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but 2 is very useful, especially when we travel to other countries. If we go to France, we ought to be able
to speak 3 , and in Germany people will 4 us to understand German.
How many languages are there in the world? There are about fifteen hundred, but many of them are not
very 5 . English is one of the most important languages 6 so many people use it, not only in England and
the USA, 7 in other parts of the world. More than 200,000,000 speak it 8 their own language, and about
another 200,000,000 use it as a second language. It is 9 to say how many people are learning it. Many
millions of school boys and school girls are trying to do so.
English children study French, which is also a very 10 language. An Englishman can 11 find someone
in almost all parts of the world who is able to talk to him in either English or 12 .
Which is the best way to learn a language? We should remember that we all learnt our own language well
when we were children. If we could learn a second language in the same way, it would not seem so 13 .
Think of what a child 14 . It listens to what people say, and it tries to imitate (模仿) what it hears. When it
wants something, it 15 ask for it. It is 16 the language, talking in it, and thinking in it all the time. If people
had to use a second language all the time, they would learn it quickly.
17 is also important to remember that we learn our own language by hearing people speak it, not by
seeing 18 they write. We imitate (模仿) what we hear. In school, 19 you learn to read and write as well
as to hear and speak, it is 20 to learn all the new words first through the ear. You can read them, spell them,
and write them later.
| ( )1. A. No one ( )2. A. one ( )3. A. France ( )4. A. hope ( )5. A. necessary ( )6. A. because ( )7. A. and ( )8. A. as ( )9. A. easy ( )10. A. beautiful ( )11. A. hardly ( )12. A. German ( )13. A. useful ( )14. A. does ( )15. A. ought to ( )16. A. learning ( )17. A. That ( )18. A. what ( )19. A. because ( )20. A. necessary | B. Someone B. the one B. French B. insist B. easy B. although B. or B. like B. interesting B. important B. sometime B. Russian B. easy B. speaks B. is able to B. using B. This B. how B. although B. best | C. Everybody C. the others C. Language C. expect C. important C. when C. but C. for C. different C. difficult C. easily C. Japanese C. difficult C. learns C. has to C. studying C. It C. why C. as soon as C. better | D. Any one D. another one D. English D. help D. difficult D. and D. nor D. with D. difficult D. interesting D. freely D. French D. useless D. likes D. decides D. trying D. What D. as D. among D. possible |
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| 阅读理解。 | |||
| In order to know a foreign language thoroughly (完全地), four things are necessary. First, we must understand the language when we hear it spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves, with confidence (自信) and without hesitation (犹豫). Thirdly, we must do much reading. Finally, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are correct in grammar. There are no shortcuts to success in language learning. A good memory is a great help, but it is not enough only to memorize the rules from a grammar book. It is not much learning by heart long lists of words and their meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. If we are pleased with a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. We must "learn through use." Practice is important. We must practise speaking and writing the language whenever we can. | |||
| 1. The most important things to learn a foreign language are _____. | |||
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| A. understanding and speaking B. listening, speaking, reading and writing C. writing and understanding D. memorizing and listening | |||
| 2. Someone hears and writes English very well, but he speaks it very badly. This is because _____. | |||
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| A. he doesn"t understand the language when he hears it spoken B. he doesn"t have a good memory C. he always remembers lists of words and their meanings D. he often hesitates (犹豫) to practise speaking it | |||
| 3. One can never learn a foreign language well by _____. | |||
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| A. doing much practice B. studying the dictionary C. learning through use D. using the language | |||
| 4. Which is the most important in learning a foreign language? | |||
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| A. A good memory. B. Speaking. C. Practice. D. Writing. | |||
| 5. "Learn through use" means _____. | |||
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| A. we use a language in order to learn it B. we learn a foreign language in order to use it C. we can learn a language well while we are keeping using it D. B and C. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| When we hear the words "college student", we usually think of a young person between 18 and 22 years old. But in the USA today, a college student often is much older. In fact, educators say in the next few years colleges and universities may have more older part-time students than traditional full-time younger students. Educators report a big increase in the number of Americans who attend college and university classes in the evening or at night or weekends. Most of them are older than 25 years old and more have full-time or part- time jobs. Many are in their thirties or forties. Why are so many people deciding to spend their time and money in order to continue their education? Most are doing it because they believe more education will help them to get a better job. Some are industrial workers whose factories have closed. They are learning new skills to prepare for other kinds of work. Some of the part- time students are not pleased with the jobs they have. They are studying for new ones. Some have retired (退休) and are looking for new kinds of jobs. Two of every three of the students older than 35 are women. Many of them are returning to school after years of staying at home to care for children. Are older students good students? Most teachers say yes. They say older students really want to learn. They ask difficult questions and are not pleased with simple answers. They often get high grades. | |||
