Do you like English? How many English words have you learned so far? It seems that many students find it difficult to remember new words when they begin to study English．Let me give you some advice：

    1．Do not waste time in learning a list of English words．It is the hardest way to remember them．How did you learn to speak English? You did it by listening carefully to people talking around you．Find some radio programs，TV programs and records，and listen to them carefully．The best way to learn all new words is by ears．As you listen to more and more dialogues，you will learn how English is pronounced in phrases and sentences．Of course．it is not enough to learn new words；you must learn how words are put together, and why some words in English are emphasized(重读)．

    2．Some people have found that they can learn tile names of everyday objects such as a box，a bottle，a cup，a desk，in the following way．They write the words as they say them．Try this and see if this way works for you．If it does not，then practice dialogues．

1．Who gave the advice? Perhaps it was given by        ．

    A．a doctor                      B．a teacher from England

    C．American parents                D．a teacher of English

2．The advice the writer gave as is mainly about        ．

    A．how to learn English             B．how to put word together

    C．how to learn new words      D．how to memorize dialogues

3．The writer gives us two pieces of advice on learning new words．He seems to prefer     ．

A．the first one     B．the second one    C．both of them    D．neither of them

4．The writer thinks that the best way to learn new words is          ．

    A．to do more reading                     B．to do more writing

    C．to do more listening               D．to learn which word is emphasized

5．Writing the names of objects on paper and saying them out aloud            

    A．works for everyone                   B．does not work for everyone

    C．works only for some people          D．works only for the Chinese students

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5. David is a student of English coming from Africa and used to have many difficulties in his English study. He decided that he would get some free English learning materials to read and with the help of his friends, he wanted to find a website for his purpose.

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Many students feel it difficult to remember new words when they begin to study English. Now I will give you some advice.

1. Do not waste time in learning a list of English words. It is. the hardest way to remember English words. How do you learn to speak Chinese? You did it by listening carefully to the people talking to each other. You can find radio programs, TV programs and records, and listen to them carefully. The best way to learn all new words is through ear. As you listen to more and more dialogues, you will learn how English is pronounced in phrases and sentences. Of course, it is at enough to learn new words; you must learn how words are put together, and why some words in English are emphasized.

2. Some people have found that they can learn the names of everyday objects, such as box, cup, desk and so on, in the following way. They write the names of subjects, they say the words. Try this and see if this way works for you. If it does not, then go on to practice your dialogues.

1. Who gave the advice? Perhaps it was given by       .

A. Carl Marx                                               B. a teacher from England

C. American parents                                           D. a teacher of English

2. The advice the writer gave us is mainly about       .

A. how to learn English                                        B. how to put words together

C. how to learn new words      

D. how to write the names of the objects on paper and put the paper on them

3. The writer gave us two pieces of advice. He seems to enjoy       .

A. the first one               B. the second one        C. both of them          D. neither of them

4. The writer thinks that the best way to learn new words is       .

A. to do more reading                                   B. to do more writing

C. to do more listening                          D. to learn which word is emphasized

5. The way to write the names of the objects on paper and put the paper on them       .

A. works for everyone                               B. does not work for anyone

C. works only for some people                        D. works only for the Chinese students