What’ s the fastest way to learn a language?

 


Learning a new language seems hard and frightening as

we look back on the years of grammar and translations in

school.Yet babies communicate t eighteen months and speak

the language fluently before they go to school.

Firstly and most importantly, a child’ s natural language-learning ability exits only in a speech environment free of translations and explanations of translations and explanations of grammar.Secondly, a child’ s language learning speeds up by constant feedback(反馈)from family and friends.Thirdly, children learn through play.

At Rosetta Stone, you know adults can recover the native language-learning ability they once had as children.At every step and in every skill, you receive immediate and actionable feedback, including speech recognition(识别), advice and attention.

Every act is an act of play for children and there’ s no reason why it should be different for learners of any age.With Rosetta Stone programs, you rediscover the joy of learning languages.Clever, puzzle-like activities produce sudden “aha!” moments and astonishing language discoveries, we see it all the time.A slow of recognition, as though the brain suddenly realizes what is like to learn a language as a child.

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Which of the following as is TRUE about Rosetta Stone?

       A.You can learn only a few languages.

       B.You will get some advice in time during learning.

       C.You may take part in the language school today.

       D.You can get your money back after seven months.

The main purpose of the text is to         

    A.tell adults how to 1earn a language well

    B.present readers to buy CDs of Rosetta Stone

    C.present some problems of learning languages

    D.compare adults and children 1earning 1anguages

If there’ s a$499 program,you order it today and pay        .

    A.$479    B.$459    C.$449        D.$439

The passage is most 1ikely to be a( n)           

    A.education paper                  B.review on 1anguage

C.science report         D.advertisement for a product

There was a time when I thought my dad didn’t know a thing about being a good father. I couldn’t   31 him ever saying the words “I love you.” It seems to me his only purpose in life was to say “__32_  ” to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a   33 .  Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses. Not my dad ---- he said that I’d have to get a job and buy my own.

So that is what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and   34  every penny I could and   35 I had enough to buy my car, I did! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to   36  to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, I’ll only   37 you five dollars.” I offered with a smile.

“I see,” was all he said.

One day, there was something wrong with my father’s truck. So he needed a   38 to work. . The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house,   39  it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a(n)   40 day. As I dropped my dad off, I   41  him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his   42  from the trunk of my car. Watching his sun-weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were   43  lines than I ever remembered being there before. I realized how hard my dad works for the family. My father is a cement finisher. In that instant, it   44 to me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete to make a living for his family. And he did this day in and day out,   45  hot it got. Never, not once, had I heard him   46  about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he “charge” us for it.

When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to   47  me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s my   48. Don’t work too hard. I love you.” His   49 met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he   50  his throat and said, “Oh, and… me, too.”

1.

A.like

B.remember

C.forget

D.care

 

2.

A.Sorry

B.Yes

C.No

D.Well

 

3.

A.car

B.friend

C.job

D.present

 

4.

A.spent

B.earned

C.kept

D.saved

 

5.

A.when

B.of

C.because

D.though

 

6.

A.pay it back

B.hand it over

C.turn it up

D.show it off

 

7.

A.pay

B.charge

C.offer

D.provide

 

8.

A.ride

B.leave

C.trip

D.hurry

 

9.

A.as

B.although

C.but

D.since

 

10.

A.ordinary

B.hot

C.work

D.special

 

11.

A.helped

B.followed

C.left

D.watched

 

12.

A.tools

B.clothes

C.luggage

D. bag

 

13.

A.fewer

B.more

C.longer

D.deeper

 

14.

A.happened

B.seemed

C.occurred

D.appeared

 

15.

A.whatever

B.whenever

C.wherever

D.however

 

16.

A.talk

B.complain

C.ask

D.

 

17.

A.hand

B.pass

C.lend

D.take

 

18.

A.help

B.advice

C.treat

D.reply

 

19.

A.hands

B.smile

C.voice

D.eyes

 

20.

A.cleaned

B.wiped

C.cleared

D.felt

 

There was a time when I thought my dad didn’t know a thing about being a good father. I couldn’t   31 him ever saying the words “I love you.” It seems to me his only purpose in life was to say “__32_  ” to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a   33 .  Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses. Not my dad ---- he said that I’d have to get a job and buy my own.

