Learning a new language is always a challenge. There are new w 1. ， new grammar， and new pronunciation. Language is an important part of c 2.. Becoming familiar with the culture as well as the language can make the learning experience much more i 3. .

When I was a university student， I s 4. Chinese for three years. Before I went to university， I had very little k 5. of China. Therefore， when I started learning to speak Chinese， it was important for me to also learn about China’s history and culture. China’s culture is very different from my o 6. and I become interested in it soon.

It will be much more fun to learn about culture w 7. you study a new language. Culture can teach you so many things about a language. It can give you background information a 8. the language and tell you the history of the language. I also found out one fact， that is， if you know about the country and the culture， you will communicate with its people more e 9. .

Whenever I try to learn a new language， I enjoy k 10. information about the culture as well. It’s a challenge to learn more information， but it is very rewarding!

書面表達

不久你們將初中畢業(yè)了，英語老師要求大家談談各自的夢想，請根據(jù)下表提示，以“職業(yè)夢想”為題，寫一篇短文， 結(jié)尾請談談如何實現(xiàn)夢想。

要求：1）表達清楚，語法正確，上下文連貫；

2）必須包括表格中所有的相關信息，并適當發(fā)揮；

3）詞數(shù)：100詞左右（短文的開頭已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)）；

4）不得使用真實姓名、校名和地名等。

（參考詞匯：cleaner 清潔工， farmer 農(nóng)場主，astronaut 宇航員，explorer 探險家）

Ideal Jobs

Today we talked about our ideal jobs in class. All of us have great and different dreams.

— The soccer game was so ________.

— Yes， I felt ________ with it.

A. bored； boring B. boring； bored

C. bored； bored D. boring； boring

Do you have _____ to tell me?

A. something special B. special anything

C. anything special D. special something

I ________you yesterday afternoon，but you ________at home.

A. call，aren’t B. am calling，aren’t

C. called，was D. called，weren’t

I didn’t go to the mountains ______the bad weather.

A. so B. because of C. because D. But

— _____ do they exercise?

— Twice a week.

A. How many B. How often C. How long D. When

I usually go to the movies ________ a month.

A. twice B. twice time

C. two times D. twice times

It’s cold， so we decided ______at home.

A. stay B. to stay C. staying D. stayed

He is _____than his brother.

A. tall B. more tall C. tallest D. taller