Here's something to think about the next time you ask your teacher for help: trying hard to do schoolwork on your own can help you learn. According to a recent study,the more you try while you are learning new information,the better you can remember it later.

  This might surprise you. When teachers are presenting new information,they often give students lots of help. But a new study shows this may not be the best way to support learning. "Don't be too quick to get help when learning something new,"education expert Manu Kapur said. "Try to work on it your?self even if it means trying different ways." Kapur came up with the idea that trying hard can lead to better learning. Then he tested it out on students in Singapore. He separated students into two groups. In the first group,students were asked to solve maths problems with the teacher's help. In the second group,students were asked to solve the same problems by helping one another,instead of getting help from the teacher.

  With the teacher's help,students in the first group were able to find the correct answers. Students in the second group did not solve the problems cor?rectly. But they did come up with a lot of good ideas.

  The students were then tested on what they had learned. The group with?out any help from a teacher scored much higher than the group who had help. Kapur said working to find the answers helped students understand the process (過程) ，not just the solution.

  Kapur's advice for kids is to put a lot of effort (努力) into learning some?thing new rather than going to your teacher for help. "Simply doing a little work or nothing at all won't work,"says Kapur. "Try to solve a problem in as many ways as possible.”

1. What is the best title for the text?

   A. Work your mind

   B. Practice makes perfect

   C. The best way to learn

   D. Teachers' role in schoolwork

2. Manu Kapur holds that      .

   A. it's necessary for students to ask for teachers' help

   B. students should try to solve problems by themselves

   C. students with teachers' help have more good ideas

   D. students in the first group are cleverer than those in the second group

3. The author develops the text mainly by      .

   A. presenting research findings

   B. comparing different opinions

    C showing scientitic mlormation  

    D. setting down general rules

 When I was 12 years old,I went with my dad to his work—a car show?room (展廳) .I was walking around when I saw a (n) 1      woman with a child standing outside the showroom. I saw that she was 2      a lot and went inside and 3        my father. My father went out and asked the woman to 4        He offered her some water and then 5        her what was wrong.

  The woman wiped her tears and said that her husband had died some months before and that she didn't have anyone else in her family who could 6      her. She did some manual labour (體力勞動) to earn some money to 7        her daughter but her daughter was 8        for the last three days. She was una?ble to go to 9        Now she didn't have any food to eat. 10 she was rela?ting (講述) this story to my father,she was unable to control her feelings and started crying 11        My father and I were deeply 12        We got some 13        for her and her daughter to have. My father then took them to the nearest hospital for her baby to be 14        as she did not seem to be very well. On the way,we bought her some bread and fruits from the 15        My father gave her some money before we 16        her. The lady was so 17        It is 8 years later,but that event is still so 18        in my mind. My father's 19        to this woman inspired (鼓舞) me deeply and since then,I have decided to try and walk a similar path and 20        others.

1. A. old   B. funny   C. poor   D. crazy

2. A. speaking   B. shouting   C. shaking   D. crying

3. A. told   B. invited   C. kissed   D. met

4. A. go around   B. walk away   C. come in   D. sit down

5. A. found   B. asked   C. showed   D. taught

6. A. help   B. know   C. praise   D. accept

7. A. take care of   B. go on with

   C. get along with   D. take advantage of

8. A. sleepy   B. tired   C. sick   D. fat

9. A. live   B. study   C. travel   D. work

10. A. Once   B. While   C. Since   D. Until

11. A. later   B. again   C. anyhow   D. too

12. A. satisfied   B. moved

   C. excited   D. encouraged

13. A. clothes   B. money   C. medicine   D. food

14. A. treated   B. protected   C. supported   D. guided

15. A. showroom   B. hospital   C. farm   D. market

16. A. saw   B. saved   C. left   D. missed

17. A. regretful   B. grateful   C. comfortable   D. pleased

18. A. fresh   B. amazing   C. important   D. interesting

19. A. courage   B. feeling   C. kindness   D. answer

20. A. change   B. serve

   C. influence   D. remember

 One day,about ten years ago,while working at the cash register in the gift shop at my University Museum of Natural History,I saw 1.        elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked closer at this girl,I found that she was fixed on her chair. I then realized that she had no arms 2.        legs,just a head,a neck and an upper body,

  3.      (dress) in a little white skirt. As the couple wheeled her up to me,I turned my head towards the girl. When I took the money from her grandparents,I looked back 4.        the girl,who was giving me the most optimistic,largest smile I had ever seen. All of a sudden,her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, 5.        smile just melted me and almost 6. (instant) gave me a completely new sense of 7.      life is all about. She took me from a poor,unhappy college student and 8.      (bring) me into her world―a world of smile,love and 9.      (warm) . I'm a successful businessman now and whenever I think about the troubles of the world,I think about that little girl and the re- markable lesson about life that 10.        taught me.

 That's settled, be true of, would prefer to, What's up, go on

1. In Britain,students and teachers are quite relaxed with each other. This      America.

2. ―We will meet at nine o'clock tomorrow morning.

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3. I      stay at home on such a hot day. After all,it is cooler in the room.

4. - Excuse me,can you spare me a few minutes?

       ？

5. I couldn't do my homework with all that noise      .

4. They were very strict      their children.

5.      we have enough evidence,we can't win the case,

3. ―      I meet you at the airport? ―Please don't bother. I can take a taxi.

2. I think      won't be so difficult as it appea'rs to finish the project in two months.

1. —Whose advice do you think I should take? —It's      you.

10.      (hope) ，1 managed to get through the game and the pain was worth it in the end.