高二英语下学期阅读理解12篇(上半学期)(一)

高二英语下学期阅读理解12篇(上半学期)(一)
高二英语下学期阅读理解12篇(上半学期)(一)

高二英语下学期阅读理解12篇(上半学期)(一)

Every few years, two groups carry out a study of how many Americans wash their hands after using the toilet. These groups are the American Society for Microbiology and the American Cleaning Institute, formerly the Soap and Detergent Association.

There was good news in the latest study. Researchers found that eighty-five percent of adults washed their hands in public restrooms last moth. That was the most since the studies began in 1996.

Researchers visited restrooms at a baseball park in Atlanta and a science museum and aquarium(水族馆) in Chicago. They also visited two train stations in New Y ork City and a large farmers? market in San Francisco. In all, they observed about six thousand adults, with females and males equal in number.

The researchers found that seventy-seven percent of men and ninety-three percent of women washed their hands. That was up from sixty-six percent of men and eighty-eight percent of women in the last study three years ago.

The lowest rate of hand washing among men was at Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves baseball team. Only sixty-five percent of men washed their hands, compared to all but two percent of women.

Chicago and San Francisco had the most hand washers—eighty-nine percent of adults. Atlanta followed at eighty-two percent. New Y ork had the lowest rate, at seventy-nine percent of the adults observed at Grand Central Station and Penn Station.

The findings of the observational study conflicted(不一致) with the findings of a separate telephone survey of about one thousand people. Ninety-six percent of them said they always washed their hands after using public restrooms.

Almost nine out of ten also said they always washed after using the bathroom at home.

Hand washing can help prevent the spread of many different infections.

To clean your hands well, wet them first and rub in soap for at least twenty seconds, including between the fingers and under the nails. Then wash under running water. In a public restroom, if you dry your hands with a paper towel, you should also use the towel to shut off the water and open the door.

Hand washing is also important when preparing food and after changing a baby?s diaper(尿布). Y ou should also wash if you cough or sneeze into your hands.

1. According to the latest study, about women washed their hands after using public bathroom. A. 2,310 B. 1,980 C. 2,790 D. 2,640

2. According to the observation, which city had the lowest rate of adult hand washers?

A. Chicago.

B. San Francisco.

C. New Y ork.

D. Atlanta.

3. Which of the following shows the right order of washing hands correctly?

a. Wash your hands under running water.

b. Rub your hands in soap for not less than twenty seconds.

c. Wet your hands.

d. Dry your hands with a paper towel.

e. Open the door, using a paper towel.

f. Shut off the water with a paper towel.

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4. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. Hand washing is up in public restrooms in the US

B. Americans like washing their hands so much

C. Adults have their hands washed in public restrooms

D. Why hand washing never enjoys popularity in the US

There was light in this place but there were shadows in the trees. I looked round the tree …

I was frightened almost out of my mind. I fell down and my body started shaking. A grey thing came out from behind the tree and came towards me, a tiny weak girl. The thing had teeth. Y es, it had a mouth full of teeth, yellow, shiny teeth. It had yellow eyes and grey hair all over its body. I could smell it …

Its mouth came towards my face. I closed my eyes and waited to die. There was hot air on my face.

I wanted to scream and scream but I was too frightened. I couldn?t scream. My mind exploded. I went crazy. I suddenly hit the grey thing and it fell back against the tree. Suddenly it was gone. Then I saw another monster. This one was very small holding on to the tree but I pulled it off. I could destroy this one!

I pulled its short legs hard. The small monster bit me. Its teeth went right into my finger. The pain was terrible. But my mind was exploding. I wanted to destroy it and I didn?t care about the pain. I just wanted to kill it. Then the big grey monster ran back through the trees, jumped at me and knocked me down. As I fell, I dropped the little monster and it escaped. My head banged on a rock and everything went black..

When I woke up, I sensed a long black nose smelling me. At first I couldn?t understand what was happening. Then I remembered. The monster with teeth. I tried to hit the nose but my arm didn?t move. Something was wrong with me. My body ached and my skin was wet all over. The big grey monster sat in front of me and it looked at me.

