阅读理解 Does this situation seem familiar to you? Your English is progressing w

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阅读理解     Does this situation seem familiar to you? Your English is progressing well, the grammar is now familiar,
the reading comprehension is no problem, and you are speaking quite fluently. _ 1_
     First of all, remember that you are not alone. Listening is probably the most difficult job for almost all
learners of English as a foreign language. The most important thing is to listen as often as possible.
     __2_  The Internet is really a useful tool for English students. You can download The RealPlayer from RealMedia.com. The RealPlayer allows you to use the Internet like a radio station.
     Once you have begun to listen on a regular basis, you might still be frustrated (受阻)by limited
understanding. __3__
     Here is some of the advice I give my students:
     ●Accept the fact that you are not going to understand everything.
     ●Stay relaxed when you do not understand, and try listening to the material for more times.
     ● Do not translate everything into your native language.
     ● ___4__ Don"t concentrate on details before you have understood the main ideas.
     ● Listen to something you enjoy.
     I remember the problems I had in understanding spoken German when I first went to Germany. In the
beginning, when I didn"t understand a word, I insisted on translating it in my mind. This method usually
resulted in confusion.   _5_   Firstly, translating creates a barrier between the listener and the speaker.
Secondly, most people repeat themselves constantly. By remaining calm, I noticed that even if I didn"t pay much attention I could usually understand what the speaker had said.

A. But you can"t follow a native English speaker at all!
B. What should you do?
C. But listening is a problem for most of the beginners!
D. However, after several weeks, I got used to the new environment in Germany.
E. So, what you need to do is to find listening resources.
F. Then, after the first six months, I discovered two extremely important facts.
G. Listen for the general idea of the conversation.

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1-5: AEBGF

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阅读理解     Every year Chris Brogan posts his three words for a new year. I and many others have followed his
lead for the past three or four years. They helped me a lot. My words for last year were "passion",
"focus" and "delegate" and I stayed true to them. This year, 2012, my goals are more personal and less
professional.
     FOCUS
     Focus is making a repeat appearance on my list this year because I"m too much of a multitasker. The
problem is that I have trouble finishing one thing with so many things calling me.  When I was working as
a writer, all my projects were handled via a schedule, which kept me organized. This year I"m going to
have each task scheduled. I"m putting a fitness and housekeeping routine into my schedule.
     HEALTH
     I get so busy taking care of everyone else, I forget to take care of myself and this has to change.  My
health suffers and my weight suffers. I have to get my health in check, not only for me-but because I
promised my 9-year-old son. I"ll make sure to take time to exercise every day and make good food and
lifestyle choices. I miss being thin, and it"s time to get it back.
     CELEBRATE
     What good is having it all if I"m not taking time to enjoy it?I have a wonderful job, a happy family, and
so much to be thankful for. So how come I spend all my time working? Last summer my family took our
first vacation in four years, the best thing I"ve done for myself and my family in a long time. This year, I"m
making sure to take time to enjoy life and celebrate its many blessings.
     Do you have any words for 2012?

1. The underlined word "multitasker" probably refers to a person who________.

A. makes a living by writing
B. always fails to finish a task on time
C. has several things to do at the same time
D. pays more attention to fitness and housekeeping

2. Why does the writer have "health" as one of his three words?

A. He wants to take better care of others.
B. He"s gaining weight and feeling bad.
C. He did not take any exercise in the past.
D. He got the idea from his son.

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A. The word "celebrate" can remind the writer to enjoy life.
B. The writer has a vacation with his family every four years.
C. The word "focus" can help the writer focus on his family.
D. The writer used to be overweight for lack of exercise.

4. The best title for the passage might be________?

A. Three Words for 2012
B. Health Should Go First
C. Keep Organized
D. Goals for 2012

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阅读理解Speak, speak, speak!
     Practise speaking as often as you can. Speaking to yourself is good practice.
Try recording yourself whenever you can.
     Compare your pronunciation with the master version(原版)to see how you can do better and have
another go. If you do this several times, you will find that each time is better than last.
Why not learn with someone else?
     It helps if you can learn with someone else. If you can persuade a friend or family member to study
with you, it will make you keep working.
Don"t get stuck by a word you don"t know.
     Practise improving ways of getting your meaning across when speaking spontaneously(本能地),even
if you don"t know the exact words or phrases. Think of things you might want to say whenever you have
spare time. Use facial expressions, hand movements, anything to make yourself understood.
Language learning is also about intuition(直觉)．
     Guesswork is an important way to learn a new language. When listening to recorded material, you aren"t expected to understand everything first time round. If you play the same piece several times, you will
most probably understand something new each time.
Build up your vocabulary.
     A wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning but don"t try to learn too much at once.
It"s best to study frequently, for short periods of time. Take at most six or seven items of vocabulary and
learn them. Put them into sentences to fix them in your mind, and then come back to them later.
And above all, have fun!1. What"s the purpose of this passage?A. To tell us the importance of practicing speaking as often as we can.
B. To tell us a few tips to help us learn a new language well.
C. To tell us that guesswork is an important way to learn a new language.
D. To tell us that a wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning.2. What"s the meaning of the underlined phrase in the first part?A. Have another try or attempt.
B. Move away from a place to another.
C. Enter a certain state or condition.
D. Follow or take a certain course.3. To learn English well, we shouldn"t _______ according to the passage.A. practice speaking as often as possible
B. study frequently, for short periods of time to build up our vocabulary
C. try to understand everything and stop when we meet a new word
D. try to persuade a friend or family member to study with us4. According to the passage, to learn a new language well, the most important thing is ______.A. speaking as much as possible
B. having fun
C. a wide vocabulary
D. guesswork

