Question

综合填空

English is difficult to learn because it is so different from our mother tongue(母语). Also, we don’t have much chance to speak English with foreigners or hear English （1)s________.

So the first important thing for us to do, I think, is to (2) p_________ speaking English more both in and out of class. In class I listen to the teacher carefully and (3)t_______ my best to answer the teacher’s questions in English. After class, I listen to the tapes and wonderful English songs. I often retell the texts in my own words. I always work hard at English and (4)n_______ give up.

Of course this is not enough. When I find something interesting, I wrote it down in English. At first, I couldn’t write well, but with the help of my teacher, I have made great (5)p________.

Answer

 spoken

 practise

 try

 never

 progress

【解析】

 考查speak 的过去分词。根据题意，听别人说英语，English是speak的逻辑宾语，故用过去分词。

 考查固定结构practise+doing，反复练习做某事，结合句意及首字母可知句意为练习说英语、故填动词practise。

 考查固定结构try one’s best to do sth，某人尽力做某事。

 考查反义词。结合上下文可知句意为我总是努力学习英语，从不放弃。故填never。 

 考查固定短语。Make great progress ,取得巨大进步。