Then I saw the small monster too. It was lying on the ground, hurt. It had a beautiful soft tail and made a sad sound: “Eee-eee!”

The big monster lay down next to me with its fur against my skin. I hated the feeling of its fur but my body couldn?t move. The fur made my skin dry and I began to feel better. I suddenly felt very tired and I was soon asleep.

I woke up feeling better. I could move again. The big monster sat down with me. I hit it with my hand but I still wasn?t strong. I didn?t hurt it. Then the monster opened its mouth and called: “Hoo-woo!”

Some time passed. Then more monsters came. Most of them walked on four legs. A very big one licked(舔) me with its tongue. It was a hard tongue, not like my soft tongue. But I felt better afterwards. That monster made a noise like this: “Hee-haw!” There was a very small monster that could fly. It had wings and a long hard mouth. It made a noise like this: “Cheep-cheep!” It cleaned my finger. Cheep-cheep?s hard little mouth was good at that.

I must tell the truth. I wanted to take a laser gun and kill all those monsters. Something in my mind hated them. But I didn?t have a laser gun so I couldn?t destroy them.

1. We can learn from the passage that it was that bit the girl.

A. Cheep-cheep

B. Eee-eee

C. Hoo-woo

D. Hee-haw

2. Which of the following statements about Hoo-woo is TRUE?

A. It had a beautiful soft tail and got hurt too.

B. It licked the girl with its tongue.

C. It helped dry the girl?s skin with its fur.

D. It was a little larger than the girl?s hand.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A. The monsters had four feet and hands.

B. The girl finally changed her attitude to the monsters.

C. The monsters were friendly to the girl.

D. The girl felt safe at the sight of the monsters.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. The monsters

B. My failure

C. New friends

D. Frightened feelings

The word “conservation” has a thrifty meaning. To conserve is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such a good condition that others may also share the enjoyment. Our forefathers had no idea that human population would increase faster than the supplies of raw materials: most of them, even until very recently, had the foolish idea that the treasures were “limitless” and could “last forever”. Most of the citizens of earlier generations knew little or nothing about the complicated and delicate system that runs all through nature, and which means that, as in a living body, an unhealthy condition of one part will sooner or later be harmful to all the others.

Fifty years ago, nature study was not part of school work; scientific forestry was a new idea; wood was still cheap because it could be brought in any quantity from distant woodlands; soil destruction and river floods were not national problems; nobody had yet studied long-term climatic cycles in relation to proper land use; even the word “co nservat ion” had nothing of the meaning that it has for us today.

For the sake of ourselves and those who will come after us, we must now set about correcting the mistakes of our forefathers. Conservation should be made part of everybody's daily life. To know about the water table (水位) in ground is just as important to us as a knowledge of the basic math formulas. We need to know why all watersheds (上游集水区) need the protection of plant life and why the running current of streams and rivers must be made to give their full benefit to the soil before they finally escape to the sea. We need to be taught the duty of planting trees as well as of cutting them. We need to know the importance of big, grown trees, because living space for most of man's fellow creatures on this planet is figured not only in square measure of surface but also in cubic(立方体的)volume above the earth. In a word, it should be our goal to restore as much of the original beauty of nature as we can.

1. The author's attitude towards the use of natural resources is_________.

A. positive

B. uninterested

C. optimistic

D. critical

2. According to the author, the greatest mistake of our forefathers was that________.

A. they had no idea about scientific forestry

B. they had little or no sense of environmental protection

C. they were not aware of the importance of nature study

D. they had no idea of how to make good use of raw materials

3. To avoid repeating the mistakes of our forefathers, the author suggests that ________.

A. we plant more trees

B. natural sciences be taught to everybody

C. environmental education be given to everybody

D. we return to nature

4. How can you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?

A. Our living space on the earth is getting smaller and smaller.

B. Our living space should be measured in cubic volume.

C. We need to take some measures to protect space.

D. We must preserve good living condition for both birds and animals.

Ireland has had a very difficult history. The problems started in the 16th century when English ruler tried to conquer Ireland. For hundreds of years, the Irish people fought against the English. Finally, in 1921, the British government was forced to give independence to the south of Ireland, resulting in that today there are two “Irelands”. Northern Ireland, in the north, is part of the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland, in the south, is an independent country.

