阅读理解。October 21st, 2011Dear Vincent, I"m a middle school student in Zhejiang
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October 21st, 2011
Dear Vincent,
I"m a middle school student in Zhejiang , China. My English teacher, Ms. Li gave me your name and
address. I want to be your pen friend.
English is my favourite subject. That"s why I want to practise English with an American student. I also
like art. It"s so interesting and useful. I like history, too. Our history teacher always tells us a lot of
interesting historical stories. We all have a good time in history classes.
In my free time, I enjoy playing computer games. It"s exciting and fun. Do you like it ? I also like to go
to the movies. I saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I yesterday. It was a great film. But
I don"t like sports, so I never enjoy P. E. classes.
How about you? What subjects do you like? What do you look like? What do you want to do when
you get older? I hope I can get your letter soon!
Yours,
Zhao Gang
A. improve his writing
B. practise English
C. know more historical stories
D. make Ms. Li happy
2. What subject doesn"t Zhao Gang like? _____.
A. P. E.
B. English
C. History
D. Art
3. Who is Vincent? _____.
A. Zhao Gang"s classmate
B. A middle school student in Zhejiang
C. An American student
D. Ms. Li"s student
4. What did Zhao Gang do on October 20, 2011?_____.
A. He played computer games
B. He wrote a letter to Vincent
C
. He talked to Ms. Li about his pen friend D. He went to the cinema.
5. What does Zhao Gang do in his free time? _____.
A. He plays computer games and watches films
B. He does sports
C. He reads books
D. He sings and dances
答案
举一反三
有四位同学跟帖回答了他的问题。
Who can help me?
Jenny: Don"t get nervous before you start to listen to something. You need to relax. This will help.
Dr. Smith: The first sentence tells a lot the whole passage. for example, if, at the beginning , you hear
"Welcome back BBC news---", you know you will hear a piece of news, not a children"s
story, or a science report.
Shirley: When you"re listening, try to do some thinking. For example, you can think of the following
questions: What happened? When, Where and how? What was the result (结果) and what did
the speaker want to tell us? In this way, you may understand the passage better.
Josh: It"s important for you to remember some important facts. for example, if the passage is a science
report, you should try to remember its results and how the scientists got them.
对应的解答人配对：
A. listen to important facts.
B. listen carefully to the first sentence.
C. Relax yourself.
D. Think when you"re listening.
1. Jenny: _____
2. Dr. Smith: _____
3. Shirley: _____
4. Josh: _____
请您也为李雷提供一条提高英语听力水平的建议(一句话)：
5. _______________________________________________.
best way is to go into the water and learn. I"m afraid you"ll 1 learn to swim just by reading
books about swimming or 2 others swimming . It"s 3 the English study for us kids today.
We must practice, practice, and practice.
Listening and speaking are very important for beginners. The children in 4 countries first
listen to others. Then they try to imitate(模仿) and speak. We can listen to English programs
5 the radio. You may just understand 6 words. It doesn"t matter. Just be 7 , try to get
the main topics, then the main ideas, then the key words, then the main sentences, 8 . As for
speaking , speak 9 .
Reading and writing are more important for school students . First we must choose the books
we are 10 . A lot of reading will 11 your language sense. This is the most important.
Keep 12 English diaries. We can also write English articles. We may even post them 13
English magazines. Don"t be afraid of failure. Failure is the mother of 14 .
Easier said than done. Well, let"s do more practice from now on. I"m sure you"ll learn English
well 15 this way.
( )2. A. Look at
( )3. A. same as
( )4. A. speaking-English
( )5. A. in
( )6. A. a little
( )7. A. relaxed
( )8. A. the full means
( )9. A. as many as you can
( )10. A. interested
( )11. A. change
( )12. A. to write
( )13. A. for
( )14. A. succeed
( )15. A. using
B. looking at
B. different to
B. English-speaking
B. over
B. a few
B. relaxing
B. the full meaning
B. as more as you can
B. interesting
B. develop
B. write
B. to
B. success
B. in
C. seeing
C. the same as
C. spoken English
C. from
C. few
C. relax
C. the full meanings
C. as much as possible
C. interested in
C. improve
C. writing
C. till
C. successful
C. by
Why? I want to show that girls can be just as __1__ as boys. My brother has the same__2__ . He
wants to be a president right after me.
