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Passage 4 For those who are conditioned to think that learning only happens in a classroom, the world of self-learning can be a little daunting. How do we best take 1 of these new opportunities? Your interest in the subject is the essential driver of success. You can’t learn what you do not want to learn. Emotion is an important part of the learning 2 . If you are even moderately interested in a subject, give yourself a chance. The key is to get started. If you can create some pleasurable 3 , you may find that the subject grows on you. Don’t expect to understand things, much less remember them, the first time you study them. Trust that things will get clearer 4 your brain comes to grips with new information. It is like a cross-word puzzle. As you start to put the pieces together, or string the words together, the full picture becomes clearer. The brain learns all the time, but 5 its own schedule. Learning does not take place according to a schedule laid down by a curriculum or teacher. Some things are easier to learn than others. Some things just take 6 to click in. Keep at it, and you will gradually find that things that seem difficult at first , will become easy with time. Your brain is struggling to form patterns to 7 new input from your learning activities. Sometimes, no matter how long you focus on one subject, your brain is not going to pick it up. If you are stuck, move 8 . Then cover the same general information from a different source, a different book, or a podcast, or an online lecture or a video. Try to become a grazing learner, roaming the countryside, 9 a feedlot learner, just standing there in one spot. The broader your base, the easier it is to learn. Just as the “rich get richer”, the more you know, 10 you can learn.
Take full advantage of the Internet, iTunes, and 11 mobile devices, not to mention good old-fashioned books and magazines. Learn during “dead time”. Listen in your car, on the train, or 12 jogging. Have your learning with you while waiting in the doctor’s office, or listen while checking out at the supermarket. Anytime is 13 time. Remember, you are learning through exposure, not by nailing things down. It is more like moisture accumulation in a 14 , rather than building a brick wall. The more varied your learning content, and the more varied the ways in which you learn, the 15 the puzzle will become. Different learning activities suit different people, at different times of the day. Vary your activities in order to keep your interest level 16 . Even if listening and reading work best for you, treat yourself to the odd video lecture, or get-together with other learners. This will renew your batteries. The “loneliness of the distance learner” is a thing of the 17 . Join a learning community on the web, where members share their knowledge and experience. Search for the communities that suit your interests and learning style. You will find encouragement, advice and stimulus from fellow learners, 18 from tutors, teachers and coaches. In these communities, you can measure your progress against your own goals, or compare your experience 19 that of other learners. You can even teach and help others, which is a great way to learn. Never has it been easier nor more exciting to be a learner. Let constant learning be a major part of your life-style. The 20 will be constant, personally, socially, and professionally. ( ) 1. A. advantage B. place C. possession D. example ( ) 2. A. progress B. process C. pressure D. proposal ( ) 3. A. roads B. streets C. routines D. building ( ) 4. A. with B. if C. unless D. as ( ) 5. A. on B. to C. with D. for ( ) 6. A. shorter B. sooner C. longer D. lower ( ) 7. A. take with B. com with C. go with D. cope with ( ) 8. A. down B. on C. away D. off ( ) 9. A. more than B. less than C. rather than D. other than ( ) 10. A. less B. quicker C. lower D. more ( ) 11. A. same B. similar C. familiar D. various ( ) 12. A. while B. before C. after D. if ( ) 13. A. playing B. learning C. talking D. speaking ( ) 14. A. cloud B. sky C. earth D. sea ( ) 15. A. cleaner B. clearer C. harder D. lower ( ) 16. A. down B. up C. in D. out ( ) 17. A. present B. day C. past D. night ( ) 18. A. as long as B. as far as C. as well as D. as soon as ( ) 19. A. without B. with C. to D. beyond ( ) 20. A. awards B. words C. remarks D. rewards 答案及解析 本文介绍了具备成为终身学习者的6个细节。完成本文要结合自己学习的实际。 1. A 我们该如何利用这些新的机会，其中的利用，也就是take advantage of :利用，take place:发生，take possession of:占领，take an example of:拿当例子，明显不合适。 2. B 情绪是学习过程中的一项重要部分，其中的过程就是process，而不是进展：progress，压力：pressure和提议：proposal。 3. C 如果你能创造一些能带来乐趣的具体做法，你就会发现就会有进展，其中的具体做法就是routines，而不是大路：roads街道：streets和建筑物：building。 4. D 随着你的大脑渐渐的掌握了这些信息，事情自然变得清晰，其中的随着，就是连词as，而不是介词with：随着，又不是如果：if和否则：unless。 5. A 大脑一直都在学习，但是是按自己的节奏：on one’s schedule，最具有迷惑性的是with，但是它表示随着……，to:对于……， for：为了……,都不能和schedule搭配表示按……..之意。 6. C 前一句的意思是：一些东西比别的容易学，这一句就应该是：一些东西难学，也就是要花更长的时间去学，更长：longer，更多：shorter，时间更快：sooner和更低：lower，显得不合适。 7. D 你的大脑一直尽力形成某种方式来应对来自你学来的新输入的东西，其中的应对就是cope with，而不是和…….一起来：com with，和…….一起走：go with，把……带走：take with 8. B 如果你有困难，请继续向前。继续就是on，而不是向下：down，远去：away和离去：off。 9. C 尽力成为多角度的学习者，而不是单一的学习者。而不是就是：rather than，少于：less than，多于：more than除了：other than，都不合适。 10. D
