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            .

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 meaning 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 skilful at your reading, then you can catch up on your listening. Since you have lots of inputs (输入) in your mind, you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say. This never means that you should not practise 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 programmes 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.

60. To improve your reading, when you read, you should ______.

A. look up all the new words in the dictionary

B. spend more time studying grammars

C. think about what you are reading actively

D. copy as many words and sentences as possible

61. The underlined phrase “come across” in the second paragraph can probably be replaced by “______”

A. discover     B. find on purpose        C. look for            D. meet by accident

62. The author seems to agree with the view that ______.

A. being good at reading is helpful in improving your listening

B. everyone should listen to VOA or BBC programmes every day

C. you needn't practise listening if you keep on reading every day

D. you should take notes of whatever you are hearing in class

63. The passage is mainly about how to ______.

A. choose suitable listening materials

B. become fluent in English speaking and writing

C. deal with new words in reading

D. improve your English as quickly as possible

Advantages and Disadvantages of Mobile Phones

Nowadays, nearly everyone has a mobile phone. In our daily lives we make phone calls to others, and we need to send messages to exchange information. Now, you can surf the Internet by using your mobile phone. I have to say that I enjoy using my phone, but I am worried at the same time: Is it healthy and safe to use?

   Mobile phones have many advantages. Firstly, we keep in touch with people by using them. Because of our busy life, we have little time to meet friends and our beloved ones. Thanks to mobile phones, we can tell them how everything is going. When an emergency happens, we can call for help using our phones. It is convenient and important in our lives.

    But every coin has two sides and it is the same with mobile phones. As people are used to making phone calls, they are spending less and less time with their family and friends. Phones give them more excuses to stay out of reach. Because of the convenience, the love and care between people has changed into a few words in a message or a phone call. For students, there are more chances to get distracted(分心的) from their lessons. When I was in middle school, I often looked out of the window to rest my eyes, but now I spend those moments on my phone.

 In the end, I hope you can think about the advantages and the disadvantages, and use your mobile phone correctly. We humans created mobile phones, and we should keep them under control.

1.According to the second paragraph, we spend little time with friends because       .

A. we have mobile phones                        B. our lives are comfortable

C. we are shy                                   D. we are always busy

2.What does the underlined word “emergency” in the second paragraph probably mean?

A. A worrying and dangerous situation              

B. An expected event.

C. An important thing.                         

D. A funny and exciting moment

3.Which of the following ways of expressing love and care is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Visiting each other.                             B. Making phone calls

C. Sending messages.                            D. Writing letters.

4.What’s the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

A. To tell us the disadvantages of using mobile phone.

B. To advise us to use mobile phones correctly.

C. To list all the advantages of using mobile phones.

D. To explain why many people don’t use mobile phones.

  Environmental protection is frequently talked about nowadays. The authorities are doing their best to arise the public awareness of the vital importance of the environmental protection. This issue is, indeed, worth following up.

    Environmental protection is closely related not only to our personal life, but also to the entire human race and the world’s further development. For one thing, the environment, in a narrow sense, determines the quality of our individual life. The air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, etc. , all come directly from the environment. If they continue to be contaminated, we may have neither clean water, nor healthy food. For another thing, in a broader sense, the environment plays a decisive role in fate of mankind. As is known to all, the earth, up to now, is human being’s only dwelling place. We can expect that some day we will live on another planet, but I doubt that this day will come earlier than the day when the earth becomes a globe of waste, if we keep damaging the environment. Finally, the environment is essential to the further development of the world. Extensive industrialization, which has brought about all the convenience and facilities we enjoy today, has been depending on the comprehensive exploitation of the earth’s natural resources found in the environment. If we do not protect the environment properly, further development cannot be guaranteed. In a word, to protect the environment is an urgent task.

    Nevertheless, environmental protection is indeed a demanding task. Many people are still, either unconscious of the urgency of the task or deliberately damaging the environment for the interests of their own. Hence, we should adopt severe measures to prohibit people from doing more harms to the environment. Meanwhile, we need to make the gravity of the present situation known to all. In other words, punishment and instruction should be equally emphasized. Only in this way can we look forward to a cleaner and greener world.

1..

. What does the underlined word contaminated（in paragraph 2）probably refer to?

    A. polluted       B. protected         C. wasted           D. guaranteed

2..

 The author’s purpose in writing the passage is to ________.

    A. stress the importance of protecting environment

    B. enjoy beautiful environment happily

    C. try to develop our industrialization fast

    D. take severe measures to the environmental destroyers

3..

. From the passage we can know that ________.

    A. environmental protection is indeed a demanding task to our government

    B. not all the people in the world realize the urgency of the task

    C. only a few people are damaging the environment on purpose

D. some day we will live on another planet before the earth is damaged