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When teenagers grow older, they try to understand who they are. They’re no1.________ little children. They start changing their clothing styles, 2.________, interests and friends when they begin to find out who they are.
Teenagers begin to3.________ the world around them. They no longer just listen to 4.________ parents. They start to have the desire（渴望） to find answers themselves. And they want to go 5.______ the rules set by their parents and teachers.
Sometimes they’re also confused（困惑的） about themselves. They can’t make their own choices and 6.________in life like adults, but they’re not really children who fully 7.________ on others.
During this time, teenagers 8.________ need help. They need to have a good relationship with their own dreams and talents. They need 9.________ freedom. However, the freedom 10.________ boundaries（界限）. They need someone in their life that can encourage them and cheer them up when they have difficulties.
Learning English is not an easy job. Almost every student sometimes asks questions like these： 1. Can I really learn it well enough to talk with others?
The answer is yes. From some studies we know that almost anyone can learn a foreign language well if he or she wants to. Some might learn it faster and some might learn it slower. 2. But anyone can learn it well if he or she has the right ways.
Many students have their own special ways in learning English. The following are some examples.
Han Mei gets up early every morning and the first thing she does is to listen to an English radio program. 3.Lin Tao often practices speaking English in class. 4. After trying several times, he found it was not as difficult as he thought. He is more active and now he speaks English best among his classmates.
Wang Bin likes to watch American movies. 5. And he also likes to read English aloud.
A. This has really helped improve her English in listening.
B. He will watch it many times if it is a good film.
C. Can I really learn English well?
D. At first he was very nervous when he was asked to speak.
E. Some might learn it easily and some with difficulty.
The word “day” has two meanings. When we talk about the number of days in a year, we are using “day” to mean 24 hours. But when we talk about day and night, we are using “day” to mean the time between sunrise and sunset. Since the earth looks like a ball, the sun can shine on only half of it at a time. Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night. A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning（旋转）of the earth. At the equator（赤道）day and night are sometimes the same length. They are each twelve hours long. The sun rises at 6 o’clock in the morning and sets at 6 o’clock in the evening. For six months the North Pole is tilted（倾斜）toward the sun. In those months the Northern Hemisphere（半球）gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere. Days are longer t han nights. South of the equator nights are longer than days. For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun. Then the Southern Hemisphere gets more sunlight. Days are longer than nights. North of the equator nights are longer than days. Winter is the season of long nights. Summer is the season of long days.
1.When the Western Hemisphere is having day, the Eastern Hemisphere is having ______.
A. both day and night B. day
C. neither day nor night D. night
2.A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by _____ of the earth.
A. the pushing B. the pulling
C. the spinning D. the passing
3.At the equator day is as long as night ______.
A. sometimes B.never
C. usually D. always
4.When the North Pole is tilted toward the sun, the Northern Hemisphere gets ______ su nlight.
A .less B. more C. all D. no
5.When it is winter in China, ______.
A. the USA is tilted toward the sun
B. the South Pole is tilted away from the sun
C. the North Pole is tilted toward the sun
D. the North Pole is tilted away from the sun
Throughout history, people have been interested in knowing how language first began, but no one knows exactly where or how this happened. However, we do know a lot about languages, the language of today and also the languages of earlier times. There are probably about 3000 languages in the world today. Chinese is the lang uage with the most speakers. English, Russian and Spanish are also spoken by millions of people. On the other hand, some languages in the world have less than one hundred speakers.
There are several important families of languages in the world. For example, most of the languages of Europe are in one large family called Indo-European. The original language of this family was spoken about 4,500 years ago. Many of the present-day languages of Europe and India are modern forms of the language of 4,500 years ago.
Languages are always changing. The English of tod ay is very different from the English of 500 years ago. In time, some even die out completely. About 1,000 years ago, English was a little known relative of German spoken on one of the borders of Europe.
If a language has a number of speakers, or if it is very old, there may be differences in the way it is spoken in different areas. That is, the language may have several dialects. Chinese is a good example of dialect differences. Chinese has been spoken for thousands of years by many millions of people. The differences between the dialects of Chinese are so great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of Ch ina can’t understand spe akers from other parts.
1.The first paragraph mainly tells us that_______.
A. most people in the world speak Chinese
B. there are thousands of languages in today’s world
C. people have much knowledge about languages
D. some people know several languages
2.Most European and Indian languages_______.
