Have you ever noticed an advertisement which says " Learn a foreign
language in six weeks, or your money back! From the first day your
pronunciation will be excellent. Just send..." and so on?
Of course, it never happens quite like that. Anyone who learns a
foreign language would think that it is not true.
The only language that is easy to learn is the mother tongue. What is
the mother tongue? It is the first and main language that you learnt when
you were a child. And think how much practice that a child gets!
Before the Second World War, people usually learned a foreign
language in order to read the literary (文学的) works of the country.
Nowadays, speaking the foreign language is what most people want.
Every year many millions of people start learning one. How do they
do it?
Some people try at home , with books and tapes; some use radio
or television programs; others go to evening classes. If they use the
language only two or three times a week, learning it will take a long
time, like language leaning at school. A few people try to lean a
language fast by studying for six or more hours a day. It is clearly
easier to learn the language in the country where it is spoken. However,
most people cannot afford this, and many language learners need the
language in order to do their work better. For example, scientists and
doctors mainly need to be able to read books and reports in the foreign
language. Machines and good books will help, but they cannot do the
student"s work for him. Whether the language is learned quickly or
slowly, it is hard work with a lot of training in reading, listening,
speaking, and writing.
1. In the advertisement it is possible for a person to learn a foreign, language In fact, everyone
who learns English would think it is not true.
B. half a week
C. six years
D. less than two months
B. write the literary report of other countries
C. read something they didn"t know
D. listen to the radio
A. using the language six or more hours a day
B. learning the language at school
C. studying the language in the foreign country
D. reading the foreign stories as many as possible
B. communicate (交流) with foreign friends
C. go to the other country for further study
D. try their best to work better
B. it is possible for you to learn a foreign language in six weeks
C. it is not good to learn a foreign language by yourselves
D. the quicker you learn a foreign language , the more you may pay for it
When you are reading something in English, you may often meet with a new word. What"s the best
way to know it?
You may look it up in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the
pronunciation, the Chinese meaning and how to use the word. But how can you know where the word is
thousands of English words? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?
First, all the English words are arranged (安排) in the letter order. In the dictionary you can first see
the words beginning with letter A, then B, C, D…. That means, if there are two words "desert" and "pull", "desert" will be certainly before "pull". Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth…
1. This passage is about _____.
A. new words in writing
B. different dictionaries
C. the best way of reading
D. using an English-Chinese dictionary
2. In the dictionary you may not find _____.
A. how to pronounce the word
B. the spelling of the word
C. who used the word first
D. how to use the word
3. In an English-Chinese dictionary, the last word _____.
A. begins with Z
B. begins with A
C. is a short one
D. is not often used
4. Which group of words is in the right order in an English-Chinese dictionary?
A. perhaps, produce, plenty
B. straight, subject, surprise
C. century, center, business
D. foreign, entrance, headache
5. In the passage the writer tries to tell us that _____.
A. we have to use a dictionary when we read something in English
B. an English-Chinese dictionary can tell us everything about a word
C. an English-Chinese dictionary can help us a lot in our English study
D. all English-Chinese dictionary are the same
Our school is a beautiful school. It has a good environment. Most of
the students have good manners. But I find that a few students have some
bad manners. For example,I often see a lot of rubbish thrown about on the
grass or around the trash can in our school. It must be thrown by those
students who have bad manners. Also,some students like to draw pictures
or write something on their desks; school walls or other public places.
Some students often destroy(损坏) the lights, doors or windows in their
classroom. Some of them run in the corridors (走廊). Besides these,
some boys are easy to get angry.When having arguments with others,
they are most likely to begin to fightf And the bad behavior has a bad
effect on the reputation(声誉) of our school.
In my opinion, we must take some ways. On one hand , the school
should punish (惩罚 ) those who have bad manners. On the other hand,
the teachers should each the students what are good manners and what are
ad manners. I hope more and more students pay attention to their behaviors
in our school and have good manners.
1. Most students in our school have manners.
2. The writer thinks some students who have bad manners the rubbish everywhere.
3.We often see some lights, doors or windows by those students who have bad manners.