| 1. It"s said that in the next few years _____. | |||
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| A. students in colleges and universities will be much older B. full-time students in colleges and universities will be even younger C. American colleges and universities will take in part-time students equally D. The number of older students will be greater than that of the younger ones | |||
| 2. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the above passage? | |||
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| A. It"s reported that a large number of Americans attend college or university classes in their spare time. B. Most of them are over 25. C. Most of them are without jobs. D. The number of students in colleges and universities s reported to have gone up greatly. | |||
| 3. Why are so many people deciding to go on with their education? Because _____. | |||
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| A. most of the Americans enjoy learning something new B. most of them believe: more education, better jobs C. they have lost their jobs D. they are tired of their jobs they have | |||
| 4. "They often get high grades" means _____. | |||
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| A. they rise to high grades easily B. they often get very good marks C. they are more likely to receive a master"s or a doctor"s degree upon graduation D. they often win high prize | |||
| 5. What does the whole passage mainly tell us? | |||
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| A. Why so many older students go to college in America. B. What older students in college can learn. C. Older students are mostly good students. D. Higher education can help you get a good job. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Many American schools have a student exchange program with foreign countries. Along with this program, there is usually another one called the "American Host Family" program. As its name suggests, the program gets American families involved in foreign students" lives in America and offers homes for them. Foreign students generally welcome such an opportunity to have a"family" here, but there are also those who prefer to stay "homeless". Many American families volunteer to host foreign students. However, if there is a shortage of host families, schools also get in touch with local people and introduced foreign students to them. The "American Host Family "program changes in lengths of time. It can go from a few days to a few years, depending on each individual school. After the first year is over, it is up to foreign students and their "families" to decide if they want to stay together as a "family". American families can host as many foreign students as they like. They can either have several students or just one at a time. Many families start with new students each year while still keeping in touch with the old ones. Schools usually leave it to foreign students and their host families to decide their activities after both sides meet. My school, however, holds activities every year. On major holidays like Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas, foreign students are usually invited to their themes for dinner. Even schools that do not have host family programs often arrange students to get together with American families on these special holiday occasions. It is typical that a host family invites its foreign daughter or son over, and they cook the student"s home food together, Undoubtedly, Chinese students are usually considered good cooks, whether or not they are really qualified for such praise at home. Although many Chinese students rarely cooked at home, they often have a hard time making their American friends believe that they cannot cook. It often happens when a Chinese student promises to cook a Chinese meal for his host family, he usually sees a little crowd expecting him: friends or relatives are also invited over for the "special" Chinese food! | |||
| 1. The best title of the passage might be _____. | |||
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| A. Studying in the U.S. B. The "Host Family Program"in the U.S. C. The "Student Exchange Program" in the U.S. D. Activities in American Schools | |||
| 2. What"s the purpose of the "American Host Family program"? | |||
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| A. To bring foreign students closer to American life. B. To provide homes for foreign students. C. To make greater progress in the study of foreign students. D. To supply "sons" or "daughters" for American families. | |||
| 3. What can we know about the program from the fourth and fifth paragraphs? | |||
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| A. Its time,the number of students and families. B. Its activities,the number of schools and students. C. Its lengths of time,the number of students and activities. D. The number of students,the lengths of time and important holidays. | |||
| 4. We can know from the last paragraph that _____. | |||
