Question

【题目】How do young people learn best? This is something I think a lot when I am teaching foreign languages to young people. I often ______ that traditional teaching ______ are hardly effective for young brains to learn a foreign language.

After moving to southern Italy, I was ______ to have had the chance to ______ a private course teaching English to children under 7. I ______ children liked singing and enjoyed games so I wanted to use these ______ to help my students ______ English conversation skills. I found some fun and easy songs online,______ they loved. I also found the English version of some nursery rhymes (童瑶) they once were ______ with. All of them were very entertaining and helpful but ______ could still not have a basic ______ in English.

I wanted these guys to be ______ in the language I was teaching and I also wished them to speak it. I was eager to deliver 90 % of my lessons in English.______, I knew it would be difficult to get them to talk in a foreign language they ______ speak outside our lessons. So I had to ______ a simple yet effective plan.

One day I decided to ______ a dialogue in English and rather than simply getting students to repeat the phrases, I got them to sing and chant (唱)______. I discovered that chanting along to some conversational sentences was a practical way to get students to speak in English — it ______!

So when teaching English to young people now, I ______ them to make up their own songs and chants to help them remember ______ or complex sentences.

【1】A. suggest B. know C. find D. guess

【2】A. materials B. processes C. attitudes D. methods

【3】A. anxious B. lucky C. surprised D. puzzled

【4】A. get B. offer C. meet D. run

【5】A. considered B. realized C. proved D. insisted

【6】A. activities B. tools C. skills D. lessons

【7】A. develop B. practice C. support D. increase

【8】A. that B. when C. where D. which

【9】A. popular B. familiar C. similar D. particular

【10】A. students B. teachers C. writers D. readers

【11】A. conversation B. performance C. application D. contact

【12】A. experienced B. interested C. concerned D. caught

【13】A. Besides B. Therefore C. However D. Though

【14】A. fairly B. eagerly C. nearly D. seldom

【15】A. come up with B. put up with C. keep up with D. catch up with

【16】A. prepare B. manage C. connect D. bring

【17】A. that B. it C. one D. them

【18】A. mattered B. valued C. worked D. wondered

【19】A. persuade B. encourage C. remind D. command

【20】A. expressions B. conversations C. courses D. measures

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】D

【5】B

【6】B

【7】A

【8】D

【9】B

【10】A

【11】A

【12】B

【13】C

【14】D

【15】A

【16】A

【17】D

【18】C

【19】B

【20】A

【解析】本文讲述的是如何学习一门外语，作者通过让人们自己编歌，唱他们的歌。实现从学习英语转变为说英语。

【1】C考查动词。句意：我经常发现，传统的教学方法对年轻的大脑学习外语几乎没有什么效果。A. suggest建议；B. know知道；C. find发现；D. guess猜测。故选C。

【2】D考查名词。句意：我经常发现，传统的教学方法对年轻的大脑学习外语几乎没有什么效果。A. materials材料，材质；B. processes过程，进程；C. attitudes态度，看法；D. methods方法。故选D。

【3】B考查形容词。句意：我很幸运地有机会开办了一门私人课程，教7岁以下的孩子学英语。A. anxious焦虑的；B. lucky幸运的；C. surprised感到惊讶的；D. puzzled困惑的。故选B。

【4】D考查动词。句意：我很幸运地有机会开办了一门私人课程，教7岁以下的孩子学英语。A. get得到；B. offer提供；C. meet满足；D. run经营。故选D。

【5】B考查动词。句意：我意识到孩子们喜欢唱歌和玩游戏，所以我想用这些工具来帮助我的学生发展英语会话技巧。A. considered考虑；B. realized意识到；C. proved证明；D. insisted坚持。故选B。

【6】B考查名词。句意：我意识到孩子们喜欢唱歌和玩游戏，所以我想用这些工具来帮助我的学生发展英语会话技巧。A. activities活动；B. tools工具；C. skills技能；D. lessons课程。故选B。

【7】A考查动词。句意：我意识到孩子们喜欢唱歌和玩游戏，所以我想用这些工具来帮助我的学生发展英语会话技巧。A. develop发展；B. practice练习；C. support支持；D. increase增加。故选A。

【8】D考查代词。句意：我在网上找到了一些有趣且简单的歌曲，他们很喜欢。Which引导非限制性定语从句。故选D。

【9】B考查形容词。句意：我还发现了一些他们熟悉的英文版的童谣。A. popular流行的；B. familiar熟悉的；C. similar相似的；D. particular特别的。故选B。

【10】A考查名词。句意：所有这些都很有趣，也很有帮助，但是学生们仍然不能用英语进行基本的对话。A. students学生；B. teachers教师；C. writers作者；D. readers读者。故选A。

【11】A考查名词。句意：所有这些都很有趣，也很有帮助，但是学生们仍然不能用英语进行基本的对话。A. conversation交谈；B. performance表演；C. application应用，申请；D. contact接触，联系。故选A。

【12】B考查形容词。句意：我希望这些人对我所教的语言感兴趣A. experienced熟练的；B. interested有兴趣的；C. concerned关心的。D. caught捕捉。故选B。

【13】C考查副词。句意：然而，我知道要让他们用一种外语进行交流是很困难的，他们很少在课堂之外讲话。A. Besides除…之外；B. Therefore因此；C. However然而；D. Though虽然。故选C。

【14】D考查副词。句意：然而，我知道要让他们用一种外语进行交流是很困难的，他们很少在课堂之外讲话。A. fairly相当地；B. eagerly急切地；C. nearly差不多的；D. seldom很少。故选D。

【15】A考查动词短语。句意：所以我必须想出一个简单而有效的计划。A. come up with提出，想出；B. put up with容忍，忍受；C. keep up with赶得上；D. catch up with赶上，追上。故选A。

【16】A考查动词。句意：我决定用英语来准备对话。A. prepare准备；B. manage管理；C. connect连接；D. bring带来。故选A。

【17】D考查代词。句意：我让他们吟唱这些歌。用them指代前边提到的phrases，故选D。

【18】C考查动词。句意：它起作用了！A. mattered有重要性；B. valued评估，重视；C. worked起作用；D. wondered想知道。故选C。

【19】B考查动词。句意：我鼓励他们自己编歌，唱歌来帮助他们记住表达或复杂的句子。A. persuade说服；B. encourage鼓励；C. remind提醒，使想起；D. command命令。故选B。

【20】A考查名词。句意：我鼓励他们自己编歌，唱歌来帮助他们记住表达或复杂的句子。A. expressions表达；B. conversations会话；C. courses课程，路线。D. measures措施。故选A。