I truly hope that at the end of this short essay(短文) you will know how to learn English.
I was born in Somalia, and Italian is my mother tongue. 31 enough, soon after I arrived in London when I was 17, I was admitted to a sixth-form college. I found caring (体贴的) teachers there, who 32 taught me English. This, I think, was a(n) 33 factor(因素) that encouraged me to learn the language. The most important thing, 34, is to work hard. So those of you who don’t have such good teachers should not 35. When I was in London, I 36 myself to English learning as I 37 to go to university very much. Mastering the language was the only 38 to achieve my goal.
Now I have 39 my master’s degree from Oxford University. Looking back, I 40 I was quite innocent (天真的),for I never imagined learning English was going to be so much 41. The more fluent I become, the 42 the language became. One can master it only 43 years of tireless efforts(努力).
Some basic 44 which I would give to people who are interested in learning the language are:
1. Buy a good dictionary. 45 English learners use their dictionaries all the time.
2.46 English newspapers. Don’t forget to 47 the new words in your dictionary.
3. Listen to the radio 48 watching TV as listening to the radio helps you more.
4. Talk, talk and talk to 49 at anytime and anywhere.
And even though at times it may be embarrassing(尴尬的) to make 50，you will finally correct them and remember them. Soon you will start to become fluent.
A．Luckily B．Strangely C．Badly D．Honestly
A．excitedly B．unhappily C．patiently D．hurriedly
A．old B．important C．new D．wise
A．for example B．however C．therefore D．what’s more
A．fall behind B．show up C．go away D．lose heart
A．devoted B．introduced C．compared D．limited
A．refused B．pretended C．wanted D．entertained
A．reason B．problem C．advice D．way
A．missed B．completed C．shown D．learned
A．realize B．hope C．doubt D．lie
A．fear B．fun C．money D．work
A．smaller B．stranger C．harder D．nicer
A．before B．beside C．through D．without
A．tips B．aims C．things D．choices
A．Careless B．Funny C．Busy D．Successful
A．Remember B．Read C．Sell D．Create
A．replace B．combine C．look D．check
A．such as B．because of C．instead of D．as a result of
A．anyone B．nobody C．something D．anything
A．troubles B．mistakes C．jokes D．friends
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I will never forget the night in 1946 when disaster and difficulty visited our home.
My brother, George, came home from football practice and fell ______ with temperature of 40C. After an ______, the doctor informed us that it was polio. Polio was well known in Webster Groves, Missouri, having killed and ______ many children there.
The doctor felt duty-bound(义不容辞的）to inform George of the ______ truth. “I hate to tell you this, son” he said, “but the polio is so bad that you will probably never ______ again without a limp(跛行), and your left arm will be useless.”
George had always ______ himself as a championship wrestler in his senior year after just missing it as a junior. ______ able to speak, George whispered: “Doctor...”
“Yes,” said the doctor ______the bed. “What is it, my boy?”
“Go to hell(见鬼去吧),” said George in a voice filled with ______.
The doctor seemed shocked, but you see, Mom and Dad ______ us that just like you would never like someone else come into your house with an axe and break up your furniture, you should never let a ______ thought come into your mind and break up your dreams.
The next day, the nurse walked into George’s room to find him lying flat on his _____ on the floor.
“What’s going on in here?” asked the ______ nurse.
“I’m walking.” George ______ replied.
Sometimes it would take George 20 minutes just to get out of the chair, but he ______ any offers of help. I remember seeing him lift a tennis ball with as much ______ as a healthy man would need to lift a 100-pound barbell.
I also remember seeing him, six months later, step out on the mat as captain of the ______ team. George’s return from the horrible effects of polio was written about in ______ all over the state of Missouri. No one had ever been known to ______ so quickly or so completely from this disease. He had been through hell and he came out of it with a ______ as strong as steel.
A．ill B．asleep C．senseless D．silent
A．assessment B．analysis C．examination D．investigation
A．seized B．disabled C．injured D．discouraged
A．terrible B．simple C．unpleasant D．scientific
A．stand B．wrestle C．practice D．walk
A．dressed B．defended C．pictured D．awarded
A．Barely B．Well C．Finally D．Not
A．making up B．staring at C．turning to D．leaning over
A．anxiety B．determination C．admiration D．pride
A．comforted B．warned C．taught D．reminded
A．positive B．pleasant C．damaging D．disturbing
A．face B．head C．side D．knees
A．curious B．shocked C．amused D．sensitive
A．briefly B．firmly C．gently D．calmly
A．considered B．accepted C．refused D．missed
A．effort B．enthusiasm C．time D．energy
A．football B．wrestling C．weightlifting D．tennis
A．essays B．books C．magazines D．newspapers
A．flee B．arise C．recover D．survive
A．feeling B．desire C．body D．soul
I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight（货物）yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can still the brightness of sunshine. It would be to see again, but a can do strange things to people. I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the of them made me more what I had.
Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustmentsto reality. The more quickly a person is able to make these adjustments, the more his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never . I was totally confused and afraid. But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in me—the to live—which I didn’t see, and they made me want to against blindness.
The hardest I had to learn was to believe in myself. I am not talking about simply the kind of that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: the confidence that I am, despite being imperfect, a real, person; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
It took me years to discover and this confidence. It had to start with the simplest things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was making fun of me and I was hurt. “I can’t use this.” I said. “Take it with you,” he me, “and roll it around.” The words in my head. “Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought : playing baseball. At Philadelphia’s Overbrook School for the Blind I a successful variation of baseball and I called it ground ball.
All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to be clear about my . It was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.
