How to Study Smarter, Not Harder

Here are some of our favorite tips that will help any student study smarter, not harder:

Recite As You Study

Reciting?saying things out loud—should first take place as you read through each paragraph or section.Test yourself.This will help you to understand as well as learn faster because it is more active than reading or listening.It will also help you to notice your mistakes and the topics you have trouble understanding.

Study the Middle

The best time to review is soon after you've learned something.You are more likely to remember the material at the beginning and the end of the lesson, so make sure you focus on the middle when you review.

Take Fuller Notes

Notes should be in your own words, brief and clear.They should be tidy and easy to read.Writing notes will help you better than just underlining as you read, since it forces you to re?write ideas in your own words.

Sleep on it

Study before going to bed, unless you are very tired.It's easier to remember material you've just learned after sleeping than after an equal period of daytime activity, because your brain continues to think even after you've fallen asleep.

Combing Memory and Understanding

There are two ways to remember:by memorizing and by understanding.Multiplication tables, telephone numbers, and math formulas are better learned by rote(死记硬背)while ideas are best learned by understanding.

The more ways you have to think about an idea, the more meaning it will have:the more meaningful the learning, the better you can remember it.Pay attention to similarities in ideas and concepts and then try to understand how they fit in with thing you already know.Never be satisfied with anything less than a completely clear understanding of what you are reading.If you are not able to follow the thought, go back to the place where you first got confused and try again.

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◆Help you study in an3. way

◆Make you aware of your mistakes and problems

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◆brief and clear

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Sleep on it

Studying before going to bed brings about better 6. for material you've just learned.

7. of memory and understanding

◆Considering an idea in as many different8. as possible.

9. similar ideas and concepts

◆Going back to what first cause your 10. and start again

In my childhood, I envied my classmates very much as my absence from school was not allowed due to my strict parents. I had to be _____ in order to stay home. My parents _____ to say that they were leading me to have a _____ work ethic(职业道德). Not until last week did I see the ______.

I was on a bus, and behind was a man who was ______ to his friend about his life. His dream was to become a director but he wouldn't continue to ______ it because he had no ______ if he could make enough money. And he didn't want to waste ______ because it probably would take months or years to ______ it big. Then he admitted to thinking about becoming a(n) ______ because he thought he could ______ make six figures within one year. His friend agreed because as he put it, “I have no ______ to work long hours and not make much money. Taking pictures is good because you can make big money and only work short hours.”

Many people these days don't______ that when things seem to happen immediately, it is only because a lot of ______ , determination and time have gone into it. Someone once told me that you may know ______ someone is an expert in his given field by how easy he makes it look. The ______ it looks, the more hours go into it.

There is no______ for laziness. In the television show Fame, the dance teacher told her students, “If you want fame, fame ______ and here's how you start paying for it, in sweat.” Every time I watch that show, my dad would repeat how ______ she was because in order to ______ you have to work hard. He would go on and on about how bad it is to be lazy.

1.A. shaking B. smiling C. shouting D. lying

2.A. needed B. used C. agreed D. ought

3.A. different B. reliable C. standard D. good

4.A. evidence B. significance C. answer D. result

5.A. writing B. explaining C. reflecting D. complaining

6.A. support B. make C. follow D. change

7.A. idea B. doubt C. evidence D. sign

8.A. luck B. money C. time D. opportunity

9.A. take B. promote C. make D. create

10.A. dancer B. lawyer C. actor D. photographer

11.A. gently B. eagerly C. easily D. carefully

12.A. choice B. time C. desire D. chance

13.A. understand B. guarantee C. recognize D. realize

14.A. decision B. effort C. pressure D. intelligence

15.A. that B. why C. whether D. when

16.A. easier B. lighter C. better D. harder

17.A. explanation B. statement C. excuse D. possibility

18.A. matters B. arises C. works D. costs

19.A. natural B. beautiful C. right D. kind

20.A. succeed B. develop C. finish D. rest

My mother had been a true inspiration to me and changed the way I look at life. Since my birth she has made it evident that I would become _________, that I would be one of the great ones. She has taught me that I can do anything if I put my _________to it.

As a young boy, I struggled to achieve tasks that came _________to most. I had problems writing, reading and especially speaking. I did not talk the way _______kids did and did not respond to questions or stay alert to my surroundings. My reading was poor ___________ with teachers helping me, and my speech was hard to _________. My writing was not at the _________ it should have been. Even simple things like knowing my left from my right or being able to snap my fingers were _______.

My mother _______ all my challenges and, as a professor with a Ph.D., decided to __________ the situation early in my development. She did not want me to ________alone. After a while, ________ did indeed conquer all the problems that had troubled me. She spent hours every day __________me everything I needed to know, determined to help me learn. ________ her I would not be anywhere close to the level I am now.

In addition, she gave __________for my life. She told me what to do and what not to do. Her expectations have always been high __________she knows that I can do it. For that, I thank her. She would not allow her son to be incapable. She never __________on me, and to this day she tells me education is a must. I will be a __________person if I continue to follow her lead. She encourages me to work for my __________and attend college.

She used her gifts as a __________ to help a child –her child—and now I have the opportunity to become something.

1.A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing

2.A. mind B. brain C. feelings D. work

3.A. smoothly B. strongly C. frequently D. easily

4.A. average B. ordinary C. normal D. common

5.A. just B. even C. ever D. only

6.A. hear B. write C. read D. understand

7.A. level B. length C. speed D. degree

8.A. problems B. excuses C. worries D. duties

9.A. suffered B. observed C. removed D. experienced

10.A. study B. find C. change D. keep

11.A. fight B. strike C. struggle D. challenge

12.A. it B. I C. they D. we

13.A. teaching B. giving C. supporting D. reminding

14.A. Without B. Except C. Besides D. Beyond

15.A. information B. advice C. promise D. expectation

16.A. before B. though C. because D. unless

17.A. set up B. pushed up C. gave up D. looked up

18.A. rich B. famous C. successful D. powerful

19.A. training B. grades C. experiments D. abilities

20.A. woman B. doctor C. sister D. teacher

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