Speak, speak, speak!

Practise speaking as often as you can. Speaking to yourself is good practice.

Try recording yourself whenever you can.

Compare your pronunciation with the master version（原版）to see how you can do better and have another go. If you do this several times, you will find that each time is better than last.

Why not learn with someone else?

It helps if you can learn with someone else. If you can persuade a friend or family member to study with you, it will make you keep working.

Don't get stuck by a word you don't know.

Practise improving ways of getting your meaning across when speaking spontaneously（本能地），even if you don't know the exact words or phrases. Think of things you might want to say whenever you have spare time. Use facial expressions, hand movements, anything to make yourself understood.

Language learning is also about intuition（直觉）．

Guesswork is an important way to learn a new language. When listening to recorded material, you aren't expected to understand everything first time round. If you play the same piece several times, you will most probably understand something new each time.

Build up your vocabulary.

A wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning but don’t try to learn too much at once. It’s best to study frequently, for short periods of time. Take at most six or seven items of vocabulary and learn them. Put them into sentences to fix them in your mind, and then come back to them later.

And above all, have fun!

1.  What’s the purpose of this passage?

A．To tell us the importance of practicing speaking as often as we can.

B．To tell us a few tips to help us learn a new language well.

C．To tell us that guesswork is an important way to learn a new language.

D．To tell us that a wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning.

2. What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase in the first part?

A．Have another try or attempt.

B．Move away from a place to another.

C．Enter a certain state or condition.

D．Follow or take a certain course.

3.  To learn English well, we shouldn’t _______ according to the passage.

A．practice speaking as often as possible

B．study frequently, for short periods of time to build up our vocabulary

C．try to understand everything and stop when we meet a new word

D．try to persuade a friend or family member to study with us

4. According to the passage, to learn a new language well, the most important thing is ______.

A．speaking as much as possible              B．having fun

C．a wide vocabulary                       D．guesswork

信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
请阅读下面应用文和相关信息，按照要求进行匹配，并在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
首先，请阅读下列广告信息：
A. ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTER
Classes for beginners for 3 months.
Focus on grammar as well as writing and oral English.
3:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Small classes with maximum 8 students
Course fee: $300(10% discount for the first to enroll)
Tel: 22325445
B. HALIFAX PLAYHOUSE
Ring’s Cross Street, Halifax.
Oct. 10th –17th on Golden Pond by Emest Thompson.
This is a magical comedy about real people. A well-acted play for everyone.
Don’t miss it.
Performances: 7:30 p.m.
Admission: $3.
Tel: 3659 9988
C: LONDON COLLEGE OF ENGLISH
Classes for foreign students of all levels.
3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 1 year course.
Focus on spoken language.
Open through all year from 8:00 a. m. to 5:00 p.m.
Small class with maximum 12 students.
Course fee for English for one year: $1,200
Discount at shorter period of study.
Tel: 22342381
D: EXHIBITIONS OF OIL PAINTINGS
Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Art
A combination of Eastern and Western Art
8:00 am to 5:00 p.m. from January 3^rd to 19^th
Admission: $2 for adults, $1 for students
Tel: 33569875
E: WESTERN ART SHOW
China National Art Museum
European modern art, Chinese art and African ancient art.
Open from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm from January 6^th to 20^th
Admission: $3 for adults, $1.5 for middle school students.
Tel: 25545569
F: GRAND THEATRE
Oxford Street, Leeds.
Restaurant and Café.
Sept. 1-19
Admission: Tues-Thurs. $2~6; Fri. & Sat. $4~8
Sue Townsend’s musical play.
Performances: Evenings 7:45. October 10~17, at 2:30 p.m. No Monday performance.
All kinds of drinks offered
Tel: 52011611
然后请阅读下列Wendy 等人的信息，并匹配各人所需要联系的电话号码：
【小题1】 Wendy, a student who is interested in comedy and performing, happens to be free on Oct. 12^th and wants to relax herself by enjoying some performances, but she has no more than $4.
【小题2】Carol happens to be free on October 15^th and plans to enjoy some performances while having a cup of coffee.
【小题3】 Jenny, a student who is a major in art is interested in Italian art as well as Chinese, will be  free after school at 4:30.
【小题4】 Tom will go to study in the USA for a master’s degree. He wants to have a full-time special training for several months to improve his oral English.
【小题5】 Mark, a worker of an export company, needs to improve his writing and oral English. He can only go to the training class after work every day.
【小题6】 Wendy         A. 22325445
【小题7】Carol                B. 3659 9988
【小题8】 Jenny               C. 22342381
【小题9】 Tom             D. 33569875
【小题10】 Mark                E. 25545569
F. 52011611

We always want what we cannot have. When we’re young, we want to stay out late, have romantic relationships and be   1  ．However, when we're    2 , we want to go back to being young and we   3 the days when we didn’t have to worry about complex love affairs,  4 pressure and money problems．

Young people believe adulthood  5 freedom from parents and schoolwork．When they get older, they feel that   6  is freedom from work pressure and family responsibilities. To  7  this feeling, people say, "The grass is always 8 on the other side of the fence．"

As   9 , we like to be like adults but as young adults, we  10  to be young again. We think about staying out late and  11  our own money to spend．Suddenly, we see that love can result in   12 hearts; staying out late makes it hard to get ready for  13 the next morning. We find out that adult life is not as   14 as we thought it would be and suddenly,   15 becomes very scary．

