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Question: I have been learning English for about 7 years. 1.________ And I still can’t make myself understood in English. However, I love learning English. How can I learn English well? Please help me.
Answer: Many people have asked me this question. 2.________ Here I will give you several tips for learning English.
●3.________
First of all, you must want to learn. If you are not interested in learning English, no class will help you and no book will help you. So you have to be honest with yourself. Ask yourself, “Do I really want to learn English?” If you can’t answer “yes” to this question, it is better for you to set English aside until you’re ready and willing to learn.
● Set goals (目标).
To learn English well, you must set some goals. 4.________ It will also help you to see your progress. Ask yourself, “What are my goals? What areas would I like to improve?” Think about what your goals are, and review once in a while to see that you are making progress toward your goals.
● Practice, practice, and practice.
After you have set your goals, you have a better idea of what you need to practice. Just like the athlete whose goal is the Olympics must train daily, you as a language learner must practice language every day to make progress toward your goal. 5.________
A. Want to learn.
B. I think it is not easy to learn it well.
C. Make friends with some Americans online.
D. Reading is a very good way to learn new words.
E. The answers are as different as the people asking the question.
F. The more you practice, the more progress you will make.
G. Having goals will help you remember what areas you want to work on.
Jack threw the papers on my desk. “Next time you want to change anything, ask me first,” he said. I had changed a long sentence and corrected its grammar — something I thought I was paid to do.
Several days later, he made me angry again. I went to his office, prepared to lose my job if need be, but not before I let the man know how I felt. “What?” he said nervously. Suddenly I knew what I had to do. “Jack, the way you’ve been treating me is wrong. And it’s wrong for me to allow it to continue,” I said. “I want to make you a promise. I will be a friend.” The next day I brought some cakes to Jack’s office. Every time I saw Jack in the hall, I smiled at him. After all, that’s what friends do.
One year after our talk, I was told that I had breast cancer (乳腺癌). When I was in hospital, my friends tried to find the right words to say, but no one could. The last day of my hospital stay, the door opened and Jack walked over to my bed. “Tulips (郁金香),” he placed some bulbs (球茎) beside me and said, “If you plant them when you get home, you’ll be there to see them when they come up.” Tears filled my eyes. In a moment when I prayed for just the right words, a man with few words said the right thing. After all, that’s what friends do. Now, I have seen those tulips push through the soil every spring for over ten years.
1.Why did Jack throw some papers on the author’s desk?
A. She gave him the wrong papers.
B. He thought her report was very bad.
C. He wanted her to check them again.
D. He didn’t agree with her correction.
2.What promise did the author make to Jack?
A. She would work harder from then on.
B. She would treat him the same way.
C. She would bring him some cakes.
D. She would treat him like a friend.
3.The tulip bulbs that Jack gave the author probably suggest ______.
A. love B. honor C. hope D. thanks
4.What did the author mean by saying “that’s what friends do”?
A. Friends must help each other to correct mistakes.
B. Friends should give advice to each other at the right time.
C. Friends should treat each other with respect and kindness.
D. Friends should do anything for each other.
Man has a big brain. He can think, learn and speak. Scientists once thought that men are different from animals because they can think and learn. They know that animals can learn—dogs, rats, birds can learn. So scientists are beginning to understand that men are different from animals because they can speak. Animals cannot speak. They make noises when they are afraid, or angry, or unhappy. Apes（猿） can understand some things more quickly than human, one or two have learnt a few words. But they are still different from us. They cannot join words and make sentences; they cannot think like us because they have no language. They can never think about the past or the future.
Language is a wonderful thing. Man has been able to build a modern world because he has language. Every child can speak his own language very well when he is four or five—but no animal learns to speak. How do children learn? What happens when we speak? Scientists do not know.
They only know that man can speak because he has a big brain.
1.In what way are men different from animals?
A. Men have learnt to use language.
B. Men can learn.
C. Men can understand things quickly.
D. Men have brains.
2.What is the thing an ape cannot do?
