In learning English, one should first pay attention to listening and speaking. It is the groundwork (基础) of reading and writing. You’d better     your best to speak while you do much listening. Don’t be       of making mistakes. But be careful not to let them stop (阻止) you from improving your       . While you are doing this, a good        is to write or keep a diary, write notes or letters. Then if you can, ask some others to go through (浏览)        you have written and tell you where it is wrong. Many mistakes in your speaking will be         found when you write. Through correcting mistakes, you can do better in learning English.

If you are slow in speaking, don’t        about it. One of the helpful ways is reading, either aloud or to yourself. The important thing is to choose       interesting to read. It mustn’t be too difficult for you. When you are reading        this way, don’t stop to        the new words if you can guess their meanings when they have nothing to do with the sentences. You can do that some other time.

1.A. have          B. send         C. make           D. try

2.A. sure          B. proud        C. afraid           D. tired

3.A. English       B. Chinese       C. Japanese        D. French

4.A. start          B. idea          C. time           D. way

5.A. how          B. when         C. what           D. why

6.A. happily       B. easily         C. really          D. slowly

7.A. talk          B. fear          C. worry          D. hurry

8.A. something     B. everything    C. anything        D. nothing

9.A. by           B. on           C. at              D. in

10.A. look        B. look for       C. look up         D. look over

Dear grandma,

   How is it going? I hope that grandpa is （1） now. I was sorry to hear that he had a （2） last week. I hope you are in good health.

   Things are fine now. I finished my end-of-year exams last week and got my （3） card today. I always get （4） when I see the envelope from school in the mail, but （5） I did OK this time. I had a really hard （6） with science this semester, and I wasn't surprised to find that my worst report was from my science teacher. She said I was lazy, which isn't （7）. It's just that I find science really difficult. （8） disappointing result was in history. My history teacher said I could do better. The good （9） is that my math teacher said I was hard-working. And my Spanish teacher said my listening was good.

   Well, that's about all the news I have for now. Dad and Mom （10） their love.

Love  Alan 

1. A. well              B. rich                  C. busy                D. kind

2. A. rest              B. dream               C. game                D. cold

3. A. report                  B. ID                    C. phone               D. library

4. A. excited          B. sad                   C. nervous            D. tired

5. A. carefully              B. luckily              C. suddenly           D. quickly

6. A. business               B. question            C. problem            D. time

7. A. important             B. true                  C. boring              D. enough

8. A. Each                    B. Some                      C. Another            D. Other

9. A. meaning               B. notice               C. news                D. letter

10. A. have                  B. send                 C. provide             D. show

—Sorry, Doctor Smith isn’t here right now.

—May I ____ a message on his desk?

A. take         B. send             C. have     D. leave

—Sorry, Doctor Smith isn’t here right now.

—May I ____ a message on his desk?

A. take         B. send             C. have     D. leave

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后请从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

When are you an adult?

When do you think you are an adult? Maybe different     have different ideas.

Now let's see what some American teenagers say.

Sam: In    idea, you are an adult at the     of 18. That's when you can vote(投票）. You can help to   who rules the whole country. That's also a grown-up does! My grandfather couldn't vote    he was 21. They changed it to 18 in 1971.

Jenny: I don't     it's hard to say. I can drive a car at 16, can't I? When you have a driver's license, you can    it to people to tell them your age for all kinds of things.      sixteen must be the age when you change from a      person to an adult. Because you can tell others you are not a       any more.

Suzie: Well, I think there is    wrong with American laws for when young people can    things. I can vote at 18 and drive at 16. So you would think that 18 is a grown-up,     16 isn't. But then I can't drink wine until I'm 21! If I'm     an adult at 18, how can people stop me from      a cup of beer in a bar?

1.A. teenagers           B. adults                      C. drivers                    D. grandfathers

2.A. his                        B. my                            C. her                           D. your

3.A. age                       B. end                          C. front                        D. number

4.A. make     B. keep                         C. teach                       D. choose

5.A. after                     B. until                         C. when                       D. if

6.A. hope                    B. want                        C. like                           D. think

7.A. show           B. send                        C. ask                           D. pass

8.A. But                       B. And                         C. So                            D. Or

9.A. old                        B. young            C. little                         D. tall

10.A. baby            B. grown-up                 C. boy                          D. kid

11.A. anything            B. everything              C. something             D. nothing

12.A. do                      B. buy                          C. like                           D. borrow

13.A. as if                   B. even though C. ever since              D. above all

14.A. already             B. still                          C. also                          D. yet

15.A. selling                B. making                   C. drinking                  D. giving