Students in many countries are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others by themselves. A few learn English by learning the language over the radio, on TV, or in film. One must work hard to learn another language.
Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects required for study. They study their own language and English. Some people learn it because it is useful for their work. Many people learn English for their work. Many people learn English for their higher studies, because at college or university some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.
1.People learn English _______.
A. at school B. over the radio
C. on TV D. not all in the same way
2.Different kinds of people want to learn English _______.
A. together with other subjects B. for different reasons
C. for their work D. for higher studies at colleges
3.From this passage we know that _______.
A. we can learn English easily
B. English is very difficult to learn
C. English is learned by most people in the world
D. English is a useful language but one must work hard to learn
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. We don't need to learn any foreign languages.
B. We can do well in all our work without English.
C. English is the most important subject in schools.
D. We should learn English because we need to face the world.
A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a 11 , I had decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it 12 from my hand and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles(弹珠), 13 everywhere. I tried to use a broom(扫帚), 14 with each sweep, they just rolled across the kitchen.
For the next week, every time I was in the 15 , I found a pea——in a corner, or behind a table leg. They kept 16 . Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it, and 17__ 12 frozen peas hidden underneath.
At the time I found those few remaining 18 , I was in a new relationship with a wonderful __19 I’d met in a support group. After we married, I was reminded 20 those peas under the refrigerator, and realized that my 21 had been like that bag of frozen peas. It had scattered(分散). My wife had died; I was in a new city with a busy job, and with a son having trouble 22 his new surroundings and the 23 of his mother. I was a bag of spilled frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered.
When life gets you 24 , when everything you know comes apart, and when you think you’ll never 25 , remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas. The peas can be 26 , and life will move on. You’ll find all the peas 27 , including the ones that are hardest to find. And when you’ve got them 28 you’ll start to feel whole again.
The life you know can break apart at any time. But you’ll have to 29 , and how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom, 30 will you pick them up one by one and put your life back together?
1.A. drink B. fruit C. vegetable D. meat
2.A. moved B. walked C. ran D. slipped
3.A. rubbed B. rolled C. grew D. existed
4.A. but B. and C. although D. so
5.A. bedroom B. living room C. kitchen D. storeroom
6.A. getting up B. turning up C. taking up D. using up
7.A. found B. ate C. left D. planted
8.A. presents B. cans C. vegetables D. peas
9.A. man B. child C. woman D. boy
10.A. of B. for C. with D. in
11.A. wife B. life C. son D. friend
12.A. turning to B. leading to C. adjusting to D. adding to
13.A. thank B. love C. help D. loss
14.A. down B. near C. close D. wide
15.A. get it B. make it C. take it D. leave it
16.A. grew B. bought C. collected D. frozen
17.A. eventually B. fortunately C. properly D. specially
18.A. both B. all C. either D. each
19.A. call on B. put on C. bring on D. move on
20.A. while B. because C. since D. or
Oh, much smoke here! Somebody _______ the window, please.
A. opens B. open C. shall open D. will open
I got to the office earlier that day, _______ the 7:30 train from Paddington.
A. caught B. to have caught
C. to catch D. having caught
——Well, Jane has many advantages, too.
——Oh, yes. _______ others are weak, she is strong.
A. If B. Where C. Though D. When
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A:Frank,it’s almost vacation time.Have you found a summer job yet?
B: 1. But camp job doesn’t pay much.How about you?
A:Well,I think I can get a j ob at the Friendship Hotel.A friend of mine was a waiter there last summer.The pay wasn’t good,but he got a lot of tips.He was happy with it.
B: 2. She enjoyed it.She said a restaurant was a good place for her.
A:3. After sitting in school classes all winter,I'd like a job in open air.
B:You are right.Everybody knows high school kids earn a lot just by cutting grass every summer.My brother is only fifteen,but he gets eight dollars every time he cuts somebody’s grass.It takes him only an hour!
A:4. But now,I think I might work for a building company,or something like that.
B:5.You can learn a 10t.
A:Well,I'd like to have a try.