Most people think that the older you get, the harder it is to learn a new language. That is, they believe that children learn more easily and efficiently than adults. Thus, at some point in our lives, maybe around age 12 or 13, we lose the ability to learn languages well. Is this idea a fact or myth(悬念)？
Is it true that children learn a foreign language more efficiently than adults? On the contrary, research studies suggest that the opposite may be true. One report, on 2,000 Danish children studying Swedish, concluded that the teenagers learned more, in less time, than the younger children. Another report, on Americans learning Russian, showed a direct improvement of ability over the age range tested; that is, the ability to learn increased as the age increased, from childhood to adulthood.
There are several possible explanations for these findings. For one thing, adults know more about the world and therefore are able to understand meanings more easily than children. Moreover, adults can use logical(逻辑的) thinking to help themselves see patterns in the language. Finally, adults have more self-discipline (self-control) than children.
All in all, it seems that the common idea that children are better language learners than adults may not be a fact, but a myth.
【小题1】The main idea of the passage is that         .

七：用单词的正确形式填空（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）。 

1. Our school has ___________（实现）all its goals this year.

2. The meeting is ________ （有可能的）to last 3 hours.

3. The supermarket is _______（坐落）in the center of the city.

4. The __________ (进化) of human beings is a long process.

5. This rule can’t be ________（应用）to every case.

6. She studied ____________ (政治学) at university.

7. He ________（犹豫）before he answered because he didn’t know what to say.

8. Who are your_________ （同伴）on the journey?

9. My teeth are very _________ （敏感的）to cold food.

10. What is the _________ （关系）between you and her?

11. Water has _________ （相对地）high freezing point.

12. The old man was completely __________（专注于）in the book.

13. We can __________ (证明) that your theory is wrong.

14. They finally went ________ （登机）the plane.

15. His __________ (婚姻) is full of happiness, which is admired by others.

Most people think that the older you get, the harder it is to learn a new language. That is, they believe that children learn more easily and efficiently than adults. Thus, at some point in our lives, maybe around age 12 or 13, we lose the ability to learn languages well. Is this idea a fact or myth(悬念)？

Is it true that children learn a foreign language more efficiently than adults? On the contrary, research studies suggest that the opposite may be true. One report, on 2,000 Danish children studying Swedish, concluded that the teenagers learned more, in less time, than the younger children. Another report, on Americans learning Russian, showed a direct improvement of ability over the age range tested; that is, the ability to learn increased as the age increased, from childhood to adulthood.

There are several possible explanations for these findings. For one thing, adults know more about the world and therefore are able to understand meanings more easily than children. Moreover, adults can use logical(逻辑的) thinking to help themselves see patterns in the language. Finally, adults have more self-discipline (self-control) than children.

All in all, it seems that the common idea that children are better language learners than adults may not be a fact, but a myth.

1.The main idea of the passage is ____.

A．teenagers are more difficult to teach

B．Danish teenagers can learn Swedish faster than younger children

C．adults are more logical than children

D．the ability to learn languages increases with age

2.According to the passage, teenagers can learn a foreign language _____ than younger children.

A．harder                               B．more efficiently

C．more slowly                           D．more carefully

3.Which of the following possible explanations for older student’s better achievement is not mentioned in the above passage?

A．Adults know more about the world.         B．Adults can use logical thinking

C．Adults have more self-discipline.            D．Adults can read better.

单词拼写(共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分)

1.The farmers in this area had a good harvest last year thanks to the s___________ farming.

2.From the findings, we can draw a c____________ that English is a useful tool for all of us.

3.The teacher had us d______________into two groups during the discussion.

4.The c_______________of transportation in this area brings hope to this mountain      village.

5.My grandfather is too old to care for himself, so my aunt is looking for someone to a_____ him.

6.The speech by the mayor of Shanghai before the final voting for EXPO 2010 left a strong i_____________ on us.

7.The other day she c____________ me to a game of tennis.

8.She doesn’t want to marry a man who a_____________ nothing.

9.This is a cooperative team c____________ of 12 members.

10.The learning environment has a strong i_______________ on students’ academic performances.

11.We must try to _________________(分析)the causes of the strike.

12.Water and salt are _____________(吸收) into our blood stream every day.

13.We are t_____________(感到激动) to hear a wonderful piece of news that the people lived in the mainland can go to visit Taiwan in the near future.

14.We are______________(乐观的) that the mainland and Taiwan will unify in the near future.

15.He can hardly find a job in the canteen, because he has had no ________________(先前的) experience of this kind of job.

16.The government decided to explore the ____________(周围的 ) countryside to build a new industrial park.

17.The people in Iraq lived a hard life, because it was _______(不断) hit by war..

18.Measures should be taken to handle the water ______________(污染) by the chemical factory nearby.

19.Don’t throw away the bottles, which can be__________(回收利用).

20.The teenagers are _________________(热情的) about the Voice of China, which is a hit now.

Most of us lead unhealthy lives; we spend far too much sitting down. If in addition we are careless about our diets, our bodies soon become loose and fatty and our systems slow?moving. There are some aspects(方面) of our unhealthy lives that we cannot avoid. I am thinking of such features of modern city life as pollution, noise, rushed meals and stress. But keeping fit is a way to reduce the effects of these evils. The usual suggestion to a person who is looking for a way to keep fit is to take up some sport or other. While it is true that every weekend you will find people playing football and hockey in the local park, they are outnumbered a hundred to one by the people who are simply watching them.

　　For those who do not particularly enjoy competitive sports — and it is especially difficult to do so if you are not good at them — there are such separate activities as cycling, walking, jogging and swimming. What often happens though is that you do them in such a leisurely way, so slowly, that it is doubtful if you are doing yourself much good, except for the fact that you have at least managed to get up out of your armchair.

　　Even after you have found a way for keeping in shape, through sport or gymnastics, you are still only half way to good health, because, according to the experts, you must also master the art of complete mental and physical relaxation(放松). It has to do with deep breathing, emptying your mind of all thoughts, meditation, and so on. Yoga, as practiced in the West, is the most widely known and popular of the systems for achieving the necessary state of relaxation. It seems ironical (讽刺性的), though, that as our lives have improved in a material sense we have found it increasingly necessary to go back to forms of activity?physical effort on the one hand and relaxation on the other — which were the natural way of life of our forefathers.

12. Pollution, noise and stress are examples of _____.

A. causes of unfitness

       B. bad features of living in towns

C. the things we can completely do away with

       D. unavoidable things in town

13. We don’t get much out of separate sports because we _____.

A. don’t do them very often 

       B. don’t do them actively enough

C. find it hard to get out of our armchairs

       D. don’t find them interesting

14. To be healthy we must _____.

A. keep fit and active                                       B. keep fit and learn to relax

C. be active and practise Yoga                                D. have a sound mind

15. Our forefathers were healthy because______.

    A. their way of life closely connected with both exercise and relaxation

    B. they were careful to get plenty of fresh air

    C. they spent most of the time out of doors

       D. their environment was not polluted