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Why does everything else seem so interesting when you have to study? Let's find out how to stay focused£®Follow each piece of advice that is given below£®
Switch Off Your Cell phone
Nothing's worse for a teenager to stay without their cell phone even for a minute£®However£¬if you can't find yourself focused for a long time£¬you now that it's the continual sound in your cell phone that isn't letting you learn£®Stop sending tet massages to your friends saying¡®I can't study¡¯or¡®how much have you finished¡¯£®Remember£¬you don't have enough time to ill£¬do you?
Soothing Music(Êæ»ºµÄÒôÀÖ)Helps
Biarre (ÀëÆæµÄ)as it may sound£¬while things such as TVs£¬PCs£¬or MP3 players are not acceptable while studying£¬researchers claim(¶ÏÑÔ)that listening to soothing music actually helps you stay focused£®Try it£®It might wor for you£®
A New Timetable Every Day
One of my personal techniques£¬tried and tested£¬is creating a new timetable every day. You don't really need to draw one£®Instead£¬just stare at the cloc£¬and divide your hours£®Suppose£®2 hours of continuous study require a 30-minute brea after that£®Rela and then go bac to study for another two hours£®Just be true to yourself, and try not to get distracted(×¢ÒâÁ¦·ÖÉ¢µÄ)in those two hours£®
Try Different Places to Study
The idea is£¬looing for a place that doesn't have much to focus upon is the best way of staying organied while studying£®A lonely corner in your house is perfect in this case£®Hey! Why don't you go to your school library£¬if things get worse? It has the perfect atmosphere£¬silence£¬and a librarian£¬every time! Now this will wor for sure£¬trust me£®
56£®What can we infer from the second paragraph? A£®Cell phones are not useful to teenagers at present£® B£®Teenagers should by no means have cell phones£® C£®Cell phones are good for teenagers in their study£® D£®eeping phones on while studying affects teenagers£®
57£®According to Paragraph 3£¬ £® A£®quiet and gentle music benefits your study B£®listening to music is harmful to your study C£®MP3 players help you focus on your study D£®music is not acceptable while studying
58£®Which of the following is TRUE according to the tet? A£®Two hours a day is perfect for teenagers to study£® B£®You shouldn't listen to any music while studying£® C£®It is easier for adults to stay focused than teenagers£®
D£®Teenagers are advised to mae different plans for study every day£® 59£®It can be concluded from the last paragraph that . A£®teenagers had better study at home B£®a school library is the best place to study
C£®silence plays an important role in teenagers¡¯study D£®places full of interesting things are good for study 60£®What's the tet mainly about? A£®The advantages of staying focused£® B£®How to stay focused while studying£® C£®How to follow your teacher's instructions£® D£®Advice on how to mae progress in study£®
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The idea of not having a phone at all could be beneficial sounds cray to people who are addicted to the global Internet or even just Faceboo£®
Indeed£¬it sounds lie a pain£®But some advantages of a phone-free lifestyle mae us realie that freedom has long been absent from our lives with a phone£®
According to The Wall Street Journal's Anton Troianovsi£¬people epect less of you when you don't have a cell phone£®
Melissa Hildebrand£¬for eample£¬doesn't own a cell phone£®She just leaves if her friends don't show up on time for an event or meeting£®¡°She gives them 15 to 30 minutes to show up£®¡±writes Troianovsi£®
With a phone in hand£¬one receives apology calls£¬which only lengthen the waiting£®Without a phone£¬that responsibility seems to reduce£®
Dean Obeidallah of CNN believes that not having a cell phone gives him the ability to see things£ºA beautiful woman hurrying past while fiing her maeup£»Asian tourists busy taing photos£»a businessman taling on his phone and looing important£®¡°Instead of teting or checing my e-mail£®I began to actually loo at the people I was sharing the streets with£®It truly resembles a movie set filled with etras(ÁÙʱÑÝÔ±)from all wals of life£¬¡±Obeidallah said£®
Along with these small benefits of not having a phone£¬however£¬come all its inconveniences£®
Nancy adlic told The Wall Street Journal that she once missed an airport pic-up due to not having a phone£®
For Rebecca Greenfield£¬an editor for The Atlantic Wire£¬the inconveniences of not having a phone ontweigh these small advantages£®But she also said£º¡°Not having one every once in a while sounds lie a nice practice£®¡±
61£®Melissa Hildebrand is mentioned as an eample to show that without a phone . A£®people epect less of you B£®people needn't bear responsibility C£®you have to wait long
