1.Make a motivational song list.Distracting(分心) yourself with some great tunes can help you make it to the finish line faster.【3】

2.Try the partner system.A running partner can keep you motivated and on-track,and might even improve your performance,research shows.

3.【4】 A study on weight-lifters found that mental practices can be as effective as physical practice,resulting in actual muscle increases.Visualizing your if-then plan,for instance,could improve your chance of success.

4.Try “attention narrowing”.【5】 Last year,an NYU study found that focusing on an object on the horizon makes the distance feel shorter,and leads runners to go faster and perform better than those who let their minds wander.

With these helpful strategies,your next personal record might be just around the corner.

A.Plan what to do.

B.Visualize achieving your goal.

C.Finding ways to move past those kinds of experiences is very vital.

D.“Hitting the wall” typically happens around 20 miles into a marathon.

E.There is evidence that saying motivational things to oneself benefits a lot.

F.Runners who focus their eyes on an object in the distance get there faster.

G.Studies show athletes run,bike and swim farther and faster when listening to music.

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Every student has his own style of studying and it's up to you to use the available resources to be as effective and productive as possible.Here are some tips on how to teach yourself to study effectively.
● When determining the best approach,you need to assess your personality.Some people can read for hours while others can't sit still through more than one chapter.Find your pace,improve it and work around your strengths and weaknesses.It's up to you whether to join a study group or learn by yourself.
●Set a goal. It'll not only help you keep focused and stay on track but also help you organize your time and activities.
●Learn over time. If you don't know or understand the lesson from the start, you won't get it the night before your big test.It's best to study smaller loads of information repeated over a period of time.
●Set a realistic and reasonable schedule. Create a routine schedule for your studying time.Strictly follow this schedule so as to develop an effective studying session.
●Have time to rest. It's necessary to have enough time to rest in order to regain all the energy used up by the body from all the studying. Communicate with other people and participate in recreational activities to help you relax and refresh your mind.
A.Know yourself.
B.Have good study habits.
C.It's impossible to learn a lot of things in a short time.
D.Try to discover the type of reading that best suits you.
E.Allocate your time between studying and other activities.
F.Your mind won't be as sharp if you don't have ample sleep.
G.You need to determine what you want to achieve in a given subject.

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1. 出国留学的优点：开阔视野；体验当地的风情；交更多的朋友；更快更好地掌握一门外语。

2. 出国留学的缺点：语言障碍不利于学习；费用高昂；而花大量时间打工又会影响学习。

参考词汇:语言障碍language barrier；足够的adequate

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【题目】阅读理解
More than 10 years ago, it was difficult to buy a tasty pineapple.The fruits that made it to the UK were green on the outside and, more often than not,hard with an unpleasant taste within.Then in 1966,the Del Monte Gold pineapple produced in Hawaii first hit our shelves.
The new type of pineapple looked more yellowy-gold than green.It was slightly softer on the outside and had a lot of juice inside.But the most important thing about this new type of pineapple was that it was twice as sweet as the hit-and-miss pineapples we had known. In no time, the Del Monte Gold took the market by storm, rapidly becoming the world's best-selling pineapple variety, and delivering natural levels of sweetness in the mouth,up until then only found in tinned pineapple.
In nutrition it was all good news too.This nice tasting pineapple contained four times more vitamin C than the old green variety.Nutritionists said that it was not only full of vitamins, but also good against some diseases.People were understandably eager to be able to buy this wonderful fruit.The new type of pineapple was selling fast9 and the Del Monte Gold pineapple rapidly became a fixture in the shopping basket of the healthy eater.
Seeing the growing market for its winning pineapple, Del Monte tried to keep market to itself.But other fruit companies developed similar pineapples.Del Monte turned to law for help, but failed. Those companies argued successfully that Del Monte's attempts to keep the golden pineapple for itself were just a way to knock them out the market.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并将选定答案的字母标号填在题前括号内。
（1）We learn from the text that the new type at pineapple is.
A.green outside and sweet inside
B.a little soft outside and sweet inside
C.yellowy-gold outside and hard inside
D.good-looking outside and soft inside
（2）Why was the new type of pineapple selling well?
A.Because it was rich in nutrition and tasted nice.
B.Because it was less sweet and good for health.
C.Because it was developed by Del Monte.
D.Because it was used as medicine.
（3）The underlined word "fixture" in Paragraph 3 probably refers to something.
A.that people enjoy eating
B.that people use as a gift
C.that is always present
D.that is difficult to get
（4）We learn from the last paragraph that Del Monte.
A.slowed other companies to develop pineapples
B.succeeded in keeping the pineapple for itself
C.tried hard to control the pineapple market
D.planned to help the other companies

