【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 important and stops us from making poor choices. In fact, we are using it if we ask questions naturally about what we see. Practice makes perfect. While you are growing in critical thinking, you39。ll bee a wiser and more thoughtful person. There are many ways of doing practice. Here are a few. Read about a topic people disagree on. Look at articles or books on all sides of the subject. For each side of the subject, think carefully and evaluate it. When you see or hear a claim, ask questions about it. Who is making the claim and why? Evaluate your own thinking. Where and why do you think uncritically? How can you improve? Critical thinking should be part of everything we do. It may help you to succeed at work or school. Make yourself into a habit of critical thinking. Change your thoughts and change your world.（1）People use critical thinking to ________ and evaluate claims. （2）Critical thinking can stop us from________. （3）What kind of person will you bee as you grow in critical thinking? （4）找出并寫下第二段的主題句 （5）將文中畫線句子譯成漢語答案： 10．選擇適當(dāng)?shù)木渥? 填入文章中 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 請從A—F選項中選出五個句子填入文中空缺處（第31—35題）, 使短文內(nèi)容完整正確。選項中有一項是多余選項。AIt may be easier to find a job.BIt39。s not easy to learn the language.CTheir foreign language skill will be improved.DStudying abroad brings a heavy burden（負(fù)擔(dān)）to the family.EStudents sometimes have problems understanding foreign cultures.FStudents have to live without parents39。 care and deal with all kinds of things by themselves.“USA? Britain? Which country IS better to study in?”We often have such discussions. As China opens its door it is a dream for many. Chinese students to study abroad. They want to learn the outside world. It is true that studying abroad can help students develop themselves:________After two years ‘study and live abroad, most of the students can speak English very well.________The students bee more confident and knowledgeable, some of them even graduate from the most famous universities in the world, So they are weled by many panies. But there are problems that should be considered:________Students must spend a lot of time learning another language.________There are reports about Chinese students abroad running into an ocean of difficulties and giving up finally. When they have to take care of themselves, it is harder for students to learn well at the same time. ________For most Chinese parents, the cost of studying abroad is very high. But is it worth it? So when you wonder which country is better to study in, think it twice.11．A ）信息歸納：閱讀下面的短文,根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成信息卡。 Do you like eating chocolate chip cookie？Thanks to Ruth Wakefield, they were invented by accident in 1930. Ruth and her husband owned a restaurant called the Toll House. As manager and cook, Ruth kept very busy. One day in 1930, she was making some chocolate butter cookies．It was required that she should melt chocolate into the dough （面團(tuán)）．However, she found that she had run out of baker39。s chocolate. So she had to break some semi173。sweet chocolate （半甜巧克力） into small pieces and added them to the dough. She hoped these pieces of chocolate to melt. After the cookies were baked （烤）, to her surprise, the chocolate had not melted into the dough, and her cookies were not chocolate butter cookies. They smelt delicious. They tasted sweet and crispy． They were named Toll House cookies after Ruth39。s restaurant and are the most popular cookies in America today. About seven billion chocolate chip cookies are eaten every year, and nearly half the cookies baked in American homes are chocolate chip cookies.Information CardThe person who invented chocolate chip cookie________.The name of Ruth39。s restaurant________.The day when Ruth invented chocolate chip cookie________.The thing that she added to the dough to make chocolate melt________.The number of chocolate chip cookies that are eaten every year in America________.12．根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容，從下面五個選項中選出能填入文中空缺處的最佳選項，使短文意思通順、內(nèi)容完整。 Why is setting goals important? Because goals can help you experience everything you want in life. Instead of just letting life happen to you, goals allow you to make your life happen. ________ It39。s life having a sign to show you where you want to go. Think of it in this way. There are two drivers. One has a place clearly in mind which can be found on a map. He can drive straight there surely without any wasted time. The other driver has no goal or map. ________ But she drives aimlessly（無目的地） around, never getting anywhere, just using up oil. Which driver do you want to be? ________ They decide what they want in life and then get there by setting goals and making plans. Unsuccessful people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren39。t difficult to set, and they aren39。t difficult to reach. ________ You are the one who must decide what to achieve and what direction you want to aim your life.________ They are harder to forget. Also when you write your goals in your own way, you are able to make yourself realize situations that will bring you closer to your goals.A. Written goals can be reviewed usually.B. She starts off at the same time from the same place.C. It39。s up to you to find out what your goals really are.D. By setting goals you are taking control of your life.E. Winners in life set goals and follow through on them.13．閱讀下面4段語言材料，請找出與它們相匹配的小標(biāo)題（其中有一個選項不是），并回答最后一小題。A. Drink water more B. Enjoy foods at homeC. Plan what you spend D. Walk rather than driveE. Save your pocket money（1） ________ How much money do you spend every week? Write it down on your notebook. Then you will know how to manage your money. It39。s best to plan to spend money buying useful things. So you can put your money into good use. Don39。t spend money on useless things if possible. As for me, we39。d better walk or ride to school because it39。s good for our he