Question

【題目】I was tired. I had been studying English for 8 years, but my spoken English was terrible. I went to English school every night. I_________different textbooks and learned the grammar rules________ them every day. But during the eight years, I hadn’t got any_________at all!

Being tired of school, I searched the Internet for “Learn English” one night. Then I found a ________English learning system.

Seven days later I started using the system to learn English. My life _______ from then on. I used the system every day. I was________ to find that learning English in this way was so easy and interesting. No boring grammar rules. The articles were interesting and the stories were funny.

Then something amazing happened. One day I ________an American man named James in a coffee shop. Without thinking, I started to________him. My English words came out automatically（無意識地）.It was hard for me to believe it. I could speak English so easily. I didn’t feel any_________or worry. James understood my ideas and feelings. We talked for two hours without____________.Then we exchanged e-mails and Skype IDs. We decided to talk to each other on the Internet every week.

My English has improved greatly now. I think there are many ways of learning English for us to use. You should stop using a way that doesn’t work

and find out what is helpful to you.

【1】A. met B. saw C. read D. looked

【2】A. by B. in C. for D. about

【3】A. message B. mistake C. progress D. challenge

【4】A. boring B. common C. disappointing D. perfect

【5】A. changed B. started C. solved D. impressed

【6】A. afraid B. angry C. crazy D. surprised

【7】A. met B. beat C. helped D. forgot

【8】A. wait for B. talk with C. laugh at D. think of

【9】A. interest B. hobby C. stress D. idea

【10】A. saying B. predicting C. stopping D. understanding

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 B

【3】 C

【4】 D

【5】 A

【6】 D

【7】 A

【8】 B

【9】 C

【10】 C

【解析】

短文介紹了作者學(xué)習(xí)英語的經(jīng)歷。作者學(xué)英語已經(jīng)8年了，但英語口語仍然很差，感覺一點(diǎn)進(jìn)步也沒有！后來通過“英語學(xué)習(xí)系統(tǒng)”這個(gè)軟件學(xué)習(xí)英語，作者的交際能力有了明顯的提高，與別人英語交流時(shí)再也感覺不到壓力和擔(dān)心。最后告訴大家，學(xué)習(xí)英語要選擇一種適合于自己且對自己有所幫助的方法。

【1】句意：我每天閱讀不同的教科書，學(xué)習(xí)它們中的語法規(guī)則。A. met遇見；B. saw看見；C. read閱讀；D. looked看。讀書用動(dòng)詞read，故答案為C。

【2】句意：我每天閱讀不同的教科書，學(xué)習(xí)它們中的語法規(guī)則。A. by 通過；B. in在……里；C. for為了；D. about關(guān)于。them代指textbooks，書中的語法規(guī)則用介詞in，故答案為B。

【3】句意：但在這八年里，我一點(diǎn)進(jìn)步也沒有！A. message信息；B. mistake 錯(cuò)誤；C. progress進(jìn)步；D. challenge挑戰(zhàn)。make/get progress取得進(jìn)步，根據(jù)前文中的句子“I had been studying English for 8 years, but my spoken English was terrible.”可知，作者在這8年中沒有取得進(jìn)步，故答案為C。

【4】句意：然后我找到了一個(gè)極好的英語學(xué)習(xí)系統(tǒng)。A. boring無聊的；B. common普通的；C. disappointing令人失望的；D. perfect完美的，極好的。根據(jù)下文中的句子“I was____6____ to find that learning English in this way was so easy and interesting.”可知，這套英語學(xué)習(xí)系統(tǒng)很棒，故答案為D。

【5】句意：我的生活從此發(fā)生了改變。A. changed改變；B. started開始；C. solved解決；D. impressed給……印象。通過上下文內(nèi)容對比，可知，新的英語學(xué)習(xí)系統(tǒng)的運(yùn)用改變了作者的生活，故答案為A。

【6】句意：我驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)用這種方式學(xué)習(xí)英語是如此的簡單和有趣。A. afraid害怕的；B. angry生氣的；C. crazy瘋狂的；D. surprised吃驚的。最初作者對于英語學(xué)習(xí)感到厭倦，通過新的學(xué)習(xí)方式所取得的進(jìn)步令作者感到驚訝，故答案為D。

【7】句意：一天，我在咖啡館遇見了一個(gè)叫詹姆斯的美國人。A. met遇見；B. beat打��；C. helped 幫助；D. forgot忘記。結(jié)合句意可知，答案為A。

【8】句意：我不假思索地開始和他交流起來。A. wait for等待；B. talk with交流；C. laugh at嘲笑；D. think of想起。根據(jù)后面的句子“We talked for two hours without_10_”可知，作者與詹姆斯見面開始交流，答案為B。

【9】句意：我不再感到任何壓力或擔(dān)心。A. interest 興趣； B. hobby 愛好；C. stress壓力；D. idea想法。通過對比兩個(gè)句子“but my spoken English was terrible.”和“My English words came out automatically（無意識地）.”可知，作者的口語交際能力明顯提高，面對面交流時(shí)不再有任何壓力，故答案為C。

【10】句意：我們連續(xù)聊了兩個(gè)小時(shí)。A. saying說話；B. predicting 預(yù)測；C. stopping 停止；D. understanding理解。without stopping不停地，結(jié)合句意可知，答案為C。