Editor’s notes: AWL is well known for its dictionaries and English language teaching materials. Some readers have written in to ask us for the latest information on high quality books on English, so here we introduce two texts that aim to improve spoken English fluency.

Let’s speak (Beginner)

By Bev Dusuya, Naoko Ozeki and Kevin Bergman

ISBN: 962001359X

Speak Up(Pre-Intermediate)

By Bev Kusuya, Nako Zeki

ISBN: 0583338050

“Teach the students about your culture and help them talk about their own.” How often are these worthy goals kept from being achieved by the limitations of your beginner level learners? Students at all levels want to talk about culture.

Topics include food, shopping, sports, fashion, the roles of men and women, health, music, and many more.

These are all chosen from surveys of over 15,000 students about their own interests in cross-cultural communication.

“Let’s Speak” and “Speak Up” share a special but excellent way that allows all students to take part in.

 The series has questions which start thinking and then help collect opinions about personal topics. Conversation practice is provided by ready to use (現(xiàn)成的)models of basic exchanges on the topic. Also, the cultural information presented in the series comes in the form of interesting, relevant（相關的）facts and ideas from other countries through listening tasks and Culture Quiz exercises.

Team activities in books provide lively problem solving games to enable sharing and comparison of cultural values.

“Let’s Speak” is fit for entry level students of all ages. “Speak Up” provides for the needs of higher level beginners, offering the same careful listening and speaking help, but with slightly more open ended discussion.

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1．In the sentence “Teach the students about your culture and help them talk about their own”, “your culture” here means the culture of___________.

       A．the English native speakers　      B．the English learners

       C．the readers of the two books        D．the readers of the newspaper

2．Which of the following are mentioned about the two books in the passage above?

       a．publisher         b．titles        c．content    d．writers 

       e．prices      f．pages       g．book number

       A．a(chǎn),b,d,f　            B．a(chǎn),c,d,g       C．b,c,d,e       D．b,c,e,f

3．The two books have in common everything EXCEPT___________

       A．the same interesting topics

       B．the same level of learners

       C．proper ways to excite the learners to talk

       D．right kinds of activities for cultural communication

4．The passage above is probably taken from the___________section in a newspaper.

       A．EDUCATION                     B．NEWS

       C．ENTERTAINMENT             D．BOOKSHELF 

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【1】If you are worried about things and are under a lot of stress at work or school, then you are probably not sleeping well. Worry can keep you awake, tossing and turning in bed until the early hours of the morning when you eventually fall asleep. When you wake up, you don’t feel refreshed, but tired and worn out and unable to face a new day.

  【2】Dr Henry Winkle, in a recent newspaper article entitled Stress and Sleep, indicates that ____________. Dr Winkle says, “The more we worry, the less we sleep, the more we are unable to deal with stress. If we can find a way to get a good night’s sleep,” he adds, “we can often find the energy to deal with what’s worrying us.”

  【3】So, what is a good night’s sleep? Research shows that the amount of sleep which people need in order to keep healthy varies a lot. Seven hours is about the average amount, though strangely enough, sleeping longer often gives you a headache instead of making you feel more refreshed.

   【4】Dr Winkle believes that preparing for sleeping is important. People who work late should try to give themselves a short break and do something restful before going to bed. This could be watching TV or listening to music. Doing some exercise earlier in the day should help you to feel physically as well as mentally tired. A bedtime drink can also help, but coffee or tea should be avoided as they contain caffeine and will keep you awake. “When you put the light out, ” Dr Winkle says, “Concentrate on relaxing your muscles, working slowly up from your feet, and you’ll asleep before you know it.”

1. What is the best title of the passage? (within 8 words)

   ________________________________________________________

2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

  People shouldn’t go to sleep immediately but should take a break after working late in the night.

 ________________________________________________________

3. Please fill in the blank in the second paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.   (within 8 words)

________________________________________________________

4. Some says that the longer you sleep, the better you feel. Try to find some arguments from the passage against the idea.   (within 30 words)

________________________________________________________

5. Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese.

  __________________________________________________________

There is only one opening here for a typist, and quite a few people are competing for the _____.

