Use our website to improve your English
Study at the right time each day
The first step in getting better in English is to study at the right time each day. Do you wake up early and study when the house is quiet? Or do you like to stay up late and study before you go to sleep? Choose the proper time to study English every week. Make a study plan for each week. Here is an example of using our website in the morning to improve your listening and speaking skills:
Monday: Watch Let's Learn English ; practice the conversation with a friend
Tuesday: Watch English in a Minute; teach the new expressions to family or friends
Wednesday: Watch English at the Movies; write a note to a friend about the expressions Thursday: Watch News Words; write a sentence using the words
Friday: Read or listen to Ask a Teacher or Everyday Grammar ; write three sentences
Find a friend to study together
A good way to learn is to study with a friend or a family member. You can study together at home or on the phone. Some families speak English only at dinner time or watch English videos together.
Set goals
One of the most important steps to learn English is to set goals. Make it something you know you can do in a short time. Here are some examples:
♦I will practice speaking with my friends three times a week.
♦I will write sentences with five new English words every week.
♦I will learn four new idioms in the next month and use them with friends.
1.Which advice is given on learning English?
A.Learning from others. B.Practicing once a week.
C.Turning to parents for help. D.Scheduling proper study time.
2.When can you learn English on the website according to the example?
A.On weekends. B.Every day.
C.On weekdays. D.Every Monday afternoon.
3.What are listed at the end of the text?
A.Some aims for learning English.
B.Some examples of practising English with friends.
C.Three important periods of time for learning English.
D.The most important steps in improving independent learning.
阅读下面短文， 根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
When I was 17, I read a magazine article about a museum called the McNay Art Museum, once the home of a watercolorist named Marian McNay. She had requested the community to turn it into a museum upon her death. On a sunny Saturday, Sally and I drove over to the museum.
“Do you have the address?” Sally asked while we were on the way.
“No, but I will recognize it. There was a picture in the magazine” I answered confidently.
“Oh. There it is.” I pulled my car slowly over a house which seemed like a house with heavy smell of life rather than a former residence(故居).
Surprisingly, nobody was at the gate and admission was free. We opened the door and entered, excited. A group of people sitting around a table stopped chatting and started at us.
A sweet girl in her teens locked her eyes on us and welcomed us with a sweet smile, “Hello, but who are you looking for?”
A man stood up and said almost at the same time “May I help you?”
“No,” I said. “We’re fine.”
Tour guides got on my nervous. What if they talked a long time about a painting you were not that interested in? Sally had gone upstairs. The people in the hall seemed very confused, keeping their eyes on me with curiosity. What was their problem? Some nice sculptures were well placed along the staircases(楼梯) and some paintings from Van Gogh or Picasso were hanging on walls and I appreciated them and highly praised the most beautiful house. Suddenly a picture of a man surrounded by a warm family caught my eyes and I also spotted the sweet girl among them.
“This is the most beautiful house I have visited.” said I, turning sharply, almost scaring the girl standing behind me.
“The most beautiful house ? The most beautiful house!”She murmured.
“Am I at the McNay Art Museum?” asked I .
注意：
1. 所续写的短文的词数应为150 左右；
2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
She smiled, shaking her head.
Paragraph 2:
Years later, after a public speech, a woman approached and thanked me, asking whether I once entered a house , thinking it was the McNay Art Museum.
假如你是李华，12月要去英国参加“Protection of world cultural heritage”演讲比赛，你的英国朋友Tom来信询问赴英相关事宜,请你给他写一封邮件，内容包括：
1.比赛时间和地点；
2.本次活动的意义；
3.英国比赛期间的个人计划。
注意：1. 词数80词左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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Sometimes, the best gifts from Parents don’t come in boxes. When I think of the first ______my father had given to me, it would be a love of ______. He is not usually an observer of life, but he can be thoughtful and______. He is always right in our study reading and gave me a love of _________. He has been totally deaf in one ear since he was two years old, so we ______ listen to music. In my childhood, storybooks were king—not songs.
The second is ______ all. Even when my sister and I were little, the ______ around the dinner table was noisy but adult-level. Your______didn’t matter. If you ______ an opinion, you had to present your case and give evidence. He treats everything the same,______or adult, cleaner or CEO.
The greatest gift to us, however, was that he took ______ in our brains but not our ______. He always told us reading enriched the minds which was more important than looks. I know most successful women had fathers who_______ their intelligence and maybe I will be. My father said my mother was the most _____ person he had ever met. He still says that. They met while camping out in a golden autumn. Trees was______ in sunshine and a girl was reading under one. Impressed by the ______, he approached and told her that she _______him of Jane Austen’s Emma, then mistakenly quoted the book. She ______ him and he was in______ from that moment.
