閱讀七選五提升練(二)AHomesickness is a feeling that we all have probably experienced at one time or another.1Remember the following strategies before you get ready to leave.2 Knowing more about homesickness will provide insight into how mon it is for people to have feelings of missing home.This will surely help make you feel less stressed or embarrassed about missing home.3 You can ask someone who is knowledgeable about where youll go to describe the daily routines or activities you should expect.If its practical,you could plan a preliminary(初步的)visit with family or friends to the place youll go to.Make plans for when you arrive at your new location.When you know what some of your routines and activities will be when you get to the new place,youll feel more fortable.4 One study found that vigorous exercise and purposeful social interaction while away helped to avoid feelings of homesickness.Bring something from home.Sometimes homesickness can be difficult because you never know when it might hit you.Bring along a favorite book,a pair of slippers,or a picture.5 They can be helpful to fort you when youre homesick.A.Adopt your previous habits and routines.B.Explore your new location.C.Bee familiar with the place you will go to.D.The experience will seem a little more familiar,making homesickness less likely.E.Preparing to move away from home helps prevent homesickness.F.Know that homesickness is totally normal.G.These items might help make home feel a bit closer.B(原創(chuàng))A famous Irish saying sums up the importance of a good sleep,“A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctors book.” Enough sleep plays an important role in keeping a healthy lifestyle.When you wake up after a good nights sleep,you feel not only fresh,but also enthusiastic,happy,and energetic.1 For example:Avoid phones or puters in bed.Watching late-night TV,reading on a phone,late-night chatting and surfing not only reduce your sleeping hours but also ruin your health.2The light prevents the release of a hormone (激素) called melatonin,which is released in the dark and signals to our body that its time to sleep.Dont go to bed angry.Arguments make you angry.3 So dont argue with someone else before going to bed.Instead,you should be calm before going to bed to get a good sleep.4 Eating a heavy meal before going to bed can be bad for you.Eating high-calorie foods before bed can also lead to weight gain.Eating processed or highly salty foods can make you thirsty,leading to excessive consumption of water,which has an ill effect too.So remember to eat a light meal at night.Avoid drinking.It is true that alcohol(酒精) makes you sleepy,but that is only for the first half.5 You may experience frequent awakenings,nightmares,headaches,sweats,and many bad results.A.Dont eat before going to bed.B.It actually disturbs the sleep later.C.Dont do much exercise before sleeping.D.Mobiles,puters and TVs throw a blue and white light.E.So,try to avoid some unhealthy activities before sleeping at night.F.Its advised to read a boring novel or a topic of less interest at night.G.They will disturb you mentally and keep you awake for a long time.CSometimes in your life,you may be asked to speak in front of a large group of people.Although it sounds a little scary,even those with stage fright can speak successfully to the group with adequate preparation.Practice your speech before the big day.1 If possible,practice the speech in front of a friend or family member to get used to saying it to real people.If you feel you must have note cards,limit the amount to about three cards.This will force you to keep your speech concise and help you keep your eyes focused on your audience.Remember why youve been invited to speak.If youre battling fear over speaking to a large group of people,keep your mind on the fact that you were selected for this important role.The speech organizers must have seen something valuable in you or your expertise.2 Remember that fear of public speaking is very mon.3 Most of the people in the audience would be feeling the same fear and stress that you do in your position.Knowing this may make you feel better.4 What you say should be tailored to why youre there and who youre speaking to in order to avoid sounding general.If speaking to a charity group,mention the good work certain specific individuals have done for the cause.If speaking at a business conference,briefly state why you want to help these people.Keep eye contact with the crowd.5 Pick one person in each section and look at him while youre speaking.After each important point in your speech,switch your focus to another section.When you focus only on one person at a time,the size of the crowd isnt as frightening.A.A good memory is