What time is it?Most people are pretty accurate in their answer. And if you don’t know for sure, it’s very likely that you can find out. There may be a watch on your wrist; there may be a clock on the wall, desk, or computer screen; or maybe you’re riding in a car that has a clock in the dashboard .

Even if you don’t have a timepiece of some sort nearby, your body keeps its own beat. Humans have an internal clock that regulates (调节) the beating of our heart, the peace of our breathing, the discharge (排出) of chemicals within our bloodstream, and many other bodily functions.

Time is something from which we can’t escape. Even if we ignore it, it’s still going by, ticking away, second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. So the main issue in using your time well is, “who’s in charge?” We can allow time to slip by and let it be our enemy. Or we can take control of it and make it our ally.

     By taking control of how you spend your time, you'll increase your chances of becoming a more 

successful student. Perhaps more importantly, the better you are at managing the time you devote to your 

studies, the more time you'll have to spend on your outside interests. 

     The aim of time management is not to schedule every moment so we become slaves of a timetable that 

governs every waking moment of the day. Instead, the aim is to make informed choices as to how we use 

our time. Rather than letting the day go by, largely without our awareness, what we are going to discuss 

next can make us better able to control time for our own purposes.

1.The underlined word “ally” in Para.3 most likely means somebody or something that is ________.

A. your slave and serves you

B. your supporter an helps you

C. under your control and obeys you

D. under your influence and follows you

2.The author intends to tell us that time ________.

A. could be regulated by a timepiece such as a clock or a watch

B. could be managed by the internal clock by human bodies

C. should be well managed for our own interest

D. should be saved for outside interests

3.In the next part, the author would most probably discuss with you ________.

A. how to keep up with the times        B. how to make up for lost time

C. how to have a good time             D. how to make good use of time

 

A new plan for getting children to and from school is being started by a local government in Eastern England. This could end the worries of many parents fearful for their children's safety on the roads.

Until now the local government have only been prepared to provide bus services for children living more than three miles from their school,or sometimes less if special reasons existed. Now it has been decided that if a group of parents ask for help in organizing transport they will be prepared to go ahead,as long as the arrangement will not lose money and children taking part will be attending their nearest school.

The new plan is to be tried out this term for children living at Milton who attend Impington School.The children live just within the three—mile limit and the local government have said in the past that they will not undertake to provide free transport to the school.But now they have agreed to offer a sum of money for a bus service from Milton to Impington and back,a plan which has the support of the school’s headmaster.

Between 50 and 60 parents have said they would like their children to take part. Final calculations have still to be carried out,but a government official has said the cost to parents should be less than£20 a term.

They have been able to arrange the service at a low cost because there is already an agreement with the bus company for a bus to take children who live further away to Impington. The same bus would now just make one more journey to pick up the Milton children.The official said they would get in touch with other groups of parents who in the past had asked if transport could be provided for their children, to see if they would like to take part in the new plan.

1.What is the aim of the plan?

A.To prevent the students road accidents

B.To relieve the traffic pressure

C.To save time for the parents and students.

D.To help the parents save money.

2.The new bus service will be paid for by

A.the parents                            B.the local government

C.the bus company                        D.the local government and the parents

3.Which of the following is possible if the plan is carried out?

A.The bus company will make much more money.

B.The children can choose whatever school they like.

C.The parents can get rid of their worries.

D.The students in Impington School can have free bus rides.

4.This passage is most probably ·

A.a personal letter                        B.an advertisement

C.a headmaster’s report                  D.a newspaper article

 

 

Most of us would say that the older we get, the less we look forward to celebrating another birthday. For children, though, a birthday is that one occasion each year when they are the center of attention all day long.

         It’s not surprising, then, that children’s birthday parties have turned into big business in America. Kids—or more likely their parents—often try to outdo one another in putting on the most extravagant birthday party. In the past, you might have hired a man with a horse to come by and give everyone horse rides. Today, you can hire an entire petting zoo’s or a truck filled with animals from abroad.

         Barb Hill, a mother of two girls, doesn’t hold extravagant (奢侈的) parties, but she says she does feel pressure to come up with new ideas each year. Her daughter Fiona celebrated her most recent birthday, her eighth, at a sporting-goods store. The kids enjoyed the climbing wall, as well as the pizza and cupcakes. “They always want to do something that nobody else has done yet,” Barb says. You also have to decide how many guests to invite, and if you’re celebrating at a place other than home, that means figuring out how to transport everyone.

         William Doherty, a professor at the University of Minnesota, recently started a project called Birthdays without Pressure. Its website (www. birthdayswithoutpressure.org) gives parents the resources to make kids’ birthday parties less stressful and more fun for all. “Our goal was to start a local and national conversation about what’s happened to birthday parties,” Doherty told me. “We’ve succeeded beyond our expectations—tens of thousands of parents are viewing our website, contacting us and taking our online quizzes.”