62£®According to Dean Obeidallah£¬not having a phone can help him . A£®watch more movie sets B£®communicate with people on the street C£®enjoy the surroundings A£®the benefits
D£®now more etras from all wals of life B£®the disadvantages D£®a good practice B£®Melissa Hildebrand
63£®The last three paragraphs mainly focus on of not having a phone£® C£®different opinions
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64£® thins not having a phone has both good and bad effects£® A£®Anton Troianovsi C£®Nancy adlic
D£®Rebecca Greenfield
65£®What is the main idea of the tet? A£®Having a phone is of great benefit£® B£®Not having a phone brings inconveniences£®
C£®Mobile phones are robbing us of freedom in some way£® D£®The phone-free lifestyle is popular with young people£®
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Americans are buying more products and services than ever before through the Internet£®And eperts say the popularity of online sales is liely to spread to other countries£®Online sales now represent as much as one-tenth of all retail sales in the United States£®This has led traditional stores to see new ways to eep their customers loyal£®
Lynne Shaner used the Internet to buy everything she needed£®Other than food£¬90£¥of her purchases were made on her home computer£®She said£®¡°I find that£®by being able to go online and choose the things that I need to choose£¬and have them delivered to me right at my doorstep£¬I eliminate all the driving£¬all the crowds£¬all the noise of that£¬and I usually get a better selection¡£¡±
There are a lot of people lie her£®57£¥of Americans have bought something electronically in the past few months£®Store owners worry that this growing amount of online sales will hurt their business£®
Cornell University mareting professor says traditional stores can eep their customers by selling goods lie clothing£¬which buyers may want to see and try on before purchasing£®He says the stores could also offer things that are difficult to ship£®He also says some stores can please customers by offering to set up or repair electronic products£®
Bill Martin is the founder of ShopperTra which helps stores learn about their customers£®He says that traditional stores offer a social eperience that some people enjoy and the eperience and emotion in the
buying decision before they're ready to part with money can't be gotten on¡ªline£®It's a rather cold process£®Bill Martin says traditional stores can provide goods to buyers more quicly than online stores£®
While e-commerce worries some business owners£¬the worry for delivery services lie FedE and UPS is eeping up with the number of pacages£®UPS Manager Dana line says her company is very busy at this time of year£®
66£®The underlined word¡°eliminate¡±in Paragraph 2 most probably means £® A£®observe B£®ignore C£®tolerate D£®remove
67£®What is store owners¡¯attitude towards online sales growth?
A£®Devotion£® B£®Sympathy£® C£®Aniety£® D£®Approving£® 68£®The fourth paragraph is mainly about £® A£®the advice to traditional stores C£®how to ship some special products 69£®What can we learn about Bill Martin?
A£®He assists traditional stores in selling products£® B£®He founded a delivery company£® C£®He is in favor of online shopping£®
D£®He thins online sales are quicer than retail sales£®
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Officials say the islands of Toelau in the South Pacific Ocean have become the world's first territory totally powered by the sun£®The move is epected to save money and ease the environmental burden of depending on imported fossil fuels£®
Toelau's three main atolls(»·×´Éºº÷µº)£¬or islands£¬now have enough solar capacity to meet all of their electricity needs£®Until now£®Toelau has been 100£¥dependent on diesel (²ñÓÍ) for producing electricity£®That has burdened the country with heavy economic and environmental costs£®
The three atolls of Toelau are about halfway between New ealand and Hawaii and are administered by New ealand£®
Each atoll received its own solar power grid (µçÍø)system£®New ealand officials estimated the cost of the project to build the three solar grids at around seven million dollars£®The last of the grids has been completed£®
It is estimated that oil imports mae up to 30£¥of national income in some parts of the Pacific£®The move to solar power could save Toelau about one million dollars a year£®Toelau will now be able to spend more on social programs to help its citiens£®
Other South Pacific islands are attempting similar projects£®The island nations of Samoa and Tuvalu are aiming to get all of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020£®The Coo Islands plans to start
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