For Chinese students nowadays, no matter what kind of schools they are going to universities, high schools and even primary schools, they have to face and tackle the problem of learning English. All examinations they want to pass require them to first pass English. English has become the most popular course in tutorial classes and even in the self-study classroom.
When nearly all students' attention is focused on English, looking at the situation of our mother language, even Chinese linguists get confused about its use. Not only have many new words and phrases which are very popular on the Internet started to fill in every corner of the society, common use of Chinese is full of mistakes and misunderstandings are all around.
Chinese has the most speakers of any world language and also one of the oldest in history. Around the world, many countries have started enthusiastically learning Chinese and Chinese has become one of the most important foreign languages in some foreign countries.
Besides, there are 282 Confucius Institutions around 88 countries and regions in the world that are teaching Chinese, while more than 260 institutions from 50 countries and regions applied to establish Confucius Institutions. The number of people learning Chinese is about 50 million outside China.
For those foreigners that are so crazy about Chinese language, what kind of attitude should the Chinese have? Frankly speaking, learning English itself shouldn't have been criticized too much, and we need to learn English to communicate with the world to show our culture and society.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.In China, it is true that .
A. If you want go to some college of Arts, it is needn’t learn English.
B.It is easy for most Chinese to learn English.
C.English has become one of the most important courses in China.
D.Chinese student just learn English in the self study classroom
2. What is the meaning of linguists?
A. 文字专家 B. 语言学会
C. 文学家 D. 语言学家
3.Chinese is/has around the world.
A. the most speakers B. the oldest in history
C. the most popular D. the most important
4.What we can learn form this passage?
A. It is necessary for every Chinese to learn English well
B. More and more foreigners have enthusiastically learning Chinese.
C. Confucius Institutions spread all over the world.
D. Learning English is good for Chinese to learn the culture about the English countries.
5.Which is the best title for this passage?
A. English Is Very Import in China
B. Chinese Is the Most Popular in the World
C. More and More Foreigners Learn Chinese
D. It's Time to Protect Chinese Language
About 3 months ago, my father was in hospital recovering from a major lung operation. My mother had recently passed away, and my father had taken the loss of his partner of 58 years very hard and had lost interest in life. It was quite difficult to try to get him to eat each day as he didn’t want anything. The one thing, however, that he would ask us to bring him was ice cream.
One evening, to our surprise, he refused to eat the ice cream, so I placed it in a staffroom refrigerator. A little while later, my son said he wanted it, so I fetched it for him. As I passed another ward (病房), a woman asked, “Are there more where that came from?” When I explained, she seemed very disappointed. She then said that she had cancer and could eat very little other than the occasional ice cream.
The next evening, I decided to buy two ice creams. On the way to dad’s room, I came into the sick woman’s room, and offered her the ice cream I’d bought for her. She was totally astonished that I had thought of her, and accepted the gift with tears in her eyes. I spoke with her for a few minutes, explaining what was happening in my family and listened to her similar story of pain and suffering. It was obvious that she did not have many visitors.
I repeated the gesture a few days later, and this time I received a warm hug. I never even thought to ask her name and never saw her again, but it made me realize that a simple act of kindness can bring joy to a person’s unfortunate life.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.Why it was difficult to try the author’s father to eat food?
A. Because his father has being recovering from a major lung operation.
B. Because his father can’t eat food just after a major lung operation.
C. Because his mother passed away and his father lost interest in life.
D. Because his father was very weak.
2.What is meaning of the word underline in this passage?
A． 伤心的 B. 困惑的
C. 寂寞的 D. 显然的
3.Which is the best title of this story?
A. A Ice Cream B. A Woman’s Unfortunate Life
C. A Warm Hug D. A simple act of kindness
4.Which is TRUE according to this passage?
A. One evening the author’s father didn’t want to eat anything except ice cream.
B. When the author passed the woman’s ward, he gave an ice cream to the woman.
C. The woman had cancer but few people to look after her.
D. The author knew the woman a long time ago and they kept in touch with each other.
5.Form this passage we can learn that .
A. We should look after the old when they suffer some cancer
B. It is very easy to make someone happy when they are unlucky.
C. If we buy some present, we’ll get a warm hug at last.
D.If someone has a cancer, he won’t eat anything except ice cream.
The English author，Richard Savage，was once living in London in great poverty．In order to a little money， he had written the story of his life，but not copies of the book had been sold in the shops，and Savage was living from hand to mouth．As a result of his lack of food he became very ，but after a time，owing to the skill of the doctor who had looked him，he got well again．After a week or two the doctor sent bill to Savage for his visits，but poor Savage hadn't any money and pay it．The doctor waited for month and sent the bill again． But still no money came． After several weeks he sent it to him again asking for his money．In the end he came to Savage's house and asked him for payment，saying to Savage，“You know you owe your life to me and I expected some gratitude from you．”
“I agree，” said Savage，“that I owe my life to you，and to prove to you I am not ungrateful for your work I will give my life to you．” these words he handed to him two volumes entitled，The of Richard Savage．
1.A. get B. make C. earn D. find
2.A. many B. much C. all D. some
3.A. sad B. disappointed C. crazy D. ill
4.A. at B. after C. over D. around
5.A. a B. an C. the D. /
6.A. didn’t B. hadn’t C. couldn’t D. mustn’t
7.A. some B. any C. other D. another
8.A. which B. when C. that D. who
9.A. In B. To C. By D. With
10.A. story B. life C. success D. things
Which sign represents the meaning of saving water?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
—You are late. The meeting _________ for about ten minutes. —I’m sorry. The traffic is heavy.
A. has begun B. began
C. has been on D. have been
The high-speed railway linking Zhengzhou in Henan province to the western city of Xi'an in Shanxi province, started __________ January 17, 2010.
A. in B. for C. on D. since
