We should do what we can_______ English?

A. to practice to speak B. to practice speaking

C. practice speaking D. practice to speak

— Why not listen to BBC news to improve your listening skills?

— It’s difficult for me follow.

A. too; to B. so; that

C. such; that D. so; too

"Who did this?" Mrs. Green asked with a piece of broken glass in her hand. She had never been so 51 with us. The classroom was so quiet. All students looked at the window except me. I kept my head 52 . I knew it was me. I broke it when I practiced 53 baseball. But should I tell the truth? If I did, I would be in trouble, I didn't have enough 54 . How could I afford to buy such an expensive window? I really didn't want to put up my hand, 55 at last I said. “I did it. I am sorry.” It was not 56 for me to say those words.

Mrs. Green went to the book shelf and took down a book. Then she walked to me. Looking at 57 , I was a little afraid. To my surprise, she said, "I know you like 58 .Here is the book about them. It's yours now. I give it to you not because you broke the window, but because you are 59 ." I couldn't believe it. I wasn't punished(惩罚). However, I was given my favorite book about birds.

It happened 20 years ago, but I still 60 the book. The lesson my teacher taught me that day will be in my heart forever.

1.A. excited B. angry C. happy D. nervous

2.A. up B. down C. over D. out

3.A. play B. to play C. playing D. played

4.A. glass B. books C. time D. money

5. A. and B. but C. so D. or

6. A. easy B. difficult C. sad D. terrible

7.A. she B. her C. herself D. hers

8.A. sports B. baseball C. birds D. dogs

9.A. careful B. smart C. kind D. honest

10. A. keep B. give C. borrow D. lose

Are you learning English and do you need help with grammar? Do you want to learn new vocabulary or slang (俚语)? Well, you can find help online with these top 5 free English as a Second Language websites.

Dave’s ESL Café

This is a complete website that can help you learn and practice English. You can read many stories and do a lot of exercises to test your self. You c an also post questions and answers onto the help center.

About.com

You can get free English courses from About.com and you’ll get regular e-mails that will help you learn English.

The Classroom by Voice of America

You can watch videos and listen to news stories to improve your listening and vocabulary skills. You can also hear English words and their meanings.

Heinle’s Newbury House Dictionary of American English

Do you need to find the definition of a word? Use this online dictionary to find simple and clear definitions, as well as example sentences and idioms (习语). You can also find different cultural facts.

Perso nal English Portal (门户网站) on YouTube

You can watch this series of videos on YouTube to develop your listening skills. You can also do a search for “learn English” on YouTube to find other videos. This is a good way to practice English and have fun.

1.If you want to do English exercises and test yourself, you can go to .

A. About.com B. YouTube

C. Dave’s ESL Cafe D. the Classroom by Voice of America

2.You can at the help center on the website Dave’s ESL Cafe.

A. watch videos and pictures

B. listen to news and music

C. watch movies and matches

D. read questions and answers

3.About.com often sends e-mails to its visitors to help them .

A. get relaxed B. have fun

C. become famous D. learn English

4.The underlined word “definition” means “ ” in Chinese.

A. 来源 B. 释义

C. 意图 D. 背景

5.From Heinle’s Newbury House Dictionary of American English, you can find .

A. cultural information B. online libraries

C. interesting news D. many storybooks

US First Lady Michelle Obama, along with her mother and two daughters, made their first trip to China from March 20-26. They went to Beijing, Xi’an and Chengdu.

In a speech at Peking University, Mrs Obama encouraged students to study abroad.

“It’s not enough to get good grades in school,” she said in the speech. “It is better to travel 10,000 miles than to read 10,000 books. The experiences in other countries help make our life successful. By learning each other’s languages and by showing such curiosity (好奇) and respect (尊重) for each other’s cultures, you are building bridges of understanding and bonds of friendship,” she said. The US is the top destination (目的地) for Chinese students. More than 200,000 Chinese students are now studying in the US. In 2009, US President Barack Obama announced (宣布) his goal of sending 100,000 students to China. Since then, more than 68,000 US students have come to China. What’s more, many kids in the US are now studying Chinese. “Learning Chinese is a cool thing in school. It is good for our future,” said Mason Grabowski, 14, a student from Chicago. “It is a hard language, but it is never too early to start learning it. ”

1.In March, members of the Obama family visited China.

A. three B. four C. five D. six

2.In her speech at Peking University, Michelle Obama encouraged students to .

A. get good grades at school B. study in America

C. study in other countries D. learn a foreign language

3.Over US students have studied in China since 2009.

A. two hundred thousand B. one hundred thousand

C. sixty-eight thousand D. ten thousand

4.The underlined word “goal” means “ ” in Chinese.

A. 目标 B. 进球 C. 梦想 D. 麻烦

5.We can learn that from the passage.

