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In learning English, one should first pay attention to and speaking. It is the groundwork(基础) of reading and writing.You' d better your best to speak while you do much listening.Don' t be of making mistakes.But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your English. While you are doing this, a good is to write or keep a diary, write notes or letters.Then if you can, ask some others to go through you have written and tell you where it is wrong.Many mistakes in your speaking will be found when you write. Through correcting mistakes, you can do better in learning English.
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2. 难度:中等 | |
I was born in a poor family, so I started working early. At the age of thirteen, I got my first job: working on a farm. I got up at 5:00 am and worked for 8 hours. After finishing a day’s work, I was paid $2.4. Even though it was only a little money, this did not make me upset. I believed that I could make more money in the future.
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3. 难度:中等 | |
My grandfather is eighty years old now.He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better.
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4. 难度:中等 | |
We spoke to three students from around the world about different national holidays.There are different customs (习俗) for each festival. Tan Xiaodong.15.Hong Kong, China “It’ll be Chinese New Year soon.Before it we’ll clean the house and decorate(装饰) it for good luck.Every shop is going to close for a few days and we’ll go out a lot to celebrate in the streets.We might go and see the lion and dragon dances in the city center.I love this festival.” Wendy, 16, Sydney, Australia “Australia Day is on 26th January and it’s an important holiday here.We always have a Monday off, so we celebrate for three days.My parents and I go to the countryside for a picnic and friends always come over.Many people go to beach parties or street parties and there’s lots of music and dancing.What fun!” Amy, 14, New York, the USA “The first Thanksgiving Day was hundreds years ago when Europeans who came to America thanked God for his help.It’s still a very important day for families to be together.This year we’re going to visit my parents and we’ll eat a delicious meal of turkey.Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November every year.”
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5. 难度:中等 | |
A girl told her mom everything was going wrong for her, and that she always failed her math exam so that she wouldn’t like to study at all.After hearing the daughter’s words, the nice and patient mother thought of a good way to make her daughter happy.“I will make a delicious cake for you,” said the mom.She walked into the kitchen, and the daughter followed with her.When the mom prepared the cooking utensils (炊具) and ingredients(原料), the daughter sat against the kitchen door, watching her.Her mom asked her, “My dear, would you like a piece of cake?” The daughter replied, “Sure, Mom! You know how I love cake!” “All right,” the mom said, “drink some of this cooking oil.” The daughter was very surprised and said, “What? No way!!!” “How about some raw (生的) eggs?” asked the mom and the daughter answered, “No way!” “How about some flour (面粉)?” “No, Mom! I will be sick!”
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6. 难度:中等 | |
For this month’s Young World magazine, I interviewed 19-year-old Asian pop star Candy Wang.Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness.As she got better, she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school.Now she’ s not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds. I asked Candy how life was different after she became famous.She explained that there are many good things, like being able to travel and meet new people all the time.“I didn’t use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of attention everywhere I go.” However, too much attention can also be a bad thing.“I always have to worry about how I appear to others and I have to be very careful about what I say or do.And I don’t have much private time anymore.对我来说和朋友闲逛是不可能的now because there are always guards around me.” What does Candy have to say to all those young people who want to become famous? “Well, ” she begins slowly, “you have to be prepared to give up your normal life.You can never imagine how difficult the road to success is.Many times I thought about giving up, but I fought on.You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed. Only a very small number of people make it to the top.
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7. 难度:中等 | |
阅读短文,根据短文内容,从短文后的A、B、C、D、E五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项只能用一次。
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8. 难度:中等 | |
每空最多填两个单词。
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9. 难度:中等 | |
Lucy: Hi, Tina, long time no see1.________________________?
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10. 难度:中等 | |
假如你是李梅,请写信向远在美国的笔友Linda介绍你的家乡著名特产---双峰辣酱。要求:介绍辣酱由什么做的,谁制作的,制作过程,用途(招待贵宾),人们为什么喜欢它,是双峰人民勤劳的象征。60词左右,开头已写出,可适当发挥. . . . . . .
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