There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But only a few of them are very important. English is one of them. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the USA, but also in other parts of the world. About 200,000,000 people speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a foreign language. Many millions of people are trying to do so. Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different answers. Have you ever noticed ads(廣告) of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? “Learn English in six weeks, or give your money back…” “Easy and funny…” “Our records and tapes help you master English in a month”. Of course, it never happened quite like that.

The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should remember that we all learned our own language well when we were children. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. Think of what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears.

So it is hard to say that learning English is easy. We must do a lot of practice. And practice needs great efforts and takes much time. Good teachers, record, tapes, books, and dictionaries will be helpful, but they cannot do the student’s work for him.

1.How many languages are very important in the world?

A．A few

B．Few

C．About 1500

D．Many

2.If we want to learn English well, what shall we do?

A．We should study it without any help.

B．We must do a lot of practice.

C．We need to get much money back.

D．We must live in England or America.

3.How does the writer like the ads in the newspapers or magazines?

A．He thinks the ads very expensive.

B．He thinks the ads are true.

C．It never happened quite like what the ads said.

D．He believes” Learn English in six weeks, or give your money back”.

4.Which language is easy to learn?

A．English	B．Chinese
C．Japanese	D．The mother language

5.Which countries use English as the mother tongue?

A．China and France	B．Japan and Italy
C．England the America	D．Germany and France

 

Word travelled quickly in the small fishing village of Port Washington, Wisconsin. So when McCarty wanted to build a playground for kids with special needs. 2,800 people ? a third of the town ? rolled up their sleeves(衣袖)and helped her.

"A lot of learning comes through play," said McCarty, 52, a special education teacher for 28 years. But her students were too often left out. She'd seen the traditional playgrounds stop wheelchairs dead in their tracks.

On September 16, 2008, the first day of the project, they came. Two women heard about the project on the way to work and took the day off to help. A couple in their 80s took part in the job. Children came and gave a helpful hand. Many were volunteers. They all worked very hard.

Today, Possibility Playground is one of the most popular destinations in Ozaukee County. All children can play shoulder to shoulder. There is special equipment(裝置) in different parts. Here, you see all the kids on the same playground having fun.

"People used to ask. 'Why do you want to build a playground just for children with disabilities?' " McCarty said. "They didn't get it. It's only when you build a playground for children with disabilities that you build one for all children."

1.What's McCarty?

A．A special doctor.	B．A special education teacher.
C．A special singer	D．A special designer.

2.How many people are there in the town?

A．About 4,200 people.	B．About 700 people.
C．About 8,400 people.	D．About 2,800 people.

3.What does the underlined word mean?

A．目的地

B．出發(fā)地

C．游樂場(chǎng)

D．體育場(chǎng)

 

Dear Zhou Lan,

Thank you very much for your mail. I want to go to China. I know something about China from your e-mails. Your English is very good. But I don't know much Chinese. Now I'm learning it from my parents. They know much about China. They tell me many things about China.

I'm happy to know you like your school and your family. You want to know my family and my school. I have a big family. My grandparents and my parents are all very fine. My father has a brother. He is my uncle, John. He and my aunt have their children. They're Bill, Linda, Mary and Lily. My brother Dick is a boy of eighteen. I like my family very much. I'll go to China next year with my mother. She is going to teach English in a middle school in Beijing.

Yours,

Annie

1.This is an e-mail from _____ to _____.

A．Zhou Lan; Annie

B．Annie; Zhou Lan's family

C．Zhou Lan; Annie's family

D．Annie; Zhou Lan

2.How old is Dick?

A．17	B．18
C．19	D．20

3.How many people are there in Annie's big family?

A．4

B．6

C．12

D．14

4.Who will come to China?

A．Annie	B．Annie's family
C．Annie and her mother	D．Annie's parents

5.Who teaches Annie Chinese? (   )

A．Zhou Lan.	B．Annie's parents
C．Annie's grandparents	D．Annie herself

 

Word travelled quickly in the small fishing village of Port Washington, Wisconsin. So when McCarty wanted to build a playground for kids with special needs. 2,800 people ? a third of the town ? rolled up their sleeves(衣袖)and helped her.
"A lot of learning comes through play," said McCarty, 52, a special education teacher for 28 years. But her students were too often left out. She'd seen the traditional playgrounds stop wheelchairs dead in their tracks.
On September 16, 2008, the first day of the project, they came. Two women heard about the project on the way to work and took the day off to help. A couple in their 80s took part in the job. Children came and gave a helpful hand. Many were volunteers. They all worked very hard.
Today, Possibility Playground is one of the most popular destinations in Ozaukee County. All children can play shoulder to shoulder. There is special equipment(裝置) in different parts. Here, you see all the kids on the same playground having fun.
"People used to ask. 'Why do you want to build a playground just for children with disabilities?' " McCarty said. "They didn't get it. It's only when you build a playground for children with disabilities that you build one for all children."
【小題1】What's McCarty?

A．A special doctor.	B．A special education teacher.
C．A special singer	D．A special designer.

【小題2】How many people are there in the town?

A．About 4,200 people.	B．About 700 people.
C．About 8,400 people.	D．About 2,800 people.

【小題3】What does the underlined word mean?

A．目的地

B．出發(fā)地

C．游樂場(chǎng)

D．體育場(chǎng)

Tom lived in a town near New York. His father had a shop there and his mother was a doctor. He was seven years old this year and began to go to school this September. It was a little far(遠(yuǎn)的) from their shop and his father drove a car to take him to school five days a week. So he was never(從不) late for class and his teachers likes him very much.
It was Monday that day. Miss Green was teaching them to count(數(shù)數(shù)) from one to ten in the morning. Tom was studying hard. Soon he could count them. Green was happy and asked, “How many people are there in your family, Tom?”
Tom stood up and said, “Two, Miss.”
“Who are they?”
“My father and my mother.”
“Oh,” Miss Green was surprised. She then said, “There’re three people in your family.”
“But now I’m not at home. I’m at school, you know!”
【小題1】Where did Tom’s father work?  ______________

A．In a factory.

B．In a school.

C．In a shop.

D．In a hospital.

【小題2】Tom was now a student of_______.

A．Grade One

B．Grade Two

C．Grade Three

D．Grade Four

【小題3】Tom was never late for school because________.

A．a(chǎn)ll his teachers liked him

B．he went to school in a car

C．his house was next to the school

D．he just began to school a month ago

【小題4】Miss Green taught her children to count from one to ten_______.

A．every day	B．one Monday morning
C．in Tom’s house	D．five days a week

【小題5】Which is the best title(題目) for this story? ____________

A．Two or Three?	B．From One to Ten
C．Tom and his family	D．Miss Green and Her Students