Question

Here are some English learning tips to help you improve your English.

Ask yourself weekly: What do I want to learn this week.

Asking yourself this question every week will help you think about what is most important to you. If you make a plan for each week, you will be surprised to notice how much you have improved your English by the end of the week! This feeling of success will encourage you to learn even more English.

Quickly review before going to bed.

Research has shown that our brains process(加工) information that is fresh in our brains while we sleep. By going over important knowledge before you go to sleep, your brain will work on this information while you sleep!

Speak English aloud.

Understanding grammar rules does not mean you can speak English well. You need to practice speaking aloud. Speaking by yourself at home and reading the exercises that you are doing will help connect the muscles（肌肉）of your face to the information in your head and improve your pronunciation.

Do five to ten minutes of listening at least four times a week.

If you decide that you are going to work hard and listen for two hours, maybe you will not do extra listening exercises soon. But if you listen five to ten minutes at least four times a week, you will find it’s not so hard to develop the habit of listening to English.

Look for situations to practice your English.

Learning English in a classroom is important, but using English in real situations will improve your English skills greatly. You can create new situations by using the Internet to listen to news, exchange emails in English with email friends, etc.

Advice on Learning English

Making a1. plan	※ In this way, you will be surprised to see the 2.that you have made in your English by the end of the week. ※ You will be encouraged to learn even more English.
Reviewing before going to bed	※ Review before going to bed and you still process information in your mind while sleeping.
Speaking as much as possible	※ Speaking English aloud can connect the muscles of your face with what you have3.and improve yourpronounciation .
Listening more4.	※ It will be easy for you to develop the habit of listening to English if you listen often rather than once two hours a week.
Practicing English in real situations	※ By 5.situations and using English, you will improve your English skills greatly.

Answer

1.weekly

2.progress

3.learned

4.often

5.creating

【解析】很多人都在学习英语，有的人觉得学习英语是很困难的，这篇短文中作者给我们提了一些建议，可以帮助我们更好的学习英语，并且提高我们的英语水平。

1.根据短文的第一个建议If you make a plan for each week, you will be surprised to notice how much you have improved your English by the end of the week!可知，这里作者的意思是每周都制定一个计划。这个空应填形容词，修饰名词plan，所以填weekly，意思是每周的。

2.根据短文第一个建议中If you make a plan for each week, you will be surprised to notice how much you have improved your English by the end of the week!可知，如果你每周都制定一个计划，到了周末的时候，你会很惊奇的发现你的英语提高了很多，意思就是你取得了很大的进步，故填progress进步，与后面的make可以构成短语make progress取得进步。

3.根据短文的第三个建议中Speaking by yourself at home and reading the exercises that you are doing will help connect the muscles（肌肉）of your face to the information in your head and improve your pronunciation.可知，大声说英语可以把你脸部的肌肉和你脑子里面的信息连接起来，提高你的发音。这里所说的脑子里的信息，也就是你所学习的东西，因此这里应填learned，是过去分词形式，和空前面的have构成现在完成时态。

4.短文的第四个建议But if you listen five to ten minutes at least four times a week, you will find it’s not so hard to develop the habit of listening to English.是告诉我们要多听，经常听，一周至少听四次，每次5到10分钟，这样你就可以养成听英语的习惯。由此可知应填often，经常。

5.根据短文的最后一个建议You can create new situations by using the Internet to listen to news, exchange emails in English with email friends, etc.可知，学习英语时，我们可以创建一些情景，如用因特网听新闻、用英语和朋友交换电子邮件等。由此可知，这里应填create，创建，因为空前By是介词，故填creating。

点睛：这篇短文就如何学好英语给我们提出了一些建议，短文内容贴近学生学习生活，结构清晰，比较容易理解。题目设置是填空题，利用表格将短文中提出的建议罗列出来，因此做题的时候，把握好文章的结构将比较利于我们在短文中寻找答案。题目的难度在于考查的词与原文可能并非是同一个词，需要我们做理解的转换，填出适当的单词，并注意形式。例如第1小题，这是短文的第一个建议，因此答案应在短文的第二段中，根据这一段的内容可知，作者建议我们每周制定一个计划，原文中each week的意思是每周，而这个空是需要我们填形容词，来修饰名词plan的，故应填weekly，每周的。再如第5小题，这个建议的内容是让我们创设学习英语的情境，根据文章内容我们可以知道应填create，因为空前By是介词，所以这里填动名词形式creating。