There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But only a few of them are very important. English is one of them. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the USA, but also in other parts of the world. About 200,000,000 people speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a foreign language. Many millions of people are trying to do so. Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different answers. Have you ever noticed ads(广告) of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? “Learn English in six weeks, or give your money back…” “Easy and funny…” “Our records and tapes help you master English in a month”. Of course, it never happened quite like that.

The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should remember that we all learned our own language well when we were children. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. Think of what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears.

So it is hard to say that learning English is easy. We must do a lot of practice. And practice needs great efforts and takes much time. Good teachers, record, tapes, books, and dictionaries will be helpful, but they cannot do the student’s work for him.

1.How many languages are very important in the world?

2.If we want to learn English well, what shall we do?

3.How does the writer like the ads in the newspapers or magazines?

4.Which language is easy to learn?

5.Which countries use English as the mother tongue?

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

Do not waste time in learning the word list. It is not a good way to remember new words. The best way to learn new words is through listening. You can find radio programmes or TV programmes. And listen to them carefully. When you listen to the conversations, you will learn the pronunciation easily. Of course, it is not enough; you have to remember their spellings.

Some people find that they can learn the names of everyday objects such as box, bottle, cup, desk and so on, in the following way. They write the names of things on paper, and then they read the words on the paper. Try this and see if this way works for you. If it does not work, then go on to practise listening to the conversations.

根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。

1.To remember new words is not easy for many students.

2.Learning the word list is a good way to remember new words.

3.The best way to learn new words is to listen to radio and TV programmes.

4.Listening to radio and TV is enough.

5.If you write the names of things on paper, it will help you learn new words.

Some children wish to be writers some day. They want to write stories or books for people to read. That’s good! It’s good to write something for people t read! But they should know that they need to be good readers first before they are really good writers. They should read a lot of books, instead of watching TV and spending a lot of time playing games when they are free.

There is more fun in reading, you want to look for more books to read.

Before you decide to be a good writer, you’d better say to yourself, “I must read more and more!”

1.This article mainly tells us that _______.

A. some children wish to be writers some day

B. it is good to write something for people to read

C. reading can be helpful for us to become a good writer

2.Some children want to be writers _______.

A. because they want to be good readers.

B. to write stories or books for people to read

C. to find good work some day

3.It’s good for children ________.

A. to do a lot of reading

B. to watch TV in the evening

C. to have wishes only

4.Reading can _______.

A. help you to be a good player

B. help you write well

C. make you work well

5.From the passage we know that _______.

A. all children like to be writers

B. people like to read for children

C. children need to read more and more books

John is 14 years old. He is a student of Grade Eight. He was a very active and happy boy two years ago. But everything changed after he started to play computer games. He never plays basketball or football with his friends any more. And when he sits in the classroom, he can’t listen to the teachers. He sleeps in class. And he spends less and less time in studying. So he gets bad marks in tests. But he is very different after school is over. He stays in the net bar until it is closed. Ah, he loses himself in（沉迷于）computer games. His parents can do nothing to stop him. Every morning in the school, when we see that he is so tired after a night’s “busy working”, we really feel sad. He is too tired!

1.John was ______two years ago.

2.John changed a lot because ________.

3.Every morning John feels ________.

4.John _______ plays basketball with his friends now.

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

 根据短文内容及首字母提示，完成文中所缺单词。

English is difficult to learn because it is so d___41____ from our mother tongue(母语). On the other hand, we haven’t got enough chance to s____42____ English to foreigners.

So the first important thing for us to do, I think, is to p__43____ speaking English more both in and out of class. In class, I l____44___ to the teacher very carefully and try my b___45____ to answer the teacher’s questions. After class, I listen to the tape of the texts again and again until I can u____46____ every word of it. I often retell(复述) the text in my own words. I always work h___47___ at English and never give it up.

Of course, this is not e___48____. In the evening I do my homework very c___49____. When I find something interesting, I write it d____50_____in English. At first, I couldn’t write well, but with the help of my teacher I have made great progress.

41__________42__________43__________44_________45__________

46__________47__________48_________49_________50__________

用括号中所给词的正确形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。（共10小题，每小题2分）

Welcome back, everyone! Now, because it’s a new term, I _________ (give) you some advice. You should ________ (read) some English every day. It’s good for your vocabulary. It’s also a good idea __________ (check) your vocabulary notebook every day. Why don’t you ________ (write) down the correct spelling and grammar next to the mistakes? How about ___________ (listen) to the radio or __________ (read) a newspaper in English? But try ___________ (not translate) every word. Remember ____________ (make) friends and write email messages to them. Don’t forget __________ (watch) English films, and talk about them with your friends, this is a great way ____________ (learn) English!

What are they doing for holiday?

They are happy because they are on holiday.

Mary is visiting her aunt in Paris. She is very excited to be in Paris. It is a very famous city. And it is a good place to go shopping!

Tom is fishing in the lake. Because the water is very clean, there are so many fish in the lake. Tom is having a good harvest (收获).

Simon and Bill are good friends. They are usually very busy with their study every day. So they want to do something different. They are going bike riding together in the beautiful countryside (农村，乡下). It’s relaxing.

Jesse is taking some photos in the park. The park is very beautiful in autumn, and it’s a good place to take photos.

Everyone gets tired sometimes. It’s important to have a rest. And it’s good for your health. It can help you work or study better, too. I hope everyone is having a good time. 

请以“My holiday”为题，结合即将到来的“十一”长假，写一篇不少于60词的短文，描述一下你的假期打算。

要求：1.短文内容条理清晰，书写规范，短文开头已给出，不记入总词数。

2.语句通顺，连贯。

My holiday

National Day is coming. I feel very happy, because we’ll have an eight-day holiday.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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        those your quilts?

A、Is                    B、Are               C、Do

This is my sister.          name is Mary.

A、Her                   B、His               C、She