A rabbit is running into his hole. You may ask, “What happened?”
Well, when a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away. Its tail moves up and down as it runs. When other rabbits see this tail moving up and down, they ran, too. They know there is danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. It has given them a signal.
Many other animals use this kind of language. When a bee finds some food, it goes back to his home. It can’t tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does dance in the air. This tells the bees where the food is.
But animals say things by making sounds. A dog barks, for examples, when a stranger comes near. A cat purrs(發(fā)出呼嚕呼嚕的聲音) when pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning.
But human beings have something that no animals have---- a large number of words about things, actions, feelings or ideas. We are able to give each other information to tell or inform other people what is in our mind or how we feel. By writing words down we can remind ourselves of the things that have happened, or send messages to people far away. No animals can do this. No animals has the wonderful power of language.
No one knows how man learned to make words. Somehow he learned to make them. As centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.
People in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. A very large English dictionary, for examples, contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we don’t know all these. The words we know are called vocabulary. We should try to make our vocabulary larger. Read as many books as possible. When we met a new word, look it up in the dictionary. A dictionary is the most useful book.
【小題1】What’s the meaning of the underlined word?

A．標(biāo)語(yǔ)

B．信號(hào)

C．唱片

D．圖像

【小題2】A dog can tell something__________.

A．by giving signals	B．by making different sounds
C．by purring	D．by barking

【小題3】It has been proved that no animals are able to_________.

A．give the others information

B．express their actions and feelings with words

C．tell others how they feel

D．make different sounds, each with its own meaning.

【小題4】Generally speaking, what we mean by “vocabulary” is_______.

A．a(chǎn)ll the words that we know	B．more and more words we use
C．a(chǎn)ll the words we need	D．the dictionary which contains thousands of words

【小題5】What must we do in order to make our vocabulary larger?

A．Make more and more new words

B．look up some new words in a dictionary

C．learn more language

D．Try to read as many books as possible

 London is the capital of the UK, with seven million people. London is in the south of England and it’s on the River Thames. The river is 336kilometres long. London is an old city-about 2,000years old.

In the north of England there are some lakes and low mountains. In the west of England you’re always near sea. There are lots of small villages on the coast.

England is a region of Britain, and Britain is an island. It’s never very hot in summer, or very cold in winter.

1.Is England a city?

_____________________________________________________________________.

2.What is in the north of England ?

______________________________________________________________________.

3.What’s the weather like in Britain?

_____________________________________________________________________.

4.Is London an old city or a new city?

_____________________________________________________________________.

5.Where is London?

_____________________________________________________________________.

 

It's a sunny Sunday.Little Tony is in a big supermarket.He is doing some shopping for his family. What is in his hand? It's a shopping list(購(gòu)物清單).

apples	They are for mother. Weight:3 kilos Money:4.5 dollars
bananas	They are for Tony and sisiter Weight:2 kilos Money:6 dollars
oranges	They are for father. Weight:2 kilos Money:5 dollars
strawberries	They are for grandparents. Weight:1 kilo Money:2 dollars

 

1.How is the weather this Sunday?

A．Snowy.           B．Sunny.            C．Cloudly.           D．Rainy.

2.What does Tony buy?

A．Some vegetables.   B．Some drinks.       C．Some fruit.        D．Some food.

3.Who likes oranges best?

A．Mother.           B．Grandparents.      C．Tony and sisiter.     D．Father.

4._____ are the cheapest(最便宜).

A．The strawberries    B．The apples         C．The oranges       D．The bananas

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Tony is in the supermarket with his family.     B．There are five people in his family.

C．The bananas are 3 dollars for 1 kilo.         D．The shopping list is in the bag.

 

補(bǔ)全對(duì)話（5%）

Eric:  I can’t find my schoolbag. Do you see it, Alice?

Alice: ________1____________?

Eric:  No, it isn’t. It’s black.

Alice: _________2___________?

Eric:  Some books, a dictionary, a notebook and a pencil box.

Alice: ________3____________?

Eric: The dictionary is yellow, the notebook is white, and the pencil box is blue.

Alice:  _______4______________?

Eric:  Two pens, a pencil and a ruler.

Alice: Aha, Tom and his sister found it this morning. It is in the lost and found box now. You can ask Ms Black for it.

Eric:  _________5_____________.

A  What’s in it?

B  What color are they?

C  And what is in the pencil box?

D  Thank you

E  Is it a blue one?

 

—______________________________?
—In the hotel. I don’t bring it here.

A．What is in your bag

B．Where is your computer

C．Where is your mother

D．Is your mother in the hotel?