If you want to become a fluent English speaker you should take some advice: there are four skills in learning English. They are reading ,listening, speaking and writing. The most important thing you must remember is that if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills you should first master the skills of reading and listening.
Read as much as you can. But your reading must be active. It means that you must think about the meaning of the sentences, the meaning of the unfamiliar words, etc. There is no need for you to pay much attention to grammar or try to understand all the unfamiliar words you come across, but the fact that you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them, for example in other passage or books, is enough. It would be better to prepare yourself a notebook so you can write down the important words or sentences in it.
As for listening, there are two choices: besides reading, you can listen every day for about 30 minutes. You can only pay attention to your reading and become skillful at your reading, then you can catch up on your listening. Since you have lots of inputs in your mind, you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say. This never means that you should not practice listening.
For listening you can listen to cartoons or some movies that are specially made for children. Their languages are easy. Or if you are good at listening you can listen to VOA or BBC programs every day. Again the thing to remember is being active in listening and preferably taking some notes.
If you follow these pieces of advice, your speaking and writing will improve automatically, and you can be sure that with a little effort they will become perfect.
1.According to the author, which should you improve first among the four skills?
A.Reading and listening.
B.Reading and writing.
C.Writing and speaking.
D.Speaking and listening.
2.To improve your reading, when you read you should ________.
A.look up all the new words in the dictionary
B.think about what you are reading actively
C.spend more time studying grammar
D.copy as many words and sentences as possible
3.The author seems to agree with the view that _________.
A.everyone should listen to VOA or BBC programs every day
B.You needn’t practice listening if you keep on reading every day
C.being good at reading is helpful in improving your listening
D.you should take notes of whatever you are hearing
4.The passage is mainly about how to _________.
A.choose suitable listening materials
B.deal with new words in reading
C.improve your English as quickly as possible
D.become fluent in speaking and writing English
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.What problem will the motorway bring to the village?
A.Children will find it hard to go to the Streeve Beach.
B.The well-known beauty spot will be destroyed.
C.Fewer villagers will live there.
2.What will be built on farmland?
A.A swimming pool. B.A steel factory. C.Houses.
3.Where will the high-tech park be built?
A.In the north of the village. B.In the south of the village. C.In the west of the village.
4.What is most villagers’ attitude towards the government plans?
A.Fully satisfied. B.Rather worried. C.Quite unexpected.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What are the speakers discussing?
A.How to form clouds. B.How to present their research.
C.How to explain different types of clouds.
2.Why does the man suggest having small cards?
A.To make the presentation more interesting. B.To remind him of what to say.
C.To organize all the research.
3.What will the man do?
A.Prepare the cards. B.Make the presentation slides.
C.Look for pictures of clouds online.
4.What part will the woman do?
A.The low-level clouds part. B.The medium-level clouds part.
C.The high-level clouds part.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.Why does the man want to get a summer job?
A.To save money for a course. B.To pay his brother back.
C.To save for a trip.
2.How will the woman get money?
A.By borrowing from her brother. B.By doing a part-time job.
C.By asking her parents.
3.What does the man decide to do in the end?
A.Study in Spain. B.Get a job in Portugal.
C.Go to Latin America with the woman.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What problem does the woman have?
A.She’s lost. B.Her shoes are broken. C.Her feet are uncomfortable.
2.Why did the speakers come to the city?
A.To attend a meeting. B.To buy some shoes. C.To make a tour.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.How will the woman send the package?
A.By air. B.By sea. C.By express mail.
2.How much should the woman pay?
A.£20. B.£23. C.£26.