         In the end, most parents would agree that the best parties are usually the ones where the kids have time to hang out and play with each other. After all, isn’t what being a kid is all about?

1. The purpose of this passage is to tell us_________.

A.all the children look forward to celebrating their birthday

B.the children’s birthday parties have turned into big business in America

C.parents would like to make children’s birthday parties less stressful and more fun for all

D.parents don’t know how to hold children’s birthday parties

2. Which of the following sentences is TRUE ______.

A.The girl didn’t enjoy the party held by her mother.

B.The project called Birthdays without Pressure is popular with parents.

C.Children look forward to their birthday parties because they like extravagant parties.

D.Parents feel like hiring an entire petting zoo for their children.

3. The aim of the project called Birthdays without Pressure is to______.

A.attract parents to view the website

B.provide resources for making kids’ birthday parties

C.release parents’ stress of organizing children’s birthday parties

D.hold conversation about what’s happened to birthday parties

4. The best title for this passage may probably be ______.

A project called Birthdays without Pressure

B.Children enjoy their birthday parties

C.  How to hold children’s birthday parties

D.  How children feel about their birthday parties

 

What time is it?Most people are pretty accurate in their answer. And if you don’t know for sure, it’s very likely that you can find out. There may be a watch on your wrist; there may be a clock on the wall, desk, or computer screen; or maybe you’re riding in a car that has a clock in the dashboard .

Even if you don’t have a timepiece of some sort nearby, your body keeps its own beat. Humans have an internal clock that regulates (调节) the beating of our heart, the peace of our breathing, the discharge (排出) of chemicals within our bloodstream, and many other bodily functions.

Time is something from which we can’t escape. Even if we ignore it, it’s still going by, ticking away, second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. So the main issue in using your time well is, “who’s in charge?” We can allow time to slip by and let it be our enemy. Or we can take control of it and make it our ally.

By taking control of how you spend your time, you’ll increase your chances of becoming a more successful student. Perhaps more importantly, the better you are at managing the time you devote to your studies, the more time you will have to spend on your outside interests.

The aim of time management is not to schedule every moment so we become slaves of a timetable that governs every waking moment of the day. Instead, the aim is to permit us to make informed choices as to how we use our time. Rather than letting the day go by, largely without our awareness, what we are going to discuss next can make us better able to control time for our own purposes.

1.The underlined word “ally” in Para.3 most likely means somebody or something that is____________.

A. your slave and serves you            B. your supporter an helps you

C. under your control and obeys you      D. under your influence and follows you

2.The author intends to tell us that time __________.

A. could be regulated by a timepiece such as a clock or a watch

B. could be managed by the internal clock by human bodies

C. should be well managed for our own interest

D. should be saved for outside interests

3.In the next part, the author would most probably discuss with you ________.

A. how to keep up with the times         B. how to make up for lost time

C. how to have a good time             D. how to make good use of time

 

The summer I was ten,my mother decided to bring us to the world of art.My brother and I were not very excited when we realized what my mother meant.What she meant was not that we could take drawing classes or painting classes but that we would have to spend one afternoon a week with her at the Fine Arts Museum.Before each visit to the museum,she made us read about artists and painting styles(风格).It was almost as bad as being in school.Who wants to spend the summer thinking about artists when you could be with your friends at the swimming pool?

First we had to read about ancient Egyptians(古埃及人)and their strange way of painting faces and then go to look at them at the museum.My 12-year-old brother thought this was so funny,but I was not interested.Later we had to learn about artists in the Middle Ages who painted people wearing strange long clothing.We had to look at pictures of fat babies with wings and curly(卷曲的)hair and with no clothes on flying around the edges of paintings.I certainly couldn’t see what was so great about art.

On our last visit to the museum,something happened when I saw a painting by a woman called Mary.In it,a woman was reading to a child.The colors were soft and gentle,and you could tell by the mother’s expression how happy she was just to be with the child.I couldn’t stop looking at this painting!I wanted to see every painting Mary had ever made!It was really worth looking at so many paintings to find a painter who could interest me so much.

1.The aim of the mother’s plan was to ________.

A.take them to visit the museum

B.introduce them to the world of art

C.ask them to read about artists

D.show them different painting styles

2.What was the writer’s experience in the museum before the last visit?

A.She came to feel her mother’s love.

B.She liked many paintings.

C.She hardly enjoyed herself.

D.She could understand the pictures of fat babies.

3.What made the writer go through a change that summer?

A.One of Mary’s paintings.

B.A strange way of painting.

C.Artists in the Middle Ages.

D.Her mother’s instruction.

4.From the text,we can see________.

A.the importance of curiosity

B.the effect of art

C.the value of learning

D.the power of family education

 

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