A. Michelle Obama visited four cities in China

B. President Obama hopes his daughters can build bridges of understanding by studying abroad

C. Mason Grabowski thinks it’s too early for her to learn Chinese

D. the US is the most popular destination for Chinese students

Listening test is one of the most important parts of the English exam. Here are some tips for you.

Before you start to listen, you need to relax. Don’t be stressed out. And try to read the questions. These questions usually help you understand the conversation or the passage.

Then listen carefully to the first sentence. It usually tells you the main idea of the passage. When you’re listening, try to do some thinking and take some notes, such as:

☆What happened?

☆When, where, and how?

☆What does the speaker want to tell us?

In this way, you may understand the passage better.

Please remember not to think about one or two words for a long time. When you hear some words you don’t know, don’t spend too much time on them. Very often, you’ll find out what they mean later when you go on with the listening.

1.This passage mainly talks about_________.

A. tips on listening

B. tips on speaking

C. tips on reading

D. tips on writing

2.It’s better for you to keep ________when you start to have a listening test.

A. excited B. relaxed

C. stressed out D. worried

3.We should listen to the first sentence carefully, because it usually tells us________.

A. the answers to the questions

B. where to write the answers

C. the main idea of the passage

D. how much time left (剩余) for the listening test

4.When you’re listening, it’s important for you to_________.

A. remember every word

B. take some notes

C. understand all the words

D. think about one or two words for a long time

5.The _______ usually help(s) us understand the passage better.

A. questions B. first sentence

C. notes D. A, B and C

1.I have lost my interest in (化学) _______________ .

2.Most of our (知识) ________________ is at second hand.

3.He is an (活跃的) _____________ member of the school’s stamp club.

4.The foreign athlete's p________（发音） is so good that I can't believe he is from South Korea.

5.She read the story a___________ to the children.

根据短文内容，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、完整。（每词限用一次）

Long ago, there lived a learned man in Greece. He was well-known (1) his wide knowledge. And lots of people from all over the country came to (2) things from him. The great man taught his students with all his heart and (3) their questions with great patience.

One day a student (4) him, “My dear teacher, didn’t you say you have many more questions than we do? But we think we students have a lot more than you.” With a (5), the teacher drew two circles — one is as (6) as a big plate (盘子), and the other smaller.

“Of course, I’ve learned much more. But I don’t think I know all you know. Now, look at these two circles. Inside the big one is my knowledge of things, (7) inside the smaller one yours. Out of the circles is what we don’t know. My circle is larger, so its line is longer. That (8) I have more opportunities to meet with what we don’t know. And that’s (9) I myself have more questions than you do. The more you learn, the more (10) you’ll have. You will never learn enough, you know.”

Chinese writer Mo Yan is famous all over the world, but do you know Anna Gustafson Chen, his Swedish translator(翻译家)?21·cn·jy·com

Chen was born in 1965 in Sweden. ①她很小的时候就开始学习汉语。 Now she is quite good at Chinese. She has been translating (翻译) Chinese books into Swedish for more than 20 years. By the year of 2012, she had translated 20 Chinese novels (小说). She has finished translating Mo Yan’s Red Sorghum, The Garlic Ballads and Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out. She has also translated books from other famous Chinese writers, for example, Yu Hua’s To Live and Su Tong’s Wives and Concubines. Chen has won the Swedish Academy Translation Award for her works.

Chen first read Mo Yan’s novel Red Sorghum in the early 1990s. “I read Ge Haowen’s English translation in a bookstore. I found it interesting so later bought the Chinese version and tried to translate it. It took me a long time, because it was not my professional job. I had to translate it only in my ②f time,” Chen says.

Though Mo Yan wrote the first draft (初稿) of Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out in only 43 days, Chen spent six years translating it.

Chen says her work has ③o up a window to the world. She says, “④Learning Chinese has let me love more and more about China and Chinese culture. ”

根据短文内容，完成下列任务。

任务一：根据首字母提示，在②③处填写恰当的单词，使句子完整。

1.②___________ ③______________

任务二：将文中划线句子①翻译成英语。

2.__________________________________________________________________

任务三：将文中划线句子④翻译成汉语。

3.___________________________________________________________________

任务四：回答下列问题。

4.Why did Anna Gustafson Chen try to translate Mo Yan’s novel Red Sorghum?

____________________________________________________________________

5.How long did it take Chen to translate the first draft of Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out?

___________________________________________________________________

假如你是王红，你的英语非常优秀，学校邀请你和初一年级的同学做一次英语学习经验的交流。请根据下列提示要点，为这次交流会准备一份不少于60词的发言稿。要求：不要出现人名或校名。

1.When did you begin to learn English ?

2.Why do you like English ?

3.How do you study English now ?