题目内容
Do you like listening to English songs to learn the language ? Some students don’t believe doing so can help them learn English. I have to say they think wrongly. Listening to English songs can help you learn the language better. You may ask how. Just read on.
Lyrics are not easily forgotten. You listen to them over and over again throughout your life. Once you learn them, they are going to stay with you, and you are going to review them repeatedly because you enjoy them. If you learn just one song per week for a year, those are 52 songs full of new vocabulary and phrases that you will never forget.
Songs give you perfect pronunciation models. As you learn to sing them, you are practicing your pronunciation, you are imitating native speakers, and you are learning how to speak better. The rhythm naturally leads to better pronunciation, better intonation（声调）, and more fluency.
When you start paying attention to the lyrics, your listening skills naturally improve. Once you learn a few songs, you’ll start gathering a lot of songs and vocabulary. A larger vocabulary usually means better listening comprehension. Just the fact that you start caring about the lyrics will activate your listening skills and listening to music in English will become an enjoyable learning exercise.
Another huge merit is that you get to practice your grammar. Some of the most intelligent grammar questions my students bring to me come from songs. You can probably even map the entire language into pop songs and greatly improve your grammar by learning the lyrics to your favorite songs.
Now we can conclude that listening to English songs can really help you learn the language well. So listen to more English songs in your free time. You can put the lyrics on your ipod or iphone and read them as you listen. Believe me, and you’ll benefit a lot.
1.Paragraph 2 mainly shows that by listening to English songs, you can _____.
A. improve your memory
B. have a larger vocabulary
C. gather a lot of English songs
D. go over words you have learned
2.The underlined word “merit” in Paragraph 5 means “_____”.
A. advantage B. consideration C. cause D. surprise
3.What is the text mainly about ?
A. What people can do to improve their English.
B. Why English learners like listening to English songs.
C. What songs people can listen to so as to improve English.
D. Why listening to English songs helps improve our English.
4.Which of the following best describes the relation among the paragraphs ?
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昨天，你们对800名中学生的未来理想职业进行了一次调查，请根据以下表格，写一篇英语短文：
职业 | 百分比 | 原因 |
老师或医生 | 40% | 能帮助人 |
演员或歌手 | 20% | 能出名，受人崇拜 |
做生意 | 30% | 能挣大钱 |
你想从事什么职业及原因 | ||
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。