题目内容
Sentence transformation (8’)1. she, mail the letter, as soon as, she, buy a stamp (make a sentence)
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2. They used to live in the countryside.
Neg. _____________________________________________________________________
Q. _____________________________________________________________________
3. He improved his English by listening to English songs.
Q. _____________________________________________________________________
4. She has already finished that report.
Neg. _____________________________________________________________________
5. We will wait here until you tell me what has happened. (rewrite with “not…until”)
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6. I don’t like traveling by train. I prefer taking a plane. (rewrite with “would rather…than…”)
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7. The workers don’t get a pay rise. They go on strike. (combine the two sentences with “if”)
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1. She mailed/mails the letter as soon as she bought/buys a stamp.
2. neg. They didn’t use to live in the countryside.
Q: Where did they use to live?
3. How did he improve his English?
4. She hasn’t finished that report yet.
5. We won’t leave here until you tell me what has happened.
6. I would rather take a plane than travel by train.
7. If the workers don’t get a pay rise, they will go on strike.解析:
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Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can’t talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds.
Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They don’t study, but they travel together.
Dolphins are mammals(哺乳动物), not fish, but they swim together in a school. Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say“welcome”when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.
They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People can’t hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.
Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium.(An aquarium is a zoo for fish.) People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don’t like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely.
There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody’s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don’t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.
【小题1】A school of dolphins means_____.
A.a zoo for dolphins | B.a show by dolphins |
C.a group of dolphins | D.a library of dolphins |
A.afraid |
B.happy with people watching them |
C.lucky |
D.sad and lonely |
A.Dolphins talk with words. |
B.Dolphins always bring good luck. |
C.Dolphins make more sounds above water. |
D.Dolphins can’t breathe(呼吸) under the water. |
A.low | B.high | C.soft | D.quiet |
A.Dolphins travel together. |
B.Dolphins talk with words when they play. |
C.Dolphins like to live in aquariums. |
D.All people want to catch dolphins and eat them. |
Before you can start speaking and writing in English, your brain must get enough correct English sentences. This is obvious(显而易见的).
There are two ways to get correct English sentences: listening and reading. Both are good, but reading is much easier than listening. With the help of a good dictionary, you will be able to understand English texts much more easily than movies. If you just read one book in English, you will see that your English has become much better. English phrases will just come to you without thinking when you are writing or speaking.
This is true for hundreds of words and grammar structures(结构). If you read in English, you can forget about grammar rules. Throw away your grammar book! You needn’t know the rules for the present perfect tense(现在完成时). Instead, read a few books in English, and soon you will feel that “I have seen Paul yesterday” is wrong. The only difference between you and native speakers is that they have heard and read more English sentences than you have.
【小题1】From the first paragraph, we know that ________.
A.English is difficult to learn |
B.if you have seen an English sentence, you can speak English |
C.before you use English, you must know some English |
D.everyone is a born English speaker |
A.Speaking. | B.Writing. |
C.Thinking. | D.Reading and listening. |
A.by reading English books | B.by reading grammar books |
C.by writing and speaking | D.by learning grammar rules |
A.have parents as their English teachers |
B.are born to know grammar rules and phrases |
C.read and hear more English than you |
D.have a gift in learning English |
A.It is important for us to know English words. |
B.Reading is important for us to learn English. |
C.English grammar is not so important. |
D.The best way to learn English is going to England. |