A. will soon die out completely
B. were once a relative of English
C. are no longer spoken
D. come from the same family of language.
3.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Chinese is the language with the most speakers.
B. English was a well-known relative of German spoken on one of the borders of Europe.
C. A language has many speakers, but there may be no differences in the way it is spoken in different areas.
D. Speakers of Chinese from some parts of China can understand speakers from other parts.
4.It is considered to be the most difficult thing for one to learn to speak Chinese because _______.
A. there are great differences between the dialects of Chinese
B. Chinese and many foreign languages are not of the same family
C. Chinese is a ve ry old language
D. there are great differences between the old Chinese and the present-day Chinese
5.The underlined word “dialect” in the last paragraph means_______.
A. a special language spoken by Chinese
B. the sign used by Chinese people in a special area
C. the difference between the old and today’s Chinese
D. the form of a language used in one part of the country
Helen was not someone who gave up easily. Soon she began to explore the world by using her other senses. She followed her mother wherever she went, hangin g onto her skirts. She touched and smelled everything she came across. She copied their actions and was soon able to do certain jobs by herself, like milking the cows. She even learned to recognize people by feeling their faces or their clothes. She could also tell where she was in the garden by the smell of the different plants and the feel of the ground under her feet.
When she was seven, she invented over 60 different signs which she could talk to her family. For example, if she wanted some bread, she would pretend to cut a piece and put some butter on it. If she wanted some ice cream, she put her arms around herself and pretended to shiver.
Helen soon learned to read and write in Braille. She also learned to read people’s lips by pressing her finger-tips against them and feeling the movement. She also learned to speak, a major achievement for someone who could not hear at all.
He len graduated with honors from a college in 1904. While she was still in the college, she wrote “The Story of My Life”. This was an immediate success and she made enough money to buy a house.
She gave lecture after lecture all over her country. Many people wrote books, made several plays and films about her life. She became so famous that some people invited her to go abroad and many foreign university gave her a lot of honors. In 1932 she became a vice-president of the Royal National Institute for the Blind in the United Kingdom.
1.From the passage, we can learn that Helen________.
A. was very lazy when she was a child
B. could do everything easily as the usual people
C. couldn’t see with her eyes, so she had to explore the world with other senses
D. was so shy that she followed her mother wherever she went
2.She even learned to know some people by______ their faces or their clothes.
A. remembering B. learning
C. feeling D. writing
3.Helen could do the following things except________.
A. milk the cow
B. want some bread by her ways
C. want ice cream by putting her arm around herself and pretended to shiver
D. drive cars by herself
4.The Chinese meaning of the underlined word “achievement” is_______.
A.成就 B.运动 C.利益 D.原因
5.The best title of the passage is________.
A. A Shy Girl B. Helen—A Brave Girl
C. The Story of My Life D. Explore the World
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More than 3,000 languages are spoken in the world. Of all these languages, English is the most widely used. When English is used, it has also ______ many new words from other languages. For example, Americans borrowed “cookbook” from German . They ______ borrowed “tofu” and “kowtow” from Chinese.
As we all know, there are ______ between western culture and Chinese culture. We can learn about those words by comparing how certain words are used. ______, “you are a lucky dog” means you are a lucky person. To describe a person who is ______ , they say, “ sick as a dog”. On the other hand, Chinese people love cats very much. But in western culture, “cat” is sometimes used to describe a woman that is ______ . The rose is considered as a symbol of love in both China and some western countries. People think the rose stands for love and ______ .
China, a country with the largest population in the world, has ______ more people to learn English. By the 1990s, English learning has been very ______ with Chinese people. Many of them have done quite well in English.
Now students are required to learn English and people think the study of English is a very important industry in China ______in the rest of the world. The English language has played an important part in our lives.
1.A. taken back B. taken out C. taken off D. taken in
2.A. even B. also C. perhaps D. probably
3.A. advantages B. records C. effects D. differences
4.A. In fact B. In some ways C. For example D. As a result
5.A. ill B. lazy C. afraid D. selfish
6.A. kind-hearted B. pretty C. cruel D. helpful
7.A. sadness B. attraction C. disappointment D. friendship
8.A. ordered B. encouraged C. told D. taught
9.A. interested B. tired C. popular D. enjoyed
10.A. as far as B. as well as C. as much as D. as long as
