasty.

C.All of the Chinese knots have the same sizes and colors.

D.Chinese knots mean that life on earth will continue forever.

【4】The underlined word “marvellous” in the passage means “ ”.

A.goodB.commonC.specialD.interesting

【5】What is the best title for this passage?

A.Chinese CultureB.Chinese Knots

C.Chinese ColorsD.Chinese Life

Having a habit of writing down what you read is a useful tool to develop your comprehension (理解力) and critical-thinking (批判性思維) ability.

How to write a reading assignment?

Step 1

State the writer’s most important idea. Try your best to get the main idea according to the writer’s statements. Write down the important information to increase understanding.

Step 2

Use your own words. Imagine you are telling a friend about a great movie you saw or a great book that you read. Speak in your own language, but be sure to use standard English, not slang (俚語(yǔ)).

Step 3

Watch for each point and topic sentences the writer uses to support his most important idea. These points form an outline (概述) of your reading assignment.

Step 4

Pay attention to details (細(xì)節(jié)). Examine if the writer provides enough details to support his statements. Tell what those details are while writing your reading assignment.

Step 5

. You should not talk about the writer’s supporting points without first talking about what those points are about.

Step 6

Try to use some words or phrases for long lists of items (項(xiàng)目). For example, if you see the following words: swimming, running and beach volleyball, you might just write “summer sports”.

Step 7

Give up information that seems unimportant in your reading assignment.

Step 8

Make your assignment better by adding some more information.

【1】Why should we write a reading assignment?

A.To get the main idea of a book.

B.To tell a friend about a great book.

C.To meet the teacher’s requirements.

D.To improve comprehension and critical thinking.

【2】What can form an outline of your reading assignment?

A.Your own words and ideas.

B.The writer’s points and topic sentences.

C.Enough details the writer provides.

D.The important information you wrote down.

【3】Which of the following sentences could be added in Step 5?

A.State your ideas in order.B.Show your ideas in time.

C.Use words and phrases more.D.Find out the writer’s points quickly.

【4】You can use “ ” when seeing the following words: Mother’s Day, Christmas and Thanksgiving.

A.cakesB.activitiesC.festivalsD.dates

When preparing for this topic, I just want to search some articles and copy them down. I read a lot of articles, some from the university teachers, some from the famous stars, and even from the students of my age. But after reading them, I gave up the idea, I even felt shameful. Because the topic I want to talk about today is a serious topic full of pride.

We know that our country is full of sunshine, and we are the future of our country. So my dream is to be the hope of our motherland. I don’t want to talk about big events( 大事 ), I just want to call on young people to show the side of courage, good and confidence. We must learn to develop our own thoughts, correct the wrong ones and change our direction to the right side in future life. We should try our best to make our Chinese Dream come true.

Perhaps the strength (力量) of a person is small, but when he is connected with the motherland, he will be a big hero. Perhaps a dream is tiny, but when it becomes the dream of a country, it will be huge. Perhaps I can’t change our country on my own, but if thousands and thousands of young people work for the dream together, our motherland will be stronger and stronger.

I’m looking forward to realizing our Chinese Dream with all of the young people. Thank you for listening. That’s all.

【1】What does the writer think of his topic?

A.Funny.B.Serious.C.Shameful.D.Popular.

【2】What is the writer's topic probably?

A.Being a big hero in the future.B.Talking about some big events.

C.Correcting the wrong thoughts.D.Working hard for the Chinese Dream.

【3】The passage is a .

A.letterB.noticeC.speechD.report

Several years ago, I was a leader of a football team in a small school. It was a tradition for the school’s old team to play against the_________ team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even practice to_____________ the game. Being the leader of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but we lost the game.

Thinking hard about it, we came to realize that we had to change the attitude (態(tài)度) about our ability and potential (潛力). We started doing anything we could to _________ a little pride. Most important, we began to treat ourselves___________ winners. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their vacations, we met every day and practiced passing and kicking the _____________. Six months later, we won our first game and our second, and continued to_____________. Finally, we faced the number one team in our city. We felt that it would be still a victory for us_____________ we lost the game. But that wasn’t what happened. We beat the best team and that gave us one of the greatest _________ of our life!

I learned a lot from the experience. Instead of seeing ourselves as losers, we pushed and encouraged each other. We tried our best to see ourselves ____________ . We built ourselves into winners. Winners are made, not born.

【1】A.lifeB.choiceC.workD.act

【2】A.strongB.newC.goodD.successful

【3】A.prepare forB.cheer forC.wait forD.study for

【4】A.takeB.feelC.loseD.build

【5】A.forB.likeC.withD.to

【6】A.baseballB.basketballC.footballD.volleyball

【7】A.relaxB.spreadC.improveD.protect

【8】A.even ifB.as ifC.only ifD.what if

【9】A.chancesB.developmentsC.offersD.excitements

【10】A.simplyB.differentlyC.completelyD.separately

I’m a piano teacher. I can feel clearly how talent and hard work influence my students.

