Many students feel it difficult to remember new words when they begin to study English. Now I will give you some advice.

1. Do not waste time in learning a list of English words. It is. the hardest way to remember English words. How do you learn to speak Chinese? You did it by listening carefully to the people talking to each other. You can find radio programs, TV programs and records, and listen to them carefully. The best way to learn all new words is through ear. As you listen to more and more dialogues, you will learn how English is pronounced in phrases and sentences. Of course, it is at enough to learn new words; you must learn how words are put together, and why some words in English are emphasized.

2. Some people have found that they can learn the names of everyday objects, such as box, cup, desk and so on, in the following way. They write the names of subjects, they say the words. Try this and see if this way works for you. If it does not, then go on to practice your dialogues.

1. Who gave the advice? Perhaps it was given by       .

A. Carl Marx                                               B. a teacher from England

C. American parents                                           D. a teacher of English

2. The advice the writer gave us is mainly about       .

A. how to learn English                                        B. how to put words together

C. how to learn new words      

D. how to write the names of the objects on paper and put the paper on them

3. The writer gave us two pieces of advice. He seems to enjoy       .

A. the first one               B. the second one        C. both of them          D. neither of them

4. The writer thinks that the best way to learn new words is       .

A. to do more reading                                   B. to do more writing

C. to do more listening                          D. to learn which word is emphasized

5. The way to write the names of the objects on paper and put the paper on them       .

A. works for everyone                               B. does not work for anyone

C. works only for some people                        D. works only for the Chinese students

Many teenagers(青少年)feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members, and in particular(尤其是)their parents, don't know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice(忠告).

It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a circle(圈)of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone. This communication(交际)is very important children's growing up, because friends can discuss(讨论)something difficult to say to their family members.

However parents often try to choose their children's friends for them. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends. The question of "choice(选择)" is an interesting one. Have you ever thought of the following questions?

Who chooses your friends?

Do you choose your friends or do your friends choose you?

Have you got a good friend your parents don't like?

Your answers are welcome.

1. Many teenagers think their        know them better than their parents do.

A. friends                       B. brothers and sisters   C. family members       D. mothers

2. When teenagers stay alone, the usual way of communication is        .

A. to go to their friends'                               B. to talk with their parents

C. to discuss with their family                          D. to talk with their friends on the phone

3. Which of the following is different in meaning from the sentence "Some parents may ever, stop their children from meeting their good friends."?

A. Some parents may even not allow (允许) their children to meet their good friends.

B. Some parents may even ask their children to stay away from their good friends

C. Some parents may even not let their children meet their good friends.

D. Some parents may want their children to stop to meet their good friends.

4. Which of the following sentences is RIGHT according to the passage?

A. Parents should like everything their children enjoy

B. In all families children can choose everything they like.

C. Parents should try their best to understand their children better.

D. Teenagers can only go to their friends for help.

5. Which is the best title(标题)of the passage?

A. Only Parents Can Decide                           B. Teenagers Need Friends

C. Parents and Children                       D.A Strange Question

1. If you want to work in the south, you can apply for a job as        .

  A. a driver                                                 B. an air hostess

C. a teacher                                               D .all of the above

2. You may call         when you wish to be a teacher.

  A.0755-6561382                                         B.0411-4313861

C.010-88488970                                     D.A and B

3. Mary, aged26, knows English and Japanese. Which job can be given to her?

A. Driving for Capes Taxi                              B. Working for China Airlines

C. Teaching at Instant Languages Ltd.            D. None of the above.

4.What can prevent(阻止) Jack, an experienced taxi driver, working for Capes Taxi?

A. Liking beer and wine                                 B Breaking traffic, rules.

C. Beijing unable to speak a foreign language.   D. Not having college education.

5. Which of the following is not mentioned in the three ads?

A. Height.               B. Age.                     C. Language.             D. Health.

Modem life is impossible without travel. The fastest way of travel is by plane. With a modern you can travel in one day to places, which it took a month or more to get to a hundred year ago. Travel by train is slower than by plane, but it has its advantages. You can see the country you are traveling through .Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining cars. They make even a longest journey enjoyable. Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different places. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but travels by sea are a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.

Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel there by car. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish—where there is something interesting to see at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at hotel to spend the night. That is why traveling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or plane when travel on business.

1. According to this passage which is the fastest way of traveling?

A. By train.                  B. By sea.               C. By plane                D. By car.

2. If we travel by car, we can        .

A. travel only fifty or one hundred miles a day

B. make our own timetable

C. travel to a very far place in several minutes

D. make the longest journey enjoyable.

3. The underlined word "they" in the passage means        .

A. modern trains in the country

B. the travelers on the modern trains

C. the slower ways of traveling

D. comfortable seats and dining cars

4. When people travel on business, they usually take         .

A. a bike or foot            B. a boat or a ship         C. a train or a plane     D. a plane or a bus

5. How many ways of traveling are mentioned(提到) in passage?

 A. Five.                         B. Three.                 C. Two                    D. Four.

单词拼写与运用.

1. I feel frustrated because I have t         in learning English.

2. I'll go to the park u         it rains.

3. Please pay a         to your pronunciation

4. She has t         English for ten years.

5. There is p         of rain in summer every year.

6.If you work hard, you'll         (实现)your dream.

7. She is a        . (有见识的) woman, she knows a lot.

8. I hope to pass the f         exam at the end of the year.

9. Everyone should know the         (重要性)of studying hard.

10. Driving too fast may         (造成)car accident.

阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空.

Mr. Green was a poor man, so he tried to grow as many vegetables as he could in his own garden, so that he would not have to buy so many in the market.

       One evening he heard a noise in his garden and   1   (look) out of the window. A white                                                                                  ox(公牛) had get into his and was eating his vegetables. Mr. Green at once   2   (take) his stick and ran towards the ox, but he was too old   3   (catch) it. At last the ox had mined (毁坏) most of his vegetables.

The next morning, while he  4  (walk)in the street near his house ,he saw a cart with a white ox. The ox looked very much like the one that   5   (eat) his vegetables in his garden. He was carrying his stick with him, so he at once began   6   (hit) the ox very hard with it.

The owner of the cart  7   (drink) coffee in a nearby coffee-house. When he saw that, he ran out and shouted, "Why  8  you   8  (do) that? What  9   the poor animal ___(do) to you for you to hit him like that"

"You keep out of this!" Mr. Green shouted back loudly. "This is a matter between me and the ox. He   10  (know) very well why I am hitting him!"

A: Hi, Bill! You're reading the novel again.

B: Yes, Tom. I'll never be tired of it.

A:    1  

B: There times. Every time I read it, l can always learn something new.

A: Really?    2    ?

B: Charles Dickens. I think he is a great English writer. what about you?

A:    3  . He is also my favorite foreign writer. Please let me have a look at it.

B: OK, here you are! What do you think of this novel?

A:    4   . I haven't seen such a novel for long. Where did you buy it?

B: In the Rose Bookshop.

A: I don't know where it is,     5   ?

B: No. Only 10 minutes walk from here, next to the People s Cinema.

A: Oh, I see. I'm going there to get one, too. Thank you!

B: You're welcome!

美国某学校开设汉语课程已经两年多了，但很多学生的成绩一直德想。于是，该校决定利用今年暑假组织一批学生来你校学习，主要想了解如何学好汉语，特别是在口语和听力方面。学校要求你结合自己的学习经验，用英语写一篇100词左右的发言稿。 要点包括：

      1、表示欢迎；

2、简要介绍学习汉语的体会；

3、提出一些建议或方法(不少于三条)；

4、表达你的愿望。

      可根据要点和提示适当发挥。

参考词汇：listening ability(能力), spoken Chinese, radio/TV programs, DVDs

      注意：

1．文中不得出现真实姓名、校名及其它相关信息，否则不予评分。

2．开头、结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Boys and girls,

As students, we are supposed to spend as much time as we could _______．

A．study                B．studied               C．studying              D．to study

I'm not used _______ so much at lunchtime．

A．to eat               B．for eating            C．eating                 D．to eating