试题习题、尽在百度仔细审题、认真作答题型组合练(八)(对应学生用书第183页)Ⅰ.阅读理解——文化教育(江苏省名校高三入学摸底卷(题型卷))SarahLynn，aneducationalconsultantandteacher，thinksEnglishlearnerscanimprovetheirabilitytorememberandusenewwordsbytestingthemselves.Sheaddsthatself-testingimprovesretrieval(数据检索)—theabilitytouseandremembernewwords.Ifyouarelikemostlearners，youmayhavefacedsuchasituation:Youthinkyouunderstandatopic.Yetwhenaskedtousewhatyouhavelearned，youarenotabletoremembertheinformation.Notbeingabletoretrievenewideascouldhappenonatestoreveninaconversation.Learningtakeseffort.Ittakeseffortbecausethelearningprocesschangesthebrain，saysSarahLynn.Onewayitchangesthebrainisbycreatingconnections，whicharecalleddendrites(树突)．Lynnsuggeststhatdendriteconnectionsareimportantforretrieval.Therearethreemainideasabouthowtogrowdendritesandimproveretrieval,makingconnections，usingrepetitionandtestingyourself.Lynnisnottheonlyexpertwhorecommendsself-testing.ApaperinJournalofAppliedResearchinMemoryandCognitionsaysonebenefitoftestingpracticeisthatitimprovesretrieval.Retrievinginformationoncemakesretrievingthatinformationeasierinthefuture.Inaddition，thepapersays，whenstudenttestthemselvesaspartofstudying，theylearnwhattheydonotknow.Whenstudentsknowwhattheydonotunderstand，theycanpayattentiontoovercomingtheirweaknesses.Lynnrecommendsthatlearnerstestthemselvesbygettingawayfromwhattheyarestudying.Then，theyshouldtestthemselvesbythinkingaboutwhattheyhavelearned.Sherecommendsthatlearnersmakethemselveswriteorspeaksomething.Lynnsuggestsreadingsomethingorwatchingavideoonthetopic，thengettingridofthereadingoraudiomaterialandsummarizingit.Thiswillallowlearnerstotestwhattheyknow.Thebenefitsofsuchpractice，Lynnsays，arenotjustaboutimprovingyourabilitytorememberinformation.Bytestingyourself，youcanbuildconfidenceintheskillsyouhavedeveloped.Whenyoutestyourself，Lynnsays，youwillseehowmuch试题习题、尽在百度仔细审题、认真作答progressyouhavemade.Thisprogresswillsatisfyandencourageyoutodomoreinthefuture.NexttimeyouarestudyingEnglish，trytotestyourself.Asimplewaytotestvocabularyistocreateflashcardswithcluesononesideandtheanswerontheback.Anotherwayistouseonlineservicestocreatedigitalflashcards，throughwhichlearnerscandoavarietyofactivitiesbasedononesetofnewwordsorinformation.Youcanmatchwordswithmeanings，writeawordafterlookingatapicture，orlistentoawordandwriteit.Youcanalsoplaygameswiththenewwordsandmeanings.Anotherwayistoaskyourselfquestionsattheendoftheday，attheendofastudysession，oratothertimes.Lynnrecommendsthatlearnersaskthemselvesquestionssuchas，“WhatdidIlearntoday?WhatwerethosewordsthatIthoughtwereinteresting?WhatwasthatverbtenseIlearned?Howdoesitwork？”Theimportantpointisthis：Effective_learning_takes_time，effort_and_practice．Donotjustassumethatyoucanreadsomethingonceortwiceandfullyunderstandit.Evenifyouhighlightimportantpointsortakenotesinaclass，youprobablydonotfullyunderstandwhatyoulearned.Afterall，Olympicathletescannotlearnhowtoswimorrunjustfromreadingabook.Theyhavetopracticeswimmingorrunningeverydayforyears.Theyoftencompeteinracestotesttheirskills.Likethoseathletes，successfullanguagelearnerspracticeasmuchastheycan，andtestthemselvestoimprovetheirskills.Self-testingisonewaytoimproveyourretrievalandinformyourfuturecourseofstudy.Giveitatry，andletusknowhowitworksforyou.【语...
