In classes, your teachers will talk about topics that you are studying. The information they provide will be important for you to know when you take tests. You must be able to take good written notes from what your teachers say.

Taking good notes has three stages. There are certain things you should do before class, during class, and after class. Here are the three stages of note-taking and what you should do during each class.

1. Get Ready to Take Notes

Review your notes from the previous(以前的) class before you come to class. This will help you remember what was covered and get you ready to understand the new information your teacher will provide.

Complete all assigned(布置的) readings before you come to class. Your teacher will expect that you have done this and will use and build upon this information.

Bring all note-taking materials with you to class - several pens and pencils as well as your notebook.

2. Take Notes

Keep your attention on what your teacher is saying. Paying attention to "signal statements". Examples of signal statements are "The most important point ..." and "Remember that ..," Be sure to include in your notes information that your teacher repeats or written on the blackboard.

Write quickly so that you can include all the important information in your notes. Do this by writing abbreviated (简化的) words such as med for medicine, using symbols such as % for percent, and writing short sentences. Place a "?" next to information about whose meaning you are not sure.

1.What's the writer's purpose in writing this passage?

A. To encourage us to listen carefully in class.

B. To tell us the importance of taking notes.

C. To tell us how to quickly improve our study.

D. To give us some tips on how to take notes.

2.We can learn that in the writer's opinion, _______.

A. taking notes is an easy thing

B. taking notes is important for tests

C. teachers shouldn't provide information before tests

D. taking notes is more important than listening to the teachers

3.What will most probably be talked about next?

A. How to prepare for exams.

B. An easy way to take notes.

C. Note-taking after class.

D. The importance of taking notes.

It seems that there’s a good reason why dogs are always seen as man’s best friend. Scientists have found that dogs are the only animals that can read emotion(情感)in faces much like humans. The finding suggests that like an understanding friend, dogs can see if we are happy, sad, pleased or angry.

When humans look at a new face, their eyes usually look across the left, falling on the right hand side of the person’s face first. A possible reason for this is that the right side of the human face is better at expressing emotions.

Scientists have now shown that pet dogs also have “left gaze bias(左视偏好)”, but only when looking at human faces. No other animal has been known to do like this before. Dr. Kun Guo with his team showed 17 dogs the pictures of human, dog and monkey faces as well as something else. The dogs’ eyes and heads show a strong left gaze bias when the animals see human faces. But this did not happen when they were shown other pictures, including those of dogs.

Guo suggests that over thousands of years living with humans, dogs may have developed the left gaze bias as a way to guess our emotions.

“Recent studies show that the right side of our faces can express emotions better than the left. If true, then it makes sense for dogs and humans to see the right hand side of a face first.”

1.Why are dogs seen as man’s best friend according to the passage?

A. Because dogs are the closest animals to humans.

B. Because dogs can read the emotions in humans’ faces easily.

C. Because dogs can understand us better when we feel sad.

D. Because dogs are good at expressing emotions.

2.The dogs’ left gaze bias helps them _______.

A. get along well with humans

B. express emotions quickly

C. have more understanding friends

D. remember more new faces

3.The passage mainly wants to tell us that _______.

A. dogs have been man’s best friends for thousands of years

B. humans have a “left gaze bias”

C. the “left gaze bias” works on all animals

D. dogs can read emotions the same as humans

Christian Bucks may be young, but he sure knows how to be a good friend. When the York, Pennsylvania, second-grader noticed that some of his schoolmates didn’t have anyone to play with during the break time, he came up with a way to help them. He suggested having something called a “buddy bench” put in on his school’s playground.

A buddy bench is a special bench where students can sit if they are feeling bored or lonely. It’s usually brightly colored with “BUDDY BENCH” in big letters. Other students can then go to the bench and ask them if they would like to play or talk.

“We show we care about others when we ask others to play,” Christian told reporters.

Christian first learned about buddy benches when his family was considering moving to Germany. He saw a buddy bench in a handbook for a German school and thought it would be a great way to fight loneliness on the playground at his own school, Roundtown Elementary School.

Christian told Roundtown’s headteacher, Matthew Miller, about his idea at the end of last school year. Miller immediately decided to get a buddy bench. He had Christian pick out its style and bright colors.

“I was the first person who got to sit on the bench when it arrived at Roundtown,” says Christian. He hopes the bench will help “grow our dream circle of friends”.

1.Christian Bucks suggested having a buddy bench to help ______.

A. his teachers B. his students

C. his parents D. his schoolmates

2.Christian learned about the buddy bench ______.

A. in a textbook B. from his father

C. in a handbook D. from his headteacher

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. The buddy bench can help to develop friendships.

B. The buddy bench is designed and made in Germany.

C. Students can realize their dreams on the buddy bench.

D. Students love the style and the color of the buddy bench.

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