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If you want to become a fluent English speaker you should take some advice: There are four skills in learning English. They are reading, listening, speaking, and writing. The most important thing you must remember is that if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills you should first master the skills of reading and listening.

Read as much as you can. But your reading must be active. It means that you must think about the meaning of the sentence, the meaning of the unfamiliar words, etc. There is no need for you to pay much attention to grammars or try to understand all the unfamiliar words you come_across,_but the fact that you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them, for example in other passages or books, is enough. It would be better to prepare yourself a notebook so you can write down the important words or sentences in it.

As for listening, there are two choices: besides reading, you can listen every day for about 30 minutes. You can only pay attention to your reading and become skillful at your reading, then you can catch up on your listening. Since you have lots of inputs in your mind, you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say. This never means that you should not practise listening.

For listening you can listen to cartoons or some movies that are specially made for children. Their languages are easy. Or if you are good at listening you can listen to VOA or BBC programmes every day. Again the thing to remember is being active in listening and preferably taking some notes.

If you follow these pieces of advice, your speaking and writing will improve automatically, and you can be sure that with a little effort they will become perfect.

1.To improve your reading, when you read you should ________.

A.think about what you are reading actively

B.look up all the new words in the dictionary

C.spend more time studying grammars

D.copy as many words and sentences as possible

2.The underlined phrase“come across” in the second paragraph can probably be replaced by“________”.

A.find on purpose B.Discover

C.meet by accident D.look for

3.The author seems to agree with the view that ________.

A.everyone should listen to VOA or BBC programmes every day

B.you needn't practise listening if you keep on reading every day

C.you should take notes of whatever you are hearing

D.being good at reading is helpful in improving your listening

4.The passage is mainly about how to ________.

A.become fluent in speaking and writing English

B.choose suitable listening materials

C.deal with new words in reading

D.improve your English as quickly as possible

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In 1956, Phoenix, Arizona, was a city with boundless blue skies. One day as I walked around the house with my sister Kathy’s new parakeet on my finger. I wanted to show Perky _____ the sky looked like. Maybe he could make a little bird _____ out there. I took him into the backyard, and then, to my _______ , Perky flew off. The enormous blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue _____ and suddenly he had gone, clipping its wings.

Kathy managed to _____ me. With fake optimism, she even tried to reassure me that Perky would find a new _____ . But I was far too clever to _____ that such a thing was possible.

Decades later, I watched my own _____ growing. We shared their activities, spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the _____ of the kids’ friends, the Kissells. The two families went camping around Arizona together. We became the _____of friends. One evening, the game was to tell Great Pet stories. One person claimed to _____the oldest living goldfish. Someone else had a psychic dog. _____ Barry, the father of the other family, took the floor and _____ that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pie.

“The best thing _____ Sweetie Pie,” he said, “was the _____ we got him. One day, when I was about eight, out of the clear, blue sky, a little blue parakeet just_____ down and landed on my finger.”

When I was finally able to _____ , we examined the amazing evidence. The dates and the locations and the pictures of the bird all _____ . It seems our two families had been _____ long before we ever met. Forty years later, I ran to my sister and said, “You were_____ ! Perky lived!”

1.A. what B. how C. which D. where

2.A. food B. nest C. friend D. family

3.A. joy B. horror C. disappointment D. satisfaction

4.A. pleasure B. sadness C. treasure D. sense

5.A. forgive B. comfort C. help D. delight

6.A. parent B. home C. master D. life

7.A. imagine B. suppose C. doubt D. believe

8.A. birds B. happiness C. worries D. children

9.A. parents B. birds C. interests D. games

10.A. first B. best C. last D. happiest

11.A. catch B. find C. buy D. have

12.A. Suddenly B. Fortunately C. Then D. However

13.A. announced B. said C. told D. hoped

14.A. in B. about C. of D. on

15.A. day B. place C. way D. story

16.A. floated B. dived C. settled D. went

17.A. think B. speak C. interrupt D. explain

18.A. came up B. turned up C. turned out D. matched up

19.A. known B. fastened C. connected D. introduced

20.A. right B. wrong C. silly D. mad

There are some strange driving laws in different countries.

