Many Chinese students don"t pay much attention to(注意) spoken English at sch
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it necessary to practise speaking English in class,but not out of class.Here is a story to show you
how important it is to speak the English language freely in everyday life.
A foreigner once got hungry and went into a restaurant in London.He sat down at a table.When
the waiter came,he opened his mouth,put his fingers into it and took them out again in order to express
that he wanted something to eat for he could not speak English.The waiter soon brought a cup of tea.
The man shook（摇动）his head.The waiter then took away the tea and brought a cup of coffee.
The man again shook his head.He tried again and aga
in,but he wasn’t able to make the waiterunderstand him.Finally another man came in.He spoke English clearly and fluently.
In a few minutes,there was a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table before him.
So you see a man often goes hungry if he doesn’t master（掌握） a foreign language.
2.The students only practise speaking English in class.( )
3.The story happened in a restaurant in New York.( )
4.The man wanted to eat something because he was hungry.( )
5.Another man spoke English very well.( )
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to be on time to go to school , to work and to do everything . When they are having a good time, they
say that time goes easily . When a person is dying , they say he is living on a borrowed time .
Time is money . Time is knowledge . Time is everything in America . A working American has to
work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week . This is the working time . In his free time, he
also works hard for more money . Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual. In the
street you can hardly see a man walking slowly . They walk very fast . In fact , they are running .
They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things . But sometimes they also hate
time, because they feel they have become servants (仆人) of the clock .
B. It takes quite a lot of time to make money.
C. Working hard can bring people health.
D. If someone has time and works hard, he can make much money.
B. to get up early
C. to be late for school
D. to be on time to do everything
B. is living on a borrowed time
C. thinks time goes easily
D. is saving time
B. Americans always walk fast
C. Americans live in a quick rhythm (节奏)
D. Americans are good at saving time
B. Never waste time
C. Time is money
D. Learn to be on time
face it bravely.
Last year, I couldn"t believe the 1 that I could enter the only key high school in my hometown.
Then I rushed to my home and told my parents. But my father didn"t seem as 2 as I was. He just
kept smoking without saying a word and my mother put her head down and couldn"t help 3 .
I knew very well what my family was 4___ . My mum had been ill in bed for 2 years. We lived a
hard life and I couldn"t continue my schooling. I felt so upset (心烦意乱) but I could say 5 to my
parents. I decided to help my father with his work 6 my family.
To my surprise, things completely changed 7 the beginning of the new term. My head teacher
came to my family with some money, which was 8 by my schoolmates. He encouraged me, "Always
have a dream." With tears in my eyes, I stepped into the key high school.
I have been studying hard since I entered the high school. No matter when I meet difficulties, I always 9 my teacher and schoolmates. I have a college dream and I must work hard for it, no matter how
10 life is. Just as a great man says, "When one door shuts, another opens in life."
( )2. A. nervous
( )3. A. crying
( )4. A. about
( )5. A. nothing
( )6. A. support
( )7. A. after
( )8. A. raised
( )9. A. dream of
( )10. A. happy
B. excited
B. laughing
B. before
B. something
B. to support
B. since
B. spent
B. think of
B. sad
C. interested
C. saying
C. against
C. anything
C. supporting
C. before
C. planned
C. hear of
C. interesting
D. worried
D. shouting
D. like
D. everything
D. supported
D. on
D. saved
D. talk of
D. hard
In other words, a man can"t w 2 without a strong will. It is quite clear that there is n 3 difficult in the
world. If a person makes up his mind to do it, he will certainly r 4 his purpose. The following are the
d_ 5 that a student should remember: we s 6 care about our parents; we have to study as hard as
p_ 7 ;we must be honest and keep our words as w 8 . Each of us should receive good e 9 . Our
parents send us to school to let us get k 10 and wish us to be a hard-working and successful person in
the future. So when we fail, don"t lose heart. Keep on working t 11 we succeed. Make sure nothing
could prevent you from t_12_
Families aren"t families the way they 2 be. Everyone"s divorced. (离婚) If a husband and wife are
having problems with their marriage, the
y don"t stay together 3 . And mothers 4 stay home and take care of their children, but not 5 . Everyone"s working. No one has time for children 6 .
And the cars! No one walks 7 ; everybody drives. We 8 walk five miles to school everyday,
even in winter.
And people don"t talk to each other 9 . They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to
think…
Life 10 be simple, but it isn"t 11 .
and do things with. 2 , sometimes we need to be alone. We don"t always want people 3 . But we
would feel lonely if we never had a friend. No two people are 4 . Friends sometimes don"t get on well.
That doesn"t mean 5 they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make up (言归于好),
and become 6 again. Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very 7 . We miss them very
much, but we can 8 them and write to them. It could be possible that we could even see them again.
And we can also 9 new friends.
There"s more good news for people who have friends. They live longer than people who don"t have.
Why? It could be that they are 10 . Being happy helps you stay well and it could be good just knowing
that someone cares about you.