Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and frustrating experience. The lecturer speaks for one or two hours, perhaps 1 the talk with slides, writing up important information on the blackboard, 2 reading material and giving out 3 .The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and 4 what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture 5 notes which do not catch the main points and 6 become hard even for the 7 to understand.
Most institutions provide courses which 8 new students to develop the skills they need to be 9 listeners and note-takers. 10 these are unavailable, there are many useful study-skills guides which 11 learners to practice these skills 12 .In all cases it is important to 13 the problem 14 actually starting your studies.
It is important to 15 that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills 16 in college study. One way of 17 these difficulties is to attend the language and study-skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the 18 year. Another basic 19 is to find a study partner 20 it is possible to identify difficulties, exchange ideas and provide support.
1.A.extending B.illustrating C.performing D.conducting
2.A.attributing B.contributing C.distributing D.explaining
3.A.assignments B.information C.content D.definition
4.A.suspects B.understands C.wonders D.convinces
5.A.without B.with C.on D.except
6.A.what B.those C.as D.which
7.A.teachers B.classmates C.partners D.students
8.A.prevent B.require C.assist D.forbid
9.A.effective B.passive C.relative D.expressive
10.A.Because B.Though C.Whether D.If
11.A.enable B.stimulate C.advocate D.prevent
12.A.independently B.repeatedly C.logically D.generally
13.A.evaluate B.acquaint C.tackle D.formulate
14.A.before B.after C.while D.for
15.A.predict B.acknowledge C.argue D.ignore
16.A.to require B.required C.requiring D.are required
17.A.preventing B.withstanding C.sustaining D.overcoming
18.A.average B.ordinary C.normal D.academic
19.A.statement B.strategy C.situation D.suggestion
20.A.in that B.for which C.with whom D.such as
答案与解析:
1.B
将第1,2,3题通盘考虑。此处意为 老师会花一两个小时用幻灯来解释讲课的内容,写出一些重要的信息,散发一些阅读材料,布置作业 。illustrate用图解说明,举例说明。
2.C
参考第1题答案。attribute把 的原因归为 ;contribute有助于,贡献;distribute分发,散发,与下文的give out同义。
3.A
assignments作业,任务。
4.C
新生发现别的学生一直在记笔记,他们不知道该记些什么,所以用wonders.而suspects(怀疑);understands (理解,明白);convinces(让人相信)与题意不符。
5.B
with结构在此表示伴随的结果,说明学生听完讲座却记了一些抓不住重点的笔记。
6.D
这里是一个并列句,并列的两个部分是which do not catch the main points and which become hard even for the students to understand.
7.D
此句意为:学生记下的笔记连自己也无法明白。
8.C
鉴于上述情况,许多学校开设课程以帮助新生
培养记笔记的能力,成为一名真正有效率的听众。assist帮助,援助。
9.A
参考第8题答案。effective有效的;passive被动的;relative相对的;expressive表现的,富于表情的。
10.D
此处的意思是:如果这些课程不可行的话,还会有许多行之有效的学习技巧的指导,这些指导使学生们能够独立地锻炼这些学习技巧,在此If表示假设条件。
11.A
enable sb.to do sth使人能够干什么;stimulate激发,刺激;advocate提倡,倡导;prevent阻止。
12.A
independently独立地;repeatedly再三,重复地;logically合乎逻辑地;generally大体上,一般地。
13.C
此句意为 通常学生在开始学习之前就应该解决这种听课技能的问题 ,此处C.to tackle problem意为 解决问题 。evaluate估计,评估;acquaint使认识,了解;formulate用公式表示,系统地阐述或提出。
14.A
参考13题。
15.B
这里的意思是 承认大多数学生在获取语言技能方面有困难,这是很重要的。因为只有承认这种困难才能提出克服困难的方法 。所以选B.acknowledge承认,认可。
predict预测;argue争论,论证;ignore忽略,忽视。
16.B
过去分词做定语。
17.D
克服困难用overcome difficulty.不用preventing阻止,阻碍;withstand经受住,抵抗;sustain支撑,经受。
18.D
本题涉及学年的表达方法。
19.B
此句意为:另一种基本的方案或策略是寻找一个学习的伙伴。strategy策略,方案。
20.C
本题测试介词与关系代词的用法,with whom表示与同伴一起学习。
Art and football 海底发现文物,莱斯特城足球俱乐部曼谷庆功
To turn something upside down 把……翻个底朝天
Clean up your act 改邪归正
Canada wildfire and NASA discovery 加拿大林火,美国国家航空航天局发现系外行星
The last/final straw 忍无可忍,使人最终崩溃的一击
White / blue-collar worker 白领,蓝领
Cyclists make Olympic history, 400-year-old shark 英国自行车运动员创英奥运历史,400岁格陵兰鲨鱼
There's method to my madness 我有一个不合常理的办法
Glass-bottomed bridge, cancer risk for HRT and 120-year-old man 世界最长玻璃桥开放,荷尔蒙替代疗法增患癌风险,印度教120岁僧人
The university of life 生活经历
Cyborg beetle and the teenage brain 半机械甲虫,青少年脑部发育
India's sewer workers and British school standards 印度下水道工人施工安全,英国在校生学习成绩下降
Until I'm blue in the face 任凭你磨破嘴皮
Brexit and Hockney's art 英国脱欧公投后进展,大卫·霍克尼艺术展
Burn a hole in your pocket 有钱不花难受
Phelps makes history and marine species 菲尔普斯创造历史,海洋新物种
In good nick 品质好、没有损坏
California wildfires and cloned animals 加利福尼亚州野火,克隆动物衰老过程正常
Antibiotics and escalator etiquette 美国人过多使用抗生素,伦敦地铁扶梯礼仪
To make a monkey out of me 捉弄我
Cheap and cheerful 物美价廉
To lie through your teeth 睁眼说瞎话
To make a mountain out of a molehill 小题大做
Axe to grind 别有用心
Knee-jerk reaction 本能反映
You're pulling my leg! 你在愚弄我!
Test the water 试探,摸底
Barefaced 厚颜无耻的
Chelsea doctor and surfing in Australia 切尔西队医与球队和解,澳大利亚冲浪
IOC on Russian doping and hot June 奥委会就涉俄兴奋剂事件报告进展,六月高温破纪录