MPA入学考试英语精读文章

1MPA入学考试英语精读文章（一）UNIT1TEXTWanttoknowhowtoimproveyourgradeswithouthavingtospendmoretimestudying?Soundstoogoodtobetrue?Well,readon...HowtoImproveYourStudyHabitsTerhapsyouareanaveragestudentwithaverageintelligence.Youdowellenoughinschool,butyouprobablythinkyouwillneverbeatopstudent.Thisisnotnecessarilythecase,however.Youcanreceivebettergradesifyouwantto.Yes,evenstudentsofaverageintelligencecanbetopstudentswithoutadditionalwork.Here'show:1.Planyourtimecarefully.Makealistofyourweeklytasks.Thenmakeascheduleorchartofyourtime.Fillincommittedtimesuchaseating,sleeping,meetings,classes,etc.Thendecideongood,regulartimesforstudying.Besuretosetasideenoughtimetocompleteyournormalreadingandworkassignments.Ofcourse,studyingshouldn'toccupyallofthefreetimeontheschedule.It'simportanttosetasidetimeforrelaxation,hobbies,andentertainmentaswell.Thisweeklyschedulemaynotsolveallofyourproblems,butitwillmakeyoumoreawareofhowyouspendyourtime.Furthermore,itwillenableyoutoplanyouractivitiessothatyouhaveadequatetimeforbothworkandplay.2.Findagoodplacetostudy.Chooseoneplaceforyourstudyarea.Itmaybeadeskorachairathomeorintheschoollibrary,butitshouldbecomfortable,anditshouldnothavedistractions.Whenyoubegintowork,youshouldbeabletoconcentrateonthesubject.3.Skimbeforeyouread.Thismeanslookingoverapassagequicklybeforeyoubegintoreaditmorecarefully.Asyoupreviewthematerial,yougetsomeideaofthecontentandhowitisorganized.Laterwhenyoubegintoreadyouwillrecognizelessimportantmaterialandyoumayskipsomeoftheseportions.Skimminghelpsdoubleyourreadingspeedandimprovesyourcomprehensionaswell.24.Makegooduseofyourtimeinclass.Listeningtowhattheteachersaysinclassmeanslessworklater.Sitwhereyoucanseeandhearwell.Takenotestohelpyourememberwhattheteachersays.5.Studyregularly.Gooveryournotesassoonasyoucanafterclass.Reviewimportantpointsmentionedinclassaswellaspointsyouremainconfusedabout.Readaboutthesepointsinyourtextbook.Ifyouknowwhattheteacherwilldiscussthenextday,skimandreadthatmaterialtoo.Thiswillhelpyouunderstandthenextclass.Ifyoureviewyournotesandtextbookregularly,thematerialwillbecomemoremeaningfulandyouwillrememberitlonger.Regularreviewleadstoimprovedperformanceontest.6.Developagoodattitudeabouttests.Thepurposeofatestistoshowwhatyouhavelearnedaboutasubject.Theworldwon'tendifyoudon'tpassatest,sodon'tworryexcessivelyaboutasingletest.Testsprovidegrades,buttheyalsoletyouknowwhatyouneedtospendmoretimestudying,andtheyhelpmakeyourknowledgepermanent.Thereareothertechniquesthatmighthelpyouwithyourstudying.Onlyafewhavebeenmentionedhere.Youwillprobablydiscovermanyothersafteryouhavetriedthese.Talkwithyourclassmatesabouttheirstudytechniques.Sharewiththemsomeofthetechniquesyouhavefoundtobehelpful.Improvingyourstudyhabitswillimproveyourgrades.NEWWORDSaveragen.ordinary普通的；中等的intelligencen.abilitytolearnandunderstand智力necessarilyad.inevitably必定casen.whathasreallyhappened;actualcondition实情additionala.added附加的，额外的3n.additionweeklya.doneorhappeningeveryweek每周的；一周一次的schedulen.timetable时间表chartn.(sheetofpaperwith)informationwrittenordrawnintheformofapicture图（表）commitvt.指定...用于asidead.totheside在旁边；到（向）一边etc(Latin,shortenedformforetcetera)andotherthings等等normala.usual正常的readingn.theactorpracticeofreading阅读assignmentn.sth.givenoutasatask(布置的)作业occupyn.takeup占用relaxationn.(sth.donefor)restandamusement休息，娱乐relaxv.hobbyn.whatonelikestodoinone'sfreetime业余爱好entertainmentn.show,party,etc.thatpeopleenjoy娱乐entertainvt.solvevt.findananswerto(aproblem)解决（问题）awarea.havingknowledgeorunderstanding知道的；意识到的furthermore4ad.moreover;inaddition而且；此外enablevt.make(sb.)able(todosth.)使（某人）能（做某事）activityn.sth.(tobe)done活动adequatea.asmuchasoneneeds;enough充分的；足够的distractionn.sth.thatdrawsawaythemindorattention分心（或分散注意力）的事物concentrate(onorupon)vi.paycloseattention(to)全神贯注（于）skimvt.readquicklytogetthemainideas(of)略读previewvt.haveageneralviewof(sth.)beforehand预习contentn.whatiswritteninabook,etc.内容organizevt.formintoawhole组织laterad.后来；以后skipvt.passover略过portionn.part;share一部分；一份doublev.makeorbecometwiceasgreatorasmany（使）增加一倍comprehensionn.theactofunderstandingorabilitytounderstand理解（力）mentionvt.speakorwriteabout(sth.)inafewwords提及confuseda.mixedupinone'smind迷惑的，混淆的confusevt.5textbookn.astandardbookforthestudyofasubject教科书；课本performancen.achievement成绩meaningfula.havingimportantmeaningorvalue富有意义的attituden.whatonethinksaboutsth.态度，看法purposen.aim目的，意图excessivelyad.toomuch过多地，过分地excessivea.permanenta.lastingforalongtime;neverchanging持久的；永久的techniquen.wayofdoingsth.技巧，方法helpfula.useful;providinghelporwilingtohelp有益的；给予帮助的，肯帮忙的PHRASES&EXPRSSIONSfillinwritein填写，填充decideonmakeachoiceordecisionabout选定，决定setasidesaveforaspecialpurpose留出aswellalso;too;inaddition也，还；同样beaware(of)know(sth.);know(whatishappening)知道，意识到concentrateondirectone'sattention,efforts,etc.to全神贯注于lookover6examine(quickly)把...看一遍，过目gooverreview复习leadtoresultin导致UNIT2TEXTAtsixty-fiveFrancisChichestersetouttosailsingle-handedroundtheworld.Thisisthestoryofthatadventure.SailingRoundtheWorldBeforehesailedroundtheworldsingle-handed,FrancisChichesterhadalreadysurprised