通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～10各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

　　Practicing sounds, you know, is ___4___ --the“th” sound for example. Choose words that begin ___5___ “th” and repeat them over and over again ___6___ you are comfortable with them. Let's try! This, that, those, them, think, thought, through, thin, thick...

Mr. Brown, a teacher in a primary school, often fell asleep in class, but he didn't want his  1  to know that．One day he again fell asleep  2  ．When he woke up, one of the  3  ,Tom, asked him, "Why did you fall asleep in class just now, dear sir?"

Mr. Brown's face turned  4  ． "I．．．I．．．The Sungod （太阳神） asked me to visit him in my dream．" he said．

Tom wanted to say something,  5  he said nothing．The next day, Tom also  6  in class．

When the teacher saw him, he  7  Tom up and asked him, "Why did you fall asleep in class and not  8  me, Tom?" 

Tom answered with a smile on his  9  , "The Sungod asked me to visit him, too．" The teacher became  10  when he heard this and asked, "What did he say to you, then?"

He told me he didn't see you yesterday．

1．A．teachers               B．students                       C．parents                  D．workers

2．A．at table                  B．in class                C．in hospital            D．in bed

3．A．boys                     B．girls                  C．men                  D．women

4．A．black                B．red                   C．yellow             D．green

5．A．but                B．and                   C．or                    D．so

6．A．went to bed             B．got up                   C．fell asleep              D．went to work

7．A．woke                 B．threw                         C．hung                    D．brought

8．A．hear from               B．hear of                C．listen to                D．look at

9．A．head                      B．nose                   C．face                 D．ear

10．A．angry                B．happy                  C．sad                     D．pleased

A Christina from Spain
On the last day of the year, the 31^st of December, people wait till 12 pm. Everybody must have 12 grapes(葡萄) to eat at midnight. At each sound of the clock, we must eat a group. But we can’t ever finish eating the grapes on time! Usually when people still have some grapes in their mouths, they look at each other and start to laugh. This tradition started in Spain long ago. One year, when there were a lot of grapes, the king of Spain decided to give grapes to everybody to eat on New Year’s Eve.
B Cordon from Britain
On New Year’s Day in Britain, people have parties. At 12 o’clock, the music stops, and we listen to the radio. On the radio we hear Big Ben, the famous clock in London. Then everybody sings a song about friendship and kisses their friends. We say “Happy New Year” to each other. It’s lucky if a tall man with dark hair is the first person to come to the house in the new year. So I go and visit as many friends as I can. They all give me a drink.
C Angela from Brazil
In all cities in Brazil, we have a big party on New Year’s Eve, especially in Rio de Janeiro. People in this city go to the beaches to watch fireworks(焰火)。We put flowers in the sea and think about things we want for ourselves or others. We usually wear white clothes for good luck during the New Year.
【小题1】Picture___________ is about paragraph 1.

【小题2】Who have parties on New Year’s Day?
A. People in Spain.  B. People in Britain.
C. People in Brazil.  D. Both B and C.
【小题3】From the 2nd paragraph, we can infer (推断)that___________.

How can you think in English? I think the best way is to practice as what a football player does every day. During the     the football player will pass the ball to his teammates over and over again. So he won’t have to     passing the ball in the game, he will just do it. You can     yourself to think in English this way. The first step is to think of the words that you use daily, simple everyday words     book or shoe or tree. For example, whenever you _____a “book” you should think of it in English instead of in your mother language.
After you have learned to think of several words in English, then move on to the next step—thinking in   . Listening and repeating is a very useful    to learn a language. Listen first and don’t care too much about     you fully understand what you’re hearing. Try to repeat what you hear. The more you listen, the    you learn. After you reach a higher level, __  having conversations with yourself in English. This will lead you to think in English.