When you speak, write a letter or make a telephone call, your words carry a message. People communicate (交流) with words. Do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are __1__ . Tears in your eyes tell others you are sad. When you __2__ your hands in class, the teacher knows you want to __3__ something or ask questions. You __4__ your head from side to side, and people know you are saying no.

Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the __5__ helps you know which bus you can take here. A sign on the wall of your school helps you __6__ the library. Signs on the doors tell you __7__ to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are lots of signs round you and that you receive messages __8__ them all the time? Books, newspapers, TV, radios and __9__ all help us to communicate with other people. They all help us __10__ what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.

To learn a foreign language well, you need to spend a lot of time on it. The ___46___ time you spend on the language, the faster you will learn. This does not ___47___ sitting in class looking out of the window, nor listening to other students who do not speak well. This means spending time enjoyably on the ___48___ you are learning.

Listen to the language you are learning on your MP3 player. Read ___49___ you are listening to. Listen to and read things that you like, things that you can mostly ___50___, or even partly understand. One hour of listening or reading is more effective（有效率）than many hours of class time. If you ___51___ listening and reading, you will improve yourself.

Build up your vocabulary lists, which you’ll need lots of. Start to notice words and how they come ___52___ as phrases. Learn these words and phrases ___53___ listening and reading. Read online, using online dictionaries, and make your own vocabulary lists. Do not ___54___ for someone else to show you the language, nor to tell you what to do, and you should discover the language by yourself, like a child growing up. Talk when you feel like it. ___55___ when you feel like. You are learning and improving. The language will become clearer in your mind. Just make sure you spend enough time on the language.

Mr. Klein told the class that a new student, Inez, would join them soon．He  1  that Inez was deaf and dumb(哑)．She "talked" with others by using sign language．Mr. Klein knew sign language, and he decided to teach  2  students so that they could also "talk" with Inez．

First, they learned to sign the letters．Some letters were hard to  3  ．Other letters, such as C, were easier because the shape of the hand was the same as the shape of the letter．

The  4  thing they learned was finger spelling．They signed one letter after another to spell a word．They  5  with two-letter words such as at and on．Then they spelled  6  words．

Finally, Mr. Klein showed that  7  one sign could be used for a whole word．To make the sign for the word fine, a person spreads out(伸展) the finger on one hand,  8  the thumb(拇指) on the chest, and moves the hand away from the chest．Signing is not just done with the hands．Expressions on the face are also  9 ．The students learned to sign a question mark by using expressions on the face．

When Inez first entered the classroom, she looked  10 ．But the students signed, "Good morning, Inez," She gave the class a big smile and signed back．"What a wonderful welcome!"

1．A．talked                B．said                 C．told                 D．asked

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

3．A．think                 B．write                C．speak                      D．remember

4．A．first                 B．last                 C．next                 D．third

5．A．left                  B．ended                C．agreed               D．started

6．A．newer                B．easier                C．longer               D．older

7．A．never                B．ever                 C．just                  D．only

8．A．joins                 B．touches              C．looks                D．feels

9．A．important             B．different              C．difficult              D．interesting

10．A．serious             B．surprised             C．nervous              D．happy

Li Lei is a Chinese student．He gets an e-mail  1  Jackson Wilson．Jack is a student in Canada．He wants to  2  Chinese．

    Dear friend，

    My name is Jack Wilson．I am from Toronto．  3  ．I am 13 years old．I’m a schoolboy．I know China is a great  4  ．I want to make friends（交朋友）  5  China and I want to learn Chinese．

    There are nineteen students in  6  class．My classmates are from six countries．They are learning English．My parents are from France．They  7  French．I speak English and French． There are many Chinese  8  in Toronto．I want to learn Chinese．  9  I don’t have any Chinese textbooks．Could you  10  me?

    Please write back soon．Thank you．

    Jack Wilson

1．A．for                  B．to                C．from              D．of

2．A．teach               B．learn               C．speak            D．know

3．A．Canada               B．Japan              C．Australia            D．France

4．A．city                  B．country            C．people              D．school

5．A．on                   B．at                 C．in                D．to

6．A．his                  B．your               C．my                 D．their

7．A．speak                B．tell                 C．say                D．talk

8．A．there                 B．here               C．peoples              D．students

9．A．so                  B．and               C．for               D．but

10．A．give                B．help                C．write            D．leave

Please write a letter and              me about your study．

A．speak                    B．tell                       C．say                        D．talk