Question

【题目】I was tired. I had been studying English for 8 years, but my spoken English was terrible. I went to English school every night. I_________different textbooks and learned the grammar rules________ them every day. But during the eight years, I hadn’t got any_________at all!

Being tired of school, I searched the Internet for “Learn English” one night. Then I found a ________English learning system.

Seven days later I started using the system to learn English. My life _______ from then on. I used the system every day. I was________ to find that learning English in this way was so easy and interesting. No boring grammar rules. The articles were interesting and the stories were funny.

Then something amazing happened. One day I ________an American man named James in a coffee shop. Without thinking, I started to________him. My English words came out automatically（无意识地）.It was hard for me to believe it. I could speak English so easily. I didn’t feel any_________or worry. James understood my ideas and feelings. We talked for two hours without____________.Then we exchanged e-mails and Skype IDs. We decided to talk to each other on the Internet every week.

My English has improved greatly now. I think there are many ways of learning English for us to use. You should stop using a way that doesn’t work

and find out what is helpful to you.

【1】A. met B. saw C. read D. looked

【2】A. by B. in C. for D. about

【3】A. message B. mistake C. progress D. challenge

【4】A. boring B. common C. disappointing D. perfect

【5】A. changed B. started C. solved D. impressed

【6】A. afraid B. angry C. crazy D. surprised

【7】A. met B. beat C. helped D. forgot

【8】A. wait for B. talk with C. laugh at D. think of

【9】A. interest B. hobby C. stress D. idea

【10】A. saying B. predicting C. stopping D. understanding

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 B

【3】 C

【4】 D

【5】 A

【6】 D

【7】 A

【8】 B

【9】 C

【10】 C

【解析】

短文介绍了作者学习英语的经历。作者学英语已经8年了，但英语口语仍然很差，感觉一点进步也没有！后来通过“英语学习系统”这个软件学习英语，作者的交际能力有了明显的提高，与别人英语交流时再也感觉不到压力和担心。最后告诉大家，学习英语要选择一种适合于自己且对自己有所帮助的方法。

【1】句意：我每天阅读不同的教科书，学习它们中的语法规则。A. met遇见；B. saw看见；C. read阅读；D. looked看。读书用动词read，故答案为C。

【2】句意：我每天阅读不同的教科书，学习它们中的语法规则。A. by 通过；B. in在……里；C. for为了；D. about关于。them代指textbooks，书中的语法规则用介词in，故答案为B。

【3】句意：但在这八年里，我一点进步也没有！A. message信息；B. mistake 错误；C. progress进步；D. challenge挑战。make/get progress取得进步，根据前文中的句子“I had been studying English for 8 years, but my spoken English was terrible.”可知，作者在这8年中没有取得进步，故答案为C。

【4】句意：然后我找到了一个极好的英语学习系统。A. boring无聊的；B. common普通的；C. disappointing令人失望的；D. perfect完美的，极好的。根据下文中的句子“I was____6____ to find that learning English in this way was so easy and interesting.”可知，这套英语学习系统很棒，故答案为D。

【5】句意：我的生活从此发生了改变。A. changed改变；B. started开始；C. solved解决；D. impressed给……印象。通过上下文内容对比，可知，新的英语学习系统的运用改变了作者的生活，故答案为A。

【6】句意：我惊讶地发现用这种方式学习英语是如此的简单和有趣。A. afraid害怕的；B. angry生气的；C. crazy疯狂的；D. surprised吃惊的。最初作者对于英语学习感到厌倦，通过新的学习方式所取得的进步令作者感到惊讶，故答案为D。

【7】句意：一天，我在咖啡馆遇见了一个叫詹姆斯的美国人。A. met遇见；B. beat打败；C. helped 帮助；D. forgot忘记。结合句意可知，答案为A。

【8】句意：我不假思索地开始和他交流起来。A. wait for等待；B. talk with交流；C. laugh at嘲笑；D. think of想起。根据后面的句子“We talked for two hours without_10_”可知，作者与詹姆斯见面开始交流，答案为B。

【9】句意：我不再感到任何压力或担心。A. interest 兴趣； B. hobby 爱好；C. stress压力；D. idea想法。通过对比两个句子“but my spoken English was terrible.”和“My English words came out automatically（无意识地）.”可知，作者的口语交际能力明显提高，面对面交流时不再有任何压力，故答案为C。

【10】句意：我们连续聊了两个小时。A. saying说话；B. predicting 预测；C. stopping 停止；D. understanding理解。without stopping不停地，结合句意可知，答案为C。