A. Making noises. B. Understanding things.
C. Learning words. D. Speaking like men.
3.Scientists now know _______.
A. how children learn to speak
B. what happens when men speak.
C. why apes can learn a few words
D. man's brain helps him to learn to speak
4.What is the suitable topic for this passage?
A. Ape's Language. B. Man's brain and Language.
C. Human Brain. D. Animals Learning.
Today, roller skating （滑旱冰）is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, the idea of skating didn't exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin's work was making musical instruments. In his spare time he liked to play the violin. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.
One day Merlin received an invitation（邀请） to attend a fancy dress ball（舞会）. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make a grand entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.
Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of（梦想） arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.
On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was astonished to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on, suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking to pieces. Nobody forgot Merlin's grand entrance for a long time!
1.The text is mainly about ________.
A. a strange man
B. an unusual party
C. how roller skating began
D. how people enjoyed themselves in the 18th century
2.People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he ________.
A. often gave others surprises
B. was a gifted musician
C. invented the roller skates
D. was full of imagination
3.What is the main point the writer is trying to make in the last paragraph?
A. The roller skates needed further improvement.
B. The party guests took merlin for a fool.
C. Merlin succeeded beyond expectation.
D. Merlin got himself into trouble.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon were sitting on the sand, reading their magazines. Mr. Gordon was too stingy (吝啬) to rent (租) a chair. Their twelve-year-old daughter. Sandra, was playing at the water's edge. Suddenly a huge wave（波浪） lifted Sandra up and carried her out to sea. Luckily, a lifeguard(救生员) was on duty and he saw the wave carry Sandra away. He ran along the beach and dived into the sea. He swam quickly to where the girl, with her head only just above the water, was shouting for help. She was very frightened. When the lifeguard reached her, she struggled (斗争) with him, as drowning (快淹死) people often do. However, he was a skillful lifeguard and quickly took hold of her and swam with her back to the beach. By the time he reached it, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon had realized what had happened. They had run down to the water's edge, neither of them could swim. They just stood in the shallow water, and worried about their daughter. Had the lifeguard reached her in time? Luckily, he had. "That was quick work, young man," Mr. Gordon said. He turned to his wife, "Give the lifeguard a dollar. ""A dollar!" Sandra cried," dad, how can you give him a dollar! He saved my life. I was half dead. "" Quite right, girl " Mr. Gordon said, pleased by his daughter's awareness (意识) of the value of money. He turned to his wife again and said," She's right. She was only half dead. Give him fifty cents. "
1.What happened to Sandra?
A. She ran into the sea.
B. She died.
C. She was drowned.
D. Her life was saved by a lifeguard.
2.What did Mr. and Mrs. Gordon do when Sandra was carried out to sea by the wave?
A. They shouted to the lifeguard.
B. They dived into the water.
C. They offered the lifeguard money to save Sandra.
D. Perhaps they were reading magazines.
3.Why was Sandra angry with her father?
A. He didn't give the lifeguard any money.
B. He didn't swim out to save her.
C. He didn't show the lifeguard hearty thankfulness.
D. He gave the lifeguard too much money.
4.Why was Mr. Gordon pleased with her daughter.
A. She was safe again.
B. She was polite to the lifeguard.
C. He thought she did not want him to give the lifeguard too much money.
D. She gave the lifeguard fifty cents.
书面表达
假设你是李华， 你校学生会准备举办一次元宵节晚会。请你代表学生会给交换生Mike 发一封英文邀请函。主要内容包括：
1. 活动时间：1月22日晚7点到9点
2. 活动地点：铁人广场
3. 活动内容：赏灯、品尝元宵、猜灯谜等
注意：1. 词数100左右 2. 适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
参考词汇： 元宵节：Lantern Festival， 灯笼:lantern, 元宵：sweet dumpling 灯谜： lantern riddle
