I am an English teacher, with over 15 years’ experience of teaching in London. I started the DailyStep audio email lesson service because I noticed that when I started their English course, my students’ speaking and listening skills were much weaker than their reading and writing skills. In my view, this is because education in school does not focus enough on communication skills. DailyStep is designed to remedy this situation by offering more practice in speaking, listening and vocabulary.
I am crazy about the English language and it is a real pleasure for me to see the development of my students’ language skills.
I majored in (以….为专业)law at university and then worked for three years as a researcher and journalist for Sky television and BBC magazines. I decided to change to English teaching because of my love of the English language and my wish to move into more satisfying work.
Then I qualified (取得资格)as an English teacher in 1992. My first teaching job was at a language school in Covent Garden, London, where I taught examination classes and Business English . After two years, I moved to the Nippon Club where I taught General English and Business English courses for 9 years. I also developed a unique course called British Society & Culture, covering all areas of British life, such as politics, law, education & music. At the same time, taught Business， Financial& Law English in the financial centre of London. My students included staff （工作人员）from banks and law firms.
As well as running the DailyStep website, I also provide in-company English speech training for companies in London. If you have an important speech coming up and would like some information about how I can help you, please email me at jane@dailystep.com.
1.DailyStep audio email lesson service __________
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A．is an in-company service |
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B．teaches English communication skills |
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C．is designed for working people |
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D．provides English training for free |
2.What does the underlined word “remedy” in Paragraph mean?
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A．report |
B．judge |
C．improve |
D．practise |
3.What’s the CORRECT time order of the following events?
a. The author qualified as an English teacher
b.The author taught at a language school in Covent Garden
c.The author worked as a journalist for Sky television
d.The author taught in the Noppon Club.
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A．cabd |
B．cadb |
C．cbad |
D．cdab |
4.We can learn from the passage that_______.
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A．the author enjoys teaching English |
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B．all of the author’s students are adults |
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C．the author majored in English at university |
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D．the author knows little about how to make a speech |
The other day, I had to go to a meeting, which lasted past my daughter’s bedtime. I __46___ home and was brushing teeth when I___47____ , and there on the bedroom mirror was a note in the of a ____48___. It said, “Hi, Mom! I Love You. Laurel.” ____49__, I also cut a heart out of a piece of paper and taped (粘)a ___50___ next to hers, saying, “ I Love You, Too. Mom,” which she _51___ the next morning.
Our family has ___52__ that by integrating (交互式的)writing into our ___53___ activities, we become more thoughtful of each other. Meanwhile, our daughter is learning to ___54____ writing and becoming a skilled writer.
While teaching in a primary school, I ___55____how influential(有影响力的) parents can be as children learn to write. ___56____when our daughter first began to scribble (涂鸦), I became __57___by her work. I offered praise(表扬) for her __58_____, for I found that scribbling is far more complex(复杂的) and important than I had ____59___. It was clear that her scribbles, ____60___ being lovely art objects(艺术品), showed a lot about her____61___ of the world of writing.
Gradually, our family began writing a great deal. I sensed that writing helped Laurel learn ___62___ to read. In fact, by___63____ my own child and her friends and by reading professional (专业的) books, I became more and more ___64___about how writing develops and how ____65___can help children become eager writers.
A B C D
1.left returned missed forgot
2.turned up turned on looked up gave up
3.hand mouth smile heart
4.Immediately Suddenly Finally Politely
5.picture story note page
6.felt wrote read drew
7.found insisted planned guessed
8.strange useful daily funny
9.take consider hate enjoy
10.learned agreed considered discussed
11.Unless Though But So
12.disappointed attracted surprised worried
13.wishes efforts suggestions ways
14.cared wanted realized proved
15.besides for of among
16.advice effect understanding dislikes
17.when how what whether
18.correcting discovering testing watching
19.special clear surprised careful
20.teachers friends books parents
-----I’m afraid I can’t finish the novel you lent me this week.
----___________.
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A．Please go ahead |
B．That’s all right |
C．Take your time |
D．Not at all |
_______ the manager came to Beijing on business, he would visit his old friends there.
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A．Every time |
B．Many times |
C．In no time |
D．All the time |
In the police station, I saw the man from ______room the thief had stolen the TV set.
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A．whose |
B．whom |
C．which |
D．that |
Martin Van Buren was the eighth president of the United States and the first ______native language was not English but Dutch.
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A．whose |
B．that |
C．where |
D．which |
