When I was an elementary school student aging ten, I took part in a singing competition in our city. This was my first time to be in a singing competition. In the day of competition, I was asked to enter into a studio room, which there was only one person and a piano. The man asked me to sing in front of the microphone, following his piano playing. My mother was waiting for me outside the studio. I thought that I sang better at the time. So when I finished and walked out the studio, my mother asked, “What happened to your voices?” “Why couldn’t we hear you?’’ Then, I realized that I forget to switch on the microphone. Dear Fangfang:I’m sorry to learn that you were not getting on well with your English study recently. I’d like to give you some advice on learning English. First of all, you should be confidently in yourself. Which is first step in learning English well.Secondly , you’d better make friends with the students who are good at English, so they are very likely to helping you when meet difficulties. Thirdly, learning English well is a long process.Remember : to reward yourself when you have made progress, that will inspire you greatly. Anyway, you must work hard on English and never give up learning it. Just believe in yourselves. Where there is a will, there is a way. Hope my suggestions will give you some help.
(一) Have you ever heard from the saying: All work and no play make Jack a dull boy? What this means is that if you study all the times you will become a boring person. You must go out and having fun with your friends, otherwise you will lose him. No one wants to be friends with the person who that only works and studies. Perhaps you have a confidence problem. Please try remember that the work you do are for yourself rather than for anyone else. You do not have to compete your classmates. No one can be happier in studying seven days and seven nights a week.
(二) Every morning Steve went to work by train. As he has a long trip, he always buys newspaper. It helps make the time passing more quickly. One Tuesday morning, he turned over the sports page. He wanted to see the report about an important football match the night before. The report was so interesting that he forgot to get off at his station. He did not know it unless he saw the sea. He got off at the next station, and had had to wait a long time for a train to go back. It was no doubt that he arrived late at the office. His boss was angry when Sieve told to him why he was late. “Work is very important than football!” he shouted.
(三) When my father bought me a computer as a birthday gift for me in last year, I felt very excited. As we all know, computers are getting more and more usefully now. Much information can be stored in them. We can also
learn that has lately happened in the world in the Internet. In the past, people had to do lots of work which was very dangerous. Now, but, computers can do it instead. When an exam is coming, I often did some exercises on my computer. Then it will correct it and tell me the right answers. In this way it is very convenient for me to prepare the exam than before. The computer has become my real friend.
(四) In 10th April this year, as Li Ming was leaving his home in the morning, he got into the lift together a woman. When the lift got to the four floor, it stopped and a middle-aged
man enter. As soon as the man got in,
he snatched the woman’s handbag. He pulled both Li Ming and the woman out of the lift. Li Ming ran downstairs. When he reached for the ground floor, he see the man walking out. He told the caretaker at once and they both follow the thief to a restaurant nearby which they met two policemen. Li Ming told them all about the case and the thief is finally caught.
(五) One day last week I went a walk in the country. In the morning the weather was well and the sun was shining; the sky was blue and it were no clouds. Soon a cool wind started blown and black clouds were covered the sun and then it started to rain. There were no houses in sight, but I got very wet. After a hour or so, I managed to catch a bus which took me to home. But when I arrived I was shivering and I knew I had caught a bad cold. I
must have taken my raincoat. I had nothing to do but to stay at home and wait for a doctor
(六) I visited my aunt in the countryside near the city last week. I was surprised to see that great changes had been taken place in the countryside. Take my aunt’s family for example. We supply preciously trees and flowers to the stores in the city and have over ten workers working for themselves. Their family’s income reached as much 100,000 yuan last year. Not only did they have a house, a car and computers, they can also afford a trip abroad every year. When asking what else they needed most, they said that they wanted to learn a few English so that they could do business with foreigners directly. To their delighted,my cousin can use that he has learned from university to help them with overseas trade.
(七) Women are playing a much important part in society than before Now woman are working as teachers , scientists and even leaders. Almost all jobs that used to be done by men is done perfectly well by women. Women are no longer looked down in society. As the changes in their social role, women’s position in the family has been improved as well. That’s hard to find the wife is busy while the husband is sitting in an armchair, watches TV. In spite of all these changes, the great number of men still guard their rights.
