Grammar is the way a language works. People sometimes describe grammar as the “rules” of a language; but in fact no natural languages have rules. If we use the word “rules”, we believe that some people have made the rules first and now people speak the language, like a new game. But languages did not start like that. Languages were started by people making sounds which gradually(渐渐地) changed into words, phrases, and sentences. No commonly-spoken language is fixed. All languages change over time. What we call grammar is simply a description(描述) of a language at a particular time.
Do we need to study grammar to learn a language? The answer is “No”. Many people in the world speak their mother language without having studied its grammar. Children start to speak before they even know the word “grammar”. But if you are serious about learning a foreign language, the long answer is “Yes, grammar can help you to learn a language more quickly.” It’s important to think of grammar as something that can help you, like a friend. When you understand the grammar of a language, you can understand many things yourself, without having to ask a teacher or look in a book.
So think of grammar as something good, something helpful, something that you can use to find your way like a signpost(路标) or a map.
The writer of this passage believes that if grammar is described as “rules”, it would mean that _______.
A.language is not a new game |
B.language goes before grammar |
C.rules are fixed by language |
D.rules must be made to speak the language |
In the first paragraph, we can see that ________.
A.grammar should be changed at a particular time |
B.grammar must be simple to describe a language |
C.languages were formed by people now and then |
D.language is changing, and its grammar is changing too |
The writer thinks that grammar helps when ________.
A.we learn a foreign language |
B.we ask someone to make rules |
C.we speak our native language |
D.we look up something in a book |
Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?
A.Grammar Is the Rules of a Language |
B.The Change of Language |
C.Grammar Is Your Friend |
D.How to Study Grammar |
Dear Jane,
I have to(必须) go to work (工作) now. I prepare(准备) these things for you. Your schoolbag is on the desk. Your pen, books, keys and your school card are in your schoolbag. Your clothes and hat are on the sofa. The shoes are under your bed. Don't forget your breakfast(早餐).It's in the microwave oven(微波炉).
Momleaves(留下) the note(便条).
A.Jane. | B.Jane's father |
C.Jane's mother | D.Jane's friend |
What's in the schoolbag?
a. the pen b. the shoes
c. the keys d. the school card e. the hat
A.b c d | B.a b d |
C.a b e | D.a c d |
The shoes are.
A.on the bed | B.on the dresser |
C.under the bed | D.on the sofa |
The schoolbag is.
A.on the desk | B.on the bed |
C.under the desk | D.in the microwave oven |
The underlined(划线的)“forget" means(意思是)“”.
A.拿走 | B.忘记 | C.带来 | D.记得 |
My name is Kitty. I have a very big and nice room and I have a great school things collection. My brother’s room is near my room. He is Mike. And he has a big sports collection. I have twenty erasers, ten pencils, nine rulers and eight pens in my schoolbag. My brother has two baseballs, four soccer balls and five basketballs under his bed.Does Kitty have a brother?
A.No. she doesn’t | B.Yes, she does. |
C.Yes. she has. | D.No, she hasn’t. |
Does Mike have a great sports collection?
A.Yes, he does. | B.No, he doesn't. |
C.We don't know. | D.No, I don't. |
How many(多少)erasers does Kitty have?
A.10 | B.20 | C.9 | D.8 |
How many balls does Mike have?
A.4 | B.5 | C.11 | D.10 |
Where is Mike's sports collection?
A.Under his bed. | B.Under Kitty's bed. |
C.In his schoolbag. | D.In Kitty’s schoolbag. |
任务型阅读。
A lift is very useful. It looks like a small room. It goes up and down all day. Sometimes a worker stands in the lift. He or she operates(操作) it up and down. In modern lifts there's no worker. People walk in. They know what floor they want to go. They push a button(按钮)and the lift goes to that floor. It's very fast and easy.
Lifts are very important to us. Why? Think about a tall building. Maybe it has twenty floors. Maybe it has fifty or more. Who can walk up all the stairs (楼梯 )?Maybe people can climb them once. Can someone climb thirty floors to an office every day? Can small children walk up to their rooms on the twenty-four floor? Can their mothers or fathers carry food up to all those stairs? Of course not. We can have very high buildings because we have lifts. We could not have all the beautiful tall buildings without lifts. Because it is too tired for people to climb the stairs every day.
根据短文的意思回答问题或完成句子。 What does a worker do when he or she stand in the lift?
____________Can small children walk up to their room on the twenty-four floor?
____________Why do we have many high buildings?
____________
Mr. Smith works in an office. He’s very busy and has no time to have a good rest. Every evening, when he comes back from his office, he’s always tired and wants to go to bed early. But his wife often has a lot of interesting things to tell him after supper. She doesn’t stop talking until she falls asleep.
One day Mr. Smith felt terrible and couldn’t go to work. He decided to go to see a doctor. And Mrs. Smith went to the hospital with him. Before her husband said what was the matter with him, she had told the doctor all and the doctor understood why. He wrote out a prescription (药方). And when Mrs. Smith brought the medicine to the resulting room (门诊室), The doctor said to her, “The bottle of medicine is for your husband and the pills are for you.”
“For me?” Mrs. Smith said in surprise. “I’m fine. I don’t need any medicine!”
“I don’t think so, madam,” said the doctor. “They are sleeping pills. Your husband will soon be all right if you take them.”Mr. Smith is ____________.
A.too busy to have a good rest |
B.too busy to have a good time |
C.busy enough to have a good rest |
D.too busy to enjoy himself |
“His wife doesn’t stop talking until she falls asleep” means “____________”.
A.She doesn’t stop talking when she falls asleep |
B.She doesn’t stop talking after she falls asleep |
C.She keeps talking until she falls asleep |
D.She stops talking before she falls asleep |
Why does Mr. Smith have to get up when his wife is asleep in the morning?
A.Because he can’t fall asleep. |
B.Because he has to go to work. |
C.Because he doesn’t want to sleep. |
D.Because he has to see a doctor. |
The doctor meant that her husband would be all right if _______________.
A.her husband took the pills. |
B.she took the bottle of medicine |
C.she and her husband took the bottle of medicine |
D.she stops talking too much at night |
Channel 1(一频道) |
Channel 2 |
18:00 Around China |
17:45 Computers today |
18:30 Children’s programmer |
18:10 Foreign arts |
19:00 News |
18:30 Modern English |
19:30 Weather report |
19:00 Animal world |
19:40 Around the world |
19:25 In Asia |
20:10 TV play: Sisters |
20:20 Sports |
21:00 English for today |
21:00 Sports player: Yao Ming |
21:15 Pop music |
21:45 English news |
21:55 Talk show |
22:05 On TV next week |
You’ll know something about _____ at 19:00 on Channel 2.
A.animals | B.news |
C.foreign arts | D.Asia |
If you want to watch NBA, the best programmer for you would be ______.
A.Sports | B.Around the world |
C.Foreign arts | D.English news |
“Modern English” is a programmer that ______.
A.teaches you English |
B.tells you something about English classroom |
C.lets you know English news |
D.makes foreign friends |