很多学生觉得英语难学，但事实上，英语和其他学科区别不大，知识点都完全出在书中。只要肯下工夫，一定会把英语学好，至少英语成绩不会被别人落下太多。通过今年的初三期末考试可以看出来，学生们存在的最主要的问题还是对教材不够熟悉。比如，今年的完形填空题出自教科书中的原文，但是5个填空部分很多学生都没有完全答对。其实，现在考试的趋势越来越回归教材，所以学生们一定要对教材非常熟悉。英语考试中的作文虽然不像语文作文那样占分比例很大，但这仍是一个重点。此次考试，学生们的作文情况也不是很理想。原因是学生们平时不愿意动笔。其实，只要对教材熟悉，写作的问题就不大。教材中的每个模块的第二、三单元都是一个主题，这个主题会告知写作内容。中考时的写作范围也不会脱离这些主题，肯定会是书中提到过的，所以，学生们要根据这些主题主动练习写作。
寒假期间的复习重点可根据个人情况而定，但以下两方面不得忽视：1、完形填空和阅读每天要做四五篇。英语考试中完形填空和阅读所占分数非常大，这是一个容易得分的部分。所以，学生们在假期每天都要保证阅读数量。英语语感很重要，如果长时间不做阅读，再次复习时会费很多力气。2、初一到初三教材“过”一遍。复习英语的最好方式就是熟读教材，因为英语教材中几乎涵盖了所有知识点。寒假期间，初一到初三年级的全部英语单词要复习一遍，课文要通读一遍，要保证英译汉和汉译英都没有问题，这样会给开学后进入总复习提供很多帮助。
Being able to multitask-doing several things at the same time-is considered (考虑，认为) a welcome skill by most people. But if we consider the situation of the young people aged from eight to eighteen, we should think again.
What we often see nowadays is that young people juggle a larger number of electronic devices (电子产品) as they study. While working, they also surf on the Internet, send out emails, answer the telephone and listen to music on their iPods. In a sense, they are spending a large amount of time in fruitless efforts (努力) as they multitask.
Multitasking is even changing the relationship between family members. As young people give so much attention to their own worlds, they seem to have no time to spend with the other people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they eat at the family table.
Multitasking also has an effect (影响) on young people's performance at university and in the workplace . When ask ed about their opinions of the effects of modern gadgets (器具) on their performance of tasks, many young people gave a positive (肯定的) response (回应). However, the response from the worlds of education and business was not quite as positive. Educators feel that multitasking by children has a serious effect on later development of study skills. They believe that many college students now need help to improve their study skills. Similarly, employers (雇主) feel that young people entering the job market need to be taught all over again, as modern gadgets have made it unnecessary (没必要) for them to learn special skills to do their work.
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71. What does the underlined word "juggle" most probably mean?
A. Want to buy. B. Use at the same time.
C. Take the place of. D. Search information from.
72. In Paragr aph 3, the author points out that__________.
A. family members do not greet each other
B. family members do not eat at the family table
C. young people get on well with their families
D. young people hardly communicate with their family members
73. What's the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. Young people must learn skills for future jobs.
B. Young people benefit (获益) a lot from modern gadgets.
C. Multitasking is an important skill to young people.
D. Multitasking influences young people's development seriously.
74. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Young people think multitasking is good for their study and work.
B. Employers consider it unnecessary for young people to be taught all over again.
C. Educators feel that young people don't need to improve their study skills.
D. People from the world of education believe multitasking has a good effect on children's later study skills.
75. T he author develops (阐述) the passage mainly by__________.
A. providing special examples
B. following the natural time order
C. giving out a cause and analyzing (分析) its effects
D. comparing opinions from different worlds
答案：71 ~ 75BDDAC
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