As the most wonderful tools for learning and teaching English, iPads appeal to more and more students who use them to access online resources in their classrooms. With the help of the thousands of education and language apps available in Apple's app store, students make effective use of the iPad to learn in an interactive environment. Given below is a list of some of the best iPad apps for learning and teaching English.
Grammar Up
Grammar is the heart of any language and, thus, the Grammar Up app is one of the most highly recommended apps for English Learners. This app is specifically designed for people who want to improve their grammar, vocabulary and word selection. It consists of more than 1800 multiple-choice questions grouped under twenty different grammar categories.
Learn English The Fun Way
"Learn English the fun way" is an amazing app for grammar and matching lessons in which English learners get to do simple exercises such as matching an animal or a short description of something to its picture.
SpeakingPal
Recommended as one of the best apps for English educators and learners, SpeakingPal allows users to record and compare their speech with a native English speaker. This amazing app combines video with automatic speech recognition software that tests your English speaking skills. You just have to speak with a video character and get immediate response on how well you said and pronounced all your English words. In short, this app basically understands and rates your speech.
Wordflex Touch Dictionar
Turn your word-meanings search into a fun experience with the Wordflex Touch Dictionary app! Developed exclusively for iPad in association with the Oxford University Press, the Wordflex Touch Dictionary app converts your word entries into attractive trees which you can move, drag, share and reorganize using touch gestures. This app is among the best as it also contains audio pronunciations both in UK and US English, which is a great benefit for English learners.
iBooks
iBooks is a complete book library for the iPad users. It includes the iBookstore and allows users to download and read books for free. It also allows users to save their favorite classics for free. The app features a beautiful bookshelf on which you can browse various books; tap a book to open and read it, and add notes to your favorite paragraphs in the book. You can also create your own texts and upload them into the app.
1.Which app might be the best choice for a kid who is beginning to learn grammar?
A.Grammar Up B.Wordflex Touch Dictionary
C.Learn English The Fun Way D.SpeakingPal
2.Which of the following is Right according to the passage?
A.The Grammar Up app is the best recommended app for English learners.
B.Wordflex Touch Dictionary provides pronunciation in British and American English.
C.SpeakingPal allows users to compete with a native English speaker.
D.iBooks is a free book library for English learners and teachers.
3.What's the purpose of the text?
A.To advertise Apple's app store.
B.To attract users to iPad.
C.To distinguish some apps for English learning.
D.To introduce some apps for English learners and educators.
假如你是某杂志健康栏目的主持人Mr Helper，人们经常写信询问健康之道，请你写一封回信，指出健康的重要性，并针对“如何保持健康”给出自己的建议。信的内容需包含以下信息：
1．健康的重要性；
2．给出保持健康的方法，如：科学饮食，多吃水果蔬菜，保持饮食平衡；避免高糖，高脂的食物；摒弃不良习惯；多锻炼等。
注意：词数100左右。
Dear readers,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Mr Helper
短文改错
When I was the middle school student, I didn’t study English hard.As we all know that,it is important to learn English better. How I wish I had studied it hard then.With the college Entrance Examination draw near, I feel greatly stress and anxious. Now I have made a rule to read English for one hour every day, thinking one day I will speak English fluently.In my great relief, my friends did that they could to help me with my English.They offered me great encouragements, saying so long as I keep on learning, I will succeed one day. Nowadays it was high time that I took action to learn English well.
根据中文或首字母提示填入适当单词，或用所给词的正确形式填空。
1.People _______(挥手)goodbye on Tuesday to students on a bus who were about to take the college entrance examination.
2.As to the issues, we should analyse them __________.(concrete)
3.The results prove that the new drugs are_________(effect) against cancer.
4.Leaders who are accustomed to __________(滥用)their power shall be punished.
5.Many natural ___________ (现象) cannot be explained.
6.The school sees its job as preparing students to make __________ (contribute) to society.
7.As is the case with any challenge we have ever faced, I have a_______(绝对）no doubt that we will solve it successful.
8.If you’re worried about your study,share your __________(anxious)with your teacher.
9.He was _______(ban) from taking part in matches for three months after failing a doping test in the previous week.
10.The Palace Museum in Beijing has been in ________(exist) for more than 500 years.
Large quantities of oil _____to Japan since one year ago.
A.was shipped B.has been shipped C.were shipped D.have been shipped
The professor_____ out the project made a comment on the report.
A.was opposed to carry B.opposed to carry C.opposed to carrying D.opposed carrying
