In class, your teachers will talk about topics that you are studying. The information they provide will be important for you when you take tests. So you must take good notes from what your teachers say.

Here are the three stages (阶段) of taking notes and what you should do during each stage.

Before Class

Review your notes you have taken before you come to class. This will be good for remembering what was covered. Get you ready to understand new information your teacher will provide.

During Class

Keep your attention on what your teacher is saying and “the signal words” that tell you, what your teacher is going to say and it is important to write in your notes. Examples of signal words are “The most important point…” and “Remember that…” Be sure to include the information that your teacher repeats or writes on the blackboard. Write quickly so that you can include all the important information in your notes. Do this by writing abbreviations(缩略词)such as med for medicine, using symbols such as “％” for percent, and writing short sentences.

After Class

Rewrite your notes to make them more complete and accurate(准确的)by changing abbreviations into whole words, symbols into words, and shortened sentences into longer sentences. Use them to answer your questions. If necessary, ask your teacher for help.

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them to go and look at a pear tree far away in turns.

The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall. _________they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen. The first son said that the tree was ugly.第二个儿子说没有——它被绿叶覆盖并充满了希望。The third son disagreed, he said there were many flowers that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most wonderful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them, he said there was lots of fruit on the tree, full of life and harvest.

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, but they had each seen only one season in the tree’s life. He told them, “You cannot judge a tree, or a person by only one season and its true nature--the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured (测量) at the end, when all the seasons are up.”

 If you give up when it’s winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, the harvest of your fall. Don’t let the pain of one season kill the joy of all the rest.

1.在第二段横线处处填入适当的单词，使句意完整，上下文通顺。(仅限填一词）

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2.将第二段划线处的汉语翻译成英语。

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3.将最后一段划线处英语翻译成汉语。

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4.根据短文内容，回答问题。What did the man think of his sons’ answers?

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5.请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。

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书面表达

最近你校针对“青少年在周末应不应该和朋友外出”的问题进行了讨论。请根据讨论结果，以 “Should teenagers go out with friends on weekends?” 为题写一篇短文。

要求：

1. 词数80词左右（开头和结尾已给出, 不计入总词数）；

2. 内容需包括以上要点，可适当发挥，不用逐词翻译；

3. 条理清楚，语句连贯；

4. 文中不得出现真实学校和姓名。

Should teenagers go out with friends on weekends?

Recently I’ve had a discussion with my classmates about whether teenagers go out with friends on weekends. ________________________________________________________

In the end, we all agreed that going out is sometimes, not always. And teenagers can go out with their friends on weekends.

I prefer to take a window seat on the bus. Which of the following is correct for the underlined word in the sentence?

A./si:t/ B./set/ C./s?t/ D./sa?t/

To build a road in the mountainous area is ________ real challenge.

A.a B.an C.the D./

As a leader, he should have the ability of thinking about things ________ another way.

A.in B.on C.by D.with

Nowadays people can't live without electrical appliance such as ________ fans.

A.electric B.electrical C.electricity D.electronic

Come on! I have an interesting story ________ you.

A.tell B.telling C.to tell D.told

The man is too short to reach ________ the leaf ________ the flower in the tree.

A.both; and B.neither; nor C.not; but D.either; or

The sick boy ____________ to hospital by the police yesterday.

A.is taken B.was taken C.takes D.took