When you are learning English, you find it not clever to put an English sentence, word for word, into your own language. Take the sentence “How do you do？”as an example. If you look up each word in the dictionary, one at a time, what is your translation? It must be a wrong sentence in your own language.
Languages do not just have different sounds; they are different in many ways. It’s important to master（掌握）the rules for word order in the study of English, too. If the speaker puts words in a wrong order, the listener can’t understand the speaker’s sentence easily. Sometimes when the order of words in an English sentence is changed, the meaning of the sentence changes. But sometimes the order is changed, the meaning of the sentence doesn’t change. Let’s see the difference between the two pairs of sentences.
“She only likes apples.”
“Only she likes apples.”
“I have seen the film already.”
“I already have seen the film.”
When you are learning English, you must do your best to get the spirit of the language and use it as the English speaker does.From the passage we know that____ when we are learning English.
| A．we shouldn’t put every word into our own language. |
| B．we should look up every word in the dictionary. |
| C．we need to put every word into our own language. |
| D．we must read word for word. |
The writer thinks it is_____ in learning English.
| A．difficult to understand different sounds |
| B．possible to remember the word order rules |
| C．important to master the rules in different ways |
| D．easy to master the rules for word order |
We can learn from the passage that______.
| A．the meaning of an English sentence always changes with the order of the words |
| B．the order of words can never change the meaning of an English sentence |
| C．sometimes different order of words has a different meaning |
| D．if the order of words is different, the meaning of the sentence must be different |
“She only likes apples.”_______
| A．is the same as “Only she likes apples.” |
| B．is different from “Only she likes apples.” |
| C．means “She likes fruit except apples.” |
| D．means “She doesn’t like apples.” |
Which is the best title for this passage?
| A．Different Orders, Different Meanings |
| B．How to Speak English |
| C．How to Put English into Our Own Language |
| D．How to Learn English |
An Dun is a daily newspaper reporter in Beijing. And she has a great “Chinese dream”.
Everything about Cao Yulan’s life changed when her mother died during a heavy storm. “I felt like I’d grown up overnight,” she told author An Dun. At the age of 16, Cao left for Beijing. She has worked as a tea salesgirl and a babysitter, among other odd job, over the past 11 years. Her last job before giving birth to her daughter was managing a breakfast stand. What she wanted was to help her little brother and sister grow up to live a better life.
Cao is one of the main characters in An Dun5 s latest book. An Dun shared Cao’s story with the readers at the book launch in late June. The book, written in both Chinese and English, Is the third volume (卷) of The Chinese Dream series. The project will tell the true stories of 100 Chinese people from all kinds of life in 10 volumes, with An as the interviewer.
An Dun enjoys talking to people and she keeps on writing the true stories of “small potatoes”. Her first volumes of The Chinese Dream series have：already been published. Now An is working on the series’ fourth volume.The underlined work “odd” may mean in Chinese.
| A．固定的 | B．奇怪的 | C．临时的 | D．优惠的 |
Which of the following is true?
| A．The death of Cao’s mother influenced Cao a lot. |
| B．Cao’s sister lives in the poor countryside now. |
| C．The Chinese Dream series will be written in English. |
| D．An dislkes to be a reporter and interview people. |
An’s book will be written in languages.
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
In which column （专栏）can An Dun’s The Chinese Dream be found?
| A．Business. | B．Arts. |
| C．Society. | D．Movies. |
FUN TIME
Are you tired of the puzzles you usually do? Sudoku is a new choice. Sudoku consists of (由…组成)the Japanese characters Su ( meaning“number”）and Doku ( meaning“single”）, but it was not invented in Japan. It was created by Howard Games in 1979. The puzzle was first introduced into Japan by Nikoli Puzzle Company in 1984. In 1986, Kaji Maki, the president of Nikoli made the rules strict and clear. Soon in the same year Sudoku became popular in Japan. In November 2004，The Times' a British newspaper, first printed it in the newspaper. It became an international hit in 2005. Now Sudoku becomes very popular all over the world. The rule of the puzzle is to fill in the grids (格子）so that every row, every 3×3 box has the numbers 1 to 9. Here is a Sudoku. Please relax and enjoy. It’s fun.
