Reading is very important to help you learn English. To learn as much as you can from reading, you need to read different kinds of English. This book provides not only different kinds of English but also a good way to check your reading ability.
There are four parts in the book:
Part 1 is Messages: In this part somebody wants to wad(填塞) information in writing to somebody else. There is a test on timetables and a test on text messages.
Part 2 is People: In this part all the tests are about people. For example, there is an informal letter between friends. There is formal (正式的) English in biography (传记). There is a job application as a model to help with your writing, as well as testing your reading.
Part 3 is Places: In this part, too many different kinds of English are shown, some informal and some formal. There is informal English of a holiday postcard. There is also formal English in a letter of complaint.
Part 4 is Things: You will find some descriptive writing in this part. There are descriptions of clothes and of a computer.
You can do these tests in any order you like, or you can do all the tests with a formal or informal text. I enjoyed writing this book and I hope you enjoy using it.
1.. We can find the introduction to a product in _____.
A. Part 1 B. Part 2
C. Part 3 D. Part 4
2.. Which of the following is most probably written in informal English?
A. A letter of complaint.
B. A computer handbook.
C. A letter to a friend.
D. A story of a president.
3. The passage is most probably written for_____.
A. test designers B. students
C. test-takers D. teachers
4.. What is the best title of the book?
A. Test Your Reading
B. Help with Your Writing
C. Learn Different Kinds of English
D. Practise English in Different Ways
Are dreams of any use to the dreamer or to anybody else? We may remember the traveler who __36__ the ship Waratah at Durban because of his terrible _37__. The Waratah later disappeared entirely, with everyone on _38_. The traveler’s dreams helped him and saved him from 39_, but they didn’t help the other people. Why was this man treated _40__ from everyone else? Another man _41__ had a dream about the Black Forest in Germany. In his dream he was walking in the forest _42__ two men ran out and tried to throw him to the _43___. He ran off as fast as he could, but they followed. He reached a place _44__he saw two _45__ roads in front of him, one to the right and the other to the left. Which road ought he to _46__ ? He heard the two men _47____ him, getting nearer and at the same time he heard a voice in his ear. It told him to go to the _48__ , and he did so. He ran on and soon came to a small hotel. He was _49___ here kindly and given a room, and so he was _50__ from the two men.
That was the dream. Twenty years later he was _51___ in the Black Forest and as it _52___ in the dream long before, two men ran out and tried to throw him down. He ran off, and came to a place with two roads as in the dream.He_53___ the dream and took the road to the right. He soon _54___a small hotel, was taken in, and so was safe. His dream of twenty years _55__ had Saved his life.
1.. A. left B. got C. drove D. enter
2.. A. ideas B. suggestions C. dreams D. words
3.. A. board B. ship C. sea D. deck
4.. A. life B. death C. illness D. disease
5.. A. similarly B. differently C. strangely D. unfortunately
6.. A. alone B. once C. still D. even
7.. A. while B. as C. before D. when
8.. A. floor B. earth C. soil D. ground
9.. A. which B. that C. where D. who
10. A. same B. separate C. divided D. crossed
11.. A. take B. bring C. carry D. go
12.. A. next to B. in front of C. beside D. behind
13.. A. house B. hotel C. left D. right
14.. A. accepted B. received C. refused D. closed
15.. A. killed B. murdered C. saved D. robbed
16.. A. exactly B. really C. sincerely D. actually
17.. A. happened B. performed C. acted D. chose
18.. A. forgot B. remembered C. missed D. noticed
19.. A. arrived B. left C. reached D. got
20.. A. front B. before C. later D. after
It is about time that he ______ to supper, for he still has a meeting to attend this evening.
A goes B went C has gone D go
Only when class began ______that he had left his book at home．
A. will he realize B. he did realize C. did he realize D. had he realized
They will fly to Washington, ______they plan to stay for two or three days.
A. which B. where C. there D. when
The explanation of our teacher will make the reading easy ______.
A. to be understand B. to understand C. understood D. understanding
