Question

    If you want to become a fluent English speaker you should take some advice: there are four skills in learning English. They are reading ,listening, speaking 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 that you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them, for example in other passage 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 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 taking some notes.

If you follow these pieces of advice, your speaking and writing will improve automatically, 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 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 on reading every day

C.being good at reading is helpful in improving your listening

D.you should take notes of whatever you are hearing

4.The passage is mainly about how to _________.

A.choose suitable listening materials

B.deal with new words in reading

C.improve your English as quickly as possible

D.become fluent in speaking and writing English

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。短文介绍了如何流利地说英语和写英语。

1.

细节理解题。根据第一段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. 可知，最重要的是你必须记住，如果你想提高你的口语和写作技能，你首先应该掌握阅读和听力的技能。所以读和听力是要首先掌握的技能。故选A项。

2.

细节理解题。根据第二段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.可知，但是你的阅读必须是积极的。意思是你必须思考句子的意思，不熟悉的单词的意思等等。所以为了提高你的阅读能力，当你阅读的时候你应该积极思考你正在阅读的内容。故选B。

3.

推理判断题。根据文中第三段You can only pay attention to your reading and become skillful at your reading, then you can catch up on your listening. 可知，你只有专心阅读，熟练阅读，才能赶上听力的进度。可推断作者可能认为擅长读会对听力的提高有帮助。故选C项。

4.

主旨大意题。根据第一段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. 最重要的是你必须记住，如果你想提高你的口语和写作技能，你首先应该掌握阅读和听力的技能。所以读和听力是要首先掌握的技能。根据最后一段If you follow these pieces of advice, your speaking and writing will improve automatically, and you can be sure that with a little effort they will become perfect. 如果你遵循这些建议，你的口语和写作会自动提高，你可以确信只要稍加努力，它们就会变得完美。由此可知短文主要是关于如何流利地说英语和写英语。故选D项。