We asked Tom and Mike, but ________ could offer any help．
A. both B. all C. none D. neither
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1. 从高中起我和姐姐就一直梦想作一次伟大的自行车旅行
_____________ middle school, my sister and I _____________a great bike trip.
2．她一旦下了决心，什么也不能使他改变。
________she ___________, nothing can change it.
3.人们开始纳闷，这场灾难还会持续多久。
People began to __________the disaster would________.
4.事实上，当不同文化互相交流渗透时，所有的语言都会有所变化和发展。
_______all languages change and develop when _______meet and _________each other。
5.我熬到11点半故意不睡，为的是想独自好好看看月亮。
I__________ until half past even ________have a good look at the moon.
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1. After ________the university, he was employed by an oversea company.
2. It seemed that the whole city lay _________after the flood.
3. _________he hurried his breakfast and washed the smelly clothes.
4. I like swimming while my son __________playing with toy blocks
5. I have made it clear that I will never________ to anybody.
6. I don’t ________the price, so long as the air-conditioner is of fine quality.
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1. In the earthquake all houses were d _____to the earth.
2. He is a ___________ person and you can depend on him
3. _________ him not to smoke is a big challenge
4. It is___________ (承认 )that Taiwan is part of China
5. Good _________ (习惯) play an important part in the road to success
Playing with toy blocks (积木) may lead to improved language development in young children, a new study reported.
Early childhood is an important period in the development of young minds. The newborn brain grows three times in size between birth and age 2. Scientists have said that certain activities during this important period may promote (促进) healthy development while others may hold it back, and development of memory and language may especially be helped by imaginative play.
After six months, language scores among half of the 175 children aged 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 who were sent plastic blocks were 15 percent higher than a matched group that did not receive the free blocks, according to the study by researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Parents were given ideas about how to help their children play with the blocks, then were told to keep diaries of their children’s activities over four days. Finally, all the parents filled out questionnaires that judged their children’s vocabulary, grammar, and other language abilities. Study author Dimitri Christakis said unstructured play with blocks motivated children’s thinking, memory and physical skills at a time when a child’s brain is growing rapidly. “They are the foundation of thought and language,” he wrote of the skills learned from building blocks. “Older children begin to make up stories for these objects .”
Such play may also take the place of less helpful activities such as watching TV, he said, adding parents ought to have doubts about some toy-makers’ words. “An increasing number of media-based products are making ungrounded (无根据的) claims that they can make children smarter, more literate, and more musical,” Christakis said.
1.What can we learn from the second paragraph?
A. Parents should allow their children to play as long as they want.
B. The brains of kids develop very quickly before they are two years old.
C. Playing blocks can help children do well in sports at school.
D. Activities, like imaginative play, may delay the development of the brain.
2.According to the study, about ________ children’s language scores were 15 percent higher than those of children who didn’t play with blocks.
A. 87 B. 55 C. 23 D. 157
3.Building blocks helps kids gain language skills because _________.
A. young children always talk to themselves while building blocks
B. their parents can teach them when they are playing with blocks
C. their parents are given ideas on how to develop their brains
D. it can help them improve thinking, memory and physical skills
4.The aim of the passage is probably to _______.
A. raise the present level of children’s language ability
B. encourage parents to let their babies play with blocks
C. improve parents’ knowledge of raising children
D. encourage makers of blocks to develop more toys
5.We can infer from what Mr Christakis said that _____.
A. television will be definitely replaced by blocks
B. the market will be full of media-based toys
C. we can’t always believe what toy makers say
D. toy makers care about kids’ development very much
What is language for? Some people seem to think it’s for practicing grammar rules and learning lists of words — the longer the lists, the better. That’s wrong. Language is for the exchange (交流) of ideas and information. It’s meaningless knowing all about a language if you can’t use it freely. Many students I have met know hundreds of grammar rules, but they can ’t speak correctly or fluently(流利地). They are afraid of making mistakes. One shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes when speaking a foreign language. Native speakers make mistakes and break rules, too. Bernard Shaw once wrote, “Foreigners often speak English too correctly.” But the mistakes that native speakers make are different from those that Chinese students make. They are English mistakes in the English language. And if enough native speakers break a rule, it is no longer a rule. What used to be wrong becomes right. People not only make history, but they make language. But people can only make its own language. It can’t make another people’s language. So Chinese students of English should pay attention to grammar, but they shouldn’t overdo it. They should put communication first.
1.Language is used to ________.
A. express oneself B. practice grammar rules
C. talk with foreigners only D. learn lists of words
2. Generally, when an American or an Englishman speaks English, he ______.
A. never makes mistakes B. often makes mistakes
C. can’t avoid（避免）making mistakes D. always makes mistakes
3.“Foreigners often speak English too correctly.” The sentence means that ______.
A. foreigners speak correct English.
B. foreigners speak incorrect English.
C. foreigners speak English according to the grammar rules.
D. foreigners never make mistakes when they speak English.
4.If too many native speakers break a rule, ______.
A. what they will become right B. they are against the law
C. they should say sorry to others D. they will become heroes
5.When we speak a foreign language, we should _____.
A. speak in Chinese way B. speak by the rules
C. speak to native speakers D. not be afraid of making mistakes
