题目内容
Try reading the following sentences as fast as you can. “She sells seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I’m sure she sells seashore shells.”
Not very easy, was it? What you’ve just read is called a tongue twister (绕口令). It is an exercise made up of sounds that are hard to pronounce in order to help people pronounce words faster and more correctly. Try the next example.
“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers? If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?”
Tongue twisters usually do not have much meaning. They are just designed to improve people’s ability (能力) to pronounce words. Although they may be very difficult, these exercises are very important to people who are trying to speak English correctly. This is because tongue twisters help people to tell the differences between similar sounds.
So if you wish to pronounce words more smoothly, you’d better try picking out some tongue twisters and practising them.
1.Tongue twisters are helpful in improving ______ skills.
A. listening B. writing
C. pronunciation D. communication
2.The first tongue twister is hard because ______.
A. it is very boring to read
B. it teaches us a lot of knowledge
C. we don’t know who “she” is
D. the sounds of “s” and “sh” are similar
3.The passage is probably taken from ______ in a school newspaper.
A. Story Time B. Study Garden
C. Latest News D. Lost and Found
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使对话通顺、正确。每词仅用一次（每空一词）
minute leave asleep decide again |
One day, Mr. Smith drove his car to meet his friends at the station. When he found there was still quite some time before the train arrived, he 1. to take a short sleep. He was about to fall 2.when a young lady came and asked him the time. Mr. Smith opened his eyes and answered “half past eight”. With a “Thank you”, the woman 3.. After a short while this happened 4., so Mr. Smith wrote “I don’t know the time!” on a piece of paper and put it on the window of his car. But only a few 5. later, an old man came and woke him up, “Hi, young man, I can tell you the time, its nine o’clock now.”
Are you a boy or a girl from 15 to 18 years old? Would you like to have a summer job? Now, we have three different kinds of summer jobs for you. You can get money from the job, and you can also learn something useful from the job. Please call 6565222 if you want to get any of the jobs.
Dance teacher’s assistant We are going to have a new dance class with more children. We need 3 assistants to help the teacher to give out the ad posters in the street for a week. You should be outgoing. You should also like to talk with different people. You can get $20 a day. |
Gardener Your job is to help people plant and water flowers. You must be careful and you love the nature. If you are not afraid of long –time dirty work, you can work in our Big Eden Garden. You can get $15 a day. |
Pet keeper Because we are going to have a vacation in another country, so we can’t take our pet with us. If you love animals, you can take Hoddy with you for a month. You can keep him in our home or at your home. You should give him food, clean him, take him for a walk every day if you are patient with a dog. You can get $10 a day. |
1.The summer jobs are for _______________.
A. teenagers from 13 to 19
B. teenagers from 15 to 18
C. all boys
D. all girls
2.You can get ____________if you work as a pet keeper for a month( 30 days ).
A. $ 600 B. $ 450 C. $ 300 D. $ 1000
3.If you are outgoing enough, you like to work with different people, you can be a ____.
A. dance teacher’s assistant
B. gardener
C. pet keeper
D. dog
4.According to the article, if you want to get a summer job, you should ______first.
A. teach kids to dance
B. water flowers
C. feed the dog
D. call at 6565222
5.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. If you do a summer job, you can get only money.
B. If you have lots of homework to do, it’s best to work as a gardener.
C. If you work as a pet keeper, you can work at home.
D. If you love the nature, you should stay at home, don’t find a summer job.