For teenagers, it's great fun to explore new places and it feels like an adventure, even when you know you're not the first to have been there. But to make sure not to get lost or waste time going round in circles, the following tips may be helpful.
◆Do the map reading if you're being driven somewhere. It'll be easier if you keep the map following the direction you are traveling in. Keep looking ahead so that you can give the driver lots of warning before having to make a turn, or you'll have to move to the back seat.
◆Get a group of friends together and go exploring. You'll need a good map, a compass, a raincoat, a cell phone to call for help in case you get lost, and a bit of spare cash for emergencies. Tell someone where you're going before you set out and let them know what time you expect to be back. The purpose of the activity is in not getting lost, not in seeing how fast you can go, so always stick together, waiting for slower friends to catch up.
◆See if your school or a club organizes orienteering(越野识途比赛) activities, in which you need a map and a compass to find your way. This can be done as a sport, with teams trying to find the way from A to B(and B to C, etc. ) in the fastest time, or simply as a spare-time activity. It enables you to be familiar with the use of maps and compass and gain some special skills. In some way, it’s not only good fun, but also a great way to keep fit.
1.When you sit beside the driver, you’d better ________.
A．look ahead to see where there is a gas station
B．move to the back seat if feeling uncomfortable
C．keep looking at the map to find another place to go to
D．direct the driver when necessary
2.In the exploration, why do you need wait for the slower friends?
A．To share the fun with him/her in exploration.
B．To tell him/her what’s going on with group members.
C．To avoid yourself or your friends getting lost.
D．To show them how fast you can go.
3.What does the whole passage talk about?
A．The fun of exploration.
B．What to bring for exploration.
C．How to prevent people getting lost in exploration.
D．The way to use a map in exploration.
If you want to become a fluent English speaker, you should take some advice: there are four skills in learning English. They are listening, speaking, reading and writing. The most important thing you must remember is that if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills you should first master the skills of reading and listening.
Read as much as you can. But your reading must be active. It means that you must think about the meaning of the sentences, the meaning of the unfamiliar words, etc.
There is no need for you to pay much attention to grammar—or try to understand all the unfamiliar words you come across, but the fact you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them, for example in other passages or books, is enough. It would be better to prepare yourself a notebook so you can write down the important words or sentences in it.
As for listening, there are two choices: besides reading, you can listen every day for about 30 minutes. You can only pay attention to your reading and become skillful at your reading, then you can catch up on your listening. Since you have lots of inputs(输入) in your mind, you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say. This never means that you should not practice listening.
For listening you can listen to cartoons or some movies that are specially made for children. Their languages are easy. Or if you are good at listening, you can listen to VOA or BBC programs every day. Again the thing to remember is being active in listening and preferably(更好地) taking some notes.
If you follow these pieces of advice, your speaking and writing will improve automatically(自动地)，and you can be sure that with a little effort they will become perfect.
1.According to the author, which should you improve first among the four skills?
A．Reading and listening.B．Reading and writing.
C．Writing and speaking.D．Speaking and listening.
2.To improve your reading, when you read you should ________.
A．look up all the new words in the dictionary
B．think about what you are reading actively
C．spend more time studying grammar
D．copy as many words and sentences as possible
3.The underlined words “come across” in paragraph 3 probably be replaced by ________.
A．meet by accidentB．discoverC．find on purposeD．look for
4.The author seems to agree with the view that ________.
A．everyone should listen to VOA or BBC programs every day
B．you needn’t practice listening if you keep in reading every day
C．being good at reading is helpful in improving your listening
D．you should take notes of whatever you are hearing
When my sister Gina was born, she had a problem with her heart. Her heart was pretty bad in the beginning and she stayed in the hospital for a month. The first few years were very difficult because she was very sick. She had five operations before she was three years old. She had trouble walking, playing with other children, and going to school.
Although Gina couldn’t laugh and talk, we all knew that she just needed love and care. Our parents wanted to take Gina to a special place in Florida where she could swim with dolphins. Gina was afraid of swimming with them because she had never been around dolphins before. We had also never traveled that far as a family.
