题目内容
27. The new teacher was very quick to _________ the rules of the school
A.adapt to | B.addict to | C.concentrate on | D.depend on |
A
解析

In today’s world, English is the most wildly used language. It is our duty to learn English in the new situation of the reform and opening (改革开放) to the outside world. How can we master the English language ? I’d like to give you some good advice.
First, get interested in it. I enjoy listening to foreign friends talking when I was a child. At the same time I watched the English programme Follow Me on TV. From then on, I kept on learning English. The more I learned, the more progress I made.
Second, practice makes perfect. Many people study English very hard, but they are very shy to speak it in public, for they are afraid of making mistakes. Remember you have to make a mistake before you can correct it. A native English speaker makes mistakes sometimes, too.
Third, the beginners should be encouraged to pay attention to idioms. The English language has many idioms. For example, you should say “ He is as strong as a cow.”
【小题1】The writer wants to tell us ____________.
A.the importance of learning English |
B.the new situation of the reform and opening to the outside world |
C.some good ideas on how to master English |
D.the wide use of the English language |
A.show interest in it | B.enjoy listening to it |
C.watch English programmes on TV | D.practice speaking it |
A.remember the mistakes and correct them | B.try not to make any mistakes |
C.avoid mistakes before making them | D.don’t be afraid of making mistakes |
A.Remember to make a mistake before you can correct it |
B.You are sure to make a mistake before you can correct it |
C.Remember you have to make a mistake and then correct it |
D.You’ll make a mistake after you can correct it |
Although English is not as old as Chinese , it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always creating new words and we are often able to know where most words come from.
Sometimes, however, no one may really know where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They didn’t speak good English, but they ate good food. When some Americans saw them eating round piece of beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans didn’t understand the question and answered, “We come from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round piece of bread and started selling them. Such bread came to be called “hamburgers”. Today, “hamburgers” are sold in many countries around the world.
Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why any word has a certain meaning is interesting, too. This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary.
【小题1】Hamburg is ____________
A.a kind of food | B.a round piece of beef |
C.the name of a village | D.a city in Germany |
A.few Americans like hamburgers |
B.hamburgers are made with beef |
C.hamburgers are made with ham |
D.hamburgers were first sold about a century ago |
A.Where all the new words come from. |
B.Where those Germans came from. |
C.The reason why a word has a certain meaning. |
D.The reason why English is spoken around the world. |
A.China because it has a long history |
B.English because Germans don’t speak good English |
C.The round piece of beef which those people from Hamburg were eating |
D.English speakers because they always create new words |
My father came to the United States as a Ukrainian immigrant (移民) when he was 14 years old. Unable to speak English but willing to do anything to succeed, he learned the language, became a barber, and opened up his own business in a small town. He put my sister and me through college during a time when most people thought that women didn’t need an education and that they should be satisfied with getting married and having children. He gave us values and ambition. But this story didn’t really start until my father was 60 years old.
I was preparing to get married and my father was attempting to practice the polke, a must at any Ukrainian wedding. But he just couldn’t do it! He had lost mobility in his leg and was diagnosed with a brain tumor (肿瘤). After surgery, this energetic, hard-working man was forced to retire as a result of significant paralysis (瘫痪) in his right arm and leg. My dad had always worked two jobs and spent his spare time working around the house. Now that kind of life came to a sudden stop. Yet never once did he complain. He bought rubber balls and spent his days trying to regain his hand mobility by squeezing those balls over and over.
After his last operation, he chatted with me pleasantly in the hospital room until a nurse flew into the room, waving her finger at me, and yelling, “You’d better tell your father to stay in bed. He is paralyzed and will never walk again. He needs to stop trying to get out of bed and accept the fact that he can’t walk now or ever. I am sick of picking him up and you’d better warn him to stay put!” My father smiled. He spent a great deal of time on the floor that year, but he eventually got up and walked.
My father lived nineteen more years after that operation. He bought himself a motor scooter (小型摩托车) and spent years zipping around the streets of Philadelphia. He was proud, free, and always smiling.
【小题1】 In what way was the author’s father different from most other people in his times?
A.He succeeded in migrating to the U.S. |
B.He learned the new language easily and quickly. |
C.He achieved his life goal by working as a barber. |
D.He had his daughters educated. |
A.a song | B.a dance | C.a musical instrument | D.a tool for painting |
A.kill his too much spare time | B.relieve himself from work pressure |
C.get his hand’s function back | D.recover from his operation |
A.Perfect. | B.Strong-minded. | C.Creative. | D.Impractical. |
A.Love can do wonders. | B.Failure is the mother of success. |
C.A father’s love is most valuable. | D.Never give up on your life. |
This is the front page of the Simple English Wikipedia. Wikipedias are places where people work together to write encyclopedias(百科) in different languages. We use simple English words and grammar here. The Simple English Wikipedia is for everyone! That includes children and adults who are learning English.
There are 59,298 articles on the Simple English Wikipedia. All of the pages are free to use. They have all been published under both the Creative Commons Attribution / Share-Alike Licence 3.0 and the GNU Free Documentation Licence. You can help here! You may change these pages and make the new pages. Read the help pages and other good pages to learn how to write pages here. If you need help, you may ask questions at Simple talk.
When writing articles here:
Use easy words and shorter sentences. This lets people who know little English read them.
Write good pages. The best encyclopedia pages have useful, well written information.
Use the pages to learn and teach. These pages can help people learn English. You can also use them to make a new Wikipedia to help other people.
Simple does not mean little. Writing in Simple English means that simple words are used. It does not mean readers want simple information. Articles do not have to be short to be simple; expand articles, include a lot of information, but use basic vocabulary.
Be bold! Your article does not have to be perfect, because other editors will fix it and make it better. And most importantly, do not be afraid to start and make articles better yourself.
【小题1】 Wikipedia is a website for people to____.
A.show their special photos and perfect videos in different languages |
B.have a chat with different friends who know little English |
C.see the latest famous films and TV programs |
D.work together to write all kinds of useful information in different languages |
A.all of the articles on the Simple English Wikipedia are not free |
B.the number of the articles on the Simple English is less than 60,000 |
C.You can’t make new pages. |
D.you can never change the pages or articles on the website |
A.learn how to write pages in a famous university first |
B.use advanced English grammar and professional terms |
C.use easy words and shorter sentences to describe valuable information |
D.write articles only for children |
A.offer different kinds of friends from all over the world |
B.talk with the editor who can help you publish your articles |
C.help you solve questions about writing pages here |
D.teach you simple English |
A.these pages can be changed to teach others who are learning English |
B.your articles have to be perfect, or they will be refused |
C.you can write your articles simply because readers want simple information |
D.the articles you write are mainly for adults |