speaking. It is groundwork of reading and writing.You"d better try your best to
speak while you do much listening.Don"t be afraid of making mistakes. But be
careful not to let them stop you from improving your English. While you are
doing this, a good way is to write-keep a diary, write notes or letters, then if you
can,ask some others to go through what you have written and tell you where it is
wrong. Many mistakes in your speaking will be easily found when you write.
Through correcting the mistakes, you can do better in learning English.
If you are slow in speaking, don"t worry. One of the helpful ways is reading,
either aloud or to yourself. The important thing is to choose something interesting
to read.It mustn"t be too difficult for you. When you are reading in this way, don"t
stop to look up the new words if you can guess their meanings when they have
nothing important to do with the sentences.You can do that some other time.
and speaking.
2. When you are speaking, you may _________ _________.
3. One of the good ways to find your mistakes in your speaking is to write
________or _________?
4. If you want to be fluent(流利的)when speaking, you should choose
_________ _________to read to yourself.
5. When you are reading, you"d better _________ _________up the new words if
you can guess their meaning.
2. make mistakes
3. notes, letters
4. something interesting/easy
5. not, look
"What will 1 be like in the year 2050?" asked Tom.
"I don"t know," said Fred. "What do you think?"
"Well, no one knows. But it is 2 to guess," said Tom. "In the year 2050
everybody will 3 a pocket (袖珍)computer. The computer will give people the 4 to all their problems. We shall all have telephones in our pockets, 5 .
And we"ll be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Perhaps we"ll be able to 6 them at the same time. Machines will do 7 of the work, and
people will have more 8 . Perhaps they will work Only two or three days a
week. They will be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there."
"I"m very 9 to hear that. I hope to fly to the moon. And I hope I"ll be able
to live 10 ," said Fred. "Won"t that be interesting? Just like a fish."
( )2. A. pleased
( )3. A. carry
( )4. A. news
( )5. A. either
( )6. A. call
( )7. A. most
( )8. A. work
( )9. A. sorry
( )10. A. in the sea
B. no use
B. bring
B. ways
B. again
B. see
B. many
B. duty
B. glad
B. on land
C. interesting
C. give
C. things
C. too
C. look
C. lot
C. holidays
C. sure
C. on the mountain
D. unusual
D. send
D. answers
D. also
D. listen
D. every
D. times
D. afraid
D. under the ground
is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the USA, but in other parts of the world. About 200, 000, 000 people speak it as their own language, It is difficult to say how many people are
learning it as a 3 language. Many millions of people are 4 to do so. Is it easy or difficult to learn
English? Different people may have different 5 . Have you ever 6 ads of this kind in the newspapers
or magazines? "Learn English in six weeks, or give you 7 back...," "easy and funny…Our records and
tapes 8 you master English in a month. 7, Of course, it never 9 quite like this.
The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should 10 that we all learned
our own language well when we were 11 . If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem
so difficult. 12 what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears.
So it is 13 to say that learning English is easy. We must do a lot of practice. And practice needs
great effort and 14 much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will helpful,
15 they cannot do the students" work for him.