Over the years, my father taught me never to stand still and accept the way things are; I should fight for______ and I will continue to follow his lead.
1.A.chance B.gift C.answer D.advice
2.A.reading B.working C.writing D.exercising
3.A.serious B.cheerful C.influential D.modest
4.A.science B.poems C.pictures D.words
5.A.normally B.eventually C.rarely D.naturally
6.A.controlling B.respecting C.analyzing D.describing
7.A.joke B.interview C.speech D.conversation
8.A.skill B.experience C.age D.reputation
9.A.voiced B.shared C.accepted D.formed
10.A.plant B.animal C.teacher D.child
11.A.pride B.pleasure C.part D.interest
12.A.practice B.scores C.appearances D.awards
13.A.valued B.praised C.balanced D.doubted
14.A.elegant B.humorous C.enthusiastic D.intelligent
15.A.lost B.bathed C.deep D.hidden
16.A.surroundings B.setting C.scene D.scenery
17.A.reminded B.informed C.warned D.told
18.A.comforted B.guided C.criticized D.corrected
19.A.love B.panic C.sorrow D.thought
20.A.wealth B.freedom C.change D.knowledge
High on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau lies China’s “Water tower” Sanjiangyuan.1.The three rivers: the Yellow River, the Yangtze River and Lancang River, provide water for about half the population of China. However, human activities such as overgrazing(过度放牧) are putting this ecosystem at risk.
2.. In 2016, the Chinese government established Sanjiangyuan National Park, which was a pilot(试行) program for China’s national park system.3.Due to the progress made in the region, Qinghai held the first National Park Forum on Aug 19.
Sanjiangyuan National Park is a model of eco-protection.4.For example, Herdsmen have given their grasslands to nature and resettled in urban area. As for wildlife, they are monitored by field conservation stations to keep the environment in good condition.
The idea of a national park system is still new in China, but it must be realized. As President Xi wrote in the congratulatory letter to the forum, “Building an ecological civilization bears great significance in the development and progress of human civilization.” With great efforts，people may one day be able to enjoy themselves in the vast lands of Sanjiangyuan and run freely across the plains alongside nature’s animals.5.
A.Hopefully, though, we have realized the damage.
B.It’s home to the headwater of China’s three big rivers.
C.Unfortunately, the situation has got worse and worse.
D.It attracts visitors with its fantastic nature beauty and various wildlife.
E.The park has increased the area’s green coverage and attracted more wildlife.
F.Hopefully, the success of Sanjiangyuan will mark the start of a greener future.
G.The local government has different ways of slowing environmental degradation.
In 2016, a young British father was trampled（踩踏）to death by an elephant on the island of Koh Samui in ThaiJand. The tragedy once again raised questions over whether it is ethical to use elephants as entertainment.
For many visitors, the chance to interact with elephants is at the top of their holiday wish list. There's no shortage of opportunities to do so, from taking photos of baby elephants to riding them through the jungle, to watching them dance.
But what most visitors don't realize is elephants are involved in extremely cruel methods to make them behave. They are often kept in terrible conditions. This includes being chained up when not performing, without interaction with other elephants, a poor diet, etc. They are also subjected to training practices including beatings. Away from their natural habitat and forced to repeat the same routines day in day out, which continues throughout their dramatically-shortened lives.
Unfortunately, riding elephants is still one of the most popular tourist activities in Asia. The World Animal Protection investigated 3,000 elephants at tourist sites across Southern Asia in 2017. The study found that 77% of them were living in "severely cruel" conditions. It also found that there had been a 30% rise in the number of elephants at tourism venues in Thailand since 2010.
Many parks advertise themselves as sanctuaries (庇护所)but they aren’t. Real sanctuaries will limit contact with the elephants and visitors can only observe them from a distance most of the time.
The government needs to play a much bigger role in putting an end to elephant tourism. As travelers, please avoid any place offering riding or allowing interacting sessions with elephants. When you see abuse happening, do your bit by leaving your review on review sites and social media to warn other tourists. Many parks are now becoming ride-free as a result of pressure from tourists, the industry and the media.
1.What does the underlined word “ethical” most probably mean?
A.Safe B.Welcome C.Moral D.Available
2.What’s the third paragraph mainly about?
A.The cause of elephant tourism. B.The way of interacting with elephants.
C.The opportunities tourist can get. D.The worse condition elephants are in.
3.How does the writer support the main idea in Paragraph 4?
A.By making different comparisons B.By following the order of time and places.
C.By analyzing cause and effect. D.By giving examples and listing numbers.
4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A.The media and internet worked greater.
B.Riding elephants is free with tourists’ efforts.
C.Ending elephant tourism is necessary but hard.
D.Governments and tourists solved the problem together.
