There is no doubt about it. The best way to learn new words is to do it unconsciously. I don’t mean while you’re unconscious. I mean while you are unconscious of the fact that it is sinking in.

That is how I learnt the 30,000 words in my vocabulary by living in an English-speaking world, mother tongue. I just pick them up. But some of them may be misunderstood. Now, to misunderstand does not mean not to understand. To misunderstand is to understand but incorrectly.

The 5 % mislearnt of all the words we “know” will be the least frequently used words, as the more frequently used words are less likely to be mislearnt. Some of the misunderstandings may live with all our lives, without knowing that we got them wrong.

Many English teachers think that this natural method of learning words in one’s own mother tongue can be used for a second language learning. They teach their students how to play the Guessing Game. “There is no time to look up in your dictionaries all the new words you come across,” they will say. “You have to practise guessing what the word means from the context.”

This method of guessing in a second language learning does not work. It may succeed in many cases, but results in hundreds or thousands of wrongly-guessed meanings of words.

And what’s more, there are more separate meanings than there are words themselves. Our learners’ dictionaries usually have many meanings. A good dictionary is what makes self-learning possible.

Don’t guess! Look it up!

59. It is certain that the best way to learn new words is _____________.

A. to learn them by oneself

B. to learn by living in an English-speaking world and using them frequently

C. to guess them from the context

D. to get more separate meanings of each word

60. The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refers to _________.

A. the 30,000 words                           B. English teachers

C. misunderstood words                     D. frequently used words

61. Which of the following is most likely NOT true?

A. Some of the words the writer knows must have been misunderstood.

B. Most of the 30,000 words the writer learned are frequently used ones.

C. How many words the writer got wrong are not known.

D. All the words the writer knows were learned by reading them.

62. It can be inferred that _________.

A. when somebody is conscious, he or she usually can’t learn new words by heart

B. we must use the words as often as possible in order to master them

C. it’s the best way to learn new words that one should only guess their meanings from the context

D. only dictionaries can help us learn language well

    There is no doubt about it. The best way to learn new words is to do it unconsciously. I don’t mean while you’re unconscious. I mean while you are unconscious of the fact that it is sinking in.

    That is how I learnt the 30,000 words in my vocabulary by living in an English-speaking world, mother tongue. I just pick them up. But some of them may be misunderstood. Now, to misunderstand does not mean not to understand. To misunderstand is to understand but incorrectly.

   The 5 % mislearnt of all the words we “know” will be the least frequently used words, as the more frequently used words are less likely to be mislearnt. Some of the misunderstandings may live with all our lives, without knowing that we got them wrong.

    Many English teachers think that this natural method of learning words in one’s own mother tongue can be used for a second language learning. They teach their students how to play the Guessing Game. “There is no time to look up in your dictionaries all the new words you come across,” they will say. “You have to practise guessing what the word means from the context.”

    This method of guessing in a second language learning does not work. It may succeed in many cases, but results in hundreds or thousands of wrongly-guessed meanings of words.

    And what’s more, there are more separate meanings than there are words themselves. Our learners’ dictionaries usually have many meanings. A good dictionary is what makes self-learning possible.

    Don’t guess! Look it up!

55. It is certain that the best way to learn new words is _____________.

     A. to learn them by oneself

     B. to learn by living in an English-speaking world and using them frequently

     C. to guess them from the context

     D. to get more separate meanings of each word

56. The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refers to _________.

     A. the 30,000 words           B. English teachers

     C. misunderstood words      D. frequently used words

57. Which of the following is most likely NOT true?

     A. Some of the words the writer knows must have been misunderstood.

     B. Most of the 30,000 words the writer learned are frequently used ones.

      C. How many words the writer got wrong are not known.

     D. All the words the writer knows were learned by reading them.

58. It can be inferred that _________.

    A. when somebody is conscious, he or she usually can’t learn new words by heart

    B. we must use the words as often as possible in order to master them

    C. it’s the best way to learn new words that one should only guess their meanings from the context

    D. only dictionaries can help us learn language well

    There is no doubt about it. The best way to learn new words is to do it unconsciously. I don’t mean while you’re unconscious. I mean while you are unconscious of the fact that it is sinking in.

    That is how I learnt the 30,000 words in my vocabulary by living in an English-speaking world, mother tongue. I just pick them up. But some of them may be misunderstood．Now, to misunderstand does not mean not to understand．To misunderstand is to understand but incorrectly.

   The 5 % mislearnt of all the words we “know” will be the least frequently used words, as the more frequently used words are less likely to be mislearnt. Some of the misunderstandings may live with all our lives, without knowing that we got them wrong.

    Many English teachers think that this natural method of learning words in one’s own mother tongue can be used for a second language learning. They teach their students how to play the Guessing Game. “There is no time to look up in your dictionaries all the new words you come across,” they will say. “You have to practise guessing what the word means from the context.”

    This method of guessing in a second language learning does not work. It may succeed in many cases, but results in hundreds or thousands of wrongly-guessed meanings of words.

    And what’s more, there are more separate meanings than there are words themselves. Our learners’ dictionaries usually have many meanings. A good dictionary is what makes self-learning possible.

    Don’t guess! Look it up!

