Many students ask for advice about improving their English. There are three basic questions.
The first question is about real English. Li Hao from Hubei wrote, “I enjoy watching English films and listening to real English songs. But it takes a long time. What do you think?” This is a great way to learn English! Talk about the film or song with your friends, and guess the meaning of the new words. Just enjoy yourself!
The second question is about speaking. Sam, from Suzhou wrote, “Our school has a foreign teacher. But I’m shy and can’t speak to her. What should I do?” When I visit China, lots of people in the street say, “Hello! How are you? Where are you from? Do you like China?” These are good questions to start a conversation. Many people are shy when they speak English, so before you begin, take a deep breath and smile! Smiling always helps.
The third question is about vocabulary. Oliver, from Anhui wrote, “I want to remember all the new words. I wrote them down, but I forget them quickly. What should I do?” Try to remember eight or nine words a day. Write them on pieces of paper and place them in your bedroom. Say the words when you see them, and change them every day. And when you’re shopping, how about counting the English words, or saying the English names for everything you see?How many basic questions do the students often ask?
| A．Two. | B．Three. |
| C．Four. | D．Five. |
What is Oliver’s problem?
| A．He’s too shy to talk with others. |
| B．He’s not able to count English words. |
| C．He can’t remember new words. |
| D．He doesn’t know what real English is. |
What’s the best title of this passage?
| A．How to learn English |
| B．Talking about English films |
| C．Advice about English writing |
| D．The way of beginning an English conversation |
选择 阅读下列材料，从A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。
Peter King, 15, Mary King, 13, went to see a doctor. Peter had a cold, so the doctor gave him some pills to take. Mary had a cough, so the doctor gave her some cough medicine. These are the words on the bottle of the medicine:
Charlie Chaplin
Birth place:London
Mother:Dancer Father:Actor
1894:Started dancing and singing
1914:Became a film director
1914—1966:Made many funny moviesMary should take ________in a day.
A. 2 teaspoonfuls
B. 3 teaspoonfuls
C. 1 teaspoonfulThe medicine should be kept in ________.
A. a refrigerator(冰箱)
B. hot water
C. any placePeople aged______ cannot take this medicine.
A. 5 B. 13C. 2What kind of movies did Charlie Chaplin make?
A. Thrillers. B．Action movies. C. Comedies.Where was Charlie Chaplin born?
A. America.B. England.C. Canada.
判断阅读下面的材料，判断下列句子是否符合短文内容。符合内容的写（T），不符合的写（F）。（T="True," F= False）
Different people have different skin（皮肤）. Some have black skin. Some have yellow skin, and some have white skin. There was a woman in Alaska. Her skin was orange. It was almost the color of orange juice.
How did her skin become orange? She ate lots of tomatoes, carrots, and squashes (南瓜). She ate too many orange things. That’s why her skin turned orange.
The woman didn’t want her skin to be orange, so she went to see the doctor. The doctor said. “Stop eating orange things. Eat some green things.” The woman did so, and her skin wasn’t orange any more.The woman in this story had orange eyes and hair.
The woman’s skin was orange because she ate orange food.
This story is mainly about a woman in Alaska.
The woman saw a doctor because she didn’t like the color of her skin.
The doctor told her not to buy any green vegetables.
阅读短文，选出最佳答案
1970 was World Conservation（保护）Year. The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world was in danger. They hoped something could be done.
Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were 1,300 kinds of plants, trees and flowers in Holland（荷兰）,but now only 866 are left. The others have been destroyed（毁灭）by modern people and their science. We are polluting earth, air, water and everything around us. We can’t live without these things. If things go on like this, we shall destroy ourselves.
What will happen in the future? Perhaps it’s more important to ask “What must we do?” More and more young people have known this. Many of them are helping to save our earth. For example, they plant trees. In a small town in the United States, a large group of girls cleaned the banks of 11 kilometers of their river. Young people may hear about conversation through a song called “No one’s going to change our world”. It was made by Cliff Gichard and other singers. The money from it will help to conserve tigers, elephants and pandas on the earth.The United Nations hoped something could be done .
| A．to conserve the world | B．to change the world |
| C．to develop the world | D．to destroy the world |
Why aren’t there so many plants, trees and flowers in Holland now? Because .
| A．people there didn’t need so many plants, trees and flowers. |
| B．people there want to destroy themselves |
| C．little conservation has been done there |
| D．people need more land to live on |
How many kinds of plants, trees and flowers have been destroyed in Holland?
| A．1300 | B．988 | C．3166 | D．434 |
We shall destroy ourselves if we go on .
| A．Planting trees and flowers |
| B．polluting earth, air and water around us |
| C．saving the world |
| D．helping to conserve tigers, elephants and pandas |
What must we do now according to the passage?
| A．Save the world | B．Clean the banks of river |
| C．Sing songs | D．Get money |
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child, and some children—like boys and girls who live abroad(国外）with their parents—seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. In school it is not easy to learn a second language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.
Our mind is rather like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see but of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much to do before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends. In the same way, there is much work to be done before we can keep a picture forever in our mind. Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.We usually begin to learn our own language by_______ it.
| A．speaking | B．hearing | C．saying | D．teaching |
If you have a good_______, you’ll have less difficulty in learning something.
| A．teacher | B．camera | C．memory | D．family |
The children who live abroad with their parents can learn two languages more easily, because_______.
| A．they are very clever |
| B．they have good teachers |
| C．they have more chances to use these languages. |
| D．they have a better life |
____ can take photos of what can be seen, felt, heard, smelt and tasted.
A camera B. Memory C.A diary D. A man's mindMemory is______ that we keep in our mind and carry about.
| A．the best diary | B．the best camera |
| C．a great help | D．a beautiful picture |
阅读下面这篇短文，读完后判断正(T) 误 (F)。
Michael Jordan is the best basketball player in the world. He was born in New York, 1963. There are 5 children in his family. He is the fourth one. When he was a child, he was small but quick. So he played basketball very well.
When he was a high school student, he was the star of each game and he could score 40 points in a game. In 1984, he played in the US men’s Olympic Basketball Team. And later he played for the Chicago Bulls.Michael Jordan is a football player.
Michael Jordan comes from America.
Michael Jordan can play basketball very well when he was a child.
Michael Jordan was strong when he was a child.
Michael Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls first, then for the US men’s Olympic Basketball Team.