Although many Chinese students say that their knowledge of English grammar is good, most would
admit that their spoken English is poor. Whenever I speak to a Chinese student, they always say, "My
spoken English is poor." However, their spoken English does not have to remain "poor". I would like to
suggest that there may be some reasons for their problems with spoken English.
First, they fail to find suitable words to express themselves because of a limited vocabulary.
Obviously, the better answer is to enlarge their vocabulary. However, you can speak with a limited
vocabulary, if your attitude is positive(积极的). Others will follow you as long as(只要) you use the
words that you know.
Second, they are afraid of making mistakes. Sometimes they make mistakes when they are speaking
because they are shy and nervous. Yet students should remember that their goal should be FLUENCY
(流利性) NOT ACCURACY(准确性). Your aim in writing is to be accurate following the rules for
grammar and using them to get your message across(使别人了解你的信息). But to talk to someone
in English, as quickly and well as you can, even though sometimes you may use a wrong word or tense,
but it doesn"t matter because the person you are speaking to will understand you and forgive you for any
mistakes he hears.
The third reason is that not enough attention is paid to listening. You have one mouth but two ears!
All the hearing is necessary for you to start speaking.
Fourth, most Chinese students are somewhat passive language learners. Instead of actively looking
for opportunities(机会) to improve their spoken English, they passively wait for speaking opportunities
to come to them and wonder why their English always remains poor. If you are active language learners,
then, you will see English chances wherever you go.
If you do not use your English beyond the classroom, you will forget that English you know.
Remember: USE IT OR LOSE IT! You can learn how to speak English better by speaking Eng1ish
more.
| Title: Some reasons for the (1)________ with spoken English | | Reasons | Solutions/Tips | | Limit of (2 )________ | You have to (3) ________ your vocabulary. | | You should take a positive (4)________ towards speaking English. | | Worries about making (5)_________ | Being shy and (6)________makes it easy to make mistakes. | | You should pay (7)________ attention to fluency than accuracy. | | Lack of attention while (8)_______ | Before you start speaking, learn to listen. | Try to be an active language
learner | As language learners, most Chinese students are passive instead of
being (9)______________. | You should make full (10)________ of all opportunities to improve
your spoken English. |
1. problems
2. vocabulry
3. enlarge
4. attitude
5. mistakes
6. nervous
7. more
8. listening
9. active
10. use |
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| 阅读理解 | According to a new Ministry of Education (教育部) survey, student safety has become a big
problem. Nearly 50 percent of students say they are worried about robbery on the way to and from
school. Now in many big cities in China, some school has taught an unusual lesson: self - protection
(自我保护). Students like this lesson as there are no exams or boring classes. And they can learn how
to save lives and know how to stop danger before it really happens.
Chen Haoyu, a teacher at Beijing No. 25 Middle School and a self - protection expert, gives young
students advice on how to deal with danger.
If you are robbed
Keep calm. If you cannot cry for help or run away, give the robber your money. Try to remember
what the robber looks like and tell the police.
If you are in a traffic accident
If you are hurt by a car, take down the car number; if it is a bicycle, try to contact your parents
before you let the rider go. This is because you don"t know how seriously you are hurt.
If it is raining hard and there is lightning
Don"t stay in high places and keep away from trees.
When there is a fire
Get away as fast as you can .Put wet things on your body and try and find an exit. Do not take the
lift!
If someone is drowning(溺水)
If you can"t swim, don"t get into the water. Cry out for help.
Remember that danger is never as far away as you think. Take care of yourself at all times! | | 1. Why do students like the self - protection lesson? | A. Because there is advice on exams.
B. Because they can learn how to protect themselves.
C. Because they like self - protection experts.
D. Because they are free to do anything during the lesson. | | 2. The underlined word "contact" means _______. | A. end up
B. wait for
C. search for
D. get in touch with | | 3. If your house is on fire, you must _____. | A. put dry things on your body
B. run quickly and take the lift
C. take everything you have and then run away
D. run away and find an exit as quickly as you can | |
| 4. If you see a child fall into the river, but you can"t swim, you_______. | A. should telephone the doctor
B. can jump into the river and save him
C. can do nothing
D. should cry out for help | | 5. What"s the best title for this passage? | A. Self- protection
B. How to take care of yourself
C. The popular lesson
D. An interesting lesson | | 完形填空 | In 1996, Subaru sailed (航海) alone 1 the Pacific Ocean (太平洋). Many other people did this
before Subaru, but he was special. At age 14, he was the 2 person to sail across the Pacific by himself.
Subaru left Tokyo on July 22, 1996. In the boat, he had food and water for a 3 trip. He also had a
radio and other modern machines for sailing.
The 4 of the trip went very well. Subaru often talked to his parents 5 radio. He didn"t have any 6 with his boat. Then, on August 11, the engine (发动机) in his boat stopped. This made 7 difficult to go on with his trip. Then, five days later, his radio stopped. Now he was out of contact (联系) with anyone.And
he was _8_ 2,770 miles away from San Francisco.
