In order to know a foreign language well. Four things are necessary. First, we must understand the language when we hear it spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves correctly with confidence (自信) and without hesitation (犹豫). Thirdly, we must be able to write it. Finally we must be able to make sentences that are correct in Grammar.

　　There is no short way to succeed in language learning. A good memory (记忆) is a great help, but it is not enough only to memorize the rules from grammar book. It is no much uses learning by heart long lists of words and their meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. If we are pleased with a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning a language. We must "Learning through use". Practice is important. We must practice speaking and writing the language whenever we can.

53．The most important things to learn a foreign language are ________.

　　A. understanding and speaking　　　　　　　　　 B. hearing, speaking, reading and writing

　　C. writing and understanding　　　　　　　 D. memorizing and listening

54. Someone can understand and write English well, but can’t speak it. This is because _______.

　　A. he doesn’t understand the language he hears it

　　B. he doesn’t have a good memory

　　C. he always remembers a long list of words and their meanings

　　D. he often hesitates to practice speaking it

55. One can never learn a foreign language well only by _______.

A. much practice　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. studying the dictionary

　　C. learning through using　　　　　　 D. using the language

56. Which of the following is the most important in learning a foreign language?

A. good memory　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. speaking　　　　　

C. practice D. writing

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 meanings 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 practice 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 programs 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.
【小题1】According to the author, which should you improve first among the four skills?

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 meanings 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 practice 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 programs 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.According to the author, which should you improve first among the four skills?

2.The underlined phrase “come across” in Paragraph 2 can probably be replaced by“          ”.

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

4.The passage is mainly about how to            .