Countries

Laws

Vietnam

If you’re in Vietnam without a Vietnamese driver’s license, you risk a prison sentence of up to three years.

Russia

In Moscow, if your car is dirty enough to draw dust art, you will be fined about 2,000 rubles (about US 55 dollars). Worse yet, it’s illegal to wash your car by hand in public places – forcing you to take it to one of the few car wash facilities.

Thailand

Drivers – male or female – can’t drive shirtless whether it’s a car, bus, or a tuk-tuk cab.

France

France requires its drivers to carry a portable breathalyzer(便携式酒精测量仪) at all times when driving a car. The one-time breathalyzer cost around US 5 dollars, and if you don’t have one, you will be fined US 15 dollars.

Cyprus

Raising your hands in the car can get you fined of US 35 dollars. The law states a driver can be fined if the person “is in an irregular position inside the car or raises his hand from the steering wheel unnecessarily.”

Japan

Politeness isn’t just the culture in Japan; it is part of driving laws. Splashing(飞溅) a person by driving through a puddle(水坑) with your car will cost you over US 60 dollars. The country is also strict with its DUI (酒驾) laws – riding with or lending your car to a driver who gets caught drinking and driving can lead to a fine costing thousands of dollars.

1.Where should you go to wash your car when you are in Moscow?

A. The car wash facilities. B. Any public place.

C. Your home. D. The forest.

2.What can you get fined for in Cyprus?

A. Forgetting to carry a portable breathalyzer.

B. Not having a Cyprus driver’s license.

C. Putting your hands above your head.

D. Driving without a shirt.

3. If you are fined thousands of dollars in Japan, you may have been ________________.

A. in an irregular position in your car

B. sitting in a car with a drunk driver

C. splashing a person with mud

D. impolite to other drivers

4.This passage can most likely be found in __________.

A. a law document

B. a fashion magazine

C. an international newspaper

D. a book on interesting cultures

The Coalition for the Homeless is an organization that seeks to address the needs of the homeless population in the United States. It is a network of offices, some of which provide food and houses for the homeless population, and some of which fight for the passing of laws that would give every American the right to a place to call home. According to the Coalition’s studies, of over two hundred million people living in the United States, up to three million are homeless---and number is still growing. Since the late 1970s, fast rising house prices, large cuts in government supported housing programs, and economic recession(经济衰退)have made it impossible for many Americans to meet housing costs. Sadly, this has resulted in a number of persons being forced to leave their homes and /or unable to find new affordable homes. According to another research, families with children appear to be the fastest –growing part of the homeless population, making up 39% of it. The old idea of a homeless person, that of the single man who gets drunk all the time, is no longer true. A much larger part of the population now finds itself homeless. Even worse, once a person becomes homeless, he often finds it impossible to find a job, since most employers require anyone who wants a job from them to provide a home address on a job application.

1.The word “address” in the first line probably means“ ”.

A. talk about B. deal with

C. fight for D. write to

2.How many people are homeless in the U.S. according to the Coalition studies?

A.39% of the population.

B. 200 million people.

C. About 3 million people.

D. About one-fifth of the population.

3.Homeless people often have difficulty finding a job because .

A. they have no home addresses

B. they mostly have a drinking problem

C. they aren’t supported by government programs

D. they often don’t have enough work experience

4.What is the main cause of the rising number of the homeless in the U.. S.?

A. The passing of new housing laws.

B. The fast growth of family size.

C. the slow construction of houses.

D. the ever-rising price of housing.

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1—20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard(橄榄园). He was very hardworking, and the ________ always prospered(繁荣)under his care. But he knew that his three ________ looked down upon the farm work, and were eager to make wealth.