In fact, not everybody【1】 (be) good at playing the piano when they came to this world. For example, some students just spend two or three months learning to play the piano 【2】(good). But other students need to learn for years. Many of my students learn 【3】(fast) than I did before. But talent doesn’t always bring 【4】good result. When playing the piano seems easy to a 【5】(talent) student, he or she may find it boring and then give up.

Some of my students work very hard. But they still can’t play the piano 【6】(beautiful). They practice for long. H【7】it just does not work. In my 【8】(eye), it is not necessary to do everything very well. When you really don’t have any talent 【9】something, the best way is to give up. Then you can choose w【10】you are really good at. And put all your heart into it.

要求：

1. 確定主題，說(shuō)明原因。

2. 圍繞主題，進(jìn)行敘述或闡述。

3. 詞數(shù)80-100。

注意：

1. 補(bǔ)全標(biāo)題(參考詞語(yǔ)：three useful ways, two important persons, three good habits等)；

2. 可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫；

3. 開(kāi)頭和結(jié)尾已為你寫好，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)；

4. 作文中不要出現(xiàn)考生和相關(guān)人物的真是校名和姓名。

________ that help give up playing computer games

Dear teachers and students,

I'm Li Ping. Today I'd like to talk about

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for listening.

① They were 9 and 5 at the time. They had a lot of questions about how poor people lived in the world.

We talked through the reasons people end up in this type of situation and (A)_______ importance of creating a safety net for them, I explained that often, the only safety net is other people who are pleased to share some of their time and resources(資源).

The people we served were in age from the young to the elderly. ② Many of them were missing teeth or had dirty clothes. To my surprise, they were quite thankful that I had brought the boys. Many said how fun it was to have active, joyful children around.

After dinner, I saw my older son sitting together (B) some elderly gentlemen who were talking about sports in front of a small television set ③ He was having a great time sharing and hearing stories.

As some people returned to their tents, (C) 我聽(tīng)見(jiàn)他告訴他們, "Thanks so much for coming to dinner with us. "I could see through their facial expressions that (D) what he said touched them greatly. I hugged(擁抱)him a little tighter as we left to go home because it touched me too.

It was a great reminder(提示)of how treating people with respect, no matter who they are, can lift all of us up.

【1】在文中(A)和(B)的空白處分別填入適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~：________ ________

【2】將文中劃線部分(C)譯成英語(yǔ)： ____________________

【3】文中劃線部分(D)改寫為：____________________

【4】在文中① ② ③ 選出能填入"I took my two boys with me."的位置：____________________

【5】在文中找出能表達(dá)作者觀點(diǎn)的短語(yǔ)：___________________

Today, the NBA in the United States is the top basketball league(聯(lián)賽)in the world. (D)—________includes the sport's most famous names. The speed, power and excitement of the matches attract millions of fans all over the world.

My favourite team is the Miami Heat. I never miss them when they are on TV, because they are very exciting to watch. I have posters of the team in my bedroom, and (E) I always wear the latest Heat kit (全套衣服).

Watching the games can also help me learn English. I have learnt the names of many moves in basket-ball. An assist is a pass that leads directly to a basket. A slam dunk is when a player jumps high and throws the ball down into the basket.

Basketball is the number one sport at school. Many students try to copy the moves of NBA stars like LeBorn James and Kobe Bryant. Our school basketball coach says this can (F) lead to bad habits. He says we should learn how to play as a team first. I think he is right. Even though we all want to be a big star, the most important part of basketball is teamwork.

【1】在文中(A)和(D)的空自處分別填入適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~：________ ________

【2】寫出文中劃線部分(B)和(F)的同義詞或近義詞：________ ________

【3】將文中劃線部分(C)譯成英語(yǔ)：_______________

【4】將文中劃線部分(E)改寫為：I am always ______________ the latest Heat hit.

【5】在文中找出能描述文章中心大意的中心的詞語(yǔ)：_______________

The greenhouse effect

The atmosphere around the Earth is necessary for all living things. It is like the glass of a greenhouse, letting sunlight in and keeping heat from getting out. Without it, the Earth would be the same as the Moon-cold and lifeless.

When we burn fuels such as petrol and coal, we produce a gas called carbon dioxide (CO) Too much of this gas pollutes the atmosphere, and gets it to keep in too much heat. As a result of the greenhouse effect, the Earth's temperature is increasing. This led to sea level to rise, and in the future may make cities disappear.

Cutting down forests

Every year, we destroy nature by cutting down huge areas of forests. This makes greenhouse effect worse because trees take in CO and produce oxygen. Cutting down trees also destroys the homes of the animals that live in our forests, and makes the surface of the soil be easily destroyed by rain. This can result in floods and even more damage to the environment.

Bad habits

Many of our habits result in pollution. People often use things once and then throw them away. This creates mountains of rubbish and pollutes our land and seas.

【1】What is the atmosphere like?

____________________

【2】Why is the Earth's temperature increasing?

____________________

【3】How many things can be led to by cutting down forests according to Paragraph 4?

____________________

【4】How is a great deal of rubbish produced?

____________________

【5】Is the greenhouse effect one of the main problems people face?

____________________