Sometimes few women are allowing to attend important meetings.
This is the problem we should try to solve it now.
(八) Thank you for your e-mail ! You asked me about my friends and how we like to do.Well , I guess I do what most people to do . I like reading books, watching films and listen to music. My favourite sport is volleyball. Most of my friends play volleyball together with my. My best friend is two years elder than me .She goes to a different school, but we always get together after school to talk and have funs. We sometimes do homework together .What about yourself? Tell me something about yourself, your friends and what you like to do. I had also like to know something about China. We have read China in school and I am very interesting in learning more about it. Please e-mail me soon !
(九) Here is a photo which I’ve kept for many years. Look, the child in it is me. Do you think it that I was very lovely? Yes. You see I am making a face. There was a hat on my head while there were no shoes on my foot. I asked my mother how old I was then. Mother said that I was three years old in that Time. Can you see the house all making of wood? The house which was new then, but it is very old now. I was born in this old house and lived here for eighteen years. I like living here, because there were many friendly neighbours. We get along very good with each other, but it’s a great pity that
we will move away soon. To tell a truth, I really can’t bear to part from them .
(十) Henry Royce did not like his car who ran badly and often broke up. So he decided to make better car himself, and in 1904 he produced her first new model. Charles Rolls, a car maker, was very interesting in Royce’s car, and soon Rolls and Royce go into business together. One of their first model was the Silver Ghost. In 1907, a Silver Ghost broke the world’s record by drive 14,371 miles without breaking down once. After the drive, it was cost just over ￡2 to put the car back into perfect condition. This is not
surprising that the Silver Ghost was regarded “the best car in the world”.
(十一)The summer vacation is coming. We class have had a discussion about how to do during the holiday. Some are in favor of stay at home. They think it’s both convenient and comfortable. What’s more, they could save money for other purposes. But they will lose chance of getting to know the outside world. Therefore, others prefer to go out for traveling since it can increase their knowledges and broaden their horizons. But they will cost more money and meet some difficulties while traveled. In my opinion, it would be too much better to stay at home, for I can do what I like. (十二) I was a high school student then, from low-income family. So I have to work to support my family. My first one job was to clean the tables
in a small restaurant. I still remember going there early and felt anxious about the new world. I worked harder because I was afraid of losing the job. At night, I was sometimes very tired to do my homework. And I came to understand that was not easy to earn money, and knowledge could change me life. So what I learned from the job, in a way, was much more important as what I learned in class.
(一) Online Friends and Love
In so many ways, cyberspace mirrors the real world. 15 Others buy and sell products. Still others look for friendship, or even love. Unlike the real world, however, your knowledge about a person is limited to words on a computer screen. Identity (身份) and appearance mean very little in cyberspace. 16 So even the shyest person can become a chat-room star. Usually, this “faceless” communication doesn’t create problems. Identity doesn’t really matter when you’re in a chat room discussing politics or hobbies and it makes the Internet a great place for exciting conversation. Where else can so many people come together to cha about their interests? 17 They’re looking for serious love relationships. Is cyberspace a good place to find love? That answer depends on whom you ask. Some of these relationships actually succeed. Others fail miserably.
Supporter of online relationships claim that the Internet allows couples to get to know each other. Personal appearance doesn’t get in the way. But critics of online relationships argue that no one can truly know another person in cyberspace. Why? 18 Internet users can carefully make their words fit whatever image they want to give. In a sense, they’re not really themselves. All of this may be fine if the relationship stays in cyberspace. 19 With so many unknowns, it’s easy to let one’s imagination “fill in the blanks”. This leads to disappointment when couples meet in person. So, before looking for love in cyberspace, remember the advice of Internet pioneer Clifford Stoll: “Life in the real world is far richer than anything you’ll find on a computer screen.”
A. When we talk with others on the line, we can express ourselves freely. B. But some Internet users want more than just someone to chat with. C. People ask for information, play games and share hobby tips. D. Generally speaking, online friends and love are worth seeking for.