In the 1840s, the main crop, potatoes, was affected by disease and about 750,000 people died of hunger. This, and a shortage (短缺) of work, forced many people to leave Ireland and live in the USA, the UK, Australia and Canada. As a result of these problems, the population fell from 8.2 million in 1841 to 6.6 million in 1851.

For many years, most of the Irish people earned their living as farmers. Today, many people still work on the land but more and more people are moving to the cities to work in factories and offices. Life in the cities is very different from life in the countryside, where things move at a quieter and slower pace.

The Irish are famous for being warm-hearted and friendly. Oscar Wilde, a famous Irish writer, once said that the Irish were “the greatest talkers since the Creeks”. Since independence ,Ireland has revived (复兴) its own culture of music, language, literature and singing. Different areas have different styles of old Irish songs which are sung without instruments. Other kinds of Irish music use many different instruments such as the violin, whistles, etc.

1. What does the author tell us in Paragraph 1?

A. How the Irish fought against the English.

B. How Ireland gained independence.

C. How English rulers tried to conquer Ireland.

D. How two “Irelands” came into being.

2. We learn from the text that in Ireland _______.

A. food shortages in the 1840s led to a decline in population

B. people are moving to the cities for lack of work in the countryside

C. it is harder to make a living as a farmer than as a factory worker

D. different kinds of old Irish songs are all sung with instruments

3. The last paragraph is mainly about _______.

A. the Irish character

B. Irish culture

C. Irish musical instruments

D. a famous Irish writer

4. What can be the best title for the text ?

A. Life in Ireland

B. A V ery Difficult History

C.Ireland:Past and Present

D. The Independence of Ireland

Who's in control of your life? Who's pulling your strings? For the majority of us, it's other people-society, colleagues, friends, family or our religious community. We learned this way of operating when we were very young, of course. We were brainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us. As Oscar Wilde puts it, "Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."

So when people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this, good feeling like a drug—we are addicted to it and seek it out wherever we can. Therefore, we are so eager for the approval (赞同) of others that we live unhappy and limited lives, failing to do the things we really want to. Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their fix(一剂毒品), we worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval. But, just as with any drug, there is a price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedom—the

freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot control what other people think. People have their own agenda, and they come with their own baggage and, in the end, they're more interested in themselves than in you. Furthermore, if we try to live by the opinions of others, we will build our life on sinking sand. Everyone has a different way of thinking, and people change their opinions all the time. The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted (tired) and probably pleasing no one in the process.

So how can we take back control? I think ther e?s only on e way make a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think. We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values—not values imposed from the outside by others, but innate values which come from within. If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others; we will live

a more authentic, effective, purposeful and happy life.

1. What Oscar Wilde says implies that________.

A. most people have a variety of thoughts

B. we have thoughts similar to those of others

C. other people's thoughts are more important

D. most people's thoughts are controlled by others

2. What does the author try to argue in the third paragraph?

A. Changing opinions may cost us our freedom.

B. We may lose ourselves to please others.

C. We need to pay for what we want to get.

D. The price of taking the drug is freedom.

3. It can be concluded from the passage that_______.

A. it's better to do what we like

B. we shouldn't care what others think

C. we shouldn't change our own opinions

D. it's important to accept others' opinions

4. The author tries to persuade the readers to accept his arguments mainly by________.

A. analyzing causes and effects

B. providing examples and facts

C. discussing questions

D. making suggestions

CLASSIC TOURS—COACH BREAK INFORMA TION

Luggage

We ask you to keep a medium-sized suitcase per person, but a small holdall can also be taken onto the coach.

Seats

Requests for particular seats can be made on most coach breaks (巴士旅游) when booking, but since seats are booked on a first come, first serve basic, early booking is advisable. When bookings are made with us, you will be offered the best seats that are available on the coach at that time.

Travel Documents

When you have paid your deposit(订金), we will send you all the necessary documents, so that you can receive them in good time before the coach break leaving date. Certain documents, for example, air or boat tickets, may have to be reserved and your guide will then give them to you during the break.

