Is learning a foreign language ever easy? Yes. If you are five and move to another country, you will quickly pick up the language. But what about for the rest of us who are no longer five, and need to be polite when traveling for business or for pleasure? I think that answer is also yes. Language learning can be easy if you don’t want or need to learn too much.
The key to successful language learning in my mind is not to set the goal too high. It is rather like running. Even if you run twice a week, you don’t necessarily want to be able to run a marathon (马拉松). You might just want to keep a level of fitness. I think the same can be true for language learning.
Let’s get back to the goal. If you decide to learn ten words in a foreign language before visiting the country, you know that you will be sure to do this. However, if you decide to talk to people with great fluency (流利), unless you are quite a talented person, you will probably fail and give up in half-way.
It is also far easier to start learning a foreign language than to finish. In other words, the better you are, the slower it can be to improve, because you will not be able to move further because of grammar, making sentences, learning less common words, etc. If you are only trying to learn a few foreign words and sentences, you will enjoy faster progress, have more fun, and won’t have to spend too much time.
The idea of learning only a few hundred words in a language, and then stopping, isn’t the usual way to language learning, but it can be a very meaningful and enjoyable activity.In the writer’s opinion, it is easy for adults to learn English if _______.
| A．they are especially talented people |
| B．they don’t want or need to learn too much |
| C．they have to spend a lot of time on it |
| D．they have a chance to go abroad |
The writer believes that if you want to be good at a foreign language, you will probably _______.
| A．forget your own goal |
| B．become a talented language learner |
| C．get tired of learning it |
| D．reach your learning goal |
The best title of this passage would be _______.
| A．Easy Language Learning |
| B．Hard Language Learning |
| C．Fluency in a Foreign Language |
| D．A way of Language Learning |
Old George selected his food in the supermarket more carefully than NASA chose its astronauts. When he left the cashier, he was pleased to think that he had saved 80 cents today.
At the exit, the cold wind made him think of his gloves. He looked for them in his coat and pants but could not find them anywhere. He had bought the black gloves at a good price, for just $35, years ago. They were soft and very comfortable. He had taken great care looking after them, so they were in good condition.
George, calm on the outside but mad on the inside, re-entered the store. He followed the same route he had walked before. Several minutes of searching turned out to be in vain (徒劳). His black gloves were gone. “People have changed,” he said to himself. “Years ago, if somebody picked up something lost, they would give it back. Not any more!”
He stared at anybody wearing black gloves to see if they looked like his. On his way to the dairy section, he noticed a lady wearing a pair of black gloves. He sped up and in three seconds was in front of her. But when the surprised woman looked over, his eyes dropped, for her gloves were just far too small to be his. He went over to the cashier to ask if she had received any lost gloves, but she said no. He finally walked out into the street.
A few days later, poor George decided to buy another leather pair. Before getting on the subway, he stepped into the supermarket again to see if by any chance his gloves had been returned to the lost and found office. “What color are they?” the woman in the office asked. “Black,” he gave the same answer. She looked into her drawer and drew out a pair of men’s leather gloves. “Are they?”
“Yes! Those are mine,” George exclaimed, his eyes full of joy.The author tells us that ________ in the first paragraph.
| A．George was very poor |
| B．George was very strange |
| C．every cent was important to George |
| D．George was careless in shopping |
The underlined phrase “in good condition” in Paragraph 2 probably means “________”.
| A．excellent without damage | B．healthy |
| C．attractive | D．good-looking |
George searched for his gloves in a mad way because ________.
| A．they were a precious gift given by his friends |
| B．they were bought at a high price in a big store |
| C．he could not find other gloves as good as this pair |
| D．he would rather not spend money on another pair |
When George realized he had probably lost his gloves, he ________.
| A．thought someone had found his gloves and kept them |
| B．was calm and confident that he could get his gloves back |
| C．thought that there were more thieves nowadays than before |
| D．looked for his gloves everywhere including in the lost and found office |
How do you think George felt when he finally left the supermarket without finding his gloves?
