Read the following time table and then answer the following questions.

Train Timetable.

Lv. (Leave) Boston   Ar. (Arrive) Midway     Ar. New York

5:10 AM EX. (Except) Sun.  7:00 AM    10:45 AM

7:10 AM Daily    9:00 AM              12:45 PM

9:10 AM Ex, Sat. & Sun.       11:00 AM       2:45 PM

10:00 Am Ex. Hol. (Holiday)  11:45 AM       2:45 PM

1:15 PM Daily    3:15 PM              5:45 PM

3:40 PM Ex. Hol.    5:40 PM            8:15 PM

5:20 PM Daily    7:20 PM             9:55 PM

1..What is the shortest time between Boston and New York by train?

2..How many trains have to spend over five hours on the way from Boston to New York?

3..On Christmas Day, how many trains at least can you take from Boston to New York?

To learn English well you must learn about yourself. You must discover what your own special needs are in English. You should pick out what makes English different from your own language and concentrate on(集中精力) those parts. And above all, you should pick out your own personal weaknesses in English, pick out your own special problems, find out what mistakes you most often make and make a list of them.

It will be best if, in your preparation, you can practise doing all sorts of work that you will be asked to do in examination. You should then make a careful note of any mistakes that you make more than once. Count up how many times you make for each mistake, and the mistake you make most often should be at the top of your list, the next most common in the second place, and so on.

For example, if your native language is Japanese, you may find the problem of articles comes at the top of your list. If you speak German, you may find using some of the conjunctions is your biggest problem. If your mother tongue is French, you find you are always having trouble with some of prepositions. And if Italian is your language, you may constantly forget to use a suitable pronoun when you should.

But these are only examples of mistakes typical of certain languages. They may or may not be your particular personal mistakes. As I say, these personal ones are the most important of all to discover.

1..The most important thing to learn English well is to______.

2..The writer’s advice to the readers is to______.

3..The first item on the list should be the mistake you make_______.

4..To make a list of personal mistakes______.

Learning is natural. It begins as soon as we were born. Our  36  teachers are our families. At home we learn to talk and to  37  and feed ourselves.

Then we go to school. A teacher tells us   38   to learn and how to learn. Many teachers teach us, and we pass many   39  .Then people say we are   40  .

Are you really educated? Let’s think about the real meaning of   41   .Knowing facts does not   42 being able to solve(解决) problems. Solving problems   43   creativity(创造性),not just a good  44  .Some people who don’t know many   45 are good at solving problems.

Henry Ford is a good   46  .He left school at the age of 15. Later when his company could not build cars   47  enough, he solved the problem. He  48  of the assembly line(装配线).

What does a good teacher do? Does he give students facts to  49  ? Well, yes, we must remember facts. But a good teacher   50  how to find answers. He brings us to the  51  of knowledge so we can drink for ourselves. When we are thirsty, we know where to go.

True learning combines(结合) intake(输入) and output. We take information   52 our brains. Then we use it. Think of a   53  —it stores a lot of information, but it can’t think. It only obeys commands. A person  54  only remembers facts hasn’t really learned. Learning takes   55 only when a person can use what he knows.

It was the first time that little Tony ____ a speech in front of so many people.

The teacher said that the sun _____ bigger than the moon.

“Boys and girls, I’m very glad to_____ you some difference between American English and British English today.” the speaker said.

 Linda failed in the driving test.______, she doesn’t lose heart.

 The teacher asked us to ______ all the words on the blackboard.

Half an hour has been made full ______ of _____ the problem.

More than 300 years ago, the British used “fall” instead of  “______”.