When the farmer was ________ and felt that he would die, he ________ the three sons to him and said, “My sons, there is a pot of gold ________ in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”

The sons tried to ________ him to tell them in what part of the orchard the ________was hidden, but he would tell them nothing more.

After the farmer was ________, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not ________where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one ________ of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.

The________ until they had turned up the________ from one end of the orchard to the other, ________ the tree-roots and between them. ________ no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering in his wits. The three sons were bitterly ________ to have all their work for nothing.

The next olive ________, the olive trees in the orchard bore(结果实)more fruit than they had ________ given; when it was________ , it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.

And when they saw how much money had ________ the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had ________ when he said, “There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”

1.A.garden B.farm C.factory D.hospital

2.A.friends B.relatives C.sons D.children

3.A.healthy B.unlucky C.old D.sad

4.A.showed B.led C.visited D.called

5.A.sent B.put C.locked D.hidden

6.A.get B.wait C.cause D.make

7.A.gold B.goods C.jewel D.clothes

8.A.weak B.lost C.sick D.dead

9.A.think B.wonder C.know D.realise

10.A.top B.end C.surface D.bottom

11.A.searched B.dug C.discovered D.expected

12.A.sand B.ground C.soil D.floor

13.A.over B.among C.across D.round

14.A.Since B.And C.But D.Before

15.A.surprised B.disappointed C.worried D.sad

16.A.distance B.part C.season D.degree

17.A.already B.even C. still D.ever

18.A.sold B.made C.shipped D.saved

19.A.come on B.come about C.come from D.come up

20.A.thought B.mean C.planned D.guessed

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Have you ever heard of homecoming? It’s a tradition celebrated every year in the US. At homecoming a school or university welcome back former students or alumni(校友). 1. . It means, “coming home.”

This is a time when everyone can get together. 2. . There are events that encourage school spirit all throughout homecoming week, which leads to the big day on Friday.

A major activity that most students will take part in is choosing the homecoming king and queen. 3. . This is a group of boys and girls who represent school spirit. At the end of the week, students vote for a boy and a girl to be the king and the queen.

Then it’s time for the football game, the main event of homecoming week! 4. . Almost everyone from school goes to the game: students, parents, teachers, and alumni visitors. If they win everyone is very happy.

5. . Students dress up, and some might even bring a date to go with them. After the dance, homecoming is officially over, and everyone can’t wait for next year!

A. The last event is the homecoming dance.

B. That is where the name comes from.

C. Homecoming usually lasts a week and happens in the fall.

D. The football team faces a lot of pressure to do well for the big crowd.

E. The tradition began more than 100 years ago in the United States.

F. Students get to pick who will be on homecoming list early in the week.

G. Homecoming week was not just about fun, but also a chance to try out new things.

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。

Different cultures

The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot. 1._____

The origin of the Eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are developed by rivers—the Yellow River in China and the Indus River in India. 2.________

When the two mother rivers gave birth to the Eastern culture, another famous culture was brought up on the Mesopotamian Plain—the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. 3.________ Like the Chinese culture, the European culture also crossed waters. When the British settled down in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn't distinguish from the European culture a lot.

4.________ Take the language system for example. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic language while the Western languages are mostly based on the Latin system. Other causes like human race difference counts as well. But what's more, due to the far distance and the steep, areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom communicate until recent centuries. So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference(干扰) from the other.

These differences are everywhere. 5.________ But different cultures make the world of 21st century more colourful. The cultural gap should not be the obstacle (障碍) to the civilization of human being. It ought to be the motivation of our going farther.

A.Let us work together to keep a variety of culture.

B.One important thing is to learn about other cultures.

C.And these two are well known as the base of the European culture.

D.At the same time, some other differences add to the cultural differences.

E.This is because the culture systems are two separate systems on the whole.

F.They helped the two cultures develop for centuries and form their own styles.

G.They are obvious and affect people's ways of thinking and their views of the world.

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