(   ) 4. Before the speech, if you take a deep breath and smile，you will      

A.    come down

B.    sit down

C.    calm down

D.    get down

(   ) 3. Kangkang's uncle has lived in England for years，so he has no difficulty

      with people there now.

A. talking    B. talked

C. talks    D. to talk

(   ) 2. I usually stay at home on Sundays, but      I go out for a walk if it is fine.

A. some times    B. at times

C. in time    D. on time

(   ) 1. ―Hi，do you have any plans for the coming vacation?

    ―Oh，I      Hong Kong.

A.   travel to

B.   am traveling to

C.   traveled to

D.   would travel to

四、写作训练。

请根据所学内容以及你自己对英语的了解，举例说明美式英语和英式英语的不同点(不少于三点）。参考词汇：发音pronounce

题型分析：本次写作是表述美式英语和英式英语的几个不同点，故可使用一般现在时。

行文思路：由题目要求可知，我们可从美式英语和英式英语的发音(pronunciation)、拼写(spelling)和表达(expression) 三个方面入手来表述两者的不同。

高分点拨:表达时可以使用There are differences between... and…句子结构，使用连词while,but等连接美式英语和英式英语在发音、拼写和表达时的不同，以突出二者的对比。注意重点在于举例。

佳作展示：

 When you learn a foreign language, one of the most difficult parts of learning it is being able to understand and use a lot of idioms(成语).3and native speakers often use them without realizing(意识到)it themselves. This may bring much trouble when making communications with native speakers.

4            An idiom is a group of words. When it is used together, it has a different meaning from the one which the single word has. For example：

—How do you know that Sid and Nancy fall in love?

―I heard it on the grapevine (葡萄藤).

  Of course, the second speaker does not mean he heard the news by putting his ear to a grapevine！He wants to express the information spreading around a widespread Internet, like a grapevine.

  5            One of the best ways to learn an idiom is by looking at the context in which it is used. This can be done by setting your mind on the rest of the sentence and try to guess the meaning. Many idioms are not difficult to understand when thinking about them in their context.

根据短文内容，完成下列任务。任务一：

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1. What's the Chinese meaning of the sentence "I heard it on the grapevine"？

2. What's the best way to understand an English idiom?

任务二：

将下面三句话填入文中空白处，使短文内容完整、通顺。

A.   What is an idiom?

B.   But how can we understand an idiom exactly?

C.   The English language has over 15 ，000 idioms，

3._______ 4.________ 5.________

 A student is studying British English. He wants to know 1he can have a talk with Americans，and whether they can understand him. Learners of English often ask what the 2 between British English and American English are, and how important they are.

  First, there are a few differences in grammar. 3  ，speakers of British English say

Have you got a pen? While speakers of American English say Do you have a 4？ instead. Second, pronunciation is5 different. Americans usually sound the/r/ in words like "car" and "farm". Some 6 of British English don't sound the /r/ in these words. There are also some differences in 7 and vocabulary(词汇).For example, "colour" and " favourite”are British English spellings，8 " color”and " favorite”are American English spellings.

  However，these differences in grammar， pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary are not very 9 . For the most part,British English and American English are the 10language. No matter you speak British English or American English, you can make yourself well understood.

(   ) 1. A. that    B. how

      C. whether    D. where

(   ) 2. A. difficulty    B. importance

      C. differences    D. context

(   ) 3. A. After all    B. Such as

       C. In fact    D. For example

(   ) 4. A. pen       B. pencil

      C. ruler        D. book

(   ) 5. A. always    B. sometimes

      C. never    D. usually

(   ) 6. A. students    B. teachers

      C. speakers    D. tourists

(   ) 7. A. listening    B. spelling

        C. writing    D. reading

(   ) 8. A. when    B. while

      C. because    D. since

(   ) 9. A. important    B. interesting

     C,difficult D. necessary

(   ) 10. A. easy    B. same

       C. recent    D. natural

5. I        (borrow)The Old Man and the Sea from the library yesterday. It is well worth reading.

4. The old man was cold and hungry. He had only 50 ________(cent) with him.

3. When we learn English，we must try to avoid making mistakes in our      (spelling).