Who created Sudoku?
| A．Howard Games. | B．Sudoku. |
| C．Kaji Maki. | D．Nikoli. |
Which is true about Kaji Maki according to the reading material?
| A．He was the boss of Nissan Company. |
| B．He helped to make Sudoku popular in Japan. |
| C．He was the president of The Times. |
| D．He is an American. |
What should “Z" be in the puzzle?
| A．8. | B．5. | C．2. | D．4 |
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“USA? Britain? Which country is better to study in?” We often hear such discussions. As China opens its door, it is a dream for many Chinese students to study abroad. They want to learn about the outside world.
It’s true that studying abroad can help students develop themselves. Their foreign language skills will be improved and it may be easier to find jobs.
But there are disadvantages（劣势）that should be considered（考虑）. Language is the first. Students must spend a lot of time learning another language.
Students must also learn to live without parents’ care and deal with all kinds of things they haven’t had to do before, like looking after themselves. There are reports about Chinese students abroad running into an ocean of difficulties and giving up finally. When they have to take care of themselves, it is hard for students to study well.
Finally, studying abroad brings a heavy burden（负担）to the family. For most Chinese parents, the cost of studying abroad is very high. But is it worth it?
We know that there are many famous people who have achieved success through their hard work in China. Liu Xiang is a good example. Once an American teacher invited him there, but he refused. He kept training hard with his Chinese teacher. He surprised the world when he won a gold medal at the Athens Olympic Games. So when you wonder which country is better to study in, think again.
| Title: Studying at home or abroad |
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| Phenomenon（现象） |
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| Advantages （优势） |
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| ◆It helps to |
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| ◆It enables（使能够） Chinese students to find jobs more |
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| ◆It’s hard for Chinese students to get used to the life abroad |
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| ◆Parents may be under pressure（压力）because the cost of studying abroad is very |
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| Purpose: To tell us studying abroad is not the only way to be successful by describing Liu Xiang’s example. |
Everyone has got two personalities — the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don’t show your secret personality when you’re awake because you can control yourself, but when you’re asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, you often change your sleeping positions. The important position that best shows your secret personality is the one that you go to sleep.
If you go to sleep on your back, you’re a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by new ideas. You don’t like to make people unhappy, so you never express your real feelings. You’re quite shy and you aren’t very confident.
If you sleep on your stomach, you are a person who likes to keep secrets. You worry a lot and you’re always easily becoming sad. You never want to change your ideas, but you are satisfied with your life the way it is. You usually live for today not for tomorrow.
If you sleep on curled up (蜷缩), you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and often protect yourself from being hurt, so you are very defensive. You’re shy and you don’t usually like meeting people. You like to be on your own.
If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your strengths and weaknesses. You’re usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel worried, but you don’t often get unhappy. You always say what you think, even if it makes people angry.You may find the passage in________.
| A．a story book | B．a guide book |
| C．a sports newspaper | D．a science magazine |
Tina hardly tells her secrets to her friends. She probably goes to sleep ________.
| A．on curled up | B．on her stomach |
| C．on her back | D．on her side |
According to the writer，you naturally show your secret and real personality ________.
| A．only in a normal night |
| B．only when you go to sleep |
| C．only when you refuse to show yourself to the world |
| D． only when you change sleeping position |
What does the passage tell us?
| A．Sleeping positions show people’s secret personalities. |
| B．Changing positions will cause sleeping problems. |
| C．Sleeping on your side is the best way of sleeping. |
| D．Enough sleep makes people look better and healthier. |
Do you know why different animals or pests（害虫）have their special colours? Colours in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts, but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colours together with the change of the colours of crops. When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown colour as crops have. Some other pests with different colours from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life, you’ll find the main use of colouring is protecting themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be seen by hunters. This is because they have the colours much like the tree.
Have you ever noticed an even more strange act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over, the enemies cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it isn’t strong at all.From the passage we can learn that locusts _______．
| A．are small animals |
| B．are easily found by birds |
| C．are dangerous to their enemies |
| D．change their colours to protect themselves |
Bears and lions can keep safe because they_______.
| A．have the colours much like the trees |
| B．move quickly |
| C．like brown and grey colours |
| D．live in forests |
Why can the fish mentioned in the last paragraph live up to now?
| A．Because it is very strong. |
| B．Because the liquid it sends out can help it get away from its enemies. |
| C．Because the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies. |
| D．Because it swims faster than any other fish. |
Which is the best title for this passage?
| A．The Change of Colours for Animals and Pests |
| B．Colours of Different Animals and Pests |
| C．The Main Use of Colours for Animals and Pests |
| D．Some Animals and Pests |