Special Diets

If you require a special diet, you must inform us at the time of booking with a copy of the diet. This will be told to the hotels on your coach break. The hotels for certain coach breaks are tourist class and they may not have the equipment to deal with special diets. Any extra costs must be paid to the hotel by yourself before leaving the hotel.

Accommodation

On any coach break there are only a limited number of single rooms. When a single room is available, it may be subject to an extra charge and this will be shown on the brochure page. Entertainment

Some of our hotels arrange extra entertainment which could include music, dancing, films, etc. The nature and frequency of the entertainment presented is decided by the hotel and therefore not guaranteed and could be withdrawn if there is a lack of demand or insufficient numbers in the hotel.

1. If you want to choose certain seats of the coach, you should _________.

A. take little luggage

B. avoid traveling in holidays

C. book your seat well in advance

D. arrive early on the leaving date

2. It may be necessary to pay extra for_________.

A. single rooms

B. particular seats

C. Entertainment

D. hand luggage

3. Where is the passage mostly taken from?

A. A fashion magazine.

B. A business report.

C. A legal document.

D. A travel brochure.

It is often necessary to release a fish, that is , set it free after catching, because it is too small , or you just don?t want to take it home to eat. In some cas es, releasing fish is a good measure that will help keep fish variety and build their population size. The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) encourages fishermen who practice catch-and –release fishing to use a few simple skills when doing so. The advice provided below will help make sure that the fish you release will survive(存活)to bite again another day.

--When catching a fish, play it quickly and keep the fish in water as much as possible.

Don?t use a net in landing the fish and release it quickly to prevent it from dying.

--Hold the fish gently. Do not put your fingers in its eyes. Don?t wipe the scales(鱼鳞)off the fish because it might cause it to develop a disease and reduce its chance of survival.

--Remove your hook(鱼钩)quickly. If the hook is too deep or hooked in the stomach, cut the line and leave the hook in. The hook left inside will cause no serious problem to the fish.

--Take good care of the fish by moving it gently in water. Release the fish when it begins to struggle and is able to swim.

--Do not hold fish in a bucket(水桶)or some other containers and later decide to release it. If you are going to release a fish, do so right away.

With a little care and by following the suggestions given above , you can give the released fish a better chance of survival

1.People sometimes set a fish free after catching it because they ___

A. don?t want it to die

B. hope it will grow quickly

C. don?t want to have it as food

D. want to practice their fishing skills

2.Which of the following will probably make a fish ill?

A. Take the hook off it .

B. Removing its scales.

C. Touching its eyes. D Holding it in your hand.

3. A proper way to release a fish is to _____.

A. move it in water till it can swim

B. take the hook out of its stomach

C. keep it in a bucket for some time

D. let it struggle a little in your hand

4 What is the purpose of the text?

A. To show how to enjoy fishing

B. To persuade people to fish less often

C. To encourage people to set fish free

D. To give advice on how to release fish

CANBERRA(Reuters Life!) Think twice before eating those dropped small pieces of dry food off your computer keyboard----you might as well be eating off the toilet seat, according to a new study on the amount of germs(细菌) on keyboards.

A study by British “Which? Computing”asked a microbiologist(微生物学家) to examine for bugs(臭虫) on 33 keyboards in a typical London office, a toilet seat and a toilet door handle. Four keyboards were judged potential health risks and the microbiologist suggested removing one keyboard as it was too dirty----five times dirtier than the cleaned toilet seat.

…Most people don?t give much thought to the dirt that builds up on their PC, but if you don?t clean your computer, you might as well eat your lunch off the toilet,? said Sarah Kinder, the consumer magazine editor of “Which? Computing” in a statement.

The study found that eating lunch at desks is the main cause of a keyboard covered with bugs. Dropped pieces of dry food encourage the growth of millions of germs.

Poor personal hygiene(卫生), such as not washing hands after going to the toilet, may also add to the dirtiness of keyboards.

But despite the health risk of a dirty keyboard, a survey of 4,000 people by the magazine found one in 10 people ever cleaned their keyboard while another two in 10 never cleaned their mouse. Almost half----or 46 per cent----cleaned their keyboard less than once a month.

To clear out bugs, the magazine recommends users pull out keyboards, turn them upside down and shake them.