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     Young people and older people do not always agree with each other. They sometimes have different
ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special program in New York State, adults and
teenagers live together in a friendly way.
     Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to
make things like tables and chairs and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
     There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the
teenagers learn photo-taking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his
own way to spend his free time.
     When people live together, rules are necessary. In this program, the teenagers and the adults make
the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it
and ask, "Why did it happen? What should we do about it?"
     One of the teenagers has this to say about the experience, "You stop thinking only about yourself. You
learn how to think about the group."1. In one special program in New York, young and older people ______.A. are friendly to each other.
B. teach each other new ways of building houses
C. live together but do not work together
D. spend eight weeks together, working as farmers2. Living together, ________.A. the teenagers have to obey the rules the adults make
B. the members don"t have to obey the rules
C. the members are not allowed to break the rules they make together
D. the members have no free time except on weekends3.The last paragraph shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the program is _____.A. disappointing
B. helpful
C. tiring
D. unpleasant4. The best title for the passage is _______.A. Rules of Living Together
B. Different Ideas about Living
C. Teenagers and Adults Together
D. Life in New York State

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     When you want to go shopping, decide how much money you can spend on new clothes. Think about
the kind of clothes you really need. Then look for those clothes you really need. Then look for those
clothes on sale.
     There are labels(标签) inside all new clothes. The labels tell you how to take care of your clothes.
The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water. A sweater label may tell you to wash in cold
water.  The label on a coat may say "dry clean only", for washing may ruin this coat. If you do as the
directions (说明)on the label, you can keep your clothes looking their best for a long time.
     Many clothes today must be dry cleaned. Dry cleaning is expensive. When buying new clothes, check
to see if they will need to be dry cleaned. You will save money if you buy clothes that can be washed.
     You can save money if you buy clothes that are well made. Well-made clothes last longer. They look
good even after they have been washed many times. Clothes that cost more money are not necessarily
(不一定) better made. They do not always fit better. Sometimes less expensive clothes look and fit better than more expensive clothes. 1. If you want to save money, you had better buy clothes that _         _ .  A. don"t fit you
B. don"t last long
C. need to be dry cleaned
D. can be washed2. The labels inside the clothes tell you____ __. A. how to take care of them
B. how to save money
C. whether they fit you or not
D. where to get them dry cleaned 3. The first thing for you to do before you buy clothes is _    _ .  A. to look for well-made clothes
B. to see how much money you can spend on it
C. to know how to wash them
D. to read the labels inside them4. We learn from the passage that cheaper clothes _      _ .  A. are always worse made
B. must be dry cleaned
C. can not be washed
D. can sometimes fit you better

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     I have been using the Internet since I was five years old, when my dad first sat me down in front of a
computer and connected me the World Wide Web.
     I"ve always felt like a master(主人) of the Internet world. AOL Instant Messaging, MSN, Gmail,
Facebook. Myspace-I"ve got it all under control. I thought there was nothing more to it besides checking my e-mail and wasting my time, until I was introduced to electronic commerce(e-commerce): business on
the Internet.
     Some online business are run from one- room home offices. Others have hundreds of employee(雇员)
spread across five different continent. Have you ever heard of Amazon. com, Yahoo. com?
     My friends often said they got cheap textbooks off Amazon.com, or had a good deal(交易)on Steve Madden boots that were on sale at SteveMaden.com. Unfortunately for me, I continued my
"e-commerceless" Web-surfing, unaware(不知道)of all the deals I was missing out on.
     That is, of course, until my sister finally sold the idea to me.
     "Why are all these packages(包裹)arriving in the mail for you, Katy?" I asked her one day. Strange
envelopes had been put on our doorstep for weeks now, each one always addressed to my sister; and we all know little sisters should never be getting more mail than their elders!
     "Oh, it"s the things I ordered online!" she answered. I watched speechlessly as she opened them. There was no way our parents were letting her spend that much money- online or off!
     "How much did all of this coat?"
     "Oh, only about $15 in all!" She said excitedly. "Everything on eBay is on sale! It"s way better than
going to the mall."
     I felt as if there had been a store right in my backyard that I had never walked into! That week, I ordered a used Spanish textbook for my summer course online for 10 percent of the publishing price. A few
days later, I bought an iPod protector and a book or two via the wonderful eBay.com.

1. From the first two paragraph we can conclude that the author         .A. had noexperience using computers
B. had no idea of what e-commerce is
C. only used the Internet to check e-mail
D. thought surfing the Internet was a waste of time2. The writer didn"t find out about e-commerce until         .A. he stopped web-surfing
B. he visited a store in his backyard
C. his friends told him about the online deals they made
D. his sister explained the packages she got by mail3. We can infer from the last paragraph that the author           .A. has begun to enjoy online shopping
B. loves the big store in her backyard
C. feels she is a true master of the Internet
D. never enjoyed shopping that much4. What"s the purpose of the article?A. To make an online shopping ad.
B. To do business on the Internet.
C. To tell the readers how he begins online shopping.
D. To advise people not to do online shopping

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