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Learning English is not an easy job. Almost every student sometimes a 1. questions like these: Can I really learn English well? Can I really learn it well enough to t 2. with others?
The answer is yes. From some studies we know that almost a 3. can learn a foreign language well if he or she wants to. Some might learn it faster and some might learn it slower. Some might learn it e 4. and some with difficulty. But anyone can learn it well if he or she has the r 5. ways. Many students have their own special ways in learning English. The followings are some e 6. Millie gets up early every morning and the first thing she does is listen to an English radio program. This has really helped make her English in listening b 7. .
Daniel often p 8. speaking English in class. At first he was n 9. when he was asked to speak. 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.
Jim likes to watch American movies. He will watch it many times i 10. it is a good a good film. And he also likes to read English aloud.
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Have you ever wondered what an American high school is real like? This article will describe a typical （典型的）high school and its students.
A typical American high school has several large buildings and enough space for about 1,500 students. Every student is given a locker. When students first arrive at school, they go straight to their lockers to put away or get their textbooks and to hang up their outdoor clothes. As American textbooks are expensive, students would rather loan （租借）than buy them. Students must pay back if they lost any of them.
American students have different types of school transport. They usually take a yellow school bus or walk to school if they live close enough. Sometimes their parents drive them to school. When they turn 16 years of age, most take a free driving class at school for one term. If students earn passing rages in the class and also pass their state driver’s exam, they can begin driving themselves to school.
Each day, students take six or seven classes. They must take science, math, English and social studies. They can choose art, homemaking, fashion design and other classes. In some schools students are required to take one or more of the following special classes: heath education, physical education or foreign language studies. Students move to different classrooms for each subject. This is because each teacher has their own classroom. There is a five-minute break between classed, to give the students the time to hurry to their next class.
The regular school day usually ends early in the afternoon. After school more than half of the students are involved in after-school activities. These activities include sports—especially football. Basketball, baseball or clubs, such as yearbook, speech, school newspaper, photograph or student government.
Title: 1. in an American High School
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Introduction |
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Lockers and textbooks |
●Every student has a locker for textbooks and 3. clothes. ●They prefer loaning textbooks to 4. them. |
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5. transport（交通） |
●Students usually go to school by bus or on foot. Sometimes their6. send them to school by car. ●They can 7. themselves to school when they are over 16 and have passed the needed tests. |
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●Students have to take main classes, elective classes and sometimes one or more 8. classes. ●They go to 9. classrooms for each subject. |
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●After school most of the students take 10. in their favorite activities, including sports and clubs. |
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1.Do you like _____(英国的)English or American English?
2.You should feel____(满怀希望的)about your future.
3.You don’t have to pay for these things.They are totally____（免费的）of charge.
4.I have a_____（外国的）friend,and he can speak Chinese very well.
5.What about making some special_____（三明治）?
6.Don’t ask him to do any more work,because he is_____(real)very tired.
7.Now the bad news makes the old man,____(worry)very much.
8.Can you give me some______(advise)on how to learn English well?
9.It is______(possible)for him to do so many things within so little time.
10.The poor boy was too weak to walk any ______(far).
DIY, which means Do It Yourself, is quite popular in UK. Lots of stores and supermarkets sell DIY things. TV programmes show people how to DIY.
English people like DIY. There is a saying in UK—“As Englishman’s home is his castle”. If there is anything that needs fixing around their homes, such as painting the walls or putting in a new shower, they will do the jobs themselves. They share DIY experience with their friends. More and more people enjoy the joy of DIY. Sometimes people also DIY for saving money. They like making their house better without spending a lot of money. It is not surprising that DIY is so popular.
DIY can be difficult. There is a huge market for DIY furniture which people need to get together themselves with a few basic tools. However, people often find it not easy to build a piece of furniture because they can’t understand the instructions.
DIY can also be dangerous. For example, anything electrical should be done by a professional worker. Unluckily, many people don’t care about this warning and put themselves in danger. It is reported that in just one year over 230,000 people were hurt while doing DIY in UK, including 41,000 who fell off ladders.