Life is   16  ．It gives us time to   17    but also requires us to work. The time will come when we must grow up and we will always look back wishing we  18  being young a bit longer. That time will not come back. It is normal to want what we cannot have but the   19   is that to be happy is to appreciate what we have．That is the first step to grow up.   20   life becomes more complex, we will not regret the time we wasted wishing we were adults．

1.                A．comfortable     B．dependent      C．polite    D．independent

2.                A．defeated       B．older           C．married  D．confident

3.                A．like            B．forget          C．miss D．regret

4.                A．job            B．study           C．age  D．health

5.                A．creates         B．shows          C．limits D．means

6.                A．adulthood       B．childhood       C．parenthood   D．neighborhood

7.                A．reduce         B．experience      C．describe  D．understand

8.                A．thinner         B．greener        C．yellow    D．colorful

9.                A．researchers     B．adults          C．teenagers D．elders

10.               A．decide         B．wish           C．return D．stop

11.               A．making         B．worrying about   C．having D．showing off

12.               A．healthy         B．ambitious       C．excited    D．broken

13.               A．breakfast       B．school         C．work D．exercise

14.               A．rich           B．busy           C．poor  D．easy

15.               A．love           B．life            C．career    D．future

16.               A．long           B．fair            C．short D．beautiful

17.               A．study          B．think           C．live   D．play

18.               A．stopped        B．imagined       C．enjoyed   D．tried

19.               A．reason         B．result          C．truth D．dream

20.               A．When          B．If             C．Unless D．Before

At a meeting, a well-known speaker lifted up a bill of 20 dollars before starting his speech.

Facing 200 people, he asked, “Who wants this 20-dollar bill?” A great many hands were put up. Then he continued to say, “I intended to give it to any one of you, but allow me to do a thing before giving it to you.” Suddenly he crumpled （揉）it into a round mass. Then he asked, “Who wants it? ” Still some hands were lifted up.

He asked again, “Well, how could it be if I do it like this?” he threw the bill onto the ground, stepped on it and twisted it. As he picked it up, the bill had become not only dirty but wrinkled.

“Who still wants it?” Still a few people put up their hands.

“My dear friends, you have had a meaningful class. No matter how I treated this bill, you still want it, because it is worth 20 dollars. On your life road, you may be knocked down（击垮） or even broken into pieces by your determination or unfavorable situations. We may feel ourselves worth nothing, but, my darling, remember that whatever happens in the future, you should never lose your value（价值） in the God’s heart. You’re particular ---- never forget it.”

1.How many times did the speaker ask the people whether they wanted the bill?

A．Once             B．Twice             C．Three times        D．Four times

2.The underlined word “wrinkled” in the third paragraph probably means _______.

A．broken                               B．having small lines or folds in it

C．flat                                  D．having holes on it

3.The speaker did this test in order to _____________.

A．tell the audience that one should never lose one’s own value

B．tell the audience that God values money most

C．test if some of the audience were extremely interested in money

D．play a trick on the audience

4.What would the speaker probably talk about next?

A．How money can make people crazy.

B．How to avoid being knocked down in one’s life.

C．How to keep one’s value of life.

D．How to give a meaningful class

Do you want to visit Disney World? However, will you worry about your pet if you go to Disney World? To meet the needs of these people, a pet hotel has been built near the Disney World Resort in Florida.

   The new pet hotel is named Best Friends Pet Care Resort and it is mainly open to dogs and cats. It has an area of 4,645㎡. About 270 dogs and 30 cats can be kept there at the same time. Besides dogs and cats, it can also provide services for birds, pigs and rabbits. However, it can’t take care of snakes and turtles(乌龟) now.

   Best Friend Pet Care Resort is a very expensive hotel. There are several types of dog rooms, such as rooms with air-conditioners（空调） and VIP rooms. There is even a “private dog park”. Owners can have a high-quality vacation with their dogs there. The cats are kept in the “Kitty City”. The “Kitty City” is very comfortable and clean. Workers there will clean it once a day.

   Apart from having good equipment, Best Friends Pet Care Resort also have other plans to meet the psychological (心理上的) needs of pets. Workers play music to the pets, walk with them, play with them and even read stories to them before they go to bed.

   “We aim to make sure that pets will have a fun vacation here, just like their owners at Disney World,” said the manager of the resort.

1.How many kinds of animals can be kept in Best Friends Pet Care Resort?

A. Three.   B. Five.   C. Six.   D. Seven.

2.About Best Friends Pet Care Resort, which of the following is NOT true?

A. It covers about 4,645 ㎡.    

B. It can keep more than 300 pets.

C. Owners don’t need to pay much for keeping pets there.

D. There is a “private dog park” in the resort as well.

3.How often do the workers clean the “Kitty City”?

A. Once a day.   B. Twice a day.  C. Once a week.  D. Twice a week.

4.Workers from the pet care resort read stories to pets in order to          .

A. provide pets with good equipment  

B. meet the psychological needs of pets

C. teach pets to learn more knowledge 

D. make pets’ owners satisfied with their service

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Relationship between Owners and Pets 

B. Popular Pets All Over the World

C. How to Take Care of your Pets        

D. Pet Care Resort in Florida