E. Because the Internet gives users a lot of control over how others view them.
F. Rather, a person’s thoughts or at least the thoughts they type— are what really count.
G. But not knowing a person is a big problem in a love relationship.
（二）Weight loss is a hard topic, Lots of people aren’t satisfied with their present weight, but most people aren’t sure how to change it. You may want to look like the models or actors in magazines or on TV, but those goals might not be healthy or realistic(现实的) for you. 16 So what should you do about your weight control?
17 The best way to find out if you are at a healthy weight or if you need to lose or gain weight is to talk to a doctor or dietitian(营养学家). 18 If it turns out that you can benefit from weight loss then you can follow a few of the simple suggestions listed below to get started.
19 People who lose weight quickly by crash dieting or other extreme measures usually gain back all of the pounds they lost, because they haven’t permanently (永久地) changed their habits. Therefore, the best weight management ways are those that you can maintain for a lifetime.
Small changes are a lot easier to stick with (坚持做) than large ones. Try reducing the size of what you eat. 20 Once you have that done, start gradually introducing healthier foods and exercise into your life.
It’s a good idea to maintain a healthy weight because it’s just that: healthy. A. Try giving up regular soda for a week.
B. Try to pay attention as you eat and stop when you’re full. C. Weight management is about long-term success.
D. Besides, no magical diet will make you look like someone else. E. Being healthy is really about being at a weight that is right for you. F. Changing from whole to nonfat or low-fat milk is also a good idea.
G. They will compare your weight with healthy standards and help you set goals.
（三）Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness? 19 The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.
* make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods will very likely increase if you are going after something you value.
* Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. 20
* When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being
absorbed in self pity. Truly happy people don’t allow setbacks(挫折) to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances(状况) back to their favor.
* 21 These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness.
* 22 Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously(下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood.
* Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. Find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you happy. * Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness. 23
A. What makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy.
B. On the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, their emotional state will be infectious(传染的，有感染力的).
C. Being overweight or not eating nutritious（营养的，滋养的） foods can have a negative effect on your mood.
D. These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves.
E. Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.
F. There are some tips in life that lead to happiness.
G. It’s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.
（四）How do you improve your spelling? 19 Just as we learn spoken language by hearing lots of people speaking, we learn written language, including spelling, by reading what a lot of people write. Spelling is not about how a word sound, it’s about how it looks on the page, which means you have to look at a lot of words on the page to learn the correct spelling about it.
Make a list of your commonly misspelled words. 20 When you get a chance, look it up and put the correct spelling next to it.
21 If you look it up more than once, add it to your personal list. Write! Write! Write! 22 When you look it up how to spell a word, write it down several times in a row and do it again a day or two later. 23 Write a blog, a journal, e-mails, a novel, anything that will keep you using words and pay special attention as you write to the words that come up wrong. A. There is no substitute(代替) for reading a lot.
B. Put a mark next to every word you look up in the dictionary.
C. Those of us who spell well have a hard time explaining it, too.
D. Let others read your writings, and ask them to circle misspelled words. E. You’re trying to build up the motor memory of writing it correctly spelled.
F. The only way to really learn a word is to use it, and that counts for spelling as much as for learning its meaning.
G. When you catch yourself spelling the same word wrong over and over, write it down somewhere.
（五）About 150 years ago, a German musician sat quietly at a concert in Vienna. They were playing for the first time a new symphony(交响乐) he had composed(创作). At the end he turned to face the people at the concert. They were clapping widely. 17
The musician was Beethoven, one of the greatest composers in the world. Deaf people have a hard time. 18
Even as a child Beethoven did not have a happy life. His father was a singer. But he was lazy and drank a great deal. When the boy was only four, his father decided to make a musician of him. 19 Whenever he did not put his heart into his practice, his father would be hard on him.
It is a wonder that the boy did not hate music. 20 When he was 17, he won high praise from Mozart, a great Austrian composer. A few years later Beethoven went to Vienna to study under Haydn, another great Austrian composer. Soon he was writing a great deal of music himself. But after one illness, he suddenly found himself deaf. At that time he was only 31. What a blow it was to him!
