Everybody hates that feeling when you spend three weeks reading a book, and a month later somebody asks you about it and you can’t remember a thing you read. It makes you wonder why you wasted a couple of hours on the words that didn’t stick.

There are some effective ways to learn. And when I say “to learn effectively”, what I mean is to not just build up knowledge, but to be able to apply(应用)that knowledge effectively at some point in the future. By this definition, most of the courses people spend money on is not learning. Something is not truly learned until it changes you in some way.

1. Memory is based on relevance (相关性)

One of my favorite online book clubs is Mentor Box. What’s cool about the club is not only do they send you books to read, but they send you study materials related to them. The study materials, instead of being like school, where it asks you to repeat information in the book to help memorize it, are designed to help you apply the lessons to various areas of your life.

That’s because memory works based on relevance. We only remember what our brain has considered important to our own lives. If you don’t find a way to make it relevant to you and your well-being in some way, your brain will conveniently forget it.

You can do this on your own. When you come across something interesting in a book, write down its application or relevance to something in your life—how you can use the idea, how it explains something in your past, how it can help with your problems, etc.

2. Reading does not have to be linear

People believe they have to read everything, line by line, one after another. This is not only not true, but it’s often a waste of time and energy.

When you buy a book, you’re not buying the words, you’re buying the useful ideas. The point of a book is to gather the information that is relevant and important to you, not to finish it or to understand every word. What matters is the principle or key idea. Once you’ve received that principle or idea, there’s no reason to feel obligated to sit there and read the rest.

3.Think critically and ask the right questions

Everything you read should be questioned. You should question the writer’s biases(偏见 ), whether they’re explaining information correctly, whether they’re overlooking something. When reading something I agree with, I’ll ask myself, “Is it possible that this could be wrong?” Everything should be taken with a grain of salt, for the simple reason that almost everything is largely uncertain. And it’s the ability to manage those uncertainties effectively that will determine the depth of your knowledge and understanding, not the ability to memorize a lot of facts and numbers.

1.According to the writer, effective learning________.

A.is a practical method to have good feelings

B.helps you explain and remember difficult words

C.happens when knowledge changes you in some way

D.is the main goal of the courses people spend money on

2.What does the writer suggest when we learn something new?

A.Read line by line to receive useful ideas.

B.Repeat and rethink information to deepen our memory.

C.Build connections between books and our personal life.

D.Keep asking questions to understand the writer’s opinions.

3.The underlined word “obligated” probably means “________”.

A.worried B.forced C.relaxed D.interested

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.How to Become A Better Learner

B.How to Memorize Things Effectively

C.Ways of Building Relevance in Your Life

D.The importance of Asking the Right Questions

There are many ways to help improve your health like eating healthy food, taking exercise and getting medical help. But the easiest and cheapest way to improve your health is just to sleep eight hours or more every night. The general sleeping rule is that the younger you are, the longer sleep you need.

The problem with sleep is that more and more people in the world are not sleeping enough. According to the World Health Organization over half the people in the world may be sleep-deprived. Having less sleep not only makes people feel tired but also causes accidents. In the United States alone, sleepy drivers cause at least 100,000 traffic accidents a year. Also sleep problems can cause medical problems such as high blood pressure.

How do we teach these people to learn the value of sleep? Perhaps they may listen to the advice of Dr. James Maas an expert(专家)in sleep. He says, “Sleep is like a credit card(信用卡). When you sleep less. You are only borrowing time. You always have to pay it back. The more hours you don’t sleep, the more hours you should sleep to ‘pay back’ the hours on your ‘sleep credit card.’”

For those who value work more than sleep, they should listen to what a famous person once said. “Don’t think you will be doing less work because you sleep during the night. That is a foolish idea which is held by people who have no imagination. You will be able to do more.”

根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。

1.According to the writer, what is the easiest and cheapest way to improve health?

A.Eating healthy food every day.

B.Taking exercise as much as possible.

C.Getting medical help whenever necessary.

D.Sleeping eight hours or more every night.

2.What does “sleep-deprived” mean in Paragragh 2?

A.睡眠充足 B.睡眠质量 C.睡眠不足 D.睡眠障碍

3.According to Dr. James Mass, what is sleep like?

A.An hour. B.A report. C.A credit card. D.A piece of paper.

4.What do the words of the famous person mean in Paragragh 4?

A.Sleeping during the night is foolish. B.Sleeping during the night is helpful.

C.People have no courage. D.People always do less work.

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A.The Value of Sleep B.The Value of Study

C.The Ways of Eating Less D.The Ways of Making Money

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