Question

    If you are a beginner or teach adults at a beginner level, here are several tips to make starting to learn English easier.

1Exercise

Learning a foreign language is_____ going to the gym. Your muscles are strengthened if you _____ every day. It's the same with language: practice makes perfect. You may give 15 _____ of your time to English every day. You can listen to music, read a book, watch short movies on the Internet, _____ games on your smartphone, or meet up with native speakers for a language exchange.

2Not just words

Beginner students may feel most comfortable_____ they listen to single words and repeat them. But this is less _____ for adult learners. These adult learners will want to sound confident and fluent when talking to native _____. If you learn chunks of language, or phrases, it will be _____ to create sentences and sound natural when speaking.

3Go for it

Keep trying. Every time you start something new, you think you will probably _____ the new thing soon. But as the saying goes, “if you don't ______ succeed: try, try, try again.” To help you stay motivated, remember ______ you started learning English—your dream.

4Set goals

Setting goals about ______ a language can help. For example, if you want to go shopping for clothes in an English­speaking country, you will need to know ______ like “where are the changing rooms？” and “can I pay by credit card？” You had better ______ a diary in which you write what you'd like to learn for seven days. At the end of the week, check if you have achieved your ______．

Following these tips, you will become more confident and make great progress.

1.A.about B.from C.for D.like

2.A.run B.practise C.swim D.work

3.A.hours B.seconds C.parts D.minutes

4.A.play B.invent C.change D.find

5.A.when B.because C.if D.since

6.A.successful B.useful C.happy D.sad

7.A.tourists B.guests C.speakers D.bosses

8.A.harder B.cleverer C.happier D.easier

9.A.give up B.pick up C.talk about D.turn down

10.A.secondly B.firstly C.finally D.quickly

11.A.what B.that C.who D.why

12.A.learning B.writing C.translating D.reading

13.A.words B.pictures C.sentences D.signs

14.A.damage B.buy C.wash D.keep

15.A.goals B.dreams C.experiences D.feelings

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.A

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了对于语言的初学者如何才能学好另外一门语言。文章具体给出了四条建议：练习；不只是单词；去尝试；设定目标。

1. 考查介词词义辨析。 about关于； from从；for为了；like像。根据句意和语境可知此处表达了“像……一样”之意。故选D。

2. 考查动词词义辨析。run跑；practise练习；swim游泳；work工作。根据句意和语境可知此处表达了“练习”之意。故选B。

3. 考查名词词义辨析。hours小时；seconds秒；parts部分；minutes分钟。根据句意和语境可知此处表达了“分钟”之意。故选D。

4. 考查动词词义辨析。play玩；invent发明； change改变；find发现。根据句意和短语play games表达了“玩游戏”之意。故选A。

5. 考查连词词义辨析。when当……时候； because因为；if如果；since自从。根据句意和语境可知此处用when引导时间状语从句， 表达了“当……时候”之意。故选A。

6. 考查形容词词义辨析。 successful成功的；useful有用的；happy快乐的；sad悲伤的。根据句意和语境可知此处表达了“有用的”之意。故选B。

7. 考查名词词义辨析。 tourists游客；guests客人；speakers说话者；bosses老板。根据句意和短语native speakers“说本族语的人”之意。故选C。

8. 考查形容词词义辨析。 harder更难的；cleverer更聪明的；simpler更简单的；easier更容易的。根据句意和语境可知此处表达了“更容易的”之意。故选D。

9. 考查动词短语辨析。give up放弃；pick up捡起；talk about谈论关于；turn down拒绝。根据句意和下文中关键词“But”可知此处表达了“放弃”之意。故选A。

10. 考查副词词义辨析。secondly其次；firstly首先；finally最后；quickly迅速地。根据句意和语境可知此处表达了“起初，首先”之意。故选B。

11. 考查宾语从句连接词词义辨析。what什么；that那个；who谁；why为什么。根据句意和语法知识可知此处用why引导宾语从句，表达了“为什么”之意。故选D。

12.考查动词词义辨析。learning学习；writing写；translating翻译；reading阅读。根据句意和语境可知此处表达了“学习”之意。故选A。

13. 考查名词词义辨析。words单词；pictures图片；sentences句子；signs符号。根据句意和句中关键例子“‘Where are the changing rooms？’， and ‘Can I pay by credit card？’”可知此处表达了“句子”之意。故选C。

14. 考查动词词义辨析。damage损害；buy买；wash洗；keep保持。根据句意和短语keep a diary“记日记”可知此处用动词keep。故选D。

15. 考查名词词义辨析。goals目标；dreams梦想；experiences经历；feelings感受。根据句意和上文提示“Set goals”可知此处表达了“目标”之意。故选A。