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.

Visit our website and find out how you can make your own language-learning ability active with Rosetta Stone．It’ s the fastest way to learn a language.

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

Read the advertisements carefully. Then answer the questions that follow.

WE NEED OFFICE CLEANERS!

Three people are required for professional cleaning in the CBD area. Working hours from 5:00 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays. Approximately five hours per shift. A good record is necessary. Experience preferred. Phone 63457843 now.

1.You may find the above advertisements  .

A．in a store window                       B．in a newspaper

C．in a school magazine                     D．on a company notice-board

2.The position of a(n)   is a part-time job.

A．preschool teacher                      B．artist

C．florist                                D．dental nurse

3.Which of the following is the most important for the childcare job?

A．Cooking skills.                          B．Childcare experience.

C．The ability to start work in two weeks.        D．The ability to work well with other people.

4.The office cleaners will be required to work about  hours a week.

A．5                B．10               C．15               D．20

假设你是高二(1)班李华，参与学校英语校刊征稿活动，向全校同学推荐一个游戏网页。请根据下面提供的信息，介绍该网页的基本情况，并谈谈自己对此活动的感想。

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My dear fellow schoolmates，here I'm introducing you an interesting game website.
                                                                        
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       

Sometimes, people are required to fill in personal information when they register online, which may lead to some unexpected trouble. Recently, the BBC is reporting that a 17-year-old girl in Australia posted a(n)  36  of her grandmother at home counting a large sum of cash that she   37   hidden in the house. Just eight hours later, two armed men   38  the girl’s house. They demanded to speak to her to find out where the grandmother’s house was,   39  they could get the money they had seen.    40  , the girl was not home at the time, so the robbers   41  a small amount of cash from the mother and left.

Because the   42  is still under investigation, local police aren’t saying   43  else about it. It’s not known yet whether the girl had used privacy setting on the Facebook profile page, and even whether the robbers   44  the girl in the past.

Two other   45  were at home then, a 58-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy, the girl’s father and brother. Luckily, no one was   46  . The robbers left peacefully after   47  that the girl was not home and that no one else there knew anything about the   48  that had appeared in the photo.

Police in both Britain and Australia are using the case to  49  citizens of the dangers of posting personal information on social networks and to suggest users of websites   50   doing so. The police say it is   51   that the girl posted a comment in the past that gave clues to the address,    52  that the robbers knew the girl in another way.    53  , they suggest, a posting by a friend on their site could have    54  such information. To find it, the robbers would only have had to search for those posting on other pages that   55  the girl’s name.

1.                A．picture         B．story           C．blog D．video

2.                A．kept           B．made          C．let   D．got

3.                A．knocked at      B．looked at        C．broke into D．ran into

4.                A．even if         B．so that          C．as soon as D．in case

5.                A．Usually         B．Suddenly        C．Fortunately    D．Finally

6.                A．spent          B．left            C．asked    D．took

7.                A．robber         B．family          C．case D．girl

8.                A．few            B．many           C．little D．much

9.                A．ignored        B．knew           C．remembered  D．followed

10.               A．members       B．adults          C．characters D．neighbors

11.               A．escaped        B．harmed        C．killed D．buried

12.               A．showing        B．realizing        C．discovering D．recognizing

13.               A．cash           B．grandmother    C．house D．website

14.               A．inform         B．accuse         C．rob   D．warn

15.               A．enjoy          B．stop           C．keep D．consider

16.               A．possible        B．important       C．necessary  D．strange

17.               A．so             B．or             C．and  D．but

18.               A．Besides        B．However       C．Therefore D．Instead

19.               A．taken up        B．set up          C．put away  D．given away

20.               A．included        B．drew          C．contained  D．attracted