High school students are some of the busiest people in the world. To get the most from all you do, you must be in control of your time. Otherwise decision that affect how well you play the game, what position you play and when you get to play will be decided for you. Your success in high school depends on your use of time. Here are some important things to remember.

·Begin each term by filling in a master plan. First fill in things you must do (classes, work, practice, etc. that you can’t change.) Then find the most effective use for these times.

·Set a regular time and place for study. This will save your time in the long run. If you have a study hall in your school, use it!

·Use daylight hours to study whenever possible. For most people for every hour of study done in daylight hours, it will take them one and a half hours to do the same task at night.

·Take breaks. Don’t plan marathon study time. Have a short rest before you study again.

·By using flash cards or summary sheets, you can use odd times to study while you’re waiting for class to start or for a friend to pick you up.

·If possible, plan study time with a partner. Choose your partner wisely however. Make sure you study, not socialize.

·Do the most difficult tasks for times when you are active. (For example, when you’re energetic, it will become easier to solve maths questions; when you’re tired, it will be impossible!)

·Make a daily checklist. Do the most important tasks first.

According to the passage, your success in high school mainly lies in _________.

A. making full use of your time                B. your hard work

C. your brainpower                          D. how well you play the game

We should use daylight hours to study whenever possible because __________.

A. school study halls are open to students only in the daytime

B. most people can spare more time to study in the daytime

C. it’s more difficult to study effectively at night

D. we have more important things to do than study at night

On how to use our time, we should follow the following suggestions EXCEPT _______.

A. working out a complete plan for the whole term

B. keeping a good balance between study and rest

C. putting the most important tasks first

D. trying to study alone instead of working with others

Directions:    Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.

A.Do established musicians have a responsibility to guide and assist young up-and-coming musicians?

B.Did anyone promote your musical education when you were growing up?

C.What kind of “world music” do you enjoy?

D.What’s your comment on pop music?

E.Does the contemporary music press give jazz the coverage it deserves?

F.What’s wrong with the music on the radio?

An interview with Wynton Marsalis, a noted jazz musician

80.

 

There were the older jazz musicians who hung around our house when I was young. I saw how much they practiced, how serious they were about their art. I knew then I had to work just as hard if I wanted to succeed. Of course, my father inspired me a lot, and many teachers took the time to nurture my latent and the talents of other students in our school.

81.

 

Yes. We’ve done such a poor job with music education because, as a society, we haven’t maintained the kind of education that a true artist and musician needs. Young people haven’t been able to equate romance and talent with music. For instance, most of the people who make it in the music industry today have to look good. How they sound is secondary. Sarah Vaughan, Bessie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald ― those big, romantic queens of jazz music wouldn’t make it in today’s music industry, and that’s a shame. We need to teach young people about the alternatives.

82.

 

Around the would people make music that, if you listen carefully to it, sounds a little like the cadence of their language. I’d call it folk music. When I’m away from home, I make a point of listening to regional folk music, not what’s on the radio.

83.

 

The same music is on the radio all over the world, and the American sound is overwhelming. Even the pop music that’s produced and created in foreign countries has that American beat, that underscore of funk. As a musician, I’m not interested in hearing recycled versions of the same genre over and over. Any music that doesn’t have a development section just isn’t interesting to me.

84.

 

The music press has so much to introduce these days, and jazz is just a small fraction of it. Because some people are intimidated by jazz, they don’t cover it unless it’s a big name. New jazz musicians don’t get much of break. A lot of editors don’t say anything about jazz these days unless it’s Marsalis. That’s a shame. What VH1 is doing with their Save the Music campaign is phenomenal. They’re getting all these instruments out to needy kids. It’s the kind of thing all networks should be doing.

A new era is upon us.Call it what you will:the service economy,the information age,the knowledge society.It all translates to a basic change in the way we work.Already we are there now.The percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen fortunately in the Western World.Today the majority of jobs in America,Europe and Japan(two thirds or more of these countries) are in the service industry,and the number is on the rise.More women are in workforce than ever before.There are more part-time jobs.More people are self-employed.But the wideness of the economic change can’t be measured by numbers alone,because it also is giving rise to a radical new way of thinking about the nature of work itself.Long-held views about jobs and careers,the skills to succeed,even the relation between individuals and employers—all these are being challenged.

We have only to look behind us to get some sense of what may lie ahead.No one looking ahead 20 years possibly could have foreseen the ways in which a single invention the chip,would change our world,thanks to its use in personal computers,digital biotechnology,artificial intelligence or even some still unimagined technology could produce a similar wave of unexpected changes.But one thing is certain:information and knowledge will become even more important,and the people who have it,whether they work in manufacturing or services,will have the advantage and problems by vices will be predominant.It will be the way you do your job.

1.A characteristic of the information age is that.

A.the service industry is depending more and more on female workforce

B.manufacturing industries are steadily increasing?

C.people find it harder and harder to earn a living by working in factories

D.most of the job opportunities can now be found in the service industry

2.One of the great changes brought about by the knowledge society is that _____.

A.the difference between the individuals and the employers has become less

B.people’s traditional ideas about work no longer hold true

C.most people have to take part-time jobs

D.people have to change their jobs from time to time

3.By referring to computers and other inventions,the author means that.

A.people should be able to respond quickly to the advancement of technology

B.future achievements in technology will bring about unbelievable changes

C.the importance of high technology has been overlooked

D.computer science will play a leading role in the future information service

4.The future will probably belong to those who.

A.possess and know how to make use of information

B.give full play to their brain potential

C.involve themselves in service industry

D.looking forward instead of looking back

 

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