Question

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words or the proper forms of the given words.

You must practice your language skills, 1. there is no point learning. There are many different things 2. (do) for each of the four parts of language learning.

Practicing reading does not have to be difficult. If you are learning French, then next time you go to France, buy a lot of 3. (newspaper) and books. Read them — it is as simple as that. If you read with a dictionary next to you, you are able to look up words when you don’t know them and at least follow 4. is said.

Practicing writing does not have to be too tricky. A good test 5. (see) if your writing is making sense is to ask for replies. You could write to tourist information offices asking for brochures about their town, or to hotels asking for details of prices. 6. a reply comes back to you containing the information you requested, you will feel happy as your practice is paying off.

Practicing speaking skills is perhaps the most 7. (interest) experience because you get the chance to interact (互动) with others. Of course, the best way to practice is to visit the country 8. the language is spoken.

The practice of listening skills tends to go hand in hand with speaking. If you are able to do any of the above, such as going on holiday or chatting with a native speaker, then the listening practice will follow 9. (nature). But if not, you can buy or borrow tapes of people speaking the language.

You can also listen to rented DVDs 10. the language with and without subtitles (字幕) to help your learning along.

Answer

1.or

2.to do

3.newspapers

4.what

5.to see

6.If

7.interesting

8.where

9.naturally

10.in

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，我们一定要练习语言技巧，文章中对语言学习听说读写这四个技巧的练习方法做了详细说明。

1.考查连词。句意：你一定要练习语言技巧，否则学习就没有意义了。上下文之间是条件关系，所以使用or表示“否则，要不然”，相当于otherwise。

2.考查不定式。本句中不定式短语to do做定语修饰名词短语many different things。句意：为了学习语言的四个部分，有很多不同的事情可以去做。

3.考查名词单复数。名词newspaper报纸，通常是不可数名词，但在指不同种类的报纸的时候，就是可数名词了。句意：如果你正在学习法语，下一次你去法国的时候，就买很多报纸和书。

4.考查宾语从句。本句中宾语从句what is said做动词follow的宾语，连接代词what引导宾语从句，并在句中做主语。

5.考查不定式。本句中不定式to see…做定语修饰名词a good test。句意：查看你的写作是否有意义的一项很好的测试是请求回复。

6.考查连词。句意：如果你收到了包含你要求的信息的回复，你会感觉很开心因为你的练习有了回报。上下文之间是条件关系，所以使用if表示上下文的条件关系。

7.考查形容词。现在分词转换的形容词interesting意为“有趣的”，通常修饰事物；过去分词转换的形容词interested意为“感兴趣的”通常修饰人。句意：练习讲话的技巧也许是最有趣的经历，因为你得到了与他人互动的机会。

8.考查定语从句。本题定语从句的先行词是the country，关系副词where引导定语从句并在句中做状语。句意：练习语言最好的方法是到讲这门语言国家去。

9.考查副词。在英语中副词通常做状语修饰形容词、副词、动词或整个句子。本句中副词naturally做状语修饰动词follow。

10.考查介词。介词in可以表示“使用…语言”，后面接表示语言的名词做宾语，构成介宾短语，如in English用英语；本句中in the language指使用你所学的语言。