But this did not stop Beethoven. He went on composing. 21 During his life, he composed about 300 pieces. The surprising thing is that he wrote some of his best, his most beautiful pieces after he became deaf. Many of them are known and loved all over the world. A. But he could hear nothing for he was deaf.
B. However, his father didn’t come to listen to him play the beautiful music. C. He learned so fast that he was able to go around and give concerts when he was only 11.
D. Beethoven left home and went out to practice his own music. E. But it is even worse for a composer than for anyone else.
F. So Beethoven had to practice hour after hour on different musical instruments.
G. He wrote long pieces and short pieces, happy ones and sad ones, gentle music and powerful music.
（六）Shopping is not as simple as you may think! There are all sorts of
tricks at play each time we reach out for that particular brand of product on the shelf.
18 Health foods are packaged in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these healthy colors. Ice cream packers are often blue and expensive goods, like chocolates, are gold or silver.
19 Recently, some kind of pain killer was brought out, but researchers found it didn’t sell well, because the color made the product look weak and ineffective. Eventually, it came on the market in a dark blue and white package—because we think of blue as safe, and white as calm.
20 But quite often a bottle doesn’t contain as much as it appears to.
It is believed that the better-known companies spend, on average, 70 percent of the total cost of the product itself on packaging!
The most successful producers know the truth: 21 The founder of Pears soup, who for 25 years has used pretty little girls to promote their goods, came to the conclusion: “22 ”
A. It’s not enough to have a good product.
B. Coloring, for example, varies according to what the producers are trying to sell.
C. Any fool can make soup, but it takes a genius to sell it. D. The colors tricked the customers into shopping. E. The size of a product can attract a shopper. F. A good product is an advantage. G. The colors turned the customers off.
（七）The sea has always interested man. From it he can get food, minerals, and treasure. 17 But he could not go far beneath its surface. 18 However, he is not a fish. He must breathe air, so he can’t stay under the water’s surface for any length of time. To explore deep water, man faces even more dangers and problems.
A diver who wants to stay under water for more than a few minutes must breathe air or a special mixture of gases. 19 He can carry a tank of air on his back and breathe through a nose and a mouthpiece. Water weighs 800 times as much as air. Tons of water pushes against a diver deep in the sea. 20 When a diver is under great pressure, his blood takes in some of the gases he breathes. As he rises to surface, the water pressure becomes less. If the diver rises too quickly, the gases in his blood form bubbles(气泡). The diver is then suffering from the bends(潜水夫病). The bends can cause a diver to double up in pain. 21
A. His body is under great pressure.
B. Scientists are trying to find more about the sea.
C. For thousands of years, he could sail on it. D. They can even kill him.
E. He can wear a diving suit and have air pumped to him from above. F. The water pressure can cause a diver to breathe with difficulty. G. Man wants to explore deep into the sea.
（八）No.1 Will the economic climate improve this year?
I don’t think we will see too much improvement this year, but of course I hope so.
No.2 How important is an MBA compared to experience?
I won’t say a degree isn’t important. 18 . When I took at potential employees, I look at what they have done in the past that I can use to help me tomorrow.
No.3 How can you ensure your job is safe with the economy so shaky? No job is safe. Never will it be. The half-life of any particular skill set is, at most, five years. And that’s on the long side. 19 Be curious, be willing to learn, have a moral compass and know what gives your life meaning.
No.4 When the job market is this bad, how can you distinguish yourself as a candidate?
Know the company, its competitive position, recent announcements, stock-price history. Do a Google or Yahoo search on the person you’ll be meeting with and you should be able to find something about him or her. Then develop an “outsider’s view” of their key needs and opportunities. 20 No.5 I’m graduating from business school this spring. 21
If you haven’t already secured an internship(职业院校证) within your chosen field, do so now. Take any internship; forget about being paid. 22 —experience in your field and the opportunity to check out onto a possible employee. Your connections, and your connections’ connections, will be the hot ticket to get you in the door for job interviews. A. You are after two things.
B. Do all you can to be the solution to someone else’s problem. C. Will technology create more jobs? D. Any job advice?
E. But nothing beats experience. F. What will keep you alive?
G. Different jobs needs different skills.
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