题目内容
Want to come to Beijing in 2008?
Beijing is the hosting city for the Olympic Games in 2008.
Choose homestay(寄宿家庭)for your accommodation(住宿)!
Beijing does not have enough hotels available to accommodate all people that will visit the city for the 2008 Olympics.
Homestay Beijing 2008 now has almost 450 different homestay accommodation available.We have made arrangements with people who would like to share their living fiats for a few days/weeks with visitors.
All hosts speak English!
Beijing has a large number of expats from English—speaking countries,so it is possible that all hosts speak English.
Much cheaper than a hotel!
Hotel prices will become 10 times(倍)higher than usual.
More space than In a hotel!
A hotel room is just that a room.At Homestay Beijing 2008,you can choose what kind of accommodation you want.
More experience than in a hotel!
We think that staying with people who live here can add much more to your experience.
More Information
Read our introduction on the about page.If you have any questions,please have a look at our Frequent Asked Questions page for answers!
Contact(联系)us
If you want to contact us for more information,you can find a contact form on the Frequent Asked Questions page.
If you are interested to stay at one of our flats.please visit the pages Rent Homestay.
1.According to(依据)the advertisement,one of the advantages of homestay is .
A.being comfortable with larger space
B.being easier to visit places of interest
C.being able to make more Chinese friends
D.being closer to the Olympic stadiums(场馆)
2.We can infer(推断)from the advertisement that during the 2008 Olympics.
A.a present 400-dollar room may cost as much as 2000 dollars
B.there will be more visitors to Beijing than hotels can take in
C.most visitors will choose the fiats of Homestay Beijing 2008
D.homestay will help visitors to learn to speak good English
3.The underlined word “expats” in Paragraph 4 refers to(指的是)foreigners .
A.staying in hotels B.helping others
C.watching games D.living in Beijing
4.If you want to learn more about homestay,you'd better first.
A.read “the about page” B.contact hotels in Beijing
C.visit “Rent Homestay” D.call Homestay Beijing 2008
5.The advertisement is made for during the 2008 Olympics.
A.those who will work as Olympic volunteers
B.those who will provide accommodation for visitors
C.those who will come to Beijing from foreign countries
D.those who will come to Beijing from different parts of China
ABDAC
For many American teenagers, having a part-time job is an important part of growing up. A part-time job can teach teenagers important skills like responsibility(责任), independence(独立),teamwork and leadership.
Young people can expand(扩大) their social circles beyond their classmates by making friends with co-workers. And many teenagers find that earning their own money gives them a sense of pride and freedom.
The US Department of Labor allows teenagers to apply for jobs at the age of 14. Popular part-time jobs include working in ice cream stores, coffee shops, and clothing stores. During the school year, teenagers may go to work a few times a week after their classes get out, then work for longer on the weekends.
In the summer, top jobs for teens include working at camps, swimming pools and amusement parks. These jobs are great for young people who want to be active and have fun while making money.
A favorite job for many teens is babysitting(临时替人看小孩), and they can start before 14 if the parents agree. After the children are sleeping and before the parents come home, babysitters have lots of freedom.
As long as they stay in the house and make sure the kids are okay, babysitters can do their homework, enjoy a snack, watch TV, or talk on the phone with friends.
It can be stressful to balance school, homework, and a part-time job. Still, many American teenagers value their work experience and the skills they gain on the job.
【小题1】The author thinks a part-time job can teach teenagers many skills except _____.
A.responsibility | B.teamwork | C.leadership | D.organization |
A.fourteen | B.thirteen | C.twelve | D.eleven |
A.At a shop. | B.In the office. | C.At a camp. | D.At a clothing store. |
A.can start before 14 | B.can make more money |
C.like to play with children | D.have lots of freedom |
A.enjoy working more |
B.hate going to school |
C.don’t have much homework |
D.think that skills are important |
Tony Buzan’s grades were going down at university. Disappointed with his low marks, he went to the library to find a book on how to use his brain. He was directed to the medical section. Confused, he said to the librarian, “I don’t want to take my brain out, I just want to learn how to use it.” Her reply was simple: “There’s no book on that.”
“I thought to myself,” says Buzan, “if I buy a little radio, I get an instruction manual (说明书). If I buy a microwave, I get an instruction manual. But for the most important machine in the world, no instruction manual?”
Fifty years later, Buzan has become the world’s leading speaker on the brain and learning. In the late 1960s, he invented the mind map, a visual representation of thought processes.
This kind of thinking has become a popular tool for planning, organizing, problem solving, and communicating across the world. He has since authored and co-authored over 100 books that have appeared in more than 30 languages.
“I think in most cases, people use less than 1 percent of their brains,” he says.
But how do you expand this 1 percent? How do you become the best student you can be?
According to Buzan, the answer is simple. You take a section of whatever it is that you are trying to learn, he says, and you read it for its essence (精髓、要素). Then you make a mind map of all the important details. For a truly effective mind map, you start with a colored image in the center of your page. Draw the first image that comes to mind on the topic you are mind mapping. Branch off from your central image and create one of your main ideas. From your main branches draw some sub-branches and from those sub-branches you can draw even more branches. He emphasizes that you should use plenty of images and colors as these help with memory recall and encourage creativity.
By using this visual format (形式), according to Buzan, your mind will begin to make associations that will help you remember more information for longer periods of time.
Buzan believes that traditional note-taking methods, such as lists and summaries, do not stimulate the brain’s recall capacity or ability in the same way. Because of this, students will often find themselves locked away in their rooms for hours, trying hard to memorize separate details. Buzan believes that for a more effective and lasting way of studying, you must first understand how your brain works.
“Everyone is born smart,” he says. “You just have to learn how to learn.”
【小题1】What is the main purpose of the first two paragraphs?
A.To show that Tony Buzan was worried about his study. |
B.To invite us to think about the importance of manuals. |
C.To prove that the mind map is a useful tool for the brain. |
D.To show why Tony Buzan studies the brain and learning. |
A.Excite. | B.Improve. | C.Encourage. | D.Affect. |
A.If we learn the mind map, we will become the best student. |
B.The mind map will help your brain connect separate details. |
C.The mind map will be more effective if we put more details in it. |
D.We will solve the problem if we make connections between ideas. |
A.How to make the mind map? |
B.Is the mind map widely used? |
C.Can your memory be mapped? |
D.Is the mind map helpful in thinking? |