Question

We often see top students around us and everyone knows about them. Let us take Jenny as an example. She is the monitor of our class. She spends a lot of time working for our class. But she still gets good grades in all subjects. How do students like Jenny do that? When I asked her, she said, “Hard work is not the whole story. It’s not how long you sit at the desk with your books open. It’s what you do while you are sitting.” Indeed, we can see many top students actually spend fewer hours on their studies than their classmates. Jenny gave me some valuable suggestions.

If your math teacher assigns(分派) five problems you should do six. If your Chinese teacher assigns eight pages of reading, you should read nine. The more you practice, the more you learn.

Studying is a matter of personal preference(偏愛), so choose the way you are most comfortable with. Some people like working at night when the house is quiet, while others like doing their work early in the morning. Still others like studying as soon as they arrive home from school while the work is fresh in their minds. No matter which way suits you, try to do your best.

Studying is your business and business comes before entertainment(娛樂). When you are studying, phone calls should go unanswered, TV shows unwatched, snacks ignored. Studying is the only thing in your mind. Nothing can pull your attention away from what you are studying.

Studying is like eating. You chew it one bite at a time. You can plan what to do today, but don’t do too much. When you can’t finish the work you planned to do, you will feel disappointed and may lose confidence. On the other hand, you will not study well without a good plan. It all depends on how you arrange your time.

The students who hand in a clearly written paper is already half way to an A. Neat(工整的) papers are likely to get higher marks than sloppy(被潑水弄濕的) ones. When you write neatly and do your work carefully, the thoughts in your mind are clear. You are able to make fewer mistakes.

How to improve your studies
Passage outline	Supporting details
Do more than you are asked	Do more than 1. your teacher asks you to because 2. makes you learn more.
Choose suitbale ways	◆ Some people like working on a 3. night, while others like doing their work early in the morning. Some people like studying their lessons upon their 4. home from school.
Put study 5. entertainment	Fix all your 6. on what you are studying.
7. your time well	◆ Don’t try to do much at a time. ◆ Failing in 8. your task as planned will make you feel disappointed and lose confidence. ◆ On the other hand, you will not study well without a good plan.
Keep your papers 9.	◆ Clearly-written papers are more likely to get 10. marks than sloppy ones. ◆ Besides, some mistakes can be avoided.

 

Answer 1

1.what

2.practice

3.quiet

4.arriving

5.before/over

6.attention

7.Plan/Arrange

8.finishing

9.neat

10.higher/better

【解析】

試題分析：本文屬于教育類短文，告訴我們優(yōu)秀生是如何取得好成績的幾個(gè)注意事項(xiàng)。

1.what 語法題。本句是一個(gè)賓語從句，what引導(dǎo)起這個(gè)賓語從句，并在句中作為動(dòng)詞do的賓語。

2.practice 原詞再現(xiàn)。根據(jù)第二段最后一句The more you practice, the more you learn.可知我們練習(xí)得越多，我們學(xué)會(huì)的也就越多。

3.】quiet 原詞再現(xiàn)。根據(jù)第三段第二句Some people like working at night when the house is quiet可知有些學(xué)生喜歡在安靜的環(huán)境里做作業(yè)。

4.】arriving 詞形變化。根據(jù)文章第三段Still others like studying as soon as they arrive home from school可知有些學(xué)生放學(xué)回家以后就做作業(yè)。表格里upon的后面要使用動(dòng)名詞arriving的形式。

5.before/over 原詞再現(xiàn)。根據(jù)文章第四段Studying is your business and business comes before entertainment(娛樂).可知要把學(xué)習(xí)放在娛樂的前面。

6.attention 原詞再現(xiàn)。根據(jù)第四段最后一句Nothing can pull your attention away from what you are studying.可知什么也不能把我們的注意力從我們正在學(xué)的內(nèi)容上拉開。也就是要把所有的注意力集中在學(xué)習(xí)任務(wù)上。

7.Plan/Arrange 原詞再現(xiàn)。根據(jù)第五段最后一句It all depends on how you arrange your time.可知我們一定要合理地安排好我們的時(shí)間。

8.】finishing 詞形轉(zhuǎn)換。根據(jù)第五段第三句When you can’t finish the work you planned to do, you will feel disappointed and may lose confidence可知當(dāng)我們沒有按照計(jì)劃完成任務(wù)的時(shí)候，我們會(huì)感到失望的。表格里介詞in的后面要接動(dòng)名詞finishing的形式。

9.neat 原詞再現(xiàn)。根據(jù)最后一段第二句Neat(工整的) papers are likely to get higher marks than sloppy(被潑水弄濕的) ones.可知要保持試卷整潔。

10.higher/better 原詞再現(xiàn)。根據(jù)最后一段第二Neat(工整的) papers are likely to get higher marks than sloppy(被潑水弄濕的) ones.工整的試卷會(huì)讓我們得到更高的分?jǐn)?shù)。

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