She likes playing _____ guitar while her brother is fond of playing _____ football.

　 A. the; the 　 B. the; a   C. /; the 　 D. the; /

______ terrible weather we’ve been having these days!

　 A. How a 　 B. What a  C. How 　 D. what

Erik Weihenmayer was born with an eye disorder. As a child his  eyesight became worse and then, at the age of 13, he lost his sight  completely. However, he did not lose his determination to lead a  full and active life  Erik became an adventurer. He took up parachuting, wrestling and scuba diving. He competed in long-distance biking, marathons and  skiing. His favorite sport, thought, is mountaineering.  As a young man, Erik started to climb mountains. He reached the summit of Mount McKinley in 1995 and then climbed the dangerous  1000-metre rock wall of EI Capitan. Two years later, while climbing   Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya with his girlfriend, they stopped for a  time at 13,000 feet above sea level－in order to get married. In 1999, he climbed Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in South America.  And then , on May 25, 2001, at the age of 33, Erik successfully completed the greatest mountaineering challenge of all. He climbed Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. Erik invented his own method for climbing mountains. He carries two long poles: one to lean on and the other to test the way ahead of  him. The climber in front of him wears a bell to guide him. Erik is  a good team member. He does his share of the job, such as setting up tents and building snow walls.  Although he could not enjoy the view, Erik felt the excitement of  being on the summit of Everest. He hopes that his success will change how people think about the blind. “When people think about a  blind person or blindness, now they will think about a person standing on the top of the world.

1.When was Erik born?

A. In 1967.        B. In 1995.       C. In 1968..         D. In 1969.

2.What was unusual about his wedding?

A. He got married on the summit of Mount McKinley.

B. He got married when climbing Mount Everest.

C. His wedding was held at 13,000 feet above sea level

D. His wedding was held after he prepared a lot.

3.What is Erik’s special method for climbing a mountain?

A. He takes his girlfriend with him.  B. He uses two long poles to help himself

C. He does his share of  the jobs.　  D. He keeps a good team around him.

4. Which of the following shows the right order of what happened?

a. He topped Mount McKinley.

b. He became blind.

c. He challenged Mount Everest.

d. He reached the peak of Kilimanjaro.

e. He climbed the rock wall of EI Capitan.

A. b a e d c 　　 B. b e d c a　      C. a b e d c 　     D. b a c d e

 

The White Deer Plain directed by Wang Quan’an is one of_______most moving films and I really want to see it for ______second time.

A. a; a　             B. the; a                       C. the; the　              D. a; the

 

   Editor’s notes: AWL is well known for its dictionaries and English language teaching materials． Some readers have written in to ask us for the latest information on high quality books on English, so here we introduce two texts that aim to improve spoken English fluency．

Let’s speak （Beginner)

By Bev Dusuya, Naoko Ozeki and Kevin Bergman

ISBN: 962001359X

Speak Up（Pre-Intermediate)

By Bev Kusuya, Nako Zeki

ISBN: 0583338050

“Teach the students about your culture and help them talk about their own．” How often are these worthy goals kept from being achieved by the limitations of your beginner level learners? Students at all levels want to talk about culture．

Topics include food, shopping, sports, fashion, the roles of men and women, health, music, and many more．

These are all chosen from surveys of over 15,000 students about their own interests in cross-cultural communication．

“Let’s Speak” and “Speak Up” share a special but excellent way that allows all students to take part in．

 The series has questions which start thinking and then help collect opinions about personal topics． Conversation practice is provided by ready to use （现成的)models of basic exchanges on the topic． Also, the cultural information presented in the series comes in the form of interesting, relevant（相关的）facts and ideas from other countries through listening tasks and Culture Quiz exercises．

Team activities in books provide lively problem solving games to enable sharing and comparison of cultural values．

“Let’s Speak” is fit for entry level students of all ages． “Speak Up” provides for the needs of higher level beginners, offering the same careful listening and speaking help, but with slightly more open ended discussion．

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1.In the sentence “Teach the students about your culture and help them talk about their own”, “your culture” here means the culture of           ．

    A．the English native speakers　        B．the English learners

    C．the readers of the two books         D．the readers of the newspaper

2.Which of the following are mentioned about the two books in the passage above?

    a．publisher        b．titles           c．content          d．writers 

    e．prices           f．pages            g．book number

    A．a,b,d,f　        B．a,c,d,g          C．b,c,d,e          D．b,c,e,f

 

3.The two books have in common everything EXCEPT         ．

    A．the same interesting topics

    B．the same level of learners

    C．proper ways to excite the learners to talk

4.The passage above is probably taken from the            section in a newspaper．

    A．EDUCATION                            B．NEWS

    C．ENTERTAINMENT    D．BOOKSHELF