题目内容
阅读下面的短文,然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
John, a heavy smoker, once felt bad-tempered.His hands started shaking and he coughed a lot, so he turned to his doctor for help.“Quit smoking.”the doctor advised. Finding the advice sensible from several points, such as money, health, and cleanliness, John decided to give up smoking.However, for several hours without a cigarette, John was nervous and had difficulty in concentrating, inability to sleep, which made him more hungry for a cigarette.He said to himself,“One more, and I will quit it tomorrow.Tomorrow will be a suitable day for me to break away from the bad habit…”Then he picked up a cigarette which made him relaxed. Again and again John made up his mind to do it“tomorrow”.Today John is still addicted to smoking.
Lots of people think that“tomorrow”is always the most convenient time to start breaking an old developed habit.But good intentions are there, and will-power is not.Consequently, these people will never achieve anything.
1、以约30个词概括短文的要点。
2、然后以约120个词就“Don’t leave Today’s Work for Tomorrow”这个主题发表你的看法,并包括下面要点:
1)不能把今天的事情推迟到明天,因为明天还有明天的事情。
2)推迟完成今天该做的事情是那些缺乏意志没有决心的人不做事情的借口。
3)长期不完成今天该做的事情,会养成懒性。
4)作为学生要如何对待这个问题。
写作要求:
1、你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的观点,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不得直接引用阅读材料中的句子。
2、短文标题已给出,但不计入总词数。
解析:
The passage argues that people who lack determination leave today’s work for tomorrow and they achieve little success by showing us the example that without strong will John failed to quit smoking.
In my opinion,we can’t leave today’s work for tomorrow, because for different days we have different things to do.So if we fail to make up our mind to complete today’s work and leave it for tomorrow, when we’ll have some other work, we`ll gradually pile up too many things and will never get them done.Still more, only the persons without determination and will-power will find all kinds of excuses for the things they should have done today.That John found excuses for leaving quitting smoking for tomorrow and couldn’t make it in the passage is a good lesson for us.In addition, leaving today’s work for tomorrow is a bad habit, which will make for a person’s laziness.
Personally, as students, having a lot of things to learn and different homework of different subjects to do every day, we can’t afford to waste time, so the earlier we plan our time and get down to the work, the better results we will get. In a word, if we have strong intention and great determination and do everything as planned, we will be able to keep improving ourselves and achieve success.
阅读下面的短文,然后从A-F选项中,为每一小段选择合适的标题, 并把答案写在答案卷上。
A. The most common problem is a “wandering” mind B. Selective listening is also a mental barrier C. Listening isn’t an easy skill to master D. Attitude can also influence good listening E. Noise and background music makes listening more difficult F. Listening is also related to the level of the listener’s knowledge |
1._____________
Listening is not as easy as someone thought. Even good listeners may recall only fifty percent of what they hear. Retention, the ability to remember and recall information, decreases about twenty to twenty-five percent after a few days. So no matter how well you listen in class, you’re always going to have to refresh your memory before a test! Unfortunately, many people have poor listening habits, and little listening training. To improve your listening skills, it’s important to understand what causes poor listening.
2.___________
If you find it difficult to concentrate solely on what a speaker is saying, there’s a good reason. The mind processes information much faster than a speaker can speak. The brain can process over 500 words per minute, while the average speaker talks at a rate of 124 to 250 words per minute. That means the mind can hear what’s being said and can think about something else at the same time.
3.____________
If you have a negative idea about the speaker or the topic, you’ll find it difficult to listen attentively. Hostile or captive audiences often have more difficultly listening than do favorable or voluntary ones.
4.____________
If a speaker speaks “above the heads” of an audience, people find it difficult to concentrate. Speakers who use unfamiliar words or who use incomplete explanations make it more difficult to listen. Speakers who “speak down” to audiences, failing to acknowledge what the audience already knows, also create mental blocks.
5.___________
When people listen selectively, they simply block out what they don’t want to hear. For instance, many people have habits that are dangerous to their health, like smoking. However, they often choose to block out what a speaker says about health risks. They may listen to a speech and think that the speaker’s message applies to other people, not them. In other words, they hear what they want to hear and ignore what they don’t want to hear.