A．remember B．affect C．measure D．bring
A．possible B．wonderful C．hopeful D．reasonable
A．question B．mistake C．disaster D．situation
A．importance B．value C．loss D．attention
A．record B．expect C．offer D．appreciate
A．natural B．modern C．meaningful D．challenging
A．necessary B．easy C．difficult D．practical
A．right B．plan C．place D．potential
A．guard B．hit C．argue D．fight
A．game B．skill C．lesson D．knowledge
A．self-control B．self-confidence C．self-defense D．self-improvement
A．modest B．energetic C．generous D．positive
A．strengthen B．express C．share D．destroy
A．urged B．blamed C．respected D．admired
A．held B．stuck C．bothered D．knocked
A．important B．specific C．common D．impossible
A．invented B．confirmed C．checked D．noticed
A．interest B．limitation C．experience D．responsibility
A．once B．unless C．because D．though
A．fail B．try C．act D．continue
I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d ?” Just when I started to that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn’t . Somebody had thought of me to bring me a gift.
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my Christmas t
here special and memorable, I remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of for as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I a plan 
and gathered forty people from my company to
help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they 
were . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I them that they couldn’t open their presents every child had 
come forward. Finally the they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your present
s!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles up the room. The in the room was obvious, and wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling – the feeling I knew that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.
A．sending B．making C．receiving D．exchanging
A．got B．prepared C．found D．expected
A．doubt B．hope C．accept D．suggest
A．broke in B．turned up C．settled down D．showed off
A．achievement B．loss C．relief D．justice
A．blamed B．forgotten C．loved
A．enough B．little C．poorly D．highly
A．present B．recent C．first D．previous
A．hardly B．occasionally C．regularly D．instantly
A．importance B．independence C．strength D．safety
A．kept up with B．came up with C．caught up with D．put up with
A．none B．few C．each D．some
A．fine B．normal C．helpful D．special
A．convinced B．guaranteed C．reminded D．promised
A．until B．after C．when D．since
A．chance B．gift C．reward D．moment
A．took B．lit C．burned D．cheered
A．atmosphere B．sympathy C．joy D．calmness
A．such B．it C．something D．everybody
A．from B．till C．for D．by
A businesswoman got into a taxi in midtown. As it was the rush hour and she was in a to catch a train, she a quick way to reach it. “ I have been a taxi driver for 15 years ! ” the driver said . “ You don’t think I know the best way to go?”
The woman tried to explain that she hadn’t to annoy him, but the driver kept . She finally realized that he was too annoyed to be , so she changed her .“ You know, you are right,” she told him. “ It must seem for me not to think you know the best way the city.”
, the driver glanced at his in the rearview mirror, turned down the street she wanted and got her to the train on time. “ He didn’t say another word the rest of the ride,” she said, “ I got out and paid him. Then he thanked me.”
When you find yourself with people like the taxi driver, you will always try to your idea. It can lead to longer arguments, lose job chances or marriage. I have discovered one simple extremely unlikely method that can prevent the disagreement or other difficult situations from in a disaster.
The is to put yourself in the other person’s shoes and look for the in what that person is saying. Find a way to , and the result may surprise you.
A．hurry B．rush C．moment D．way
A．chose B．made C．found D．suggested
A．jokingly B．angrily C．anxiously D．curiously
A．supposed B．expected C．meant D．decided
A．apologizing B．driving C．asking D．shouting
A．reasonable B．thoughtful C．normal D．practical
A．road B．mind C．direction D．manner
A．strange B．wrong C．terrible D．stupid
A．across B．in C．through D．along
A．Surprised B．Worried C．Annoyed D．Disappointed
A．rider B．speaker C．helper D．comer
A．until B．after C．because D．since
A．satisfied B．concerned C．crowded D．faced
A．give up B．turn down C．stick to D．point to
A．combine B．destroy C．suffer D．divide
A．and B．that C．but D．though
A．lying B．resulting C．setting D．leading
A．problem B．importance C．key D．reply
A．fact B．meaning C．expression D．truth
A．agree B．argue C．explain D．escape
Dear Kate,
It is very that you are coming to our school so soon. Before you arrive, let me introduce you what our school life is like .
Our school is quite famous for its long history. It was founded in the early 1920s. It is a good place we can prepare ourselves well for the future. We have many wonderful teachers who are always ready to help. we pay a lot of attention to how well we do in lessons, achieving high scores is not the only reason to study. The teachers encourage us to try out new ideas and ask questions. With their help we have developed all kinds of interests in both Arts and Science. Students can choose to any school clubs they are in. We can also choose the subjects that we want to study. Last term I selected American Literature, because I wanted to learn about famous American writers. This term I chose to attend music classes because my father bought me a piano a birthday present.
By the way, I was elected of my class. it can be very tiring to be a monitor, for I have to do a lot of work and attend many meetings. However , being a monitor has taught me a lot, such as caring for others and taking responsibilities（负责任）and so on. When my class was given the title（称号） of “Model Class”, I was prouder than ever before. So being a monitor an important part in my school life. I’m very pleased with my work.
I love my school and hope that your will have a pleasant experience here too. I am looking forward to you soon.
A．excited B．exciting C．excite D．excitement
A．to B．for C．with D．in
A．when B．where C．that D．which
A．gives B．offer C．donates D．ask
A．But B．Because C．Though D．So
A．attend B．join C．join in D．take part in
A．interest B．interesting C．interested D．interests
A．for B．as C．by D．with
A．the monitor B．a monitor C．monitor D．monitors
A．sometime B．sometimes C．some time D．some times
A．play B．takes C．makes D．plays
A．meet B．meeting C．meets D．meets