A. position     B. situation    C. condition    D. state 

．Before the economic crisis came, John had sensed that the firm was to be ruined and he _____ just in time．

   A．pulled up    B．pulled out C．pulled off D． pulled down

Molly Wilson had been a dancer and a mother for many years when she decided to sail round the world to raise money for charity.

As a child she had trained as a ballet dancer, but at 15 she had grown too tall for classical ballet, so she became a member of a pop dance team.  

She got married, and after she had children she retired from show business to bring them up. They grew up, and when they were 18 they left home.

She says, “When I decided to do the round-the-world race, my husband thought I was bored because the children had left home. He was also worried because I had never sailed before. I was not bored, but I had met some people who told me about the race.

They had taken part in it, but they had only done one section, say, from New Zealand to Australia. I wanted to do the whole ten-month journey.”

Before Molly left she did a lot of training, but it hadn’t prepared her for the worst weather which they experienced. She tells one story. “One night the sea was very rough and it was very cold. I had gone downstairs when a huge wave smashed into the boat and injured two men on the deck. One of the men couldn’t move because he had broken his leg. They were taken to hospital by helicopter. That was the worst time.”

By the end of October last year, she had raised more than ??50,000 for charity.

She says, “Sometimes I ask myself, what did I do? How did I do it? But then I think, it’s the same as being a dancer. Before I left on the trip, I had trained hard. I had got very fit and had prepared myself completely. Then on the trip I was simply a good team member.”

1. When I decided to do the round-the-world race, my husband thought I felt_________.

A. dissatisfied because I had nothing better to do at home

B. annoyed because I had to wait long for my children to come back home

C. sad because all the children left me when they grew up

D. happy because I could do something I was interested in instead of taking care of children

2. The word “section” in paragraph 5 most probably refers to _________. 

A. group of people                B. part of the training

C. part of the job                 D. part of the route of sail

3. Which of the following is closest in meaning to “rough” in Para. 5?

A. not exact                     B. not smooth because of huge waves

C. difficult                      D. pleasant

4. The last paragraph suggests that _________.

A. she should be kind to other team members during the trip

B. many years of dancing had already prepared her for the sail completely, so she needn’t do anything before the journey

C. the qualities she needed for the trip were the same as those for a dancer

D. she should not forget dancing during the trip 

The Food and Drug Administration is, again, threatening to impose(征稅) milk and meat from cloned animals on a public that opposes the technology and its products.

Respected polls report that more than 60% of Americans think animal cloning is immoral, and that most people said they wouldn’t knowingly eat the products even if the FDA approved them. But because the FDA would allow cloned meat and milk to be sold without identifying labels, consumers wouldn’t be able to avoid them. The FDA has consistently tilted toward those who want cloned milk and meat in our food. Agency officials have repeatedly asserted that science shows cloned milk and meat are safe for humans. But the FDA has never published the complete scientific studies it says support that claim.

The argument that cloning is safe for animals is unconvincing. Cloned meat and milk offer no public economic benefits. Having cloned cows produce more milk wouldn’t reduce milk prices. US farmers produce more milk than we drink, and the government is required to buy the surplus. Since 2000, dairy support programs have cost taxpayers more than $ 5 billion.

Most important, this first decision to advance animal biotechnology raises ethical issues beyond the FDA’s expertise（專家意見）. Techniques used to clone animals will advance the ability to clone humans－and create animals with human genes. Neither the agency nor animal scientists are qualified to tell us whether and when it is ethically acceptable for humans to alter the essential nature of animals. We need a national discussion, including ethicists and religious leaders, to consider the wisdom of cloned and transgenic animals. Given the risk of unintended consequences, we should proceed cautiously. The president should halt further FDA action on cloning and set in motion(運作) a process for beginning this broader discussion.

1. The author’s attitude towards cloning is __________.

       A. standing in the middle      B. opposed     C. approving      D. supportive

3. In US many people buy cloned foods __________.

       A. to support the new technique

       B. because FDA approved them

       C. because they cannot tell which is cloned food

       D. because they cannot read the labels.

3. From the text we know that cloning technique ___________.

       A. developed well enough to clone human beings

       B. may cause unintended bad results to human beings

       C. will bring more unexpected economic benefits

D. is supported by ethicists and religious leaders

4. What’s the best title of this passage?

A．Public Is Against Cloned Food     B．Benefits of Cloned Food

C．Cloned Food Is Illegal             D．Technique in Cloned Food

Earth is a rocky planet _______ liquid water, which is necessary for life, can exist.