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| A. foreign students must prepare their home food for their host family B. not all Chinese students are good cooks in the eyes of Americans C. it is good manners to invite relatives or friends to taste foreign food D. Americans are very interested in foreign food | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Language learning begins with listening. Children are greatly different in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and later starters are often long listeners. Most children will "obey" spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word "obey" is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises. Any attempt to study the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves as particularly expressive as delight, pain, friendliness, and so on. But since these can"t be said to show the baby"s intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new words to their store. This selfimitation (模仿) leads on to deliberate (有意 的) imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech. It is a problem we need to get out teeth into. The meaning of a word depends on what a particular person means by it in a particular situation and it is clear that what a child means by a word will change as he gains more experience of the world. Thus the use at seven months of "mama" as a greeting for his mother cannot be dismissed as a meaningless sound simply because he also uses it at other times for his father, his dog, or anything else he likes. Playful and meaningless imitation of what other people say continues after the child has begun to speak for himself, I doubt, however whether anything is gained when parents take advantage of this ability in an attempt to teach new sounds. | |||
| 1. Before children start speaking _____. | |||
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| A. they need equal amount of listening B. they need different amounts of listening C. they are all eager to cooperate with the adults by obeying spoken instructions D. they can"t understand and obey the adult"s oral instructions | |||
| 2. Children who start speaking late _____. | |||
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| A. may have problems with their listening B. probably do not hear enough language spoken around them C. usually pay close attention to what they hear D. often take a long time in learning to listen properly | |||
| 3. The problem of deciding at what point a baby"s imitations can be considered as speech _____. | |||
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| A. is important because words have different meanings for different people B. is not especially important because the changeover takes place gradually C. is one that should be properly understood because the meaning of words changes with age D. is one that should be completely ignored (忽略) because children"s use of words is often meaningless | |||
| 4. The speaker wants to tell us that _____. | |||
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| A. parents can never hope to teach their children new sounds B. children no longer imitate people after they begin to speak C. even after they have learnt to speak,children still enjoy imitating D. children who are good at imitating learn new words more quickly | |||
| Reading comprehension. | |||
| The 2012 London Olympics had enough problems to worry about. But one more has just been added-a communications blackout caused by solar storms. After a period of calm within the Sun, scientists have detected the signs of a flesh cycle of sunspots that could peak in 2012, just in time for the arrival of the Olympic torch in London. Now scientists believe that this peak could result in vast solar explosions that could throw billions of tons of charged matter towards the Earth, causing strong solar storms that could jam the telecommunications satellites and interact links sending five Olympic broadcast from London. "The Sun"s activity has a strong influence on the Earth. The Olympics could be in the middle of the next solar maximum which could affect the functions of communications satellites," said Professor Richard Harrison, head of space physics at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire. At the peak of the cycle, violent outbursts called coronal mass ejections (日冕物质抛射) occur in the Sun"s atmosphere, throwing out great quantities of electrically-charged matter. "A coronal mass ejection can carry a billion tons of solar material into space at over a million kilometres per hour. Such events can expose astronauts to a deadly amount, can disable satellites, cause power failures on Earth and disturb communications," Professor Harrison added. The risk is greatest during a solar maximum when there is the greatest number of sunspots. Next week in America, NASA is scheduled to launch a satellite for monitoring solar activity called the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which will take images of the Sun that are 10 times clearer than the most advanced televisions available. The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory helped to make the high-tech cameras that will capture images of the solar flares (太阳耀斑) and explosions as they occur. Professor Richard Hold away, the lab"s director, said that the SDO should be able to provide early warning of a solar flare or explosion big enough to affect satellite communications on Earth "If we have advance warning, we"ll be able to reduce the damage. What you don"t want is things switching off for a week with no idea of what"s caused the problem," he said. | |||
| 1. The phrase "communications blackout" in paragraph 1 most probably refers to _____ during the 2012 Olympics. | |||
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| A. the extinguishing of the Olympic torch B. the collapse of broadcasting systems C. the transportation breakdown in London D. the destruction of weather satellites | |||
| 2. What can be inferred about the solar activity described in the passage? | |||
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| A. The most fatal matter from the corona falls onto Earth. B. The solar storm peak occurs in the middle of each cycle. C. It takes several seconds for the charged matter to reach Earth. D. The number of sunspots declines after coronal mass ejections. | |||
| 3. According to the passage, NASA will launch a satellite to _____. | |||
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| A. take images of the solar system B. provide early warning of thunderstorms C. keep track of solar activities D. improve the communications on Earth | |||
| 4. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? | |||
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| A. Solar Storms: An Invisible Killer B. Solar Storms: Earth Environment in Danger C. Solar Storms: Threatening the Human Race D. Solar Storms: Human Activities to Be Troubled |