So that is what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and   34  every penny I could and   35 I had enough to buy my car, I did! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to   36  to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, I’ll only   37 you five dollars.” I offered with a smile.

“I see,” was all he said.

One day, there was something wrong with my father’s truck. So he needed a   38 to work. . The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house,   39  it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a(n)   40 day. As I dropped my dad off, I   41  him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his   42  from the trunk of my car. Watching his sun-weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were   43  lines than I ever remembered being there before. I realized how hard my dad works for the family. My father is a cement finisher. In that instant, it   44 to me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete to make a living for his family. And he did this day in and day out,   45  hot it got. Never, not once, had I heard him   46  about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he “charge” us for it.

When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to   47  me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s my   48. Don’t work too hard. I love you.” His   49 met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he   50  his throat and said, “Oh, and… me, too.”

1.

A.like

B.remember

C.forget

D.care

 

2.

A.Sorry

B.Yes

C.No

D.Well

 

3.

A.car

B.friend

C.job

D.present

 

4.

A.spent

B.earned

C.kept

D.saved

 

5.

A.when

B.of

C.because

D.though

 

6.

A.pay it back

B.hand it over

C.turn it up

D.show it off

 

7.

A.pay

B.charge

C.offer

D.provide

 

8.

A.ride

B.leave

C.trip

D.hurry

 

9.

A.as

B.although

C.but

D.since

 

10.

A.ordinary

B.hot

C.work

D.special

 

11.

A.helped

B.followed

C.left

D.watched

 

12.

A.tools

B.clothes

C.luggage

D. bag

 

13.

A.fewer

B.more

C.longer

D.deeper

 

14.

A.happened

B.seemed

C.occurred

D.appeared

 

15.

A.whatever

B.whenever

C.wherever

D.however

 

16.

A.talk

B.complain

C.ask

D.

 

17.

A.hand

B.pass

C.lend

D.take

 

18.

A.help

B.advice

C.treat

D.reply

 

19.

A.hands

B.smile

C.voice

D.eyes

 

20.

A.cleaned

B.wiped

C.cleared

D.felt

 

One day while shopping in a small town in southern California, it was my misfortune to be approached by a clerk.He seemed most unfriendly and not at all concerned about my intended purchase.I bought nothing, and marched angrily out of the store.

On the outside was a dark-skinned young man in his early twenties.His expressive brown eyes met and held mine, and in the next instant a beautiful, bright smile covered his face.I gave in immediately.The power of that broad smile dissolved all bitterness within me, and I felt the muscles in my own face happily responding.

"Beautiful day, isn't it?" I remarked, passing.Then I turned back."I really owe you a debt of thanks," I said softly.

His smile deepened, but he made no attempt to answer.A Mexican woman and two men were standing nearby.The woman stepped forward and volunteered, "Sir, but he doesn't speak English.Do you want me to tell him something?" In that moment I felt transformed.The young man's smile had made a big person of me.My friendliness and good will toward all mankind stand ten feet tall.

“Yes,” my reply was enthusiastic and sincere, “tell him I said, ‘Thank you!’”

   “Thank you?” The woman seemed slightly puzzled.

I gave her arm a friendly pat as I turned to leave."Just tell him that," I insisted."He'll understand.I am sure!"

Oh, what a smile can do! Although I have never seen that young man again, I shall never forget the lesson he taught me that morning.From that day on, I became smile-conscious, and I practice the art diligently anywhere and everywhere, with everybody.n

1.Why did the author leave the store angrily?

                                                        A.He couldn't buy what he wanted.

B.The clerk treated him unkindly.

                                                        C.The clerk didn't speak English.

D.The store's goods were too dear.

2.By saying "I felt the muscles in my own face happily responding"(in Para. 2), the author means _        _.

                                                        A.he smiled back at the young man                        B.he did not want to smile

                                                        C.he would thank the young man                            D.he was still in a bad mood

3..The author asked the woman to say "Thank you!" to the young man because the young man         .

                                                        A.had helped the author before                               B.taught the author how to smile

                                                        C.taught the author a valuable lesson                   D.was a kind employee of the store

4..In the passage, the author seems to suggest that we should __   ___.

                                                        A.be generous to strangers B.practice smiling every day

                                                        C.help people in trouble                                             D.smile at other people

 

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