Reading comprehension(阅读理解):

Answer the questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题):

  English is an important international language, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to learn.Many experts have tried to make English easier to learn - but they weren’t always successful.

  In 1930, Professor C.K.Ogden of Cambridge University invented Basic English.It had only 850 words(and just eighteen verbs)and Ogden said most people could learn it in just thirty hours.The problem was that people who learned Basic English could write and say simple messages, but they couldn’t understand the answers in ‘real’ English!It was also impossible to explain a word if it wasn’t in the Basic English word list.

  R.E.Zachrisson, a university professor in Sweden, decided that the biggest problem for learners of English was spelling, so he invented a language with the name Anglic.Anglic was similar to English, but with much simpler spelling.‘Father’ became ‘faadher’, ‘new’ became ‘nue’ and ‘years’ became ‘yeerz’.Unluckily, Anglic never became popular.

  In the age of international communication through the Internet, who knows what will happen?…a new form of English might appear.A large number of the world’s e-mails are in English and include(包括)examples of ‘NetLingo’ like OIC(Oh, I see)and TTYL(Talk to you later).In another fifty years, English might not be used.We might all speak fluent Internetish!

1.Many experts have tried to make English easier to learn, haven’t they?

2.Who invented Basic English in 1930?

3.How long could most people learn Basic English according to Professor Ogden?

4.What was the biggest problem for learners of English according to Professor Zachrisson?

5.What might happen to English in another fifty years?

6.What do you think of the experts’ ideas of making English easier?

阅读短文,根据短文内容回答问题。

  English is an important international language, but that doesn't mean it's easy to learn.Many experts have tried to make English easier to learn-but they weren't always successful.

  In 1930, ProfessorC.K.Ogden of Cambridge University invented Basic English.It had only 850 words(and just eighteen verbs)and Ogden said most people could learn it in just thirty hours.The problem was that people who learned Basic English could write and say simple messages, but they couldn't understand the answers in ‘real’ English! It was also impossible to explain a word if it wasn't in the Basic English word list.

  R.E.Zachrisson, a university professor in Sweden, decided that the biggest problem for learners of English was spelling, so he invented a language with the name Anglic.Anglic was similar to English, but with much simpler spelling.‘Father’ became ‘faadher’, ‘new’ become ‘nue’ and ‘years’ became ‘yeerz’.Unluckily, Anglic never became popular.

  In the age of international communication through the Internet, who knows what will happen? …a new form of English might appear.A large number of the world's e-mails are in English and include examples of ‘NetLingo’ like OIC(Oh, I see)and TTYL(Talk to you later).In another fifty year, English might not be used.We might all speak fluent Internetish!

1.Many experts have tried to make English easier to learn, haven't they?

2.Who invented Basic English in 1930?

3.How long could most people learn Basic English according to Professor Ogden?

4.What was the biggest problem for learners of English according to Professor Zachrisson?

5.What might happen to English in another fifty years?

任务型阅读。阅读下列短文,根据短文内容完成下列句子。
       In different countries around the world, people become grownups at different ages. Being grown-ups
   means to have the right to do certain things. ,Young men and women at this age can get a part-time job
  and begin to receive ari income of their own.  They no longer have to depend on their parents for money
  all the time. In many parts of North America, sixteen is the age when one can get a driver's license; in
  England, it is seventeen.
       There are responsibilities (责任) that go along with both of these rights. Getting a part-time job means
   you have to pay income tax (税). Driving a car means that you have to follow certain rules.
       Voting is another right that marks you have grown up.  In the United States, Canada and the U.K.,
  young people have the right to vote at the age of eighteen. This right also comes with responsibility. They
   must have an understanding of the needs of society, and they must also learn how politics works.
1. When you grow up, it means you ____________________.
2. If you receive an income, you can't have to ____________________ your parents any longer for
    money again and again.
3. When a grown-up person can get a driver's license, the age is ____________________ in England.
4. According to the passage,a grown-up has ____________________ right.
5.  If you have the right to vote, you have to know ____________________.

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网