【题目】阅读理解
A walk in one of the regional parks and forests is a great way to explore the diverse landscape of greater Wellington.
From coastal sands to historic paths,farmland to green native forest,the parks and forests offer a variety of countryside and scenery to suit all ages and levels of fitness.
Most of the walks offer the chance to take a break and enjoy picnicking or swimming.
What to take
Many of the walks go through areas exposed to winds and changeable weather.Please take with you some water and sun hat especially on walks marked with hiking symbol.Always take some warm clothing and a rain jacket.
All times stated are estimates for the return trip.
Where indicated, mountain bikes and horses riders may use tracks.
Opening hours
The parks and forests are open daily from 8 am till dusk.Parks or walks marked with a farm animal symbol may be closed for lambing Aug—Nov.Please check with the ranger or on our website www.gw.govt.nz.
Caring for your pack
●Pack in and pack out.Take your rubbish home and recycle it when possible.
●Keep dogs under control and remove droppings.
●Do not remove, disturb or damage native plants or animals.
●Light no fires.
●Poison may be laid in the parks and forests to control the field mouse.Do not remove notice or disturb baits, lures, trapping lines or the mousetraps.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并将选定答案的字母标号填在题前括号内。
（1）What can we know about the walk?
A.Visitors can dive when they rest.
B.People under 18 are not permitted to take part in it.
C.People can sightsee the seashore and farmland.
D.People can visit some famous people during the walk.
（2）It can be known from the passage that.
A.sun hat and warming clothing should be taken in case of the changeable weather
B.you can see far animals at any time
C.visitors have no access to riding horses
D.pets can walk as they wish
（3）What can we infer from the passage?
A.Rubbish should be thrown into the rubbish can in the parks.
B.Fires are not permitted in the parks.
C.There are lots of poisonous plants.
D.Field mice are the animals that most visitors want to see.
（4）The passage is most likely found in.
A.a government notice
B.a newspaper advertisement
C.a TV health program
D.a travel guidebook

【题目】根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.
The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors.
It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.
Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand's series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
（1）Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________.
A.want to be as rich as their neighbors
B.want others to know or to think that they are rich
C.don't want others to know they are rich
D.want to be happy
（2）It can be inferred (推断) from the story that rich people like to ________.
A.live outside New York City
B.live in New York city
C.live in apartments
D.have many neighbors
（3）Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is _____.
A.an important name
B.a popular name in the United States
C.his neighbor's name
D.not a good name
（4）According to the writer, it is ________ to keep up with the Joneses.
A.correct
B.interesting
C.impossible
D.good

【题目】阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
Teachers selected from each district school for the Teacher of the Year competition were recognized.The competition's winner will be1in the spring.All those model teachers got me to think about some of my teachers through the years, and how they2me.
My college adviser, J.C.Casey, had a big3on my life.She was a teacher and friend.She4me to consider journalism as a career.My high school math teacher,Kathy Cloud,took the time to5math to me in a way I could 6understand.I'd struggled with math until I got in Cloud's classes.She gave me the7to realize I could do it.
My first-grade teacher, Darlene Dryden, held me back. Now, most people wouldn't8the teacher that kept them back a grade fondly, but Dryden has always been my9teacher.I was the youngest person in my class and very shy. She thought I10another year to mature before moving on to second11.She didn't make me feel12for having to repeat the grade.Instead,he made me feel13.I think I was her favorite, too.
My senior year of high school, right before14,I wrote Dryden a note letting her know that I'd become a good student and was going to15and that she'd had a16in that.
The Norman teachers17Wednesday are just a few of the many who are in the classrooms every day making 18in their students' lives.They may not even know the19impact（影响）they're having.I know it's not an20 job, but teachers, just remember that you're a Mrs.Dryden to somebody.
（1）A.impressed B.emphasised C.announced D.understood
（2）A.blamed B.influenced C.considered D.awarded
（3）A.education B.lecture C.force D.effect
（4）A.encouraged B.warned C.forced D.begged
（5）A.pass B.explain C.request D.invite
（6）A.usually B.suddenly C.actually D.hardly
（7）A.chance B.confidence C.courage D.importance
（8）A.doubt B.respect C.miss D.remember
（9）A.favorite B.terrible C.serious D.curious
（10）A.wasted B.delayed C.needed D.planned
（11）A.class B.family C.group D.grade
（12）A.stupid B.comfortable C.pleasant D.troublesome
（13）A.common B.special C.proud D.sad
（14）A.graduation B.work C.youth D.sleep
（15）A.nursery B.college C.school D.factory
（16）A.point B.balance C.sense D.part
（17）A.accepted B.employed C.honored D.punished
（18）A.differences B.preparations C.charges D.decisions
（19）A.passive B.small C.painful D.positive
（20）A.interesting B.elegant C.easy D.important

