lead for the past three or four years. They helped me a lot. My words for last year were "passion",
"focus" and "delegate" and I stayed true to them. This year, 2012, my goals are more personal and less
professional.
FOCUS
Focus is making a repeat appearance on my list this year because I"m too much of a multitasker. The
problem is that I have trouble finishing one thing with so many things calling me. When I was working as
a writer, all my projects were handled via a schedule, which kept me organized. This year I"m going to
have each task scheduled. I"m putting a fitness and housekeeping routine into my schedule.
HEALTH
I get so busy taking care of everyone else, I forget to take care of myself and this has to change. My
health suffers and my weight suffers. I have to get my health in check, not only for me-but because I
promised my 9-year-old son. I"ll make sure to take time to exercise every day and make good food and
lifestyle choices. I miss being thin, and it"s time to get it back.
CELEBRATE
What good is having it all if I"m not taking time to enjoy it?I have a wonderful job, a happy family, and
so much to be thankful for. So how come I spend all my time working? Last summer my family took our
first vacation in four years, the best thing I"ve done for myself and my family in a long time. This year, I"m
making sure to take time to enjoy life and celebrate its many blessings.
Do you have any words for 2012?
1. The underlined word "multitasker" probably refers to a person who________.
A. makes a living by writing
B. always fails to finish a task on time
C. has several things to do at the same time
D. pays more attention to fitness and housekeeping
2. Why does the writer have "health" as one of his three words?
A. He wants to take better care of others.
B. He"s gaining weight and feeling bad.
C. He did not take any exercise in the past.
D. He got the idea from his son.
3. What can we learn from the passage?
A. The word "celebrate" can remind the writer to enjoy life.
B. The writer has a vacation with his family every four years.
C. The word "focus" can help the writer focus on his family.
D. The writer used to be overweight for lack of exercise.
4. The best title for the passage might be________?
A. Three Words for 2012
B. Health Should Go First
C. Keep Organized
D. Goals for 2012
Practise speaking as often as you can. Speaking to yourself is good practice.
Try recording yourself whenever you can.
Compare your pronunciation with the master version(原版)to see how you can do better and have
another go. If you do this several times, you will find that each time is better than last.
Why not learn with someone else?
It helps if you can learn with someone else. If you can persuade a friend or family member to study
with you, it will make you keep working.
Don"t get stuck by a word you don"t know.
Practise improving ways of getting your meaning across when speaking spontaneously(本能地),even
if y
ou don"t know the exact words or phrases. Think of things you might want to say whenever you have spare time. Use facial expressions, hand movements, anything to make yourself understood.
Language learning is also about intuition(直觉)．
Guesswork is an important way to learn a new language. When listening to recorded material, you aren"t expected to understand everything first time round. If you play the same piece several times, you will
most probably understand something new each time.
Build up your vocabulary.
A wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning but don"t try to learn too much at once.
It"s best to study frequently, for short periods of time. Take at most six or seven items of vocabulary and
learn them. Put them into sentences to fix them in your mind, and then come back to them later.
And above all, have fun!
B. To tell us a few tips to help us learn a new language well.
C. To tell us that guesswork is an important way to learn a new language.
D. To tell us that a wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning.
the first part?B. Move away from a place to another.
C. Enter a certain
state or condition. D. Follow or take a certain course.
B. study frequently, for short periods of time to build u
p our vocabularyC. try to understand everything and stop when we meet a n
ew wordD. try to persuade a friend or family mem
ber to study with us
B. having fun
C. a wide vocabulary
D. guesswork
ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special program in New York State, adults and
teenagers live together in a friendly way.
Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to
make things like tables and chairs and to build houses. The adults tea
ch them these skills.There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the
teenagers learn photo-taking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his
own way to spend his free time.
When people live together, rules are necessary. In this program, the teenagers and th
e adults makethe rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it
and ask, "Why did it happen? What should we do about it?"
One of the teenagers has this to say about the experience, "You stop thinking only about yourself. You
learn how to think about the group."
B. teach each other new ways of build
ing housesC. live together but do not work together
D. spend eight weeks together, working as farmers
B. the members don"t have to obey the rules
C. the members are not allowed to break the rules they make together
D. the members have no free time except on weekends
B. helpful
C.
tiring D. unpleasant
e is _______.B. Different Ideas about Living
C. Teenagers and Adults Together
D. Life in New York State
the kind of clothes you really need. Then look for those clothes you really need. Then look for those
clothes on sale.
There are labels(标签) inside all new clothes. The labels tell you how to take care
of your clothes. The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water. A sweater label may tell you to wash in cold
water. The label on a coat may say "dry clean only", for washing may ruin this coat. If you do as the
directions (说明)on the label, you can keep your clothes looking their best for a long time.
Many clothes today must be dry cleaned. Dry cleaning is expensive. When buying new clothes, check
to see if they will need to be dry cleaned. You will save money if you buy clothes that can be washed.
