Reading is very important to help you learn English. To learn as much as you can from reading, you need to read different kinds of English. This book provides not only different kinds of English but also a good way to check your reading ability.

There are four parts in the book:

Part 1 is Messages: In this part somebody wants to wad information in writing to somebody else. There is a test on timetables and a test on text messages.

Part 2 is People: In this part all the tests are about people. For example, there is an informal letter between friends. There is formal ( 正式的) English in biography ( 传记). There is a job application as a model to help with your writing, as welt as testing your reading.

Part 3 is Places: In this part, too many different kinds of English are shown, some informal and some formal. There is the informal English of a holiday postcard. There is also the formal English in a letter of complaint.

Part 4 is Things: You will find some descriptive writing in this part. There are descriptions of clothes and of a computer.

You can do these tests in any order you like, or you can do alt the tests with a formal or informal text. I enjoyed writing this book and I hope you enjoy using it,

1.We can find the introduction to a product in ______,

2.Which of the following is most probably written in informal English?

3. The passage is most probably written for _____.

4.What is the best title of the book?

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56. The audio-magazines in the passage are_____________.

    A. published in European languages

    B. read on the computer screen

    C. designed in the form of small-sized books

    D. broadcast on television and the radio

57. The audio-magazines are mainly for_________.

    A. European journalists    B. professional travelers

    C. language learners        D. magazine collectors

58. What is mentioned as a feature of the audio-magazines?

    A. They are translated into English.    B. They are convenient for the users.

    C. They are very easy to read            D. They are cheap and popular.

59. What does the underlined part "reimburse you" probably mean?

   A. Return the money you paid.   B. Change the product you bought.

   C. Offer you a free repair.         D. Guarantee you the quality.

More than half of teachers in a UK survey said they thought plagiarism from the Internet is a problem.
Some students who steal essays wholly  from the Web, they said, are so lazy they don’t even bother to take the ads off the cut-and-pasted text. 58 percent of the teachers interviewed in the Association of Teachers and Lectures(ALT) questionnaire had come across plagiarism among their pupils. Gill Bullen from Itchen College in Southampton, for example, said pieces handed in by two students were the same and significantly better than either of them could have done.” “Not only that, the essays given in didn’t quite answer the title question I had set.” A teacher from Leeds said, “ I had one piece of work so obviously ‘cut and pasted’ that it still contained ads from the Web page” Connie Robinson from Stockton Riverside College, Stockton, said, “ With less able students, it is easy to spot plagiarism as the writing style changes mid-assignment, but with more able students, it is sometimes necessary for teachers to carry out Internet research to find out the source of the plagiarism.” Mary Bousted, general secretary of the ALT, said, “Teachers are struggling under a mountain of cut-and-pasting to spot whether work was the student’s own or plagiarism.” She called for strong policies to oppose plagiarism, and asked for help from the government in providing resources and techniques to delete cheats.
【小题1】What does the underlined word “plagiarism” in Para 1 probably mean?

More than half of teachers in a UK survey said they thought plagiarism from the Internet is a problem.

Some students who steal essays wholly  from the Web, they said, are so lazy they don’t even bother to take the ads off the cut-and-pasted text. 58 percent of the teachers interviewed in the Association of Teachers and Lectures(ALT) questionnaire had come across plagiarism among their pupils. Gill Bullen from Itchen College in Southampton, for example, said pieces handed in by two students were the same and significantly better than either of them could have done.” “Not only that, the essays given in didn’t quite answer the title question I had set.” A teacher from Leeds said, “ I had one piece of work so obviously ‘cut and pasted’ that it still contained ads from the Web page” Connie Robinson from Stockton Riverside College, Stockton, said, “ With less able students, it is easy to spot plagiarism as the writing style changes mid-assignment, but with more able students, it is sometimes necessary for teachers to carry out Internet research to find out the source of the plagiarism.” Mary Bousted, general secretary of the ALT, said, “Teachers are struggling under a mountain of cut-and-pasting to spot whether work was the student’s own or plagiarism.” She called for strong policies to oppose plagiarism, and asked for help from the government in providing resources and techniques to delete cheats.

1.What does the underlined word “plagiarism” in Para 1 probably mean?

A．making quotations

B．stealing others’ works or ideas

C．cutting and pasting on the Internet

D．surfing others’ works or ideas

2.According to Para 2 some students are so lazy that they don’t_______.

A．bother to remove the ads

B．want to steal the whole essay

C．check the mistakes on the Internet

D．bother to do the work of cutting and pasting

3.According to Mary Bousted, we can learn that_______.

A．the government doesn’t complete its duty to stop plagiarism

B．it’s very easy for teachers to spot plagiarism

C．plagiarism causes the teachers great trouble

D．only the government can find cheats

4.What can be the best title for the passage?

A．UK students are lazy

B．punishment on plagiarism

C．Internet plagiarism –a problem in UK

D．Hard to prevent plagiarism from the Internet

　　　 Thinking is something you choose to do as a fish chooses to live in water. To be human is to think. But thinking may come naturally without your knowing how you do it. Thinking about drinking is the key to critical（判断性的）thinking. When you think critically, you take control of your thinking processes（过程）. Otherwise, you might be controlled by the ideas of others. Indeed, critical thinking is at the heart of education.

　　　 The word “critical” here has a special meaning. It does not mean taking one view against another view, as when someone criticizes another person for doing something wrong. The nature of critical thinking is thinking beyond the easily seen-beyond the pictures on TV, the untrue reports in the newspapers, and the faulty reasoning.

　　　 Critical thinking is an attitude as much as an activity. If you are curious about life and desire to dig deeper into it, you are a critical thinker. If you find pleasure in deep thinking about different ideas, characters, and facts, you are a critical thinker.

　　　 Activities of the mind and higher-order reasoning are processes of deep and careful consideration. They take time, and do not go hand in hand with the fast speed in today’s world: fast foods, instant coffee, and self-developing film. If you are among the people who believe that speed is a measure of intelligence（智力）, you may learn something new from a story about Albert Einstein. The first time Banesh Hoffman, a scientist, was to discuss his work with Albert Einstein. Hoffman was too nervous to speak. But Einstein immediately put Hoffman at ease by saying, “Please go slowly. I don’t understand things quickly.”

72．Critical thinking is important to us because if we do not think critically, _______.

A．it will be hard for us to think naturally and fast

B．we might be controlled by other people’s ideas

C．we will follow the ideas of others naturally

D．we might be footed by other people’s ideas

73．If you are a critical thinker, you will ________.

A．think deeply about different ideas　　　　　 B．trust the reports in the newspapers

C．take one view against another view　　　　 D．criticize other people for their mistakes

74．In the last paragraph, “something new” suggests that ________.

A．the smarter you are, the faster you do things

B．the faster you do things, the smarter you become

C．speed can improve intelligence

D．intelligence is not decided by speed

75．What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Thinking and Critical Thinking.　　　　　　 B．Understanding Critical Thinking.

C．Thinking Is Natural and Human.　　　　　 D．Thinking Fast Means Intelligence.