What is a language for? Some people seem to think it's r practicing grammar rules and learning words.That's wrong.A language is for exchanging ideas.It's no good knowing all about language if you can't use it.

Many students I have been teaching know hundreds of grammar rules,but they can't speak correctly or freely.They are afraid of making mistakes.One shouldn't be afraid of making mistakes.We native speakers make mistakes,too.And we break rules.Bernard Shaw once said,“Foreigners often speak English too correctly.”But the mistakes that native speakers make are different from those that Chinese students make.They are English mistakes in the English language.And if enough native speakers break a rule,it is no longer a rule。What used to be wrong becomes right.The people not only make history,they also make a language.They can make their own language.They can't make another people's language.

So Chinese students who ale learning English should pay attention to the grammar,but they shouldn't overdo it,They should put communication(交际)first.

1、While learning a foreign language,        .

A、don't be afraid of making mistakes               B、don't be afraid of speaking too correctly

C、try to make mistakes like native speakers      D、try to speak it correctly

2、The passage says that while speaking English,         .

A、English students never make mistakes                C  foreigners never make mistakes

C、some Englishmen also make mistakes           D、native speakers never make mistakes

3、The passage didn't say,but it leads you to believe that         .

A、history is never changed                           B、history is always changing

C、language is never changed                           D、language is always changing

I have been trying to get sick.I don't wear a sweater when I should,and two days ago I walked in the rain without my boots and my feet got wet.But so far nothing has happened.Debbie once told me about a girl who liked to stay overnight in the infirmary(医务室).She used to rub(摩擦)the end of the clinical thermometer(体温计)until it went up to 102.Then she'd stick it in her mouth and the nurse there would think she was really sick.

This morning I tried doing that but it never went above 94 and I rubbed it for ten whole minutes.So I held the tip(未端)of the thermometer next to the light bulb(灯泡)in my desk lamp and it went up to105.I thought I'd put it in my mouth and walk downstairs like that.Then my mother would take it out and she would be surprised when she saw what a high fever I had!

The only trouble was I didn't know the thermometer would be so hot.As soon as I put it into my mouth, I burned my tongue.Something terrible! I spit the thermometer out.It fell on the floor but it didn't break.I will have to think up a better way to get mother and father back together.I can't waste my time trying to get sick.

1、How did the author try to get sick?

A、She walked in the rain without her boots.

B、She didn't wear a sweater when she should.

C、She played in the hot sun.

D、Both A and B.

2、The girl Debbie talked about pretending to be ill         .

A、so that she could have a rest

B、so that she could sleep in the infirmary at night

C、so that she would not work the next day

D、because she was mad

3、When the author put the hot clinical thermometer in her mouth,         .

A、she dropped it down                                       B、it broke

C、her mouth felt cold                                     D、it burned her tongue

4、She has been trying to get sick because         .

A、she doesn't want to go to school               B、she misses her parents

C、she hates her mother                                       D、she wants to go to hospital

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