( ) 1. A. not ( ) 2. A. difficult ( ) 3. A. native ( ) 4. A. learning ( ) 5. A. questions ( ) 6. A. found ( ) 7. A. knowledge ( ) 8. A. make ( ) 9. A. happened ( ) 10. A. know ( ) 11. A. students ( ) 12. A. Imagine ( ) 13. A. hard ( ) 14. A. uses ( ) 15. A. and | B. quite B. important B. foreign B. enjoying B. problems B. watched B. time B. help B. looked B. remember B. children B. Mind B. easy B. takes B. or | C. only C. necessary C. useful C. trying C. ways C. noticed C. money C. let C. seemed C. understand C. babies C. Do C. funny C. gets C. but | D. very D. easy D. mother D. liking D. answers D. know D. English D. allow D. felt D. think D. youths D. Think of D. silly D. cost D. so |
完形填空。 | |||
Do you know how to study better and make your study more effective (有效的)?We all know that Chinese students usually study very hard for long 1 .This is very good but it doesn"t 2 a lot,for an effective student must have enough sleep,enough food and enough rest and exercise.Every day you need to go out for a walk or visit some friends or some nice places.It"s good for your study. When you return to your studies,your mind will be refreshed(清醒) and you"ll learn more 3 study better.Psychologists(心理学家) have found that learning takes place this way.Take English learning 4 an example.First you make a lot of progress(进步) and you feel happy.Then your language study seems 5 the same.So you will think you"re learning 6 and you may give up.This can last for days or even weeks,yet you needn"t give up.At some points your language study will again take another big 7 .You"ll see that you really have been learning all along.If you get enough sleep,food,rest and exercise,studying English can be very effective and 8 .Don"t give up along the way.Learn slowly and you"re sure to get good results. | |||
( )1. A. days ( )2. A. help ( )3. A. yet ( )4. A. with ( )5. A. to have ( )6. A. something ( )7. A. work ( )8. A. hard | B. time B. give B. and B. for B. to make B. anything B. jump B. common | C. hours C. make C. or C. as C. to take C. nothing C. walk C. interestin | D. weeks D. take D. but D. to D. to stay D. everything D. result D. possible |
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The students in America usually begin high school at the age of 13 or 14. Some leave at the age of | |||
1. When the students in America finish their high school, they . A. are usually 17 or 18 years old B. try to find the full-time work C. all begin their college studies D. are ready to leave the country 2. Which of the following is NOT true to the high school? . A. The school day usually lasts for 7 hours B. The student only have 6 subjects to learn C. Each class will last for 50 minutes D. The students can learn some skills out of the school 3. Jean Wilton Anderson . A. has a four-people family B. lives in the city of Washington C. has studied in her school for 3 years D. drives her own car at the age of 16 4. On a school day Jean Wilton Anderson . A. has to get to school before 7:30 in the morning B. takes classes for 10 subjects in the school C. does some sports and homework after class D. spends hours on the phone with her classmates 5. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Students in high schools use the word "like" very often. B. The boy students wear blue jeans as the girls. C. Many high school students go to school in their own cars. D. Boy students wear jeans of larger size because they grow fast. | |||
阅读理解。 | |||
Although the USA is by far the most powerful of the English-speaking countries,English that is taught in most parts of the world is British English. Besides,British English is the "mother"language upon which all English,written or spoken,is based,including American English.In fact,most Americans like the way the "English" speak.Many Americans,including some who have no British blood in them,regard Britain culturally(文化上) as the Mother Country. Americans read English literature(文学作品) without any difficulty at all,and British readers of early 20th century American literature have no problems either.But for the last fifty years the Americans have been inventing a large number of new words and phrases,many of which have already reached the UK and the whole English-speaking world. However,there are occasional(偶尔的) misunderstandings(误会).A smart English woman said to a smart American woman on a California beach.English woman:It"s the first time I"ve bathed for years.American woman(amazed):Is that so?I can"t believe it!English woman:It"s true.You see,the water at home"s always so cold.American woman:But...But surely you have hot water in England?English woman(laughs):Of course,but not in the sea!There can be similar misunderstandings over the word "pants",though most English people know that Americans call trousers "pant".American girl:I never wear pants.They don"t suit me.English girl:Really?Couldn"t that be a bit embarrassing(难堪的)? American girl:Embarrassing?Why?English girl:Well-that short skirt you"re wearing...American girl:Oh,my!But I wear panties(短衬裤)!In British English, "pants"are undergarments.However,young people in Britain do sometimes say "pants" for "trousers". | |||
1. All the English is based on _______. | |||
A. British English B. American English C. Canadian English D. Australian English | |||
2. Which of the following sentences is NOT true? | |||
A. Americans can read English literature easily. B. British readers can read all the American literature with no difficulty,either. C. Some of the English words we are learning now are from the USA. D. There are sometimes misunderstandings between Americans and Englishmen. | |||
3. "Pants" in American English mean "_______" in British English. | |||
A. panties B. undergarments C. underwear D. trousers | |||
4.From the passage we know that "to bathe" in American English means "_______" and means"______" in British English. |