Are you learning English and do you need help with grammar? Do you want to learn new vocabulary or slang (俚语)? Well, you can find help online with these top 5 free English as a Second Language websites.
1. Dave’s ESL Cafe
This is a complete website that can help you learn and practice English. You can read many stories and do a lot of exercises to test yourself. You can also post questions and answers onto the help center.
2. About.com
You can get free English courses from About.com and you’ll get regular e-mails that will help you learn English.
3. The Classroom by Voice of America
You can watch videos and listen to news stories to improve your listening and vocabulary skills. You can also hear English words and their meanings.
4. Heinle’s Newbury House Dictionary of American English
Do you need to find the definition of a word? Use this online dictionary to find simple and clear definitions, as well as example sentences and idioms (习语). You can also find different cultural facts.
5. Personal English Portal (门户网站) on YouTube
You can watch this series of videos on YouTube to develop your listening skills. You can also do a search for “learn English” on YouTube to find other videos. This is a good way to practice English and have fun.
1.If you want to do English exercises and test yourself, you can go to .
A. About.com
B. YouTube
C. Dave’s ESL Cafe
D. the Classroom by Voice of America
2.You can at the help center on the website Dave’s ESL Cafe.
A. watch videos and pictures
B. listen to news and music
C. watch movies and matches
D. read questions and answers
3.About.com often sends e-mails to its visitors to help them .
A. get relaxed B. have fun
C. become famous D. learn English
4.The underlined word “definition” means “ ” in Chinese.
A. 来源 B. 释义 C. 意图 D. 背景
完形填空
阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项对应题号的答案填写在答题卡上。
Everybody wants to learn English well but many find it not easy. They can _______ three hours on English every day, but _______ they get is not the same. I have been studying English for many years. I am very glad to share my _______with you. I like English . Only when you want to do something can you do it _______. Eight years ago, my English teacher took me into the English _______. I feel _______ because I met a good teacher. Her teaching style was great and we were _______ and excited in classes. So I can say, when I first met English, it _______ me very much.
For some students, to remember the new words is the biggest _______ , because the words are _______ than those I learned before. In fact, words come along with sentences. Of course, it is necessary that you should_______ them now and then, or you will forget them easily. When _______ English books, I always write some special and important phrases down on the notebook so that I can find them when I _______. If you want to study English _______ than others, you must study harder than others, and you must spend more time. Don’t be_______ .
We still have so much to learn about English. It is endless.
1.A. spend B. use C. take D. study
2.A. how B. where C. what D. when
3.A. enjoyment B. solution C. secret D. expensive
4.A. slowly B. well C. carefully D. badly
5.A. world B. countries C. books D. class
6.A. lucky B. frustrated C. excited D. unhappy
7.A. noisy B. active C. tired D. nervous
8.A. troubled B. interested C. helped D. liked
9.A. success B. hobby C. problem D. task
10.A. more boring B. shorter C. more difficult D. easier
11.A. copy B. memorize C. write D. read
12.A. buying B. borrowing C. writing D. reading
13.A. study B. speak C. build D. review
14.A. quicker B. deeper C. better D. easier
15.A. late B. nervous C. afraid D. lazy
Lucy finally found _________exciting to have conversations with friends in Chinese.
A. that B. it C. this D. one
The teacher asked the students______.
A. if they were interested in dinosaurs
B. when was Albert Einstein born
C. what they will do with the computers
D. how many trees they have planted
— Have you found the poor dog yet?
— Yes. But he was ____ when we found him. The bad weather killed him.
A. dying B. died C. dead D. die
The Dai people were celebrating the Water Festival, _____ they were having!
A. What fun B. How funs
C. What a fun D. How a fun
