In learning English, one should first pay attention to listening and speaking.It is the groundwork(基础)of reading and writing.You’d better try your best to speak while you do much listening.Don’t be afraid of making mistakes.But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your English.While you are doing this, a good way is to write---keep a diary, write notes or letters, and then if you can, ask someone else to go through(检查)what you have written and tell you what is wrong.Many mistakes in your speaking will be easily found when you write.Through correcting the mistakes, you can do better in learning English.
If you are slow in speaking, don’t worry.One of the helpful ways is reading, either aloud or to yourself.The important thing is to choose something interesting to read.It mustn’t be too difficult for you.When you are reading in this way, don’t stop to look up the words if you can guess their meanings, or they have nothing important to do with the sentence.You can look them up later.
【小题1】For the beginners, listening and speaking is ______.

A.more important than reading and writingB.not so important as reading and writing
C.as important as reading and writingD.not so useful in learning English
【小题2】When you are speaking, _______.
A.you shouldn’t make any mistakesB.you must speak slowly
C.it doesn’t matter if you make any mistakesD.you had better take a dictionary with you
【小题3】One of the good ways to find your mistakes in your speaking is to______.
A.speak as much as possibleB.write notes or letters
C.ask some Americans to speak with youD.read more English books
【小题4】If you want to be fast in speaking, you should choose something_____.
A.difficult to read aloudB.easy to read to yourself
C.interesting to read to yourselfD.important to read aloud
【小题5】In reading, if you meet a new word which has something important to do with the sentence, you’d better_______.
A.stop to look it upB.not look it up and just go on reading
C.stop reading at onceD.not stop to look it up

C

It was at least tow months before Christmas, when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. Her Barbi bike was just too old, and it needed repairing as well.

As Christmas came nearer, her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, so we thought, for she didn’t mention it again. We were busy buying some beautiful storybooks, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then much to our surprise, on December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than anything else.

Now we didn’t know what to do. It was just toot late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing children’s presents, parents’ presents, a brother’s present and friends’ presents till midnight.So there was no time to take to buy the “right bike” for our little girl. Thinking that we were parents who would make their children unhappy, we felt guilty and sad.

Suddenly my husband came up with an idea. “What if I make a little bike out of clay(泥土) and write a note(便条) that she could trade in(交换) the model bike for a real one?” So he spent the next five hours carefully working with the clay to make a small bike.

On Christmas morning, we were so excited for Almie Rose to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened and read the note loudly.

She looked at me and Ron and said, ”So does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real one?” Smiling, I said, “Yes.”

Almie Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied, “I would never trade in this beautiful bike that Daddy made me. I prefer to keep it rather than get a real bike.” At that moment, we would have moved the God to buy her every bike on the Earth.

1.Rose’s wish was to____ on Christmas Day.

A.get a new bike                         B.make a clay bike

C.receive a doll house                     D.repair her old Barbi bike

2.Rose’s parents didn’t buy her a bike because she____.

A.didn’t want a bike any more

B.changed her idea to some story books

C.didn’t mention it in the last tow months

D.asked for it only on December 24

3.The word “guilty” in the third paragraph(段落) means____.

A.unhappy          B.worried           C.happy            D.sorry

4.Rose’s father got a good idea to____.

A.spend five hours finishing making a small bike with clay

B.make a small bike red and white

C.make her old bike red and white

D.put the present in the box

5.From Rose’s words in the last passage , we know that she____

A.still wanted to get a real bike

B.didn’t know the meaning of the note

C.preferred a real bike to a model bike

D.was greatly moved by what her father had done

 

Can you swim? Do you like swimming? Yes? Well, how can you learn to swim? I think the best way is to go into the water and learn. I’m afraid you’ll never learn to swim just by reading books about swimming or looking at others swimming. It’s the same with the English study. We must practice, practice and practice.

Listening and speaking are very important for beginners. The children in English-speaking countries first listen to others. Then they try to imitate and speak. We can listen to English programs on radio. You may just understand a few words. It doesn’t matter. Just be relaxed, try to catch every word. Somebody may be a good listener. But he dare not speak. He’s afraid of making mistakes. You know we sometimes make mistakes when we speak Chinese. Don’t be afraid. We must be brave. If you really want to learn English well, you must try to speak with everyone as long as he knows English. Whether you know him or not is not important, when there’s nobody to talk with, you can talk to yourself in English. It’s interesting and also a good way to practice your spoken English. Remember, the more you speak, the fewer mistakes you’ll make.

Reading and writing are more important for senior school students. First we must choose the books we’re interested in. A lot of reading will improve your language sense. This is the most important.

Keep writing English diaries. We can also write English articles. You may even post them to English magazines. Don’t be afraid of failure. Failure is the mother of success.

Easier said than done. Well, let’s do more practice from now on. I’m sure you’ll learn English well in this way.

1.You can learn to swim by_______.

A.reading books about it

B.looking at others swimming

C.having lessons on it

D.going into the river and learning

2.We should learn English by _______.

A.listening and speaking                    B.reading and writing

C.both A and B                           D.swimming

3.What will you do with mistakes when you speak?

A.Don’t make mistakes.

B.Study hard

C.Try not to speak English

D.Don’t be afraid.

4.What’s more important for senior school students?

A.listening                              B.speaking

C.reading and writing                      D.learning

5.We can listen to English ______, according to the passage.

A.by train                               B.on the radio

C.every minute                          D.now and then

 

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