Question

 This week we asked students at New Star High School about the best ways to learn more English. Many said they learned by     __ English. Some students had more specific ____. Lillian Li, for example, said the best way to learn new words was ___ reading English magazines. She said that memorizing the words of pop songs also ____ a little. When we asked about studying grammar, she said, “ I ____ study grammar. It’s too boring.”

Wei Ming feels differently. He’s been leaning English for six years and really loves it  He ____ studying grammar is a great way to learn a ____. He also thinks that watching English movies ____ a bad way because he can watch the actor ____ the words. Sometimes, however, he finds watching movies frustrating ____ the people speak too quickly.

Liu Chang said that ____ the English club at school was the best way to improve her English. Students get lots of practice and they also have fun. She added that having conversations with friends was not helpful at all. “We get ____ about something and then end up speaking in Chinese,” she said.

1.A. using        B. speaking     C. reading      D. writing

2.A. ways         B. plans          C. subjects      D. suggestions

3.A. through     B. from          C. by            D. at

4.A. learned     B. helped        C. tried         D. worried

5.A. sometimes  B. usually       C. never        D. always

6.A. asks         B. thinks         C. asked        D. thought

7.A. language    B. English       C. lesson       D. word

8.A. was           B. wasn’t       C. is             D. isn’t

9.A. to say        B. saying         C. say         D. said

10.A. when      B. after             C. though      D. because

11.A. joining    B. having          C. enjoying    D. studying

12.A. interested  B. interesting    C. excited      D. exciting

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了不同学生学英语的方法的不同，从而找到最好的学英语的方法。

1.A. using 使用； B. speaking说；C. reading 读；D. writing写；由上下文可知许多学生说他们是靠使用英语来学英语的。By doing 故选A.

2.A. ways 方法；B. plans 计划；C. subjects 科目；D. suggestions建议；结合上下文可知一些学生有一些特殊的建议。故选D

3.本题考查by +doing表示靠什么方法。例如Lillian Li说：“学新单词的最好的方法是是靠读英语杂志”故选C

4.A. learned学习；B. helped 帮助；C. tried设法；D. worried担心；结合文章可知，他说记住流行歌曲的歌词也有一定的帮助。故选B

5.A. sometimes有时； B. usually 通常； C. never 从不；D. always总是；句意：当我们问道学语法的时候，他说他从不学语法，太难了。故选C

6.A. asks问；B. thinks 认为；C. asked问；D. thought想；结合下文可知，他认为学语法也是学语言的一种好的方法。故选B

7.A. language语言；B. English 英语；C. lesson 课；D. word单词；

句意：他认为学语法也是学语言的一种好的方法。

8.主系表结构可知填系动词，他也认为看英语电影不是一个坏方法，因为他能看演员说话。故选D

9.。他也认为看英语电影不是一个坏方法，因为他能看演员说话。Watch sb do sth 看某人做某事，故选C

10.A. when 当……时候； B. after在……之后 C. though 尽管； D. because因为；句意：他发现看电影无聊因为人们说的太快，根据语境，故选D

11.。A. joining 加入；B. having 有；C. enjoying喜欢；D. studying学习；句意：刘畅说加入学校英语语言俱乐部是提高他英语最好的方法，动名词作主语，故选A.

12.A. interested 有趣的，人作主语；B. interesting  有趣的；物作主语； C. excited  激动的；D. exciting激动的，物作主语，句意：关于一些事情我们变得很激动，最后我们以说英语而结束。根据语境，故选C，get +形容词，故选C

考点：教育类短文。