【题目】 Speaking English fluently (流畅地) might be difficult for you now. But all you need are the right methods and confidence (自信). I have prepared some advice for you.

Stop Being a Student

Stop thinking of yourself as someone who is learning English, and think of yourself as someone who speaks English. It’s a small change, but it will make you feel more confident and help you use the English you already know better.

Try to Learn Phrases

Speaking English fluently means being able to express your thoughts and feelings. Your goal is to speak English in full sentences, so why not learn it in full sentences? You’ll find that English is more useful in your life if you study whole phrases, rather than just simple words.

Studying English for an hour once a week isn’t usually enough to make any real progress. The best way to quickly improve your English is to spend at least a few minutes practicing every day.

Don’t Be Afraid to Make Mistakes

Sometimes it can be difficult to put all those rules and words together into a simple sentence. Don’t let the fear of saying something wrong stop you from speaking. Even if you think you’re making a mistake, keep speaking anyway. Most of the time, people will understand what you're trying to say. The more you speak, the easier it will be.

1Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.Practicing English every day helps you make greater progress.

B.Studying whole phrases makes you express your thoughts and feelings worse.

C.Thinking of yourself as an English speaker can make you more confident and use English better.

2What should you do if you make a grammar mistake when you are talking to an native English speaker?

A.Just keep speaking

B.Stop speaking right away.

C.Think of yourself as an English speaker.

3Which of the following titles can be put into “ ”?

A.Hard Work Pays Off

B.Practice Makes Perfect

C.Failure Is the Mother of Success

4Where do we most probably see the above passage?

A.In a student’s diary.

B.In a travel magazine.

C.In a study newspaper.

5Who will be most interested in this material?

A.A writer who writes novels.

B.A teacher who teaches history.

C.A student who wants to improve English.

【题目】

Now people depend more on the Internet to store information. Do people remember less? If you know your computer will store information, why do you put it in your brain? Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what and how we remember.

In a recent study, Professor Betsy Sparrow did some experiments(实验). She and her team wanted to know if the Internet is changing memory. In the first experiment, they gave people 40 unimportant facts and then stored them into a computer. The first group of people were told that the computer had stored the information. But the second group didn’t know that. Later, the second group remembered the information better. People in the first group knew they could find the information again, so they did not try to remember it.

In another experiment, the researchers gave people facts to remember, and told them where to find the information on the Internet. The information was in a certain computer folder(文件夹). Surprisingly, people later remember the folders location(位置) better than the facts. When people use the Internet, they do not remember the information. Instead, they remember how to find it. This is called transactive memory(交互记忆)”.

According to Sparrow, we are not becoming people with poor memories as a result of the Internet. Instead, computer users are developing stronger transactive memories, that is, people are learning how to organize a great deal of information so that they are able to find it at a later date. This doesn’t mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent, but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.

1The underlined word that in Paragraph 2 refers to _____________.

A.the way we use the Internet

B.the information was stored in the computer

C.the information which was asked to remember

D.the memory which is being changed by the Internet

2From the first experiment, we know that_____________ .

A.the first group remembered the information better

B.Sparrow gave people 40 unimportant numbers to remember

C.the second group did their best to remember the information

D.the two groups of people knew the computer had stored the information

3According to transactive memory, people always_____________ .

A.remember the facts easily

B.keep the information in mind

C.remember how to find the information

D.store the information on the Internet easily

4What does the story mainly talk about?

A.The Internet makes us less intelligent.

B.The Internet has influenced the way we live.

C.The Internet makes our memories become worse.

D.The Internet has changed the way we remember.

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