1. The passage is mainly to .

A. tell us something about the keyboards

B. warn people to clean the keyboards often

C. tell us how to clean the keyboard

D. tell us the germs on keyboards

2. What do you think the expression “Think twice before eating those dropped small pieces of dry food off your computer keyboard” stands for?

A. Think several times before eating beside your computer.

B. Don?t drop foods onto the computer keyboard.

C. Don?t eat foods dropped onto the computer keyboard.

D. Be careful when you are eating by the computer.

63. “Which? Computing” is probably a name of .

A. an organization

B. a newspaper

C. a report

D. a magazine

A Beautiful Mind

A mathematician who goes mad is not a subject most directors consider commercially attractive, but then Ron Howard isn't among most directors. Despite an impressive list of credits, A Beautiful Mind is his most successful work to date, combining a psychological drama with a moving love story to produce a film that is as interesting as it is entertaining.

The Oscar winning Russell Crowe has put himself in line for further honours with his acting John Nash, the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician troubled by schizophrenia (精神分裂症). A Beautiful Mind pictures Nash as an unusual hero, not just because of his academic achievements but also because of the courage he displays while battling his illness.

In 1947, Nash was one of many great young minds at Princeton. “To find a truly original idea is the only way to distinguish myself,” the pr oud and determined student declared. His exploration of' such an idea afforded him little time for the normal socialising. His shyness and

straightforward approach brought him few friends.

After finally hitting on a revolutionary new idea, Nash's career took off and his reputation was secured. He balanced research work with teaching, which is where he met the bright and beautiful student Alicia (Jennifer Connelly). Things in his life were going well when his talent for code breaking brought him to the attention of the military who employed him during the early stages of the cold war with Russia. However, the stress of his work made Nash's illness develop.

Crowe's performance is perfect. He and Connelly ignite (make something exciting) the film's passionate love story and Connelly's wonderful performance makes the audience moved by Alicia, whose courage, strength and faith in her husband are the primary reasons for his recovery.

1. This passage is most probably __________.

A. a book review

B. a movie review

C. a movie poster

D. an advertisement

2. Which can replace the underlined phrase hitting on in the fourth paragraph?

A. come up with

B. come on

C. put on

D. put up with

3. The following statements are true EXCEPT that ______.

A. John Nash did not go mad totally

B. Ron Howard is an outstanding director

C. the stress of the academic work caused Nash's illness

D. Nash's concentration on his work and his shyness brought him few friends

4. We can infer from the text that_________.

A. without Alicia, John Nash would not have recovered from schizophrenia

B. John Nash gave up his career when troubled by schizophrenia

C. Russell Crowe won another Oscar A ward after this movie

D. John Nash volunteered to serve in the army

Chinese people around the world are celebrating their most important holiday, Chinese New Y ear. But for one man in Taiwan, it?s all about business as he washes dirty banknotes (纸币)for gifts. According to Chinese tradition, parents give their children clean, fresh banknotes at the start of the new year. But such notes are in high demand during the time just before the holiday period, and Y ao Guancheng noticed a gap in the market.

Y ao Guancheng said, “ When we first started this business it was for family members who liked to collect antique(古董的)banknotes. But later on , it suddenly occurred to me that this service would come in handy(迟早有用)for the Chinese New Y ear. It is one of our customs to put banknotes inside little red envelopes in order to bring our children good luck.”

“To do that , people change old notes for new ones at the banks. But here in Taiwan, there a re all sorts of restrictions(限制) as to how much you can change, what days you can do that and which banks you can go to . That?s inconvenient. So I thought: why not give people an alternative(选择)?”

He doesn?t just leave the money in water for quite a long time. He uses special chemicals that are a closely guarded secret. His services don?t come cheap; he charges about$10 for washing twenty banknotes. But during the time just before the new year holiday, he?s been in demand , cleaning people?s banknotes and in the process, giving a new , cleaner image to the term “money laundering(洗钱)–an illegal process by which criminals attempt to hide money from government officials because it has been earned illegally or taxes should be paid on it”

1.What does the under lined part “a gap in the market” in Para 2. refer to?

