Do you know how to study better and make you study more effectively（有效地）? We all know that Chinese students usually study hard for long hours. This is very good, but it doesn’t 　46 a lot. If you want to study effectively, you must have enough sleep, enough food, enough rest and 47 . Every day you need to go out for a walk or visit some friends or some nice places. It’s good for your 48 . When you return to your studies, your mind will be refreshed(清醒) and you’ll 　49 more and study better. Here take English learning as an example. First you make a lot of progress(進步) and you feel 　50 . Then your language study seems to stay the same and you may 　51 it. This can last for days or even weeks, 　52 don’t lose hope. At some point your language study will 　53 take another big jump. You’ll see that you really have been learning all the time. If you get enough sleep, food, rest and exercise, studying English can be very effective and 　54 . Don’t drop it(放棄) along the way, learn slowly and you’re sure to get 　55 result.

(　 ) 46. A. spend　　　　　　　 B. keep　　　　　　　　 C. help　　　　　　　　 D. look

(　 ) 47. A. homework　　　　 B. exercise　　　　　　 C. housework　　　 D. time

(　 ) 48. A. study　　　　　　　 B. health 　　　 C. sleep　　　　　　　　 D. life

(　 ) 49. A. hear　　　　　　　　 B. ask　　　　　　　　　 C. think　　　　　　　　 D. learn

(　 ) 50. A. surprised　　　　　 B. worried　　　　　　 C. happy　　　　　　　 D. strange

(　 ) 51. A. forget　　　　　　　 B. miss　　　　　　　　 C. leave　　　　 　　 D. drop

(　 ) 52. A. and　　　　　　　　　 B. but　　　　　　　　　 C. or　　　 　　　　 D. till

(　 ) 53. A. again　　　　　　　　 B. not　　　　　　　　　 C. never　　　　　　　 D. always

(　 ) 54. A. useful　　　　　　　 B. helpful　　　 　 C. interesting　　　　 D. important

(　 ) 55. A. a bad　　　　　　　 B. a good　　　　　　　 C. an unhappy　　　 D.an unknown

Claude Monet(莫奈) was born in 1840 in Paris, France. When he was five, his family moved to a place on the coast where he spent a lot of time on the beaches. It was here that he started to understand novels(小說)．

As a boy he __21__friends and family by drawing caricatures(漫畫)．They were all pleased with his paintings. But at 18 his way of painting changed when he  __22__friends with Eugene Boudin who encouraged him to paint pictures out of doors. This is when his life as a(n)  __23__began. His family was  __24__ that he refused to go to art school. Instead Monet worked with other artists in their workrooms in Paris. In 1862 he became part of a group of impressionist(印象主義的) painters. During the 1860s he sold almost  __25__paintings but this didn’t stop him painting even though he always had problems with money.

Monet married his first wife in 1870 and had two sons. His second wife Alice, who had six children with her, lived with Monet and Monet’s children. After __26__houses several times, Monet found a house to rent(租) for his large family in a small village called Giverny in 1883, about 84 kilometers from Paris. He fell in love  __27__the place and it became his home for the rest of his life.

At last Monet began to  __28__his paintings and in 1890 he bought the house at Giverny. Monet was a loving gardener and created beautiful gardens there. His gardens inspired over 500 of his greatest paintings. Monet’s large paintings of the water lilies in his water garden, painted between 1916 and 1926, are some of his most famous. Monet gave these paintings to the people of  __29__. You can see them in Paris.

Towards the end of his life, Monet started to lose his __30__. This was the worst thing that could happen to a painter. It happened slowly over 16 years and by 1923 he was nearly blind. When Monet was very old and had bad health, he kept painting until a few months before his death in December 1926. 

(　　)46.A. had    B. loved    C. kept  D. pleased

(　　)47.A. met    B. made    C. fought  D. found

(　　)48.A. writer  B. painter  C. actor  D. teacher

(　　)49.A. glad    B. helpful  C. angry  D. satisfied

(　　)50.A. no      B. all     C. little  D. any

(　　)51.A. buying  B. building  C. moving  D. repairing

(　　)52.A. with    B. in      C. around  D. at

(　　)53.A. draw    B. sell    C. watch  D. collect

(　　)54.A. France  B. Britain  C. America  D. Australia

(　　)55.A. taste  B. weight  C. money  D. eyesight

He seems a(n) _________ person. He always has a lot of things to do.

A. smart????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. helpful????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. energetic????????????? ????????????? D. excellent

One night, I wondered what it would be like if I only asked questions. I decided that no matter what anyone said to me the next day, I would reply only with   36  .

I loved to read about scientists and their discoveries, and I knew that scientists always started their research with a question. I hoped that I could become a scientist. Maybe by asking questions, I could train my mind to be   37  .

  I survived the morning easily. “Is there any egg?” I answered when my mother asked what I wanted for breakfast. “Is this seat taken?” I asked when my friend Mike asked where he was going to   38   on the bus.

In the classroom, Mr. Black spoke slowly and clearly while I listened carefully. The problem had been part of my homework the night before. I wrote the answer on the board, “Could the answer be 361?”

  Mr. Black smiled and nodded. I thought,“How did I   39   to get through that?” I almost laughed because asking questions really was starting to become a   40  .

  I thought I had made it safely through the whole day,   41   what I had come to consider my experiment blew up at the dinner table when my dad asked me about my day. “What do I always do?” I replied.

My parents looked at each other. My father   42   again. “Well, I hope you went to school,” he said.

    “Uhhh … why would you think otherwise?” I asked. My parents exchanged another   43    

and were becoming annoyed.

   “Do you think questions are a good way to train your mind to be active?” I asked.

“It   44   the question,” said my father. “Some questions are asked for   45   information. Those are good mind-training questions. Sometimes, people use questions to get the other person to say something. Sometimes people ask questions to get someone to agree with them. Those questions don’t really achieve anything.”

   “I guess my experiment didn’t work,” I said, and I told my father about my   46  .

“I think it worked   47  !” my father said. “You made a discovery, didn’t you? What matters is that you have put your idea into practice.”                               

1.A. actions              B. answers             C. gestures             D. questions

2.A. deep             B. free            C. quick            D. strong

3.A. get                  B. sit                 C. come         D. take

4.A. fail             B. have            C. want             D. manage

5.A. habit            B. step                C. goal                 D. rule

6.A. or               B. so                  C. but              D. and

7.A. tried             B. asked            C. guessed           D. ordered

8. A. look                B. word            C. mind                 D. topic

9.A. refers to            B. belongs to     C. puts on          D. depends on

10.A. sending         B. finding             C. sharing         D. keeping

11.A. test            B. idea            C. plan                 D. wonder

12.A. slowly              B. safely          C. perfectly            D. properly