Many textbooks are not written in the kind of English that we speak every day. In fact, sometimes the reading is so difficult that it almost seems like a foreign language. In a way, it is—the language of science. You should not expect to be able to read a difficult science passage the same way you read an interesting story; you should not expect to read it easily and all at once. Instead, you may have to read it several times through, catching on the meaning of difficult words, going back over difficult sentences, and finally putting the whole thing together. Do not be discourages if the whole passage don’t make sense to you at first. You need to pick it apart patiently until you can understand it.
These are the steps to follow when you are reading something difficult:
1. Start to read normally until you run into a sentence that doesn’t make sense to you.
2. When a sentence doesn’t make sense, go back and read it again more slowly.
3. Look for any word you don’t know in the sentence. Try to understand their meanings using word parts and context clues(上下文线索). If necessary, look them up in the dictionary.
4. Look at the next few sentences to see if they explain more about the sentence you are working on. Do not read very much farther ahead until you understand what is being said.
5. Finally, read the sentence again. Try to put it into simpler words.
6. Read through the passage once. Try to understand all the hard parts well. Then read the whole passage once more at a usual speed. This helps you to put all ides together.
The stops sound a lot harder than they are. It is really just the normal way good readers understand anything that is difficult to read. After you have done the best you can this way, you should always feel free to ask for help from your teacher, if you have one.
【小题1】The underlined phrase “run into” means ___________.

根据材料内容选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1.Where are the teachers needed to teach?

A．In France．???? B．In Japan．??????? C．In Germany．???? D．In England．

2.What is a must if the applicants want to be accepted?

A．Experience of teaching．????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

B．Experience of staying abroad．

C．Knowledge of practical computer．????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

D．Knowledge of the Japanese language．

3.Which of the following about the applicants' working conditions is NOT true?

A．They teach in very small classes．????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

B．They get well trained for their job．

C．They teach their native languages．????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

D．They have to find places to live in．

4.What is a possible way of applying for the job?

A．Visiting the website．????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

B．Sending letters to Japan．

C．Talking with the manager．????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ?????????????

D．Handing in C．V．in September．

5.What do you think the reading is?

A．An advertisement．?? B．A report．???? C．A diary．?????? D．A notice．

Many textbooks are not written in the kind of English that we speak every day. In fact, sometimes the reading is so difficult that it almost seems like a foreign language. In a way, it is—the language of science. You should not expect to be able to read a difficult science passage the same way you read an interesting story; you should not expect to read it easily and all at once. Instead, you may have to read it several times through, catching on the meaning of difficult words, going back over difficult sentences, and finally putting the whole thing together. Do not be discourages if the whole passage don’t make sense to you at first. You need to pick it apart patiently until you can understand it.

    These are the steps to follow when you are reading something difficult:

²  1. Start to read normally until you run into a sentence that doesn’t make sense to you.

²  2. When a sentence doesn’t make sense, go back and read it again more slowly.

²  3. Look for any word you don’t know in the sentence. Try to understand their meanings using word parts and context clues(上下文线索). If necessary, look them up in the dictionary.

²  4. Look at the next few sentences to see if they explain more about the sentence you are working on. Do not read very much farther ahead until you understand what is being said.

²  5. Finally, read the sentence again. Try to put it into simpler words.

²  6. Read through the passage once. Try to understand all the hard parts well. Then read the whole passage once more at a usual speed. This helps you to put all ides together.

The stops sound a lot harder than they are. It is really just the normal way good readers understand anything that is difficult to read. After you have done the best you can this way, you should always feel free to ask for help from your teacher, if you have one.

1. The underlined phrase “run into” means ___________.

    A. work out             B. come across  C. look into        D. pass by

2. From the passage, we can know _________.

    A. we should look up new words before reading

    B. it is sometimes difficult to read a science passage

    C. the six steps are helpful in learning spoken English

    D. interesting stories help readers to improve their English

3. The massage is mainly about _________.

    A. steps of studying science                B. difficulties in reading science

C. ways of reading science passages         D. researches on science and English

Beijing Opera is also called Peking Opera.. It came into being after 1790 when the famous four  Anhui opera troupe(戏班) came to Beijing. Its music and singing(唱腔) came from Xipi and Er-huang in Anhui and Hubei. Its costtumes are all fascinating and artistic.It is the highest expression of the Chinese culture. It’s full of famous stories , beautiful facial paintings, and wonderful gestures and fighting. This kind of opera is very popular with Chinese people.
There are four main roles in Beijing Opera: Sheng ,Dan, Jing and Chou. Sheng is the leading male(男性) actor。For example , a Wusheng is a soldier or fighter .A Xiaosheng is a young man . A Laosheng is the comedy actor or clown.Dan is the female (女性)role 。 Jing，mostly male , is the face-painted role and Chou is the comedy actor or clown.
Stories in Beijing Opera are very intetesting . Some of them are from the history book ,but most of them are from the literature , especially famous novels . The people in the story usually have some disagreements. They become angry and uhappy . They are sad and lonely . Sometimes they are nervous and worried. Then they find a way to make peace . The stories usually end with happiness and lunghter and people are all happy in the end.
【小题1】Beijing Opera’s singing is from _______.

Britain’s smallest school was closed down because its only pupil failed to turn up for class, a famous Britain newspaper reported in May.

The newspaper said the six-year-old girl’s parents were unhappy with a teacher who just got the new job to teach the only pupil.

The school had been closed for the last nine months after its former（前任的）teacher retired and the only other pupil moved on to a secondary（中等的）school. The new teacher, Ms. Puckey was to start teaching the girl and reopen（再次打开）the school.

But the girl’s mother is keeping her daughter at home.

“I was not pleased with the new teacher,”the mother said. “I had told the old teacher as far back as last September that if Ms. Puckey got the job, my child would not be going to school.”

The school lies on an island off the northeast of Scotland. Although there was only one pupil, the school is very good in many ways and has a headmaster, three computers, a television, and an art room as well as a school house with three bedrooms.

1.The reading is about          .

A. the smallest school that was closed down

B. the only pupil in the smallest school

C. the new teacher and her teaching

D. the old teacher who just retired

2.“Turn up”in the reading means “         ”。

A．pass an exam           B. go to school

C. pay money              D. hand in homework

3.From the reading we can know that the school          .

A. is too far for the students

B. does not have enough teachers

C. does not have many pupils

D. is new but small

4.Before the school was closed down,          .

A. the girl’s mother wanted to teach her daughter at home

B. the only pupil had to move to a secondary school

C. a famous newspaper had written something about it

D. the girl’s mother had a talk with the former teacher

5.The reading does not say but we can infer          .

A. the girl’s mother had only one child

B. the new teacher was not kind to the girl

C. the old teacher was fit to teach the girl

D. the parents were unhappy with the school