Hi Mary,

       Thank you for writing to me and I will try to give you some ideas about improving（提高） your written English. The bad news, of course, is that there is no e   77    way to do this. It takes work.

       Improving your English, like getting better at anything else, means lots of practice. I think you already know enough words and grammar in English to make sentences and to understand English, and the problem you have is as the problem all Chinese students have when they learn English. You go to English class a couple of times a week and the rest of the time you speak Chinese. If you come to Canada, your English would improve very         q  78    because you would use it all day, every day. It’s just practice.

       To improve your writing in English, you should do the following t   79    things. First, you should try to read English as much as possible. It doesn’t matter what you read, so pick something that interests you. Reading English will show you how English words are used together, how English speakers express themselves and so on, so you can learn a lot from that. Then you should practice writing. Ask your teacher if you can get extra assignments and write things like short stories. Your teacher can s   80    you where you make mistakes and how to correct them. You can also write more letters to English speakers on the Internet (I will be happy to exchange letters with you if that will help). Don’t worry if you make mistakes     b  81    that is how you learn.

       You say you can not obey your plans. In English we say, “Plan the work, work the plan.” You need a plan and then you need to follow your plan to improve.

I hope these ideas are u   82   . I wish you luck, and if you want to write to me I will be happy to try to help you. We can talk about China, about Canada or anything else you like.  

Best wishes,

Brad Flankin

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书面表达

下面是一份英语学习自我评价表，每个评价项目后有若干个选项。请在符合自己实际情况的选项方框中打√(可以多选)。根据你的选择，以“My English learning”为题写一篇短文，介绍你英语学习中的优势与不足，并针对自己的不足之处，提出改进方法。

注意: 1. 语言通顺，意思连贯，书写规范；

2. 80词左右。短文开头已经写好，不计入总词数。

My English learning

English is a very important subject at school.________

English is very important in the modern world. Many people want to learn it well. Here are some things that I want to say about learning it.

To learn English well, you need two things－passion and good learning methods (方法). Passion is the more important one. Why? Because passion makes you want to learn English. Learning methods only tell you how to learn it better and faster.

If you love learning English, you will learn it regularly (有规律地) and spend much time on it. It will also be easy for you to remember new words and grammar rules. ________ For example, some people like history and know a lot about World War II. If you ask a person who doesn’t like history to memorize all the facts, he probably can’t do it.

When you don’t want to learn English, you can do the following things.

First, imagine that you can talk to native speakers just as you talk in your mother language. Imagine yourself to be a manager in a foreign company. Imagine you’re living in an English-speaking country.

Second, use English as much as possible. This is very important. The more you use English, the better you’ll learn it. English is very popular, so you can use it everywhere. You can watch American cartoons, write English diaries, and read interesting books written in English.

1.The underlined word “passion” means “______” in Chinese.

A. 态度??? B. 热情??? C. 步骤???? D. 情绪

2.The missing part in the Paragraph 3 can be ______.

A. You can’t memorize everything while learning English.

B. You will find it hard to learn English.

C. That’s because you can easily remember what you like.

D. Everyone likes to learn what they like most.

3.What can you do if you don’t want to learn English according to (根据) the passage?

A. Go to English-speaking countries.???

B. Read interesting English books.

C. Stop learning it for some time.??????

D. Listen to music or play sports.

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the writer?

A.You need two things if you want to learn English well.

B. It’s difficult for a person to know a lot about World War II if he isn’t interested in history.

C. Learning methods are more important than passion.

D. It’s easy for you to remember new words or grammar rules if you’re an English lover.

5.The main idea of this passage is about ______.

A. the importance of learning English????

B. English in the modern world

C. how to write e-mails to other people???

D. some advice on how to learn English

Before you can start speaking and writing in English, your brain must get enough correct English sentences. This is obvious（显而易见的）.

There are two ways to get correct English sentences: listening and reading. Both are good, but reading is much easier than listening. With the help of a good dictionary, you will be able to understand English texts much more easily than movies. If you just read one book in English, you will see that your English has become much better. English phrases will just come to you without thinking when you are writing or speaking.

This is true for hundreds of words and grammar structures（结构）. If you read in English, you can forget about grammar rules. Throw away your grammar book! You needn’t know the rules for the present perfect tense(现在完成时). Instead, read a few books in English, and soon you will feel that “I have seen Paul yesterday” is wrong. The only difference between you and native speakers is that they have heard and read more English sentences than you have.

1.From the first paragraph, we know that ________.

2.What is the best way to get correct English sentences according to the passage?

3.In the writer’s opinion, we can grasp English grammar rules _______.

4.The only difference between you and native speakers is that native speakers _______.

5.What’s the main idea of the passage?