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　　With his standard Mandarin pronunciation, practiced skills on Chinese expressions and special humour with a Peking accent, Dashan has become a household name across China．

　　People have always wondered how the 36-year-old Canadian can be so skillful in the Chinese language even though it is considered by many as one of the most difficult languages in the world．But to Dashan, the great challenge was a piece of cake due to his deep interest, proper method and the excellent environment he created for himself.

　　“Interest is the best teacher.” That is a universal principle. Even if the 20-year-old Mark Rowswell--Dashan's real name--hadn't fully realized what attracted him to the Chinese department at the University of Toronto in Canada, he was already deeply interested in Chinese culture when he decided to have further study in Beijing.

　　Entering the Chinese department of Peking University in 1988, Dashan felt like a duck in water. Study is always a hard job, no matter how much interest you have. Therefore, effective ways are necessary to improvement. “Learn for life and learn in life”is Dashan's belief.

　　As a freshman at the University of Toronto, the student did study textbooks, which especially aimed on foreign Chinese learners. They did help him build to solid foundation.

　　However, that's far from enough to grasp the Chinese language. Starting in his junior year, Dashan began to read original Chinese novels, Chinese newspapers and even the selected works of Deng Xiaoping. “Only the material for Chinese native readers could give me a proper sense of the language,” he said．

　　The language that is the daily means of communication is the principle that Dashan always keeps in his mind．What you have really learned depends on what you can use, not necessarily your textbooks.

　　To learn in daily life requires a favourable language environment which is also necessary for improvement. Dashan admits it is hard for Chinese English learners to be brought into a good English speaking environment, but insists, “to listen and speak as much as possible does help.”

　　To help Chinese English learners develop a favourable environment, Dashan took part in a VCD programme--“Travel with Dashan”--to teach daily and up-to-date English in real-life situations.

(1)Dashan could learn Chinese very well because of ________.

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A．his interest

B．practiced skills on Chinese expression

C．his special method

D．Special humour with a Peking accent

(2)The sentence “learn for life and learn in life” here means________

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A．learn things in our daily life, otherwise it will not last long.

B．we should study in practice all our lives

C．life is difficult, so we'd better learn more to lead a better life

D．language is the necessary part of our daily life, so we must practise it frequently

(3)The main idea of the passage is ________.

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A．Dashan has become a household name across China

B．how can we master a foreign language in a short time.

C．dashan took park in a VCD programme“Travel with Dashan” to teach English in real-life situation

D．try to learn English under the direction of Dashan, and you'll succeed one day.

(4)The underlined phrase“a piece of cake” here refers to ________.

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(5)Dashan read the selected works of Deng Xiaoping because ________.

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A．he admired the former leader of the government

B．he hoped to learn more of the spirits of it

C．he wanted to give him a proper sense of the Chinese language

D．They are very popular in modern times

任务型写作

   请根据以下的任务说明和写作要求，写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

　　[任务说明]

　　你要参加一场英语辩论赛，主题是“学生的学习错误该不该改正”。在参赛之前，你要查阅相关资料，并准备你的辩论发言。请认真阅读下面的短文，然后完成以下的任务。

1）概括短文的内容要点，该部分的字数大约60；

2）就“学生的学习错误该不该改正”这个主题发表你的看法，至少包含以下的内容要点，该部分的字数大约90；

a)　以英语学习为例，简述你学习过程中经常出现的语言错误；

b)　你是如何看待自己的语言错误；

c)　你的老师如何对待你的语言错误；

d)　你对老师的做法持什么看法？为什么？

　　[写作要求]

　　你可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子。

　　[评分标准]

　　概括的准确性、语言的规范性、内容的合适性以及篇章的连贯性。

　　[阅读材料]

　　Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time; if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between his language and others’ language. Bit by bit, he makes the right changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, children learn to do all the other things. They learn to talk, run, climb, ride a bicycle by comparing their own behaviors with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school teachers never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, even fewer chances for him to correct himself. They do it all for him. Teachers act as if the student would never notice a mistake if they did not point out it to him. They act as if the student would never correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let the student do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word means and what the answer is to that problem.

 

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

注意：请将答案转写到答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。

A great life doesn't happen by accident. It is the result of allocating(分配) your time, energy, thoughts, and hard work towards what you want your life to be. Stop setting yourself up for stress and failure, and start setting up your life to support success and ease. It is the result of using what you get in a creative and thoughtful way, instead of just what comes next.　1.

S—Simplify. A great life is the result of simplifying your life. People often misinterpret what simplify means. It's not a way to remove work from your life.  2.In order to create a great life, you will have to make room for it in yours first.

E—Effort. A great life is the result of your best effort. Creating it requires that you make some adjustments. It may mean re-evaluating how you spend your time, or choosing to spend your money in a different way. Life will reward your best effort.

　C—Create priorities（首要事情）. A great life is the result of creating priorities. It's easy to spend your days just responding to the next thing that gets your attention, instead of intentionally using the time, energy and money you have in a way that's important to you.  3.

R—Remove distractions (分心). A great life is the result of removing distractions.  4.Removing distractions can be a difficult concept to many people, since they haven't really considered that there is another way to live. Find ways to free up your mental energy for things that are more important to you.

　 T—Thoughts.  5.Your belief in the outcome will directly determine how successful you are. Motivated people have specific goals and look for ways to achieve them. Believing there is a solution to the same old problems you encounter year after year is vitally important to creating a life that you love.

A. When you focus on simplifying your life, you free up energy and time for the work that you enjoy and the purpose for which you are here.

B. A great life is the result of having reserves—reserves of things, time, space, energy and money.

C. Today, right now, is the right day to start to take a step in the direction of your heart’s desires.

D. Up to 75% of your mental energy can be tied up in things that stop you concentrating.

E. Now please use “secrets” to fit your own needs and style, and start creating your own great life today.

F. A great life is the result of controlling your thoughts so that you accept and allow for the possibility that it actually can happen to you!

G. Focus on removing the obstacles that get in the way of you making sure you are honoring your priorities.　

 

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　George Pickens had been making a wish daily as a worker at Central Bank．

All over the country banks were being 36, George thought． 37 this bank? Didn't robbers hear of its four-million-dollar 38 ? Were they afraid of Mr．Ackerman, the old 39 guard, who hadn't 40 his gun in twenty-two years?

　　Of course George had a (an)41for wanting the bank to be robbed． 42, he couldn't simply take bills that were under his 43 all day long．So he had thought of another 44 to get them．His plan was 45．It went like this:

If Bank Robber A holds up Bank Teller B…

　　And if Bank Teller B gives Bank Robber A a certain sum of money…

What is to prevent Bank Teller B from 46 all the money left and 47 that it was taken away by Bank Robber A?

　　There was only one 48．Where was Bank Robber A?

One morning George entered the bank．“Good morning, Mr．Burrows,” he said 49．The bank president said something in a50voice to George and went into his office．

　　At two o’clock Bank Robber A walked in．George 51he was a bank robber．For one thing, he stole in．For another thing, he wore a mask(面罩)．

　　“This is a holdup,” the man said52．He took a gun from his pocket．The53 made a small sound．“You!” the bank robber said, “Lie down on the floor!” Mr．Ackerman lay down．The robber stepped 54 to Georges cage．

　　“All right,” he said．“Hand it over．”

　　“Yes, sir,” George reached into his drawer and took all the bills from the top part-close to six thousand dollars．He passed them through the window．The robber took them, put them into his pocket, and 55 to leave．

　　Then, while everyone watched Bank Robber A, Bank Teller B calmly lifted off the top part of the drawer and got the bills from the bottom part into his pockets．

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