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I started listening to the stories in English about different people’s lives in order to improve my English listening.

At first, I downloaded (下载) in my iPad very short stories. They were about one or two minutes long. But I quickly became bored of the same old topics and speakers. Then someone told me that there were free audio (音频) books. I was surprised because I knew that it was still difficult for me to listen to long passages. However, at that moment I suddenly realized that not so long ago I had read several wonderful stories by Somerset Maugham in Russian. And it would be a great idea to try listening to them in English, So, as I knew the ideas of those stories, it would be easier for me to understand these stories 69. ______ listening. I have been listening to Maugham’s works for one week every day while walking to college. I like these clever stories. In my opinion. it is a very useful way to improve my listening. Also, I started listening to the texts not only after reading them in advance (提前). but also I try to listen to new books. And it is very difficult for me to do so. There are many websites on the Internet with lots of different books of many types. You can use these sites to download books for free according to your choice.

The more you listen. the more easily you will learn English. The only way to study something is to do it. So if you want to develop listening, you have to listen to the things in English as much as possible.

66题判断正(T)、错(F);67题完成句子;68题简略回答问题;69题在文中的横线上填写一个恰当的单词;70题将文中画线句子译成汉语。

1.At first, the short stories downloaded were about one or two minutes long.

2.The writer started listening to the stories in English in order to ________ his English listening.

3.What’s the writer’s opinion about listening to stories?

____________________________________________________________________________.

4._______________.

5._________________________________________________________________________.

When the two brothers were old enough to marry, their father was not happy because their family wasn’t so rich that the brothers often argued with each other about some small interest and he really didn’t know how they would quarrel when they broke up the family and lived apart.

One day, their father was sick,lying in bed and staring at nothing,when the elder son came over to wish him good health. His father said,” Ask your brothers to come here,and I have something to say.”

The younger brother arrived. Their father sat up and said,”I don’t know how the disease(疾病)hit. I’m feeling terribly unwell.”The brothers persuaded(劝说)their father not to worry about it ,but he shook his head,”In fact I don’t worry about this disease because I manage it ,but if you are in discord with each other in the future, it will be our family’s ‘disease’ and no one can deal with it .”The brothers felt ashamed.

The father got out of the bed,pointed to some chickens in the yard and said,”Look at them sitting there in peace with each other, isn’t it good?”Then their father brought out a bowl of corns,went quietly behind the house and spread most of them on the ground.Then he went back to the yard with only a few corns left and flung at (扔向)the chickens.As soon as they saw the corns,the chickens jumped up,quacked their wings and fought for it .The peaceful world was now filled with”smoke of gunpowder”for some coins.

The brothers smiled and understood what their father was driving at .

Their father added,”Both of you saw more corns are behind the house...”

Actually,aren’t many troubles in life because God scattered(撒)some corns before us?

1.What was the old man worried about ?

A. The elder son would make trouble with the younger one .

B. His family was too poor to leave them anything.

C. The two sons would fight over some small things.

D. The corns in his house was not enough for them to live on.

2.How did the old man think of his illness?

A. It was serious ,but he could go through it .

B. It was serious ,he couldn’t live long.

C. It was not serious ,and he thought it as nothing.

D. It was serious,and he could hardly stand it .

3.The underlined phrase”are in disorder”in paragraph 3 means_____here.

A. agree with each other B. get on badly with each other

C. make friends with each other D. are impolite to each other

4.Why did the old man spread most of corns on the ground ?

A. Because the chickens had already had enough.

B. Because he wanted his sons to grow more corns next year.

C. Because he wanted the chickens to found the rest.

D. Because he wanted to show the terrible scene to his sons.

5.What does the writer want to tell us ?

A. We should fine new ways to deal with troubles in life .

B. There are always bad things in our life which we should face.

C. The disease of a family is more serious than the disease of a person.

D. People should be hard-working and live peacefully together.

Some people still live in their hometown. ______, others may only see it once or twice a year. Today, millions of Chinese people leave the countryside to find jobs in big ______. Among these is Zhong Wei, a 46-year-old husband and father. He has been living in Wenzhou for the last 13 years. With a hard job in a crayon factory, he doesn’t find much time to visit his hometown. "I used to ______ home at least once a year, but I haven't been back for almost three years. It's a shame, but I just don't have the ______," he said.

Many people like Zhong Wei wonder with great ______ how their hometowns have changed. Maybe large hospitals and new roads have ______. In many places, the government has built new schools and sent ______ from the cities to help.

"I noticed, my hometown is like this," Zhong added. "Children have learned to read and count at my old primary school since the mid-20th ______. But now the buildings are very old. I hear that they will build a new school there." Zhong Wei believes such developments are ______, he also knows that his hometown cannot ______ stay the same.

According to Zhong Wei, however, some things will______ change. "In my hometown, there is a big old ______ in the school. ______ there, it has become a symbol of the place. Most of the children in my time liked to play together under the big tree, especially during the summer holidays. It was really a ______ childhood. Our hometown has left ______ soft and sweet memories in our hearts."

1.A. But B. However C. Moreover D. So

2.A. countries B. towns C. villages D. cities

3.A. leave B. away C. return D. back

4.A. money B. time C. energy D. feeling

5.A. interest B. honor C. time D. money

6.A. built B. gone C. appeared(出现) D. left

7.A. parents B. doctors C. children D. teachers

8.A. Century B. Times C. Period D. Year

9.A. good B. bad C. harmful D. helpless

10.A. sometimes B. never C. seldom D. always

11.A. never B. often C. usually D. sometimes

12.A. bridge B. wall C. tree D. boat

13.A. Still B. From C. In D. At

14.A. sad B. exciting C. happy D. dull

15.A. many B. few C. little D. lots

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