19、One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of thing to come when listening to someone talking．People do this all the time in their own language，so it is necessary（必要的）to do this in a foreign language，too．Here are some examples．

1．“What’s the matter?”“ went to a party last night, so I…”

2．“I feel so tired these days．”“I think you’d better…”

3．“of course, she never stops talking．She is one of the most…”

You can see from the above three examples that the context（上下文）helps a lot in understanding what is being talked about．So“guessing”is very important in understanding English, especially（尤其） spoken English．

（   ）1．This passage tells us mainly about______．

A．the importance of“guessing”in learning a foreign language

B．how to guess what one is going to talk about

C．some examples of right guessing

D．how interesting it is to guess all the time

（   ）2．From the context, we can see maybe the finished answer in“EXAMPLE 1”is______．

A．“…so I didn’t have a goodtime．”          B．“…so I went to bed very late．”

C．“…So I felt unhappy．”                          D．“…so I got up very early．”

（   ）3．Maybe the finished answer in“EXAMPLE 2”is______．

A．“I think you’d better have a good rest and take good care of yourself．”

B．“I think you’d better have something to drink”

C．“I think you’d better get some help from your friends．”

D．“I think you’d better be more careful．”

（   ）4．From the passage we can infer（推斷）that guessing is______ in learning a foreign language．

A．the only way

B．more important in spoken English than in written English

C．more important than any other way

D．more important in written English than in spoken English

18、Mexico’s neighbors are the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the south．Mexico is abut one quarter of the size of the United States．Mexico has more than million people．The language of Mexico is Spanish．This makes Mexico the world’s largest Spanish-speaking country．

Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico．The city is also very high．It is 7349 feet high（2240 metres）．This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world．The population，of Mexico City grows bigger every day．About thirty million people live there．It has more people than any other city in the world，even more than Tokyo．

Mexico also has its specialties．Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico．Foods like beans，maize，avocados，tomatoes，peanuts，chili peppers，vanilla，and chocolate come from Mexico．Mexico is also famous for its cactus（仙人掌）plants．Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other country．

（   ）1．Mexico is______ the USA．

A．on the South of       B．on the north of       C．a(chǎn) part of                 D．a(chǎn)s large as

（   ）2．Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Mexico City is the capital of Mexico．

B．The population of Mexico City is 30，000, 000．

C．Tokyo is one of the cities with the largest population．

D．Mexico City is the highest city in the world．

（   ）3．The best fide（題目）of the passage is______．

A．Mexico City                                            B．Mexico’s plants   

C．Mexico                                                     D．Mexico’s population

16、在對(duì)話(huà)中填入適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~，使對(duì)話(huà)完整與正確．

A：Hello! Is that Meimei Restaurant?

B：Yes．Can I help you?

A：Yes．I want to order some（1） ______for lunch．

B：OK．What would you like?

A：I’d like three medium bowls of rice

B：OK．Anything else?

A：Yes．I want fish，eggs and tomatoes．a(chǎn)nd mushrooms．

B：I see．What（2） ______do you want them?

A：At half past twelve．（3） ______can I pay you?

B：You can pay me when I（4） ______them to you．

A：All right．Thank you!

B：You’re（5） ______．

15、-Do you know______ young mall in a red T-shirt?

-Yea，he is______ university student from Hong Kong．

A．a(chǎn)；an              B．the；a                C．the；an                  D．the；the

14、-Mike and John, did you enjoy______ on Children’s Day?

-Yes，we did．

A．myself           B．themselves         C．ourselves                      D．yourselves

13、-______ day it is!

-Let’s go out and enjoy the sunshine．

A．How windy          B．What a rainy          C．How wet              D．What a lovely

12、Fried chicken is very delicious，but not ______ person likes this kind of food．

A．every            B．a(chǎn)ll           C．a(chǎn)nother            D．both

11、Please read every sentence______．The more______ you are，the fewer mistakes you’ll make．

A．carefully；carefully                                 B．careful；careful

C．carefully；careful                                      D．careful；carefully

10、When I want to relax myself．I would rather______ TV than______ newspapers．

A．watching；read                                  B．watch；read       

C．watching；to read                              D．to watch；reading