【题目】阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Dear son,
The day that you see me old and I am already not young, have patience and try to understand me.If I get dirty when eating, if I can not dress, have 1 Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
If, when I 2 to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one times, do not interrupt me, listen to me.When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story3 you get to sleep.
When I do not want to have a shower, 4shame me nor scold me.Remember when I had to chase（追逐） you 5 thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bathe.
When you see my ignorance on new technologies, give me the necessary time6 do not look at me with your mocking （嘲讽的） smile.I taught you how to do so many things: to eat well, to dress well, to confront（勇敢面对） life.
When at some moment I 7the memory or the thread of our conversation, let me have the necessary time to remember.And if I cannot do it, do not become nervous, as the most important thing is not the8, but surely to be with you and to 9you listening to me.
If 10, I do not want to eat, do not 11 me.I know well when I need to and when not.
When my tired 12 do not allow me to walk, give me your hand---the same way13 I did when you gave your 14 steps.
And when someday I say to you that I do not want to live any more, that I want to die, do not get angry.Some day you 15 understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.Some day you will discover that, 16 my mistakes, I always wanted the best thing for you and 17 I tried to prepare the way for you.
You must not feel sad or angry for seeing me18 you.You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I 19 it when you started living.
Help me to walk; help me to 20 my way with love and patience.I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you, son.
Your father
（1）A.patience B.love C.care D.concern
（2）A.tell B.speak C.say D.shout
（3）A.when B.as C.after D.until
（4）A.neither B.either C.both D.all
（5）A.for B.as C.with D.on
（6）A.and B.or C.but D.so
（7）A.forget B.remove C.lose D.remind
（8）A.company B.conversation C.health D.life
（9）A.let B.have C.set D.make
（10）A.never B.seldom C.hardly D.ever
（11）A.force B.forgive C.beg D.allow
（12）A.legs B.foot C.body D.shoes
（13）A.which B.why C.that D.where
（14）A.latest B.first C.quick D.slow
（15）A.should B.must C.will D.need
（16）A.although B.though C.as D.despite
（17）A.that B.who C.what D.but
（18）A.close B.near C.in front of D.besides
（19）A.did B.helped C.walked D.understood
（20）A.live B.end C.prepare D.walk

【题目】文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除、或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧）, 并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2）只允许修改10处。
Tom and Dick are next door neighbor who both work in same office. They often walk together to and from work. Once they were walking to home together while it suddenly start to rain. Tom quickly opened his umbrella and said proud, "My wife really has great foresight. She said this morning it would rain and told me carry my umbrella. "Dick smiled and walked up to her under the protection of the umbrella, said, "Mine has even greater foresight. She didn't let me carry one as she knew you'd share yours to me."

【题目】阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或者使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Have you ever (stay) up late? If so, you should know that not getting enough sleep can make you tired. Not sleeping enough can also make hard to think clearly the next day.
Scientists who study sleep have known that getting a good night's sleep is of great (important). It helps kids to be able (do) their best during the day.
A recent study shows that sleep (help) improve problem--- solving skills and (creat) thinking abilities. In the study, two groups of students answered math problem. The group that slept for eight hours solved the problem （correct） more often than the group that did not get enough sleep.
While you sleep night, your brain is busy doing its “homework”. It sorts out（整理） the information you get in the day. Getting enough sleep each night can improve your thinking ability. That will surely help you do your best at school or work.