A. a business chance

B. a disadvantage of the market

C. the lack of banknotes in the market

D. the worse situation to make money

2.Y ao Guancheng?s initial (最初)aim of running his business was to ____.

A. avoid paying more taxes

B. make a healthy profit(利润)

C. bring children good luck

D. serve old money collectors

3. It can be inferred that Y ao Guancheng?s service is ___.

A. very cheap

B. in demand all the year round

C. convenient

D. equal to money laundering

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Tips on washing dirty money

B. Customs of Chinese New Y ear

C. Clean banknotes for children

D. “Money laundering” for the New Y ear

十一

While I was on a trip to Papua New Guinea to take underwater photographs, I asked a local dive guide to help me find a pygmy sea horse(侏儒海马). I wanted to take a picture of it. These sea horses can be red or yellow-and-orange. The red pygmy sea horse lives on only one type of coral, a red sea fan that grows at depths below ninety feet.

This depth made the job even tougher. As the pressure on my body increased, I had to breathe harder, which used my air supply faster. So the deeper I dived, the shorter my time underwater.

I had a lot to do. First, I had to find the pygmy sea horse?s special type of fan .Then I had to look over the whole fan with my magnifying glass(放大镜) to see if a sea horse lived on it. If not, I had to find another fan—all the while keeping an eye on my oxygen supply. The second fan rewarded me with a find. The dive guide held the magnifying glass so I could have my first look at the tiny fish.

My next challenge was to focus my camera on such a small subject. The dive guide pointed at the tiny creature. I looked through the viewfinder(取景物) on my large underwater camera housing(相架), found the guide?s finger, and followed it to the sea horse.

It was hard to hold ourselves steady because both of us were floating in mid-water, but our system worked. I could hardly contain my excitement as I focused on the eyes of the cutest sea horse imaginable.

1. What do we learn about the red pygmy sea horse?

A. It lives on red sea fans only.

B. It swims very quickly.

C. It lives nine feet deep.

D. It usually floats in mid-water.

2. From Paragraph 3 we learn .

A. how the author swam under water

B. how the author found a sea horse

C. why the author dived with a guide

D. why the author used a magnifying glass

3. While the author was taking pictures of the sea horse, .

A. she felt extremely nervous

B. her camera didn?t work well

C. the guide helped focus the camera

D. the sea horse was swimming away

4. Why did the author write the passage?

A. To study the natural habitat of sea animals.

B. To explain why sea horses are endangered.

C. To tell us how to be an underwater photographer.

D. To show us how she took pictures of a sea horse.

十二

How to become a better student

Maybe you are an ordinary student. Y ou probably think you will never be a top student. This is not surely so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here is how.

Plan your time carefully

When planning your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making the list, you should make a schedule (计划) of your time. First plan your time: eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. Don?t forget to set aside enough time for enjoyment. A weekly schedule may not solve all the problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time.

Find a good place to study

Look around the house for a good study area Keep this place, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios or TV! When you sit down to study, put your mind into the subject.

Make good use of your time in class

Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says. Real listening in class means less work later. Taking class notes will help you remember what the teacher says.

Study regularly

When you get home from schools, go over your notes. Review the important points that your teacher has referred to in class. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read the material. This will help you understand the next class. If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer.

Develop a good attitude toward the tests

The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. It can help you remember your new knowledge. The world won?t end if you don?t pass a test, so don?t be overly worried.

There are other methods that might help you with your studying. Y ou will probably discover many others after you have tried these.

1.According to the text, a schedule may NOT include __________.

A.a list of things you have to do B.what you have to do every day

C.enough time for enjoyment D.something that will happen unexpectedly

2.A good place for study should be a place where _________.

A.nothing is there except your study materials B.there is only a writing desk

C.you can find everything D.it is comfortable to stay

3.The underlined sentence suggests “___________”.

A.Tests are the most important part in your study

B.Y ou should take test as a friend in your study

C.The world will come to an end unless you pass all tests

D.Y ou shouldn?t think too much about the exams.

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A.Reading materials in your textbook before class will help.

B.In the writer?s opinion, there are five methods for your study.

C.It is important to go over your notes at home.

D.There are many other methods besides those mentioned.

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