One important __3__ it takes to be president is self-discipline (自我约束). Why is self-discipline
important? What will happen if your parents don"t __4__ your grades? Will you work less hard or push
(推动) __5__ to do more? During my nine years in school I have __6__ been told that 100% is good
enough (足够的). 100% is good; 110% is better. 120% is much __7__ . I have got straight A"s (全
优) __8__ I moved to Bedford. The good grades are a reward (奖励) for my work.
__9__ important quality is flexibility (随机应变). I have __10__ sides. One side is gentle and the
other is tough. These two sides are both important to me. I have to know when __11__ hard and
gentle. I"m the only __12__ in kung fu class but the boys respect (尊重) me __13__ they know I am
as tough (坚强的) as any boy.
Having a dream is really a good thing. It can help us to grow up and make our life __14__. I will never
__15__ up. My dream will come true when I grow up.
( ) 2. A. hobby
( ) 3. A. problem
( ) 4. A. worry about(担心?
( ) 5. A. myself
( ) 6. A. often
( ) 7. A. better
( ) 8. A. until
( ) 9. A. Other
( ) 10. A. two
( ) 11. A. been
( ) 12. A. student
( ) 13. A. so
( ) 14. A. colorful
( ) 15. A. grow
B. dream
B. question
B. take care of
B. himself
B. usuallly
B. best
B. since
B. Another
B. three
B. was
B. teacher
B. because
B. boring
B. get
C. opinion
C. quality (品性)
C. care about(在意,关心)
C. herself
C. always
C. good
C. before
C. The other
C. four
C. be
C. girl
C. or
C. tiring
C. put
D. interest
D. lifestyle
D. show interest in
D. yourself
D. never
D. well
D. while
D. Each
D. five
D. to be
D. woman
D. then
D. dull
D. give
I have to travel every day from Souk Road to the airport. Two buses travel along the routes: the
number 49 and the number 16. But by the time the number 16 bus reaches Souk Road. It is always
full, so I can"t get on it. I have to wait for the number 49 because sometimes there are empty seats in
it. The timetable says that there are buses from Souk Road to the airport every ten minutes. If this is
true, why do I have to wait half an hour for a us nearly every day?
The rules say that if there are empty seats on a bus, the bus must stop at every stop where people
are waiting. Why do the half-empty buses go straight past me when I am standing at the bus stop. The
rules say that no bus may carry more than 40 seated passengers and 20 standing passengers. Yesterday
I was the first to get off the bus when it reached the airport. I counted the other passengers as they got
off. There were 129 people.
It is clear that our bus companies break the rules and think little of their passengers. Can nothing be
done to make your service better?
B. a talk
C. a story
D. a letter
B. it is not always full
C. it travels faster
D. it has fewer seats on it
B. One hour
C. Half an hour
D. Nearly a day
B. forty
C. sixty
D. one hundred and twenty-nine
B. no passengers took their buses
C. no buses except the No.49 bus passed Souk Road
D. the writer was always the first to get on the bus
birthday party? Do you get __2__ shy?
Shyness means feeling nervous or __3__ when you"re round other people. Everyone experience this
shyness __4__ they grow up. Most people have red faces and talk in broken sentences when they are in
the center of attention. It"s OK if it takes you a while to feel yourself again when you go to a new place or
meet strangers. __5__, everybody gets a little shy sometimes. It"s just a case of how much. But some
teenagers think that they hate themselves and that they won"t fit __6__ at some point.
Stop the negative (消极的) thoughts about yourself. If shyness doesn"t keep you __7__ something
you want to do, being shy isn"t a very big problem. Some experts say shy people are not only cleverer, but
also better __8__ working with others, because they think more and talk __9__. Some great people in
history were shy, too.
You see, being shy isn"t all __10__, but remember not to let good chances __11__ just __12__it!
Your shyness will __13__. When you have grown up year after year, you"ll become __14__ to speak to
anyone. But now, you need practice! If you have to sing a song at a party, just do it! There"s nothing to
__15__!
Remember, though you are shy, you don"t lack in (减少) confidence. Come on, our shy friends!