By the end of August, many people believed that Subaru was 9_ .His parents expected him to arrive
in San Francisco on September 3, but he didn"t. Then, on September 13, Subaru sailed into San Francisco. After 55 days in his boat, his trip was finally 10 . | ( )1. A. cross
( )2. A. smallest
( )3. A. two months
( )4. A. first
( )5. A. on
( )6. A. questions
( )7. A. him
( )8. A. already
( )9. A. dying
( )10. A. end | B. across
B. biggest
B. two month"s
B. beginning
B. over
B. problems
B. it
B. ever
B. successful
B. finish | C. through
C. youngest
C. two-month
C. ending
C. from
C. difficult
C. that
C. still
C. lost
C. all | D. over
D. shortest
D. two-months
D. process
D. by
D. wrong
D. it"s
D. only
D. disappeared
D. over | 在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺,每空格限填一词，首字母已给。
As we know, museums are buildings where many valuable and important objects are kept so many
people can go and see them. For example, art museums are places where people can learn about
d __1__ kinds of cultures. More and more popular "design museums" that are opening today, however,
perform quite a different role. Unlike most museums, the design museum shows objects that are e __2__
found in our daily life, such as fridges and washing machines.
The advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel f __3__ with the exhibits.
Being different from the art museum visitors, design museum visitors s __4__ feel frightened or puzzled.
This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-products (批量产品) work and
look as they do, and how design has i __5__ the quality of our lives. Art museum exhibits, on the other
hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something beyond their understanding
Several new design museums have opened their doors in recent years. Each of these museums has tried
to satisfy the public"s growing i __6__ in the field with new ideas. London"s Design Museum, for example,
shows a collection of mass-produced objects from electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins. The
choices open to design museum seem m __7__ less strict than those to art museum, and visitors may also
sense (感觉到) the humorous part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and
unusually attractive joys collected from our everyday life. | | 阅读理解。 | In the United States, headmasters and teachers disci?pline (惩罚) students in several ways. The teacher often writes to or calls the students" parents. Sometimes students have to stay at school for one hour. If a
student behaves very badly, the headmaster can stop the student having classes. The student can"t come to school for one, two or three days. Mr Lazares, the headmaster of a middle school in Ohio, did not like to do so. When he didn"t let the students come to school, they were happy. "A three-day holiday!" They
thought
One day, a boy was in Mr Lazares"s office. The boy was not behaving well in class. Mr Lazares
telephoned the boy"s parents. "If you come to school with your son, I won"t stop him having classes, " he
said. The boy"s father came to school and went with his son to every class. Other students looked at the
boy and his father. The boy was em ?barrassed (难为情). After that he behaved better. And, of course,
other students behaved better, too.
Now headmasters all over the USA are trying Mr Lazares"s idea. They, too, think that students behave better when parents come to school. | | 1. What does a headmaster usually do to the student if he behaves very badly? | A. Writes to the student"s parents.
B. Lets the student stay at school for an hour.
C. Calls the student"s parents.
D.Stops the student havirig classes for several days. | | 2. When a student having classes for several days, he was______. | A. happy
B. angry
C. worried
D. afraid | | 3. What" did Mr Lazares do when his students were not behaving well in class? | A. Tried to talk to them.
B. Sent them home.
C. Telephoned their parents to come to school and go to classes with them.
D. Had them stay in his office. | | 4. Why did the other students behave better, too? | A. They didn"t like to have clasfes with the boy"s father.
B. They didn"t want their parents to come to school.
C. They were afraid of teachers.
D. They were afraid of Mr Lazarfe. | | 完形填空。 | One in four Chinese primary school students say they are too busy to eat
fruit every day, while many dislike fruit for the simple reason that their 1 tell
them to eat it.
That is the result of a recent survey 2 the Chinese Association for
Student Nutrition & Health Promotion(中国学生营养和健康促进协会), who
last month issued a questionnaire among 1,500 children in Beijing, Shanghai and
Guangzhou. They 3 28 percent didn"t eat fruit every day and of those who did,
one in seven did not eat enough.
Among students who didn"t eat fruit every day, 50 percent said it was
because they "didn"t have time" and 40 percent of those who didn"t like fruit said
it was because "my parents 4 me to".
"Fruit is a natural source of many nutritional elements(营养元素), can
balance a person"s nutritional intake and help to 5 overweight(超重)," says
Association director Du Yuxia.
He says about 20 percent of primary school students in Beijing and
Guangzhou are overweight, while the figure is 6 30 percent in Shanghai.
Hu Xiaoqi, a nutrition expert with the Chinese Center for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), believes a student should eat at least 150 grams of fruit a
day. Moreover, fruit juice is not an adequate substitute because the fruit 7
contains more fiber and vitamins than juices, which are usually high in sugar and
contain preservatives.
Hu says primary school students should be encouraged to eat one or two
fruits every day. 8 many students found they didn"t have time to eat fruit
before breakfast or in the evening, they should be encouraged to 9 to school
and eat it during class breaks . Finally, she suggests that parents encourage their
children to eat fruit, instead of forcing them.
Ma Guansheng, deputy 10 of the CDC"s Nutrition and Food Safety
Institution(营养和食品安全机构), says: "6-12 years old is a crucial time for
physical development. Children at this age need an adequate and balanced
nutritional supply to guarantee the normal growth of the body." | ( )1.A. teachers
( )2.A. by
( )3.A. found
( )4.A. encouraged
( )5.A. reduce
( )6.A. hardly
( )7.A. themselves
( )8.A. However
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( )10.A. nurse | B. relatives
B. among
B. discovered
B. advised
B. control
B. nearly
B. himself
B. Therefore
B. take
B. director | C. friends
C. in
C. invented
C. forced
C. increase
C. mostly
C. itself
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C. president | D. parents
D. with
D. thought
D. liked
D. balance
D. clearly
D. oneself
D. Because
D. get
D. visitor |
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