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　　Research has shown that motivation is very important in learning a language; you need to be enthusiastic about it, and to be interested in it. Different people will have different motives－the desire for promotion, the hope of being able to study abroad, curiosity about a very different culture, and pure intellectual enjoyment are only some of the possible motives. But actually wanting to learn is the most important motive of all.

　　Courage is an essential attribute in learning a language. It takes a lot of courage to speak a foreign language either in front of your friends or to native speakers, but don’t be afraid of making mistakes－that is the way we learn. Nowadays there are many different forms of English, each with its own constructions and accent, and, so long as you can make yourself understood and can understand what is said to you, you have succeeded in communicating, which is the purpose of any language.

　　Curiosity is not only a possible motivation, it is also a great help in your learning. Remember that a language is not just a grammatical system, it is the outcome of a certain culture or different cultures. It is no good learning strings of words and lists of grammatical rules unless you know as much as possible, about the background of the language, so that you can understand the ideas which are being conveyed, the references which are being made, the inferences which can be drown from the information explicitly given. So learn as much as you can about the different cultures which influence English－watch television programs, listen to the radio, try to obtain newspapers and magazines: which are written by native speakers, look at advertisements, and above all, read－not textbooks, but novels and poems and plays. The will show you how language is really used. The English language is not an abstract system; it is a living form of expression which derives much of its meaning from the context in which it is used , and much of its effect from a whole network of extralinguistic knowledge.

1．With what topic is this passage primarily concerned?

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A．Curiosity in learning a language.

B．Courage in learning a language.

C．Motivation in learning a language.

D．Qualities in learning a language.

2．The author of this passage is possible a ________.

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A．beginner of English learning

B．foreign teacher of English

C．student of Chinese literature

D．Chinese student studying abroad

3．According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

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A．You should be prepared to make mistakes in communication.

B．Words are the basis of English learning.

C．Good pronunciation is important to an English learner.

D．Wanting to know everything does not help you in learning a language.

4．According to the author, what’s the best way of learning English?

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A．To study abroad.

B．To learn words and grammar.

C．To learn about cultures.

D．To make mistakes.

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　　Two kinds of people exist in this world: clean people and people who have found millions of ways to avoid cleaning their rooms.

　　I belong to 1 because I am a teenager. Like all teenagers I am 2 busy pretending to be receiving an education to 3 that scientists attribute(归因于) 52 percent of global warming to the 4 that escapes from my bedroom window. 5 all you 6 get too angry, I want you to know that I closed my window last week.

　　Don't think the messy state of my room doesn't 7 me, it does. Every night I go to sleep, haunted(受折磨) by the thought that a(n) 8 I lost three years ago is somewhere in my room still plugged in(插着电源) and waiting to start a fire. 9 thing that worries me are my fish. I haven't gotten around to cleaning their tank this year. I can't 10 if they are alive or not.

　　A few weeks ago my mother ordered me to clean my mom. She said, “Tracie, you 11 not eat, sleep, or breathe until you clean up your room.”

　　I responded, “Mum, did I tell you I got an A on my physics test yesterday?”

　　“You don't even take physics, Tracie, so how can you get an A?”

　　My Mum was 12 than I thought, so I decided to ignore(不理会) the question and change the 13 .

　　“Did you know that most kids today watch ten and a half hours of TV? And high school students score an average of 500 points 14 on the SATs than the kids in your generation.” “No! Really? Well, Tracie, that's just one more example of how the weak 15 of today affect the minds and education of the kids your age. Oh! I forgot to take the bread out of the oven(烤箱)!”

　　I smiled to myself for once again 16 my mother with perfectly useless and untrue 17 . Thereby I avoided the 18 task of cleaning my room.

　　Then I turned and observed the smoke and the big pile of smelly 19 . But, I am just too 20 to disturb the natural flow of things.

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