1．It is certain that the best way to learn new words is _____________.

     A．to learn them by oneself

     B．to learn by living in an English-speaking world and using them frequently

     C．to guess them from the context

D．to get more separate meanings of each word

2．The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refers to _________.

    A．the 30,000 words                                B．English teachers

    C．misunderstood words                           D．frequently used words

3．Which of the following is most likely NOT true?

    A．Some of the words the writer knows must have been misunderstood.

    B．Most of the 30,000 words the writer learned are frequently used ones.

     C．How many words the writer got wrong are not known?

    D．All the words the writer knows were learned by reading them.

4．It can be inferred that _________.

    A．when somebody is conscious, he or she usually can’t learn new words by heart

    B．we must use the words as often as possible in order to master them

    C．it’s the best way to learn new words that one should only guess their meanings from the context

    D．only dictionaries can help us learn language well

Micro-blog is no longer simply a platform for self-expression, gossip and networking, as it is becoming an increasingly fierce battlefield for businesses wanting to promote their products and services.

Over the last year, micro-blogging has become wildly popular in China, with some 65 million China based micro-blog accounts registered(注册登记) by the end of 2010 and the number is growing by more than 10 million each month, according to Data Center of the China Internet (DCCI).

At present, China’s largest web portal Sina claims to have 5,000 company micro-blog users, including Starbucks, Channel, and IKEA. On the micro-blog pages of the companies, visitors can not only view advertisements, but also see consumer feedback (反馈) and even commentaries on hot social issues.

E-commerce (电子商务) expert Lu Bowang says micro-blogging has opened a whole new dimension of marketing. Through micro-blogs, companies can quickly grasp the attention of potential consumers and interact with them on a regular basis so to develop a friendly link with consumers, Lu said.

An Internet surfer nicknamed Xiaoben posted on his micro-blog page that he enjoyed drinking Puer tea, and within 10 minutes, a micro-blogger who owned an online shop selling Puer tea recommended his shop to Xiaoben. “It is a little bit like magic. I just make a wish, and then I get a micro-blog response.”

However, with more and more people micro-blogging to make money, experts warn that marketing via micro-blog could be a double-edged sword.

Huang Heshui, professor from Xiamen University says micro-blogging is highly personal and private, and that too many advertising messages can annoy micro-blog users leading them to dislike certain brands.

Further, a brand can be as easily damaged as established through micro-blogging, as consumers’ negative feedback about a certain product or company can be very quickly spread in the micro-blog community, Huang added.

The micro-blog managers should set up some rules and regulation to supervise micro-blog marketing, and at the same time, business organizations need to strengthen self-discipline(自律) and try to build up an honesty-based business culture, e-commerce expert Lu Bowang suggested.

1. By the end of March. 2011, the number of registered accounts based in China probably has

increased to __________.

A. 65,000,000　　 　 B. 10,000,000 　　 C. 5,000　 　　　 D. 95, 000,000

2. What is the purpose of telling Xiaoben's experience ?

A. To indicate how fast he got the tea.　　　　　

B. To strengthen micro-blog based marketing.　

C. To show the win-win situation in micro-blog marketing.　　　　

D. To persuade people to make a wish through micro-blog.

3. From what Professor Huang says, we can learn that_______.

A. Advertising information will lead to micro-bloggers' great anger

B. A brand's reputation can be easily damaged because it's founded through micro-blogging

C. Consumers' reaction plays a vital role in a company's survival in the micro-blog community.

D. Self-discipline requires enhancing if business is to succeed through micro-blogging.

4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Micro-Blog: A Double-Edged Sword　 B. Business Online

C. A Fierce Battlefield　　　　　　　　 D. Micro-Blog Makes its Way to Business

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　　Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will probably say that they go to school to learn both their native and some foreign languages, maths, history, but what do they learn these things for? And are these things all that they learn at school?

　　We send our children to school to prepare them for a bright future. Many of the things they study at school have some practical use in their life. But is that the only reason why they go to school?

　　There is more in education than just memorizing facts. We go to school above all to learn how to learn independently(独立的)or teach ourselves, so that when we finish our schooling, we can continue to learn. A man who really knows how to learn will always be more likely to succeed in his life than those who are not good at self-taught. The educated person, whenever he has to do something new, will rapidly teach himself how to do it in the best way. The uneducated person, on the other hand, is either unable to do something new or does it badly. Modern education, therefore, should emphasize (强调)both knowledge transferring and general ability cultivating(能力培养).

1．Children go to school to ________.

[　　]

A．learn languages only

B．learn science only

C．get strong and tall

D．learn many kinds of knowledge

2．Parents hope ________ .

[　　]

A．their children will be successful when they grow up

B．their children master a certain skill

C．they can teach their children themselves

D．they can do all for their children's future

3．Most probably, the person ________ will be a great success in his/her life.

[　　]

A．who's good at all the lessons

B．who keeps healthy

C．who's learned how to learn on his own

D．who does as they say

4．Which of the following is TRUE?

[　　]

A．The uneducated person can't get much money .

B．Pupils should learn how to find the best way to deal with problems they meet.

C．The uneducated person lives a hard life.

D．Teachers and parents should tell the children everything they will meet.