| A．silly | B．disappointed |
| C．horrible | D．tired |
When George entered the supermarket again a few days later, he ________.
| A．decided to buy a better pair | B．wanted to try his luck |
| C．held no hope at all | D．felt very hopeful |
A man was sitting in the doctor’s office. He was telling the doctor about his problem. “I like football, doctor,” he said. “Please help me. My life has been a good one since I became interested in football and it is getting worse and worse. I can’t even sleep well at night. When I close my eyes, I feel as if (好像) I’m
there in the football field running after a flying ball. When I wake up, I’m more tired than I was when I went to bed. What am I going to do?
The doctor sat back and said, “First of all, you have to do your best not to dream about football. Before you are falling , try to think about something else. Try to think you are at a party and someone is going to give you several million dollars.”
“Oh!” the man shouted. “If so, I’ll be excited and I can’t close my eyes even for a short time.”
Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次)(共8分)
Maybe everyone has trouble in learning new words. It is not easy to remember and use them. The following suggestions will help you a lot.
It can be a good idea to divide the new words into groups according to the meanings. Thinking about the connections(联系) between words may help you to remember them. The more you practice, the better you will use them. You can also write a list of some new words. Express your ideas with them and discuss the of these words as much as possible. However, there is one more thing you should pay attention to. Don’t try to learn
many words at one time. Choose several important ones to you. Repeat their pronunciations, spellings as well as their meanings in your mind. Learn
every day and you will learn a lot in a few years. It is the skills that can make you learn new words easily. It is the skills that can help you know more words quickly.
阅读下面的短文，并完成短文后的任务。
Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don’t agree with them.
Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources (资源), we are short of others, for example, fresh water. It is reported that we will have no coal（煤） or oil to use in 100 years. So if we go on wasting our resources, what can we use in the future and where can we move? Think about it. (83) I think we should say no to the students who waste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible.
In our everyday life, we can do many things to prevent (阻止) waste from happening, for example, turn off the water taps when we finish washing, turn off the lights when we leave the classroom, try not to order more food than we need, and so on. Little by little, everything will be changed. (84) Waste can be stopped one day, if we do our best.
任务1：根据要求答题。(请注意问题后的词数要求) 提示： within 在…以内 waste浪费List the wastes mentioned in the first passage: (within 15 words 15个词以内)
_________________________________________________________________What problems can waste bring? (within 20 words)
(1) ______________________________________________________________
(2) ______________________________________________________________
任务2：将短文中划线的句子翻译成汉语。______________________________________________________________
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任务3：请给短文拟一个适当的标题：(within 5 words)______________________________________________________________
阅读短文，用所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词
I am John．I am l7 years old，and I live in England．My father works in a horse-riding school．I have been riding since I________ （be）six．I go horse-riding every Saturday．Now, I can ride quite well．I often
________ （spend）all Saturdays at the riding school．I help to get the horses ready．I also help the new students．
Look，there are some people_____ （train）horse-riding．The girl named Xinyi
_____ （walk）the horse around（遛马）and getting ready to get onto the horse．She is from China．She looks beautiful．She
_____ （study）here three times．Last time，I helped her move up and down at the same time as the horse．While we were learning how to jump the horse，suddenly she fell off the horse and
_____（hurt）her knees badly．I felt sorry that I
_____（not help）her at that time．I thought she wouldn’t come this Saturday．To my surprise，she came again! What a brave girl! Last month，she
____（invite）to come to England for a fashion show．She said she was glad to have the chance to come here and she enjoyed herself．
Oh，Xinyi is riding towards me．
“Hi，Xinyi! You’re great! I have never seen such a brave girl like you．”
‘Thanks．John! I am leaving for Beijing tomorrow．Thanks for helping me these days．I will never forget the exciting experience．I________（share）it with my friends．”
“I hope_____ （meet）you soon．”