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My first time taking part in the English corner was very interesting. I went there with my classmate, who also wanted to ___36______his spoken English . We agreed with each other that if we couldn`t find ___37_____person to join us , we could at least talk with each other in English . At the same time we could also encourage each other . At the beginning , ___38____of us talked actively with the other people , but then we met an American teacher . He was ___39_____and invited us to join his group . We attended their discussion , ___40____we didn`t say anything , either . The American __41_____was very surprised and said , “Anything is OK, If you don`t say anything , __42____do you come here ?”
The second time I attended the English corner , I felt more ___43_____..I first invited a girl whose spoken English was very good After talking , I knew she learned English all by herself . She was busy ___44____in a company , but she came to the English corner every week . She said I would __45____in the end if I persisted(坚持)in practicing it .
Now my English is very good !
（ ）36. A. speak B. say C. learn D improve
（ ）37.A. other B. many C. another D. no
（ ）38.A .both B any C. neither D. either
（ ）39.A. happy B .excited C. surprised D. nice
（ ）40.A. and B. but C. or D. so
（ ）41. A. classmate B. teacher C. doctor D scientist
（ ）42.A . why B. when C. where D. how
（ ）43. A. embarrassed B. confident C. careful D. honest
（ ）44.A. working B. living C. learning D. speaking
（ ）45.A.speak B. do C. succeed D. understand
36-40 DCCDB 41-45 BABAC
When I was in my first year of middle school, my father died. And my mother was ill just after I started high school, I had to stop 1 school because my mother had no ___2___ to pay for my school bills.
We started working in people’s gardens to save up enough money 3 me to go back to school. After some time, I returned to school. Unluckily, my mother died the next year. Suddenly my world went 4 . I asked my headmaster 5 I could work for the school so I could pay my bills. He was a nice man and let me 6 in the school garden during the 7 . I had not been able to study well because of my mother’s 8 . 9 the end of my second year, I 10 most of my exams and was told I would have to repeat (重复) the year. After 11 summer working in the school garden, I went back to lessons again. But suddenly I fell 12 .
Because of my illness, I was weak and couldn’t work at school. I was hopeless. My headmaster told me not to give up (放弃). And my teachers and classmates helped me a 13 . Now I’m feeling better and will finish my third year.
My life is still not 14 . A few students 15 my poor clothes. They also call me ‘farmer’ because I work in the school garden. But I know I have to do with such problems.
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My teachers suggested that I see a speech specialist (专家) in school.
I never really gave much thought to my speech. If other people understood what I was saying, then that was good enough. I didn’t mind repeating myself many times.
Before testing me, the speech specialist asked me what I thought of having good speech. I told her I thought it was not important.
“Well, when you are in an interview for a job, and they don’t know what you are saying, what are they going to say to you? Nice meeting you, bye,” she said.
Maybe good speech was important. I took part in 20-minute classes each week with the specialist.
After she tested me, she told me that I spoke too fast, and didn’t give enough eye contact (眼神交流). I learned that when I made eye contact with someone, it meant that I was talking to that person, and I could also see what he or she thought about what I was saying.
When my first speech class started, I found that I had been speaking too fast to be understood. Every time I spoke too fast, the specialist stopped me and told me to start again. At first, I got stopped after almost every other sentence. After a while, I felt my speech slow down. I wasn’t sure if people could understand me better, but my friends stopped asking me to repeat myself.
Speech is an important skill to have. If you do have good speech, that’s a good thing, but if you don’t have it, it is never too late to improve.
【小题1】The article is probably taken from .
| A．a newspaper | B．an advertisement |
| C．a detective story | D．a science book |
| A．It was very useful. | B．It was nothing important. |
| C．It was impossible. | D．It was good for interviewing. |
a. He spoke too quickly.
b. He never stopped once he started talking.
c. He seldom kept eye contact with people.
d. He didn’t give others time to ask questions.
| A．a, b | B．b, c | C．a, c | D．b, d |
| A．the writer’s friends couldn’t understand him |
| B．the writer still couldn’t make eye contact |
| C．the writer improved a lot |
| D．the writer didn’t slow down |
| A．seeing a speech specialist is necessary |
| B．speech is an important skill to have |
| C．good speech can help you make friends |
| D．good speech gets good affect |
When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children, I learnt French at school and I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand English. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday without any language problems.
How wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Danny a ring and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking like being lost and asked if he could help me.
“Yes,”I said.“I want to give my friend a ring.”
“Well, that’s nice,”he exclaimed (惊呼).“Are you getting married? But aren’t you a bit young？”
“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me where there’s a phone box?”
“Oh!”he said.“There’s a phone downstairs.”
When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me.“Don’t worry,” she said to me.“I had many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say. But most of the time British and American people can understand each other!”
【小题1】When the writer arrived at the airport, he wanted to _____.
| A．buy a ring for his friend | B．ask the way to his friend’s |
| C．telephone his friend | D．call a taxi |
| A．the writer wanted to find a phone box |
| B．the writer was old enough to get married |
| C．the writer didn’t know the way |
| D．the writer wanted to find his girlfriend |
| A．understood what the writer wanted to do |
| B．couldn’t understand the writer |
| C．bought a ring for the writer |
| D．took the writer to the phone box by himself |
A.The writer’s friend, Danny had a lot of difficulties in the U.S.A. at first.
B.There are some differences between American and British English.
C.British people can’t understand the Americans most of the time.
D.British and American people can understand each other most of the time.
When I was little, my mother began selling flowers in Camden Market. She couldn’t 36 me at home on my own, 37 I had to go to the market with her.
38 , I didn’t have to do anything. I just sat there, and my mother told me jokes and stories so I didn’t get 39 .When I got older, I gave my mother a hand and I really enjoyed it.
Then one year, my grandma gave me a book for Christmas. It was all about making candles and I loved it. I was 14, and I didn’t have to go to the market 40 because my mother could leave me at home on my own. I 41 my free time making candles of all shapes and sizes. I made 42 them.
One day, my mother was ill, so I had to go to the market on my own. I decided to 43 some candles with me and see 44 I could sell them. They 45 in 20 minutes! The next week, my mother gave me some money to buy some wax (蜡) to make more candles. They were sold out really quickly, too.
Ten months later, we decided 46 flowers. My mother and I couldn’t make enough candles during the week, so some of my friends started to help us. I paid them one pound 47 every candle, and we 48 sell them for three or four times. It was fun and my friends worked with me in the market.
At the age of 22, my uncle 49 me some money and I opened my first shop in Portobello Road. Since then, I’ve 50 looked back, even in difficulties. In the first store, we only sold candles, but now we sell everything from the designer, furniture to paintings. Oh, and candles, of course.
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