I'm Li Hua from China. My spoken English used to be very      . I went to an English school every night. I read different textbooks and learned the grammar roles. But I didn't make any       at all! Then one day, I     the Internet for "Learn English". I found a great website with interesting articles, videos and games.

After that I started learning English from the website. I was glad to find      was much easier and more interesting to learn English in this way. After several months, something        happened. One day I met an American in a coffee shop. I started to have a(n)      with him. English words came out from my mouth one by one. It was hard for me to      that I could speak English so easily. We talked for about one hour. Then we decided to     in touch and talk to each other on the Internet.

My English has      greatly now. There are many good ways to learn English. We should    using a way that doesn't work and find out what is helpful to us.

1.A. good                 B. poor                  C. useless

2.A. mistakes            B. decisions            C. progress

3.A. searched            B. created               C. discovered

4.A. that                B. this                  C. it

5.A. amazing              B. terrible             C. difficult

6.A. competition         B. conversation         C. argument

7.A. promise              B. consider             C. believe

8.A. keep                B. get                   C. lose

9.A. spread               B. improved              C. increased

10.A. enjoy               B. continue             C. Stop

My little brother sat in the corner of the living room, with a pen in one hand and my father's book in      .

As my father walked into the room, my brother knew that he did something       . And I just watched my brother scribble (乱写乱画) in the book. Now, he and I both waited for our father's     .

My father       his book and looked it carefully. He didn't punish us, but took the pen and wrote in the book: John's work, 1959, age 2. Thank you for scribbling in my book. You have made the book       .

The years came and went. From time to time we would      the book, look at the scribbles and read my father's     of love. My father taught us about what is really      in life: people, not things.

Now I'm a father, too. Unlike my father, I don't      my daughters to take books from my book-shelf and scribble in them. I take one down and give it to them to scribble. As I look at their artwork, I think about my father and the      he taught me.

1.A. other                B. another               C. the other

2.A. funny                B. wrong                 C. proper

3.A. advice               B. promise              C. punishment

4.A. picked up           B. cleaned up           C. fixed up

5.A. dirty                B. special               C. thick

6.A. open               B. throw                 C. return

7.A. invention            B. discussion           C. expression

8.A. difficult            B. important            C. interesting

9.A. wait for            B. depend on            C. turn down

10.A. skill               B. present              C. Lesson

根据对话内容，从方框中选出适当的选项补全对话，并将选项的编号依次填入题号后横线上。(共4小题，每小题1分；计4分)

A: See, this picture. This is my vocation house in Australia and it is near the coast.

B: 1.   Were you doing BBQ (烧烤)?

A: Yes. I cooked for my family.

B:   2.  You were in a sweat (汗水).

A: Yes. The temperature was above 35℃.

B: What's this?   3.

A: Yes. These are pictures I took during my Christmas holiday last year.

B:   4.  I remember last year our Christmas was snowing.

A: But in Australia it's quite different.

I don't know if he      tomorrow. If he          , I will let you know.

A. will come; will come

B. comes;will come

C. will come;comes

It was       bad weather that we all had to stay at home.

A. too                 B. such                  C. so

The teacher warned the children       football in the street.

A. don't play

B. to not play

C. not to play

-- Excuse me, can you tell me           ?

-- Of course. Let me show you the way.

A. if there is a post office near here

B. how can I get to the post office

C. where is the nearest post office

I think         is really difficult for me to memorize so many new words.

A. it                B. that               C. This

-- Li Hua,        did you improve your English?

-- By reading newspapers and magazines in English.

A. When               B. How                 C. Why

Tom believes        he will pass the exam, but I wonder         he is well prepared.

A. that; whether          B. whether; that           C. that; that