题目内容
To master a language one must be able to speak and understand the spoken language as well as to read and write. Lenin and his wife Krupskaya translated a long English book into Russian. But when they went to England in 1902, English people couldn't understand what was said to them. These days more and more foreigners are coming to China and more Chinese are going out to foreign countries to work or study. So the spoken language is becoming more and more important.
Speaking, of course, can't go without listening. If you want to pronounce a word correctly, first you must hear it correctly. The sounds of the Chinese and English languages are not exactly the same. If you don't listen carefully, you'll find it difficult or even impossible to understand the native speakers.
Well, what about writing? Like speaking, it's to exchange ideas. People generally use shorter words and shorter sentences in their writing. The important thing is to make your idea clear in your head and then to write it in clear lively language.
Chinese students read far too slowly. If you read fast, you understand better. If you read too slowly, by the time you have reached the end of a page you have forgotten what the beginning is about. When you meet with new words, don't look them up in the dictionary. Guess the meaning from the context(上下文). You may not guess quite correctly the first time, but as new words come up again and again in different contexts, their meaning will become clearer and clearer. If you look up every word, you'll never finish a book.
Students of a foreign language need a particular knowledge, the knowledge of the life, history and geography of the people whose language they are studying. They should study these subjects in the
foreign language, not only in translation. In this way one can kill two birds with one stone: learn a foreign language and get some knowledge of the foreign country at the same time.
In the first paragraph, the writer told us _________.
A. how to speak English well
B. how to read and write English
C. why spoken English is very important
D. why English people couldn't understand Lenin
In order to study a foreign language, the writer thinks the best way is ______.
A. to kill two birds with one stone
B. to learn two languages at a time
C. to study all the subjects in a foreign language
D. to get some knowledge of the foreign country as well as learn the language
In the fourth paragraph the writer gave some advice on ____.
A. how to imporve reading faster
B. how to guess the meaning from the context
C. how to look up new words in the dictionary
D. how to grasp the general meaning of a passage
"To kill two birds with one stone" means ____.
A. to get some particular knowledge
B. to get more than what one pays
C. the stone is too big
D. the birds are blind enough
【小题1】C
【小题2】D
【小题3】A
【小题4】B
解析:
【小题1】概括归纳题。 第一段最后一句“So the spoken language is becoming more and more important.” 为第一段主题句,其它 A,B,D均为细节。
【小题2】 细节理解题。最后一段可以知道, “…learn a foreign language and get some knowledge of the foreign country at the same time.” 学好外语最佳的方法是即学语言又获得其国家的知识。
【小题3】概括归纳题。第四段第一句话“Chinese students read for too slowly,”之后,作者介绍了提高阅读速度的方法。
【小题4】 词义理解题。 本句的意思是“一箭双雕”, B答案意义与此接近。
T-shirts out; uniforms in
School uniforms(制服) are becoming more and more popular across the U.S.A. That’s no surprise, because they offer many benefits. They immediately end the powerful social sorting and labeling (标记) that come from clothing. If all students are dressed in the same way, they will not pay too much attention to their clothing, and some of them will not be laughed at for wearing the “wrong” clothes.
Some people are against the strict rule of school uniforms, but they do not realize that students already accept a kind of rule — wanting to look just like their friends. The difference is that the clothing students choose for themselves creates social barriers(障碍); school uniforms tear those barriers down.
As in other places, uniforms remind the wearers of their purposes and duties. For example, when a man or woman puts on a police uniform, he or she becomes, for a time, the symbol (象征) of law and order. The uniform means to the wearer his or her special duties and sends the same message to everyone the wearer meets. People with different jobs wear uniforms of one kind or another. For students, the school uniform reminds them that their task for the six or seven hours they are in school is to get an education.
Some parents are unhappy about uniforms, saying that school uniforms will affect their children’s “creativity.” First, the clothes students choose to wear do not necessarily express their individuality (个性). They just copy their classmates. Second, students have the rest of the day to be as creative as they like. While they’re in school, their job is to master reading, writing, and maths; this should take up all the creativity they have. Mastery of those skills will be good for the students to build up their creativity in every way.
【小题1】From the passage we learn that uniforms in general .
A.prevent the wearers from being laughed at |
B.help the wearers keep their duties in mind |
C.are seen as a symbol of power |
D.help to create social barriers |
A.they fail to realize that students have accepted the uniforms |
B.they believe that uniforms will make students less creative |
C.they don’t agree that uniforms can remove social barriers |
D.they think that school uniforms are too popular |
A.it makes no difference whether to wear school uniforms or not |
B.students’ individuality may not come from school education |
C.students’ creativity is related to the clothes they choose |
D.school uniforms help to create equality among students |
A.they can stop the powerful social sorting and labeling. |
B.if all students are dressed in the same way, they will not pay too much attention to their clothing. |
C.uniforms can remind the wearers of their purposes and duties |
D.school uniforms will affect their children’s creativity. |
You Mi, a lovely and confident 17-year-old student, is the first Chinese high school student to appear on the cover of the popular young adults’ fashion magazine Seventeen.
“You is IN,” said Wang Lihua,Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen. “She is active and mature (成熟) because of her knowledge on everything from academic studies,to books on art,to movies. We find she’s the very style we’re looking for to represent young people’s attitudes.”
You also impressed Wang with her fluent English when they first met last year. As the hostess of an English broadcasting program at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University(人大附中), You is always praised for speaking English almost like a native speaker. “I’ve built up my English by watching thousands of English DVDs since I was 10,” she explained.
But for You,watching isn’t enough. Last year,while in Senior 1, she met a talented (有才能的) boy who showed self-made DV movies at the English Corner in her school.
“I thought it was so cool and I knew that I should start making my own films,” she said. So she wrote a campus (校园) story, persuaded schoolmates to star in it and then began shooting a 30-minute DV movie,all in English. “I played one of the leading roles,actually I was everything in my film. I worked on it every day during the holidays,” she recalled. The movie finally became a big hit on campus,earning You a strong reputation(名气) as a DV movie director.
But this is not the only field she wants to master. Though a science student, You likes art, literature and fashion design very much.
“There are people who can be artists,there are people who edit books, and there are people who become film producers. But I just hope to mix all the things up!” she said. “There is an old saying I believe:Chances favor only the prepared mind.”
1.You Mi was chosen to be a cover of Seventeen, mainly because she _____.
A.is beautiful |
B.she is lovely and full of confidence |
C.is active and mature |
D.has rich knowledge |
2.You Mi’s fluent English is based on _____.
A.her chance to host an English broadcasting program |
B.the influence of her parents |
C.her deep interest in it |
D.her making DV movie |
3.The author mentioned a talented boy to show _____.
A.the great influence he had on You Mi |
B.he was admired by his schoolmates |
C.the young can do things as well as the adults do |
D.DV movies are popular at school |
4.In the 30-minute DV movie,You Mi didn’t act as a(n) _____.
A.director |
B.musician |
C.actress |
D.film-maker |
5.We can learn from the passage that _____.
A.You Mi hopes to be a mixed talent. |
B.the success of a 30-minute DV movie surprised You Mi. |
C.You Mi dreams of becoming a scientist. |
D.You Mi doesn’t like to study during holidays. |
I don't think _________ possible to master a foreign language without much memory work.
A.this |
B.that |
C.its |
D.it |