   A. as        B. which       C. where      D. when

 The road _________ for vehicles is under repair. Drivers are required to take some other routes.

A. meaning              B. meant                   C. to mean                D. being meant

Ⅱ. 語言知識及運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）

第一節(jié)　完形填空（共10小題；每小題2分，滿分20分）

       閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從21—30各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is _21__ in English as much as possible. Of course it’s not _22_ for people to do this. Sometimes you may get your words mixed up and people will not __23_ you. Sometimes people may speak too _24__ and you can’t understand them. Many people are always afraid of being laughed at by others because of the __25_ they might make and they dare not open their mouth. Therefore they can not learn English well though they try their best to learn the words and phrases by heart. Such people may have mastered a lot of _26__, but they can not even talk to others in correct English fluently.

But if you keep your sense of humor, you can always have a good _27__ at the mistakes that you make. Don’t be _28__ if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes. It’s better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be _29__ with you, because they don’t understand what you are __30_. The most important thing for learning English is: Don’t be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.

21. A. reading     B. speaking    C. writing     D. joking

22. A . possible    B. difficult    C. easy        D. necessary

23. A. hear        B. know       C. believe     D. understand

24. A. quickly     B. loudly       C. slowly     D. calmly

25. A. friends      B. mistakes    C. sentences   D. progress

26. A. grammar    B. knowledge   C. skills      D. vocabularies

27. A. purpose     B. laugh       C. shout      D. excuse

28. A. unhappy    B. surprised     C. excited    D. active

29. A. satisfied    B. friendly      C. familiar    D. angry

30. A. thinking    B. doing        C. saying     D. requesting

Why should I teach my children history? That sounds like a stupid question to even ask. But, as I hear different home schooling teachers discuss history, I get the idea that there may be different reasons for teaching history. Let me briefly explain the three good reasons for studying history and two bad reasons for studying history.

    The major reason I see for studying history is that we can learn from the past. I am convinced that the world would be a much better place if more people understood the successes and failures of the past and the thifigs that made these successes and failures. However, as the unfortunately true statement goes "the one thing we seem to learn from history is that we don't seem to learn from history." Perhaps at least in teaching history, to my children I can do a small part in changing this.

    A second major reason for studying history is that it is hard to understand the current political climate in the absence of an understanding of its historical context. We can- not even understand why we are and where we are without history, much less (更不必說) try to figure out where we are going or how we should get where we want to be.

    I teach my children history, for one more reason. I purchased a set of historical audio (錄音機) tapes for our children. My seven-year-old son listened to them over and over. It was my hope that he would become inspired by the accomplishments of people like the Wright brothers to accomplish things by himself. I think that it is good that we celebrate the accomplishments of people like Martin Luther King Jr. if, in doing so, young people are called on to stand for the principles that he stood for and accomplish what he accomplished. I also think that by studying people like Adolph Hitler, people can learn to stand against the things that he stood for.

1. What message can we get from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 ?

    A. Many people aren't clever enough to learn well from the past.

    B. Many people fail to make good use of history and make the same mistakes.

    C. Many people feel it hard to understand history.

    D. Many people have no interest in studying history.

2. In Paragraph 3, the author shows that history is useful because _______________.

     A. it makes the current political situation go smoothly

     B. it helps us realize the importance of historical events

     C. it helps us understand why things are the way they are

     D. it helps people accept the present situation where they live

3. Some historical figures are mentioned in the last paragraph to show ______________.

     A. people can be inspired to do good, while also learning to fight against evil

     B. people may also learn from bad historical figures

     C. more celebrations should be held to honor their achievements

     D. today’s people can also achieve what they achieved

4. What would be talked about in the following paragraph?

     A. How to teach history effectively.

     B. Some negative reasons for studying history.

     C. How to get more people to study history.

     D. Some bad historical figures.

5. The main purpose of this passage is to ____________.

     A. ins[me the parents to teach their children history

     B. show the importance of history in politics

     C. explain the reasons why children study history

     D. introduce the writer' s own way of teaching history