really helpful.B.Show appreciation to your audience.C.Mention your audience in your speech.D.The more you have it memorized,the better.E.In fact,its normal to feel nervous or stressed out before a big speech.F.Separate the crowd into three sections mentally as you get up to speak.G.The knowledge of other peoples respect for you should reduce some of the fear.D(2018浙江紹興5月模擬)“Helicopter parenting” describes a style of raising children where parents are over-protective and do too much.It describes parents who watch over their kids at home and on the playground like a helicopter.Today,modern technology allows these helicopter parents to watch over from even far away.1Julie Lythcott wrote a book titled Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kids for Success.In her book,she gives readers a closer look at this parenting style.2Julie Lythcott says she experienced the effects of “helicopter parenting” first-hand when she worked as dean of first year students.3 But many were unable to take care of themselves.They were turning to parents constantly for guidance,for problem solving,to have them make the choice about something.So what can parents do if they want to break the overparenting “helicopter” cycle?4Stop saying “we” when you mean your son or your daughter.All too often a parent would say “we are on the travel soccer team”.Well,no,your son is or your daughter is.Stop arguing with all of the adults in our kids lives.You need to teach your kids to advocate for themselves.Stop doing your kids homework.5 Teach them to cross the street,make a meal,and remember to put their own items in their backpacks,which bees a briefcase one day.When kids have all the skills to take care of themselves,they will be prepared for adulthood.A.Four ways are offered to stop watching over your children.B.She also explains why parents should stop it.C.Its a good idea to encourage your kid to do the things he can by himself.D.They can give their children directions at any moment from anywhere.E.Build your kids skills.F.The freshmen were very smart and acplished on paper.G.Your kid is eager for more freedom,but should you give it to him?閱讀七選五提升練(二)A【語篇導(dǎo)讀】 本文是一篇說明文。文章講的是如何通過一些方法來減輕和避免思鄉(xiāng)(想家)情結(jié)。1.E空后說“在你準(zhǔn)備離家之前,記住下面的一些對策”。故E項(xiàng)“離家之前做好一些準(zhǔn)備有助于防止思鄉(xiāng)情結(jié)的出現(xiàn)”符合語境。2.F根據(jù)空后語境,關(guān)于思鄉(xiāng)情結(jié)知道的更多,會(huì)讓你更深入地領(lǐng)悟到思鄉(xiāng)情結(jié)的普遍性,很多人都有這種感覺。故F項(xiàng)“要知道,(有)思鄉(xiāng)情結(jié)是非常正常的”符合語境。3.C根據(jù)此段中的語境,你可以問問熟知你將要去的地方的人,甚至可以和你的家人朋友提前去看看你將要去的地方,可判斷出C項(xiàng)“熟悉你將要去的地方”符合語境。關(guān)鍵詞為“the place”。4.DD項(xiàng)中的“The experience”就是空前所說的“當(dāng)你到達(dá)新的地方,如果你提前知道未來的一些日?；顒?dòng)和生活慣例的話,你會(huì)感到更舒服。”故選D項(xiàng),意為“這種經(jīng)歷會(huì)看起來更熟悉,很可能會(huì)避免思鄉(xiāng)情結(jié)的出現(xiàn)”。5.G上文說的 “一本喜歡的書、一雙拖鞋、一張照片”就是選項(xiàng)G所說的“These items”?？蘸蟆爱?dāng)你想家的時(shí)候它們都會(huì)有助于安撫你。”由此可知,G項(xiàng)“這些東西都會(huì)讓你近距離感受到家的存在”符合語境。B【語篇導(dǎo)讀】 這是一篇說明文,題材為健康保健類。睡前應(yīng)避免一些不良習(xí)慣,以確保晚上睡得好。1.E由下文內(nèi)容可知,下文中列舉了一些確保良好睡眠的好習(xí)慣,故應(yīng)選E項(xiàng),“因此在晚上睡覺前應(yīng)該盡力避免一些不良習(xí)慣”符合語境。2.DD項(xiàng)中的“Mobiles,puters and TVs”在該段中出現(xiàn),本空后的The light即指D項(xiàng)中的“a blue and white light”。3.GG項(xiàng)中的They指代上句的Arguments,指出爭吵會(huì)擾亂你的精神。4.A由本段多次出現(xiàn)的eating可知,本段建議睡前別吃東西。5.B根據(jù)下文可知,酒精會(huì)讓你感到困倦,但隨后會(huì)影響你的睡眠。B項(xiàng)中的later與本空前的for the first half相呼應(yīng)。C【語篇導(dǎo)讀】 本文主要就如何在眾人面前克服恐懼進(jìn)行成功的演講提出了若干建議。1.D此空前后句都提到了“practice”,故D項(xiàng)“The more you have it memorized,the better.”是對空前句做補(bǔ)充說明。2.G根據(jù)空前句“The speech organizers must have seen.”可以看出你受邀做演講是因?yàn)榻M織者看中了你的專長,G項(xiàng)“The knowledge of other peoples respect.”剛好與此句對應(yīng)。3.E空前句“fear of public speaking is very mon”剛好與E項(xiàng)“its normal to feel nervous or stressed out”是順承關(guān)系。4.C此空為本段主題句,根據(jù)空后句中的“mention the good work”和“state why you want to help these people”可知C項(xiàng)合適,F項(xiàng)為干擾項(xiàng)。5.F根據(jù)此空后句“Pick one person in each section”可知在此之前應(yīng)該“Separate the crowd into three sections”,故選擇F項(xiàng)。D【語篇導(dǎo)讀】本文是一篇說明文,主要介紹了“直升機(jī)式育兒”方法的不足之處和改進(jìn)措施。1.D上文提及“modern technology allows these helicopter parents to watch over from even far away”,D項(xiàng)“他們可以在任何時(shí)間從任何地方給他們的小孩發(fā)出指示”承接上文中所述:現(xiàn)代科技讓這些直升機(jī)式父母即使不在身邊也可以照看小孩。故正確答案為D項(xiàng)。2.B上文提及 “she gives readers a closer look at this parenting style”,B項(xiàng)“她也解釋了為什么父母需要停止這么做”,承接上文所述的 Julie Lythcott 讓讀者近距離觀察了直升機(jī)式父母的育兒之道,做出了進(jìn)一步解釋。故正確答案為B項(xiàng)。3.F上文提及 “first year students”,與F項(xiàng)的“The freshmen”相應(yīng),同時(shí)又可引出下文 “But many were unable to take care of themselves”與生活能力的對比。故正確答案為F項(xiàng)。4.A下文提及四種實(shí)用的方法,A項(xiàng)“以下是四種方法讓你不再過度看護(hù)你的小孩”,引出下文的四種方法。故正確答案為A項(xiàng)。5.E下文提及 “Teach them to cross the street” 等幾個(gè)日常的行為,E項(xiàng)“培養(yǎng)你的孩子的技能”,引出下文的各項(xiàng)日常技能。故正確答案為E項(xiàng)。