You can save money if you buy clothes that are well made. Well-made clothes last longer. They look
good even after they have been washed many times. Clothes
that cost more money are not necessarily(不一定) better made. They do not always fit better. Sometimes less expensive clothes look and fit better than more expensive clothes.
B. don"t last long
C. need to be dry cleaned
D. can be washed
B. how to save money
C. whether they fit you or not
D. where to get them dry cleaned
e first thing fo
r you to do before you buy clothes is _ _ . B. to see how much money you can spend on it
C. to know how to wash them
D. to read the labels inside them
learn from the passage that cheaper clothes _ _ . B. must be dry cleaned
C. can not be washed
D. can sometimes fit you better
I have been using the Internet since I was five years old, when my dad first sat me down in front of a
computer and connected me the World Wide Web.
I"ve always felt like a master(主人) of the Internet world. AOL Instant Messaging, MSN, Gmail,
Facebook. Myspace-I"ve got it all under control. I thought there was nothing more to it besides checking my e-mail and wasting my time, until I was introduced to electronic commerce(e-commerce): business on
the Internet.
Some online business are run from one- room home offices. Others have hundreds of employee(雇员)
spread across five different continent. Have you ever heard of Amazon. com, Yahoo. com?
My friends often said they got cheap textbooks off Amazon.com, or had a good de
al(交易)on Steve Madden boots that were on sale at SteveMaden.com. Unfortunately for me, I continued my
"e-commerceless" Web-surfing, unaware(不知道)of all the d
eals I was missing out on.
That is, of course, until my sister finally sold the idea to me.
"Why are all these packages(包裹)arriving in the mail for you, Katy?" I asked her one day. Strange
envelopes had been put on our doorstep for weeks now, each one always addressed to my sister; and we all know littl
e sisters should never be getting more mail than their elders!
"Oh, it"s the things I ordered online!" she answered. I watched speechlessly as she opened them. There was 
no way our parents were letting her spe
nd that much money- online or off!
"How much did all of this coat?"
"Oh, only about $15 in all!" She said excitedly. "Everything on eBay is on sale! It"s way better than
going to the mall."
I felt as if there had been a store right in my backyard that I had never walked into! That week, I ordered a used Spanish textbook for my summer course online for 10 percent of the publishing price. A few
days later, I bought an iPod protector and a book or two via the wonderful eBay.com.
B. had no idea of what e-commerce is
C. only used the Internet to check e-mail
D. thought surfing the Internet was a waste of time
B. he visited a store in his backyard
C. his friends told him about the online deals they made
D. his sister explained the packages she got by mail
B. loves the big store in her backyard
C. feels she is a true master of the Internet
D. never enjoyed shopping that much
B. To do business on the Internet.
C. To tell the readers how he begins online shopping.
D. To advise people not to do online shopping
Social Program: 22nd-26th August 2011
Monday Evening-Study Centre or Sports Park
Study Center: The school will be open from 7.45 pm to 9.35pm.
Sports Park: Aerobics, Swimming or Fitness Training (with a Fitness Card).
Tuesday Evening-Cinema
Cinema: To get your free ticket, you must write down which film you wou
ld like to watch. See the
leaflet on the board for this evening"s UCI Cinema program. For more information about the films, visit
the UCI website www.uci.co.uk or see the film section in this week"s Time Out magazine.
Wednesday Evening-Study Centre of Tennis Coaching
Study Center: The school will be open from 7.35 pm to 9.35 pm.
Tennis Coac
hing: With former Junior Wimbledon tennis player Stuart Silvester.
Thursday Evening-Chinese Party
Chinese Party: Come along and enjoy the hospitality of the Chinese students! You can try delicious
Chinese food and learn about Chinese traditions. Please note that you should eat your evening meal at
your home-stay, as the food is a taster and not a full meal. Non alcoholic and alcoholic drinks will be
served.
Friday afternoon-Historical Walking Tour or Sports Parks
Historical Walking Tour: This afternoon you will have the opportunity to visit parts of Norwich you
may have otherwise missed, with a professional guide. In medieval times Norwich was the second most
important city in England and this afternoon you can learn some of the interesting history of our fine city.
Sports Park: Badminton, Basketball, Fitness Training (with a Fitness Card), Football, Squash,
Swimming or Volleyball.
Please sign early if you wish to play any of the sports listed above.
1. You can do all the following things during the weekday except ___________.
A. going to the cinema
B. going to the Chinese party
C. taking a historical walking tour
D. taking a mountain climbing tour
2. The passage may probably be found ___________.
A. in a school"s bulletin board
B. in a school"s text book
C. in a latest newspaper
D. in a fashion magazine
3. From the passage we know that ___________.
A. students have to pay for the film tickets
B. some of the students in the school are Chinese
C. Norwich is the second largest city in Britain
D. the school is closed during the daytime
4 From the passage we can infer that __________.
A. students in the school can have access to computers
B. students in the school only have morning classes
C. the school often serves Chinese food to students
D. every Friday afternoon the students will have a tour
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