In learning English, one should first pay attention to and speaking．

It is the groundwork（基礎(chǔ)） of reading and writing．You' d better your best to speak while you do much listening．Don' t be of making mistakes．But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your English.

While you are doing this, a good is to write or keep a diary, write notes or letters．Then if you can, ask some others to go through you have written and tell you where it is wrong．Many mistakes in your speaking will be found when you write. Through correcting mistakes, you can do better in learning English．
If you are slow in speaking, don′t about it．One of the helpful ways is reading, either aloud or to yourself．The important thing is to choose interesting to read．It mustn't be too difficult for you．When you are reading in this way, don' t stop to the new words if you can guess their meanings when they have nothing to do the sentences．You can do that some other time．
1.A. listening B. listen C. reading
2.A. try B. send C. make
3.A. sure B. afraid C. proud
4.A. idea B. way C. time
5.A. how B. when C. what
6.A. easily B. slowly C. really
7.A. talk B. worry C. hurry
8.A. something B. everything C. anything
9.A. look B. look for C. look up
10.A. in B． for C. with

A girl told her mom everything was going wrong for her, and that she always failed her math exam so that she wouldn’t like to study at all．After hearing the daughter’s words, the nice and patient mother thought of a good way to make her daughter happy．“I will make a delicious cake for you,” said the mom．She walked into the kitchen, and the daughter followed with her．When the mom prepared the cooking utensils (炊具) and ingredients（原料）, the daughter sat against the kitchen door, watching her．Her mom asked her, “My dear, would you like a piece of cake?” The daughter replied, “Sure, Mom! You know how I love cake!” “All right,” the mom said, “drink some of this cooking oil．” The daughter was very surprised and said, “What? No way!!!” “How about some raw (生的) eggs?” asked the mom and the daughter answered, “No way!” “How about some flour (面粉)?” “No, Mom! I will be sick!”
The mother explained, “All of these are uncooked and taste bad, but if you put them together, they will make a delicious cake．Life works the same way．When we ask ourselves why there are so many difficult times, we don’t realize what a success these terrible events will lead us to．Having a great day also means having a great CAKE! Keep the hope and one day your day is A PIECE OF CAKE!”
1.What does the girl do?
A． A cook．
B． An actress．
C． A student．
2.The girl saw her mom_________ in the kitchen．
A． do the dishes
B． make a cake
C． have dinner
3.At first, the mother let the girl___________．
A． eat some flour
B． break some raw eggs
C． drink some cooking oil
4.The mom thinks that there will be a success at last after _____．
A． someone has difficult times
B． someone enjoys himself
C． someone has a great cake
5.What do you think of the mom?
A． She is kind of silly．
B． She is nice and patient．
C． She is too strict with her daughter．

每空最多填兩個(gè)單詞。
If you go to another country, what kinds of things would you buy? Would you buy a camera in Japan, some beautiful clothes in 1. (French), or a watch in Switzerland? No matter 2. you may buy, you might think those products 3.(make) in those countries．However, you could be wrong．Kang Jian is 4. 18-year-old student from Shanghai．Last year he 5. (go) to visit his aunt and uncle in San Francisco．He found it interesting that so many products in the local shops were made in China．“I wanted to buy a toy car 6. my cousin, but even though most of the toys were American brands, they were made in China．” Toys are not the only things made in China．“I wanted to buy a pair of basketball shoes,” he explains．“But I had to visit five or six stores before 7. (find) a pair made in America!” He realized that Americans can hardly avoid 8. (buy) products made in China．“In fact,” he continues, “there 9. (be) many other things there made in China — footballs, handbags, pet food, mobile phones．Even American flags are made in China!” Kang Jian thinks it’s great that China is so good at making these everyday things．However, he wishes that in the future China will also get 10. (good) at making high-technology products that people can buy in all parts of the world．

Life ________ a race. I’m ready to _________ new challenges any time.

A． is like, take on B． likes, face

C． like, accept D． liked, take off

As a doctor, you________.

A． can be too careful

B． can’t be too careless

C． can’t be too careful

D． can be so careless

Pink doesn’t look good ________Eddie, he looks good ______ blue.

A． in, on B． on, in

C． at, for D． on, like

Sandy asks me if the white blouse .

A． suitable for her B． is suitable to me

C． suits her D． suit me

Many years ago, two friends, Mike and Jim, were walking through the desert. Somehow they began to quarrel (爭吵) about small matters. Suddenly, Mike hit Jim in the face. Jim was hurt, but he said nothing. He just wrote in the sand: Today my best friend hit me in the face.

They kept on walking, and at last, they found a river. So they decided to take a bath.

Suddenly, Jim got stuck in the mire (陷在泥里). At that moment, Mike saved him. After Jim felt better, he wrote on a stone: Today my best friend saved my life.

Mike saw this, and asked, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand. After I saved you, you wrote on a stone. Why?”

Jim answered, “When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand. Then winds of forgiveness (寬恕) can blow it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave (銘刻) it in stone, then no wind can ever blow it away.”

1. When did the story happen?

2.What did Mike and Jim quarrel about?

3.Did Jim say anything when he was hit?

4.Where did Jim write after Mike saved him?

5.Who do you think might be deeply moved at last?

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示，填寫所缺單詞。

Do you know anything about animal signs and star signs?

In the Chinese lunar c1., there are 12 animal signs in a 2. . Each of them represents a lunar year. They a 3. in a fixed o 4. and the cycle repeats every 12 years. Some people believe that people born u 5. the same animal sign have similar personalities.

In W 6.countries, a year is d 7. into a cycle of 12 star signs. Your star sign depends on your date of b 8.

Do animal signs or star signs really tell anything about your personality? No, not really. We can read about them just for f9. . It is you who s 10.your life and your future.

-- Do you prefer tea coffee?

-- is OK, I don’t mind.

A． or, Neither B． to, Either

C． to, Both D． or, Either