Students who say they never or hardly ever used dictionaries often speak English well, but usually write poorly because they make many mistakes.

The students who use dictionaries most do not learn quite well either. The ones who look up every new word do not read fast. For this reason, they do not have time to read much. Those who use small two-language dictionaries have the worst problems. Their dictionaries often give only one or two words as translations of English. But one English word often has many translations in a foreign language and one foreign word has many translations in English.

The most successful students are those who use large college edition dictionaries with about 100,000 words but do not use them too often. When they are reading, these students first try to get the general idea and understand new words from the context（语境）. Then they read again and use the dictionary to look up only key words that they still do not understand. They use dictionaries more for writing. If they are not sure how to spell a word, or divide it into syllables (音节), they always use a dictionary. Also, if they think a noun might have an unusual plural form, they check these in a dictionary.

51. Why are students who never used dictionaries poor in writing?

       A. Because they don’t know how to use right words. 

       B. Because they are not sure how to spell words.

       C. Because they make a large number of mistakes.

       D. Because they can’t understand the main idea.

52. The underlined word “they” (in Paragraph 2) refers to “_________”.

       A.  the students who only look up key words

       B. the students who look up every new word            

C. the students       who never use dictionaries  

D. the students who use large edition dictionaries

53. What kind of English learners are probably the most successful ones?

A. Those who use dictionaries most

B. Those who use small two-language dictionaries

C. Those who sometimes use large college edition dictionaries

D. Those who never or hardly ever use dictionaries

 54. When does the writer advise students to use a good dictionary?

   A. At the beginning of the reading.                              B. At the end of the reading.

   C. During the first reading.                                         D. After the first reading.

 55. What is the best title of the passage? 

     A. How to make good use of a dictionary                   B. Why to use a dictionary

C. How to improve spoken English                D. How to practise reading fast

Everybody has a home .People have homes. Animals have homes. People live in many different kinds of houses. Animals have different kinds of homes, too.

Some animals live in holes（洞）under the ground . The woodchuck(土拨鼠) lives under the ground .His home has two doors. If any animal comes into one door, the woodchuck goes out through the other . Some animals live in holes in trees. Some squirrels（松鼠）build nests (窝) high in trees. Most of the birds live in nests in trees. But hawks（鹰）build their nests high in the mountains(山).

(    ) 1. The story is about____________.

A. some trees      B. some people     

C. some animals    D. the homes of some animals

(    ) 2. ___________ live under the ground.

A. All the animals   B. All the woodchucks

C. All the squirrels   D. All the birds

(    ) 3. How many doors are there in the woodchuck’s house?

A. One     B. Two     C. Three.      D. None.

(    ) 4. Animals’ homes are____________.

A. not the same   B. the same    C. in holes    D. in trees

(    ) 5. People live in ____________.

A. holes    B. trees     C. different kinds of houses    D. mountains

B

Joan is an American girl. She lives in China now. She is in my class. Her parents work in China, too, but her brother works in the U.S.A. He often writes letters to them. Joan likes Chinese class very much, and likes speaking Chinese with us after class. Her father teaches us English well. We all like his class. On Sundays, Joan goes to the People's Park with her father and mother. Sometimes she goes shopping with her mother. They like the Chinese food very much. It's a happy family.

(    )6. Joan is from ________.    

A. China B. Japan  C. the U.S.A. D. Canada

(    )7. Joan likes speaking ________with us after class.

A. Chinese B. English  C. French D. Japanese

(    )8. Joan's ________ is an English teacher.

A. father B. mother  C. brother D. father and mother

(    )9. How often does Joan go to the shop?

A. Often. B. Never.  C. Every Sunday. D. Sometimes.

(    )10. Which is not wrong?

A. Joan's mother is a good doctor.        B. There are three people in her family.

C. They like to eat the Chinese food a lot.  D. The family are all in China.

C

(     )11. If you go to ______, maybe some people can understand you.

A. Russia        B. Singapore       C. Egypt       D. India

(     )12. Egyptians speak _________.

A. Chinese       B. Russian         C. Arabic      D. French

(    )13. If you go to ______, you must learn Russian well.

A. Russia        B. Canada         C. Singapore    D. India

(    )14. The capital of Singapore is _______.

A. Moscow       B. Cairo     C. New Delhi D. Singapore city

(    )15. From the form(表格), we can see that ______ is the most important language.

A. English     B. Russian        C. French     D. Tamil

                        D

Mrs Wilson likes to ask his husband to go shopping with her on Sundays. Her husband pays for the things that she buys. Now they are in a shop.

"Look, Andy. Is it a fancy hair clip?" Mrs Wilson asks his husband.

"All right. And how much is it?"  he answers and gives money to the shop assistant.  When Mrs Wilson asks him about something good or bad,      he often says "All right. And how much is it?"   to her.

At about 8 o'clock p.m., Andy is tired and thirsty, and he wants to have a drink. Suddenly (突然地) his wife looks up at moon and says, "Look, Andy. Is the moon so beautiful?"

"All right. And how much is it?" his husband answers quickly.

判断正(T)误(F)

(    )16. Mrs Wilson likes to go shopping on Sundays.

(    )17. Andy is Mrs Wilson's husband.

(    )18 Mrs Wilson pays for all the thing she buys.

(    )19 Andy is hungry and wants to buy some food.

(    )20 Mrs Wilson wants Andy to buy the moon.

One morning, Wu Liang discovered that her classroom had c__1.__. She found that desks were no longer in rows , but were p___2.__ together to make eight bigger desks . She was too excited about it for the first two days and she couldn’t listen to the teachers carefully. But soon she and her classmates got u___3._ to this new classroom arrangement . “Now our class is quieter.” said Wu .”What’s more , we can come up with our o_4._ ideas and learn more through discussions. It’s a better way to study .”

Li Yu liked it, too. He said ,”Group members first discuss , and then show the r_5.___ of our discussions in front of the whole class. It makes us believe in ourselves.” It was part of a reform(改革) at Li’s school . The school made this reform because they wanted to p___6.__students with easier ways to study and more c__7._) to discuss. “Our school hopes it can i__8.__ students’ abilities to study by themselves and work in groups .” said Zhang Ming , an English teacher .

However, the reform has demanded(要求) more for teachers . Now they have only 15 minutes to give the lesson which should be taught in 40 minutes before . It is difficult to teach well in s__9._ a short time . The teachers have to find b___10.__ ways to teach more effectively.

“The reform demands more, but I’m sure it is helpful.” Added Zhang Ming .