4. The writer thinks the school should the students who have bad manners.
5. The teacher should the students what are good manners and what are bad manners.
In Western countries, if people want to travel from a city to another, they would like to take a train.
Like in China,there are expresses (快车) and locals (慢车) in these countries. Express trains usually
travel fast and local trains usually stop at all stops.
In a special grade (等级) train, there is a kind of compartment (车厢) called Pullman(卧车).There
are sofas, tables, chairs and other things in it. People feel more comfortable (舒适的) there. Of course,
they will pay more for it.
When people take a train, they would like to buy return tickets (返程票). If they want to take the
Pullman, they should book the tickets.
1. If the people in Western countries want to travel from a city to another, they would like to take
a _____.
A. plane
B. bus
C. train
2. Express trains usually travel _____ than local trains.
A. slower
B. fast
C. faster
3. _____ usually stop at all stops.
A. Express trains
B. Local trains
C. Express trains and local trains
4. People feel more comfortable in _____.
A. special grade train
B. compartment
C. Pullman?
5. If people want to take the Pullman, they should _____.
A. book the tickets
B. buy return tickets
C. buy tickets
used in lots of everyday life. It is thought that we won"t have to go shopping because we will be able to
get most things sold in shops on the Internet. There will be no more books because we will be able to get
all texts (内容) from computers. The Internet will be used to play games, see films and buy food.Most
telephone calls will be made by computers, too.
Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and communicating (交际). Others do not
think that computers will replace (代替) our old ways.
Let"s look at books, for example, some people think that one day we will not read books made of
paper. Instead, we"ll buy and read books using computers. We "ll read texts on small pocket computers.
The computers will keep many different books in them at the same time. We won"t need to turn lots of
pages and paper will be saved.Computerized (计算机化) books will be used more and more.
Is Internet shopping such a pleasure as go
ing to the shop? Many people say it is not. It is a pleasure to go into shops and look at things you want to buy. It is also unlikely (不太可能) that many people will
want to read large texts on our computers. Because paper books will perhaps be more friendly. Maybe
computers won"t change these two habits (习惯).
n Paragraph1 it is thought people will use computers for ________.A. playing games,shopping and making telephone calls
B. making telephone calls,having meals and seeing films
C. seeing films,buying food,and going for holidays
D. playing games,making telephone calls and seeing the doctor
2. Which reason (原因) for using computerized books is NOT said in the passage?
A. Computerized books won"t be very expensive.
B. Computers can keep many different books in them.
C. We won"t have lots of pages.
D. We won"t need any paper.
3. Paragraph 4 tells ________.
A. about the old and new ways of shopping and communicating
B. if the Internet will change our habits
C. about computerized books
D. about future uses of computers
4.The title for this passage is ________.
A. Computers Will Replace Shop and Books
B. Computers and the Future
C. Computers will Do Everything for Man
D. How C
omputers Change Our Habitsis not true for adults, although incorrect glasses may not be good for
children under 10. Ready-made glasses, and not wearing when you
should, won"t do harm to your eyes, but you may see better with glasses
that are specially made for you.Watching too much television is bad for
your eyes. This is not true. People with easily affected eyes may find
they get red and aching from staring at a fixed distance for long periods,
but there won"t be any lasting effects.Carrots will help you see in the dark.
Carrots are rich in beta-carotene, which the body can change into vitamin
A, too little of which can cause night blindness. However, people in
most countries don"t need to worry about vitamin A deficiency (缺乏)，
night blindness is more likely to be connected with another vision problem.
B. Wearing the wrong glasses may do harm to children"s eyes.
C. The human body is unable to change beta-carotene into vitamin A.
D. Watching less television may do harm to children"s eyes.
A. staring for long periods
B. too much beta-carotene
C. not enough vitamin A
D. vision problems
B. performing eye exercises
C. cutting back on television
D. eating more carrots
B. lasting eye problems
C. a number of vision problems
D. eye trouble for a limited time
B. tell people how to protect their eyes
C. tell people to have more carrots
D. tell people something more about their eyes
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