DIY can bring us fun and help us save money, but it is not always as easy as it is thought to be if we bite off more than we can chew. Maybe factories should make products that are easier and safer for us to DIY.
1.How do many English people spend their holidays to the passage?
A. Making their homes beautiful. B.
Visiting friends. C. Travelling. D. Making money.
2. Why do English people like DIY?
A. Many stores sell DIY things. B. DIY can bring them fun.
C. TV programs teach them to DIY. D. All DIY projects are easy.
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. DIY is a waste of money. B. It is always difficult to DIY.
C. We should be careful while doing DIY. D. It is very sage for us to DIY.
4.In the passage, “we bite off more than we can chew” probably means ________.
A. we can eat everything we like B. we should do something difficult
C. we do something that is too difficult D. we eat too much food that is not safe
Long long ago, a king had a big rock placed in the middle of a very busy road. Then he hid nearby to see if anyone would move the rock out of the way to make it convenient for others. Some of the king’s supporters came past and simply walked around it. Many others complained(抱怨) about the rock. To the king’s surprise, no one tried to move it out of the way.
Finally, a poor farmer came along, carrying a load of old vegetables. When he saw the rock, he put down his load, and tried to move the heavy rock to the side of the road. No one stopped to help him. At last, after much pushing and straining, and with no help, the farmer got the rock to the side of the road. As he bent down to pick up his vegetables, he found a small bag lying in the road. There was a lot of money and a note in the bag. The note was from the king. It said that the money was for the person who moved the rock out of the way.
Taking responsibility（责任）is about solving hard problems. The farmer takes responsibility when no one else is prepared to. It does not always mean that you will get a reward(报酬), but it is a value that builds up a community, and makes life better for all of us.
1.Why did the king put a big rock in the middle of the road?
A. To see if anyone would move the rock away.
B. To see who was the most powerful.
C. To find out who was the most poorest.
D. To see how people walked around it.
2. Who moved the rock away?
A. The king. B. The king’s supporters. C. The wealthy. D. A poor farmer.
3. The story mainly tells us that _________.
A. everyone should learn to take responsibility
B. nobody likes to solve hard problems
C. taking responsibility always means getting a reward
D. the poor always take more responsibility than the rich
American and British people both speak English of course. But sometimes it does not seem like the same language. In fact, there are some important differences between British English and American English.
First of all, they sound very different. Often, Americans don’t say each word separately. They say several words together. Americans may say “I dunno” instead of “I don’t know”. Or they may say “Whaddya say?” instead of “What did you say?” however, the British are more careful in their speech. They usually say all the words and keep them separate.
Words sometimes have different meanings too. Some American words are never used in England. The same thing is true of some British words in America. For example, the vocabulary（词汇）for cars and driving is very different. Americans drive trucks, but in England people drive lorries.
Many expressions are also different in the two countries. In England, if you are going to telephone your friends, you “phone them up”. In America, you “give them a call”.
There’re also some differences in grammar. For example, when Americans ask a question., they say “Do you have a storybook?” But the British often say “Have you a storybook?”
All these differences can be
confusing （易混淆的）if you are learning 
English.
But most languages are like this. Languages change over time. When people live
in separate places, the languages change in different ways. This is what has
happened to English. It can also
happen to other languages, such as French. Many people in Canada speak French
but their French is very different from the French of France.
1.What does the word “separate” mean in the passage? It means “____”
A. 含糊的 B. 快速的 C. 分开的 D. 简略的
2.The vocabulary for cars and driving is _____.
A. an example of British English
B. an example of American English
C. the same in America and England
D. not the same in America and England
3.Language _________.
A. are always changing as time passes
B. keep unchanged even if time changes
C. are the same in all places
D. are easy to learn
4. This passage is mainly about ______.
A. English vocabulary
B. how American sounds are different from British sounds
C. the way the British say words
D. some differences between American and British English
