What are the British like when they learn languages?
is said that the British are the worst language learners in Europe —62 percent of them can’t speak other language except their own! 38 percent of them speak at least one foreign language, only18 percent speak two.
Learning a foreign language is not at school in Britain; children start studying a foreign language at 11 and many completely at 14. So why don’t young people
studying languages at school?
The government is now looking at different ways to language learning. One idea is to start much and introduce foreign languages when kids are five. idea is to give school children more choice—they can choose to study their favorite language.
It may be difficult to people’s attitude(态度) to learning languages but the government has decided to have a try!A. That B. It C. This
A. any B. no C. some
A. As B. When C. While
A. popular B. good C. interesting
A. wake up B. turn up C. give up
A. look for B. go on C. set up
A. stop B. improve C. find
A. younger B. sooner C. slower
A. Other B. One C. Another
A. choose B. take C. change
What do you do on the weekend ? Some people like to1 at home, but others like to go 2 a walk or play football. My friends Jack works hard in a factory during the 3 . On the weekend, he always 4 the same things. On Saturday he 5 his car and on 6 he goes with his family to a village by car. His uncle and aunt have a farm there. It isn’t a 7 one, but there’s always 8 to do on a farm. The children help with the animals and give them their 9 . Jack and his wife help in the fields . At the end of the day, they are all 10 and Jack’s aunt gives them a big meal.
A.plays B.stay C.live D.enjoys
A.to B.in C.at D.for
A.day B.time C.autumn D.weekdays
A.does B.make C.borrows D.has
A.watches B.washes C.driving D.sells
A.Monday B.Saturday C.Sunday D.Tuesday
A.big B.small C.hard D.short
A.little B.much C.fast D.far
A.clothes B.places C.food D.balls
A.clean B.late C.hungry D.friendly
There are 1 days2 a week. They are 3 , Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and 4 .Sunday is the first day 5 a week. Monday is the second day of a week. The last day of a week is Saturday. 6 China, people work 7 days a week. They go to work from Monday 8 Friday. They don’t go to work 9 Saturdays and Sundays . They stay 10 home.
A.5 B.6 C.7 D.8
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A.Monday B.Friday C.Sunday D.Tuesday
A.Monday B.Friday C.Sunday D.Tuesday
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A.Of B.In C.On D.At
A.five B.six C.seven D.eight
A.on B.to C.of D.at
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A.in B.on C.to D.at
I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 1 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 2 but a failure.”
After five years of 3 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best 4 that could have happened to me. I 5 I wanted to do something positive(积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to 6 that what people said about me was 7 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s face it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my 8 and went to college. My first novel 9 while I was at college.
After college I taught during the 10 in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 11 that job to write full time 12 I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself. —Here was a working-class boy who’d 13 school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. But what does it mean? I 14 wish all the people that have put me down had 15 “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”
A.bright B.useless C.simple D.hopeful
A.anything B.something C.everything D.nothing
A.low B.poor C.good D.useful
A.support B.happiness C.surprise D.thing
A.agreed B.decided C.planned D.told
A.me B.them C.her D.it
A.wrong B.right C.stupid D.faulty
A.experiment B.practice C.writing D.composition
A.came on B.came in C.came out D.came back
A.day B.night C.month D.year
A.giving in B.giving back C.giving out D.giving up
A.while B.if C.when D.Or
A.left B.attended C.changed D.graduated
A.just B.exactly C.so D.very
A.praised B.said C.answered D.advised
Nowadays more and more Chinese teenagers find life more difficult without their parents. They don’t know how to do 1 . Because their parents do almost everything for them at home. This is a big problem.
Joy is 14 years old. One day her parents went away 2 business, so she had to stay at home alone. At first she thought she would be happy 3 her parents were not in. She could do everything 4 she liked. But it was six o’clock in the afternoon, she felt 5 . “Oh, it’s time to have supper. Where can I get my food?” she said to herself. Later she found some food in the fridge, but she 6 know how to cook. At that moment, she missed her 7 very much. At last she could only go to the supermarket and 8 some food to eat.
Many of teenagers are 9 as Joy. So I think they should learn some basic life skills, like cooking, tidying up their rooms or dressing themselves 10 . They shouldn’t depend too much on their parents.
A.their homework B.some shopping C.business D.housework (0.65运用)
A.in B.at C.on D.with
A.so B.because C.but D.until
A.that B.who C.where D.when
A.hungry B.full C.excited D.bored
A.couldn’t B.didn’t C.might not D.wouldn’t
A.cousin B.aunt C.brother D.parents
A.made B.bought C.gave D.saw
A.the same B.difficult C.different D.warm-hearted
A.actually B.carelessly C.properly D.slowly
I have only seen my father cry once. It was at the Alton Train Station, back when the trains will ran. I was on my way to Philadelphia to 1 the train that would take me to Boston and the college. I was eager(热切的) to go. College, with its 2 and the promise of the better future had become more interesting. It 3 me to see tears in my father’s eyes as he shook my hand and said goodbye.
For eighteen years, we had never had a(n) 4 to say goodbye like this. He was taller than me, 5 I was not short. I was going somewhere, and he was seeing me off. He 6 me, but he had not needed to say before, and now his tears were 7 it.
The tears in my father’s eyes told me that we would have less and less to do with each other. I had taken my 8 from his, and now I was learning it. The train 9 and I boarded(登上) it. My father looked smaller from the train. We 10 goodbye to each other through the window. I was wearing the heavy winter coat that my father had bought for me to keep me from catching a cold in New England.
A.return B.catch C.design D.watch
A.habits B.license C.courses D.advertisements
A.shocked B.supposed C.helped D.encouraged
A.time B.luck C.chance D.interest
A.because B.though C.so D.and
A.taught B.beat C.forgot D.loved
A.saying B.knowing C.creating D.describing
A.money B.time C.present D.life
A.continued B.broke C.arrived D.left
A.reached B.waved C.talked D.cheered