Even a child knows that nodding the head means “Yes”. But some people will probably be puzzled when they first come to India. When they talk to an Indian, he often shakes his head. They might think that the Indian does not like what he said, but on the contrary he is expressing agreement.

The Indians have a habit of shaking their heads slightly when they talk to somebody. It doesn’t mean “No”, but “Yes”.

If a person doesn’t know this, it might cause misunderstanding.

At one time a foreigner in Indian told his driver who was an Indian to take him to his office. The driver shook his head. The foreigner repeated his request and the driver shook his head again. At last, the foreigner shouted angrily, “Drive me to my office at once!” The driver said in a low voice, “Yes, sir,” smiling and shaking his head again at the same time.

1.Generally speaking, nodding the head means _______, and shaking the head means _______.

2.Why did the Indian driver shake his head when the foreigner asked him to drive him to his office? Because _________.

3.Why did the foreigner become angry? Because _______.

4.The underlined phrase “on the contrary” means ________.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

  I have a plenty of plans for the winter vacation. But my friend Wang Lin doesn’t have any. She just stays at home watching TV. “Don’t you look forward reading good books during the vacation?” I ask her this morning. Without taking her eyes on the TV screen, she replied, “No.” I felt very worry when I heard what he said. Though we should relax during the winter vacation, I don’t think it is the good idea to relax through watching TV. Watching TV all the time not only wastes our time but also harm our healthy. I do hope Wang Lin will spend less time during the vacation watch TV.

Many language learners think their pronunciation is good enough because their teacher doesn’t correct them too often or because other students can 36 them.

Pronunciation is the area which is 37 the least attention to in language learning. Most teachers 38 just let their students speak. The teachers stop them 39 the students say something completely wrong. Working on each student’s pronunciation in class is just 40. Also, the students who are 41 at pronunciation may be afraid that it will embarrass their classmates if they help 42 their mistakes.

Although you believe your pronunciation is good enough to 43, you may be 44 when you actually go to a foreign country. One of my friends was the best student in his 45 class in Poland. However, when he went to America, he found Americans didn’t understand 46 of what he said.

Your pronunciation may still be quite 47 that of a native speaker. If this is the 48, other people will find it 49 to understand what you’re saying and will not be comfortable with you.

50, don’t think you can communicate in a foreign language 51 you’ve tested your skills on real native speakers. 52 for native or near­native pronunciation so that people you talk to can communicate with you 53. In order to achieve this goal, there’s no 54 that you will need to start thinking about pronunciation and 55 time on it.

1.                A．mistake         B．watch          C．surround D．understand

2.                A．made          B．found          C．paid D．called

3.                A．never          B．ever           C．even D．usually

4.                A．only if          B．as if            C．even if   D．so that

5.                A．fantastic        B．impossible       C．necessary D．important

6.                A．poor           B．well            C．good D．strict

7.                A．put out         B．work out        C．try out   D．point out

8.                A．communicate    B．travel          C．pronounce    D．exchange

9.                A．happy          B．sad            C．surprised D．excited

10.               A．Polish          B．French         C．German   D．English

11.               A．none          B．half            C．rest  D．lot

12.               A．near to         B．near from       C．far from   D．next to

13.               A．same          B．matter         C．case  D．fact

14.               A．easy           B．beneficial       C．convenient D．hard

15.               A．In conclusion    B．In other words   C．In total    D．On the contrary

16.               A．when          B．until           C．after  D．while

17.               A．Stand          B．Look           C．Aim  D．Search

18.               A．smoothly       B．difficultly       C．truly  D．practically

19.               A．way           B．need          C．doubt D．wonder

20.               A．take           B．cost           C．spend D．kill

Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.

　　 One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes（蚊子） in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved (摇动) his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”

After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.

　　Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.

　　But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.

1.That day Mark Twain went to the town _____.

2.The waiters felt sorry because _____.

3.All the people present laughed heartily because _____.

4.From the story we know _____.