When we got to Florida, we saw where the dolphins lived. It was a place where kids with special needs like Gina could come and spend time. I thought it was going to be a vacation, but it wasn’t. Gina had to work hard every day for a week.
The trip was amazing .Gina laughed and clapped(拍手) when she saw the dolphin, and the dolphin splashed (溅起水花) when it saw Gina. They swam together all day. Gina was able to move her body more than she normally did at home. Mom and dad were proud of Gina. I was, too.
1.We know from the text that Gina ________.
A．experienced five operations in a month
B．got along well with other children
C. stayed in the hospital before three
D. was born with a heart disease
2.How did Gina feel about swimming with dolphins at first?
A．ExcitedB．FrightenedC．AngryD．Proud
3.The text is written to tell us that ________.
A．learning to walk is hard work
B．dolphins can treat many illness
C．families should travel together often
D．help sometimes comes in unusual form
在很多公共场合,我们都可以看到“中式英文”(Chinglish)的标志,我们是否应该彻底清理这些Chinglish呢?请结合下面信息,以“Should We Get Rid of Chinglish?”为题,写一篇英语短文。
赞成 | 1.外国人很难看懂。 |
2.我们应该学习标准英文。 | |
反对 | 1.“中式英文”丰富了英语本身。 |
2.“中式英文”为我们的生活增添了情趣。 | |
你的观点 | ? |
注意:1.词数:100左右;
2.可适当发挥,以使行文连贯。
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式（不多于3个单词）。
Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, 1. (destroy) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged2. their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or roofs. One person was killed, several were3. (serious) hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early4.the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I5.(eat) with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best6.(climb) out but then I saw that one of my children was7.(miss). I went back inside and found him, safe 8. very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she9.(feel) that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded area and the welfare department brought10.they) food, clothes and shelter.
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从51～70各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Once when there was a famine (饥荒), a rich baker sent for twenty of the poorest children in the town, and said to them, “In this basket, there is a loaf (一条面包) for each of you. it, and come back to me every at this hour till better times come.”
The hungry children eagerly around the basket, and quarreled for the bread, each wished to have the largest loaf. At last they went away without even the good gentleman. But Gretchen, a poorly-dressed little girl, did not or struggle with the rest, but remained modestly in the distance. When the ill-behaved children had left, she took the loaf, which alone was left in the basket, the gentleman's hand, and went home.
The next day the children were as as before, and poor, shy Gretchen received a loaf only nearly half the of the one she got the first day. When she came home, her mother cut the open, and then many new, shining pieces of silver fell out of it. Her mother was very much , and said, “Take the money back to the good at once, for it must have got into the loaf . Be quick, Gretchen! Be quick!”
But when the little girl gave the rich man her mother's , he said, “No, no, my child, it was no . I had the silver pieces put into the smallest loaf to you. Always be as contented (满足的), peaceable, and as you now are. Go home now, and the is your own.”
1.A. Take B. BuyC. OrderD. Smell
2.A. monthB. weekC. dayD. year
3.A. stoodB. satC. gathered D. looked
4.A. butB. soC. sinceD. because
5.A. hearing B. thanking C. thinking D. looking
6.A. playB. laughC. quarrel D. speak
7.A. cryingB. standing C. quarrelingD. singing
8.A. bestB. oldest C. largest D. smallest
9.A. kissedB. tookC. seized D. waved
10.A. hungry B. angryC. eagerD. rude
11.A. sizeB. number C. length D. amount
12.A. letterB. breadC. basket D. bag
13.A. surprised B. pleased C. terrified D. excited
14.A. policeman B. teacher C. gentlemanD. child
15.A. by accident B. by heart C. by hand D. by itself
16.A. letter B. noteC. money D. message
17.A. luckB. useC. goodD. mistake
18.A. testB. reward C. thankD. attract
19.A. careful B. grateful C. beautiful D. enthusiastic
20. A. loafB. basketC. worldD. money
