The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you'll get your words mixed up(混合) and people will not understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can' t understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor(幽默感)，you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make. Don't be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes. It's better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you，because they don't understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is："Don't be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes."

1.The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is ____.

A．writing	B．listening
C．using it	D．learning grammar

2.What should you do in learning English?

A．Be careful not to make any mistake.

B．Write as quickly as you can.

C．Laugh more often.

D．Speak English as much as you can.

3.When people laugh at your mistakes，you should ____.

A．not care	B．be happy
C．feel worried	D．be unhappy

4.When you make a mistake，you should ____.

A．keep quiet	B．keep your sense of humor
C．be kind	D．get angry

5.The story tells us："_____".

A．Only foolish(愚蠢的) people make mistakes

B．Few people make mistakes

C．People never make mistakes

D．There is no one who doesn't make mistakes

 

Mrs Jones’ telephone number is 2562781 and the number of the city cinema(电影院)is 2562718. because the two numbers look the same(一样), some people often make a mistake(弄错)and telephone her when they want the cinema.

One evening, the Jones are having supper at the table. Just then, the telephone bell rings. Mrs Jones goes to answer the telephone. A tired（累的）man says, “Excuse me, at what time does your last movie begin?”

“I’m sorry.” says Mrs Jones, “But you have the wrong(错误的)number. This is not the cinema.”

“Oh, sorry, it began twenty minutes ago(以前)? Thank you all the same. Goodbye.” Says the man.

Mrs Jones is very surprised(惊讶), so she tells her husband（丈夫）the whole thing. Her husband, Mr Jones laughs(笑)and says: “I see. The man’s wife wants to go to a movie, but he is tired. He doesn’t want to go to a movie. So he telephones the cinema. His wife hears(听见)him, but she can’t hear you. Now they stay at home this evening, and the husband is very happy and he can have a good rest(休息)at home.”

根据上文内容判断正（T）误（F）。

1.Mrs Jones’ telephone number is the same as the number of the city cinema.

2.People often telephone Mrs Jones when they want the cinema.

3.One evening when the telephone bell rings, they are having supper.

4.The tired man wants to know when the last film begins.

5.The husband is happy to stay at home.

 

词汇运用

根据句子意思，用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。(每空一词)

1.The report written by the school caught several _________(科学家) attention.

2.It’s said that the young man went abroad for further education alone in his ______. (四十)

3.It’s hard to ___________ (想象) living in a place where there are no cars .

4.In order to get to the nearest village, we have to walk ____________ (穿过) a bamboo forest.

5.“Lost in Thailand” is a new movie _________(导演) by Xu Zheng, which attracted a lot of attention.

6.We all know there are lots of __________ (advantage) of living on Mars. So we won’t move out of Earth to Mars.

7.The young people built the new house ______. (them)

8.Don’t keep the room _________(close) when you stay in it.

9.The boy has been used to _________(lie) when he makes a mistake.

10.It’s          (true) possible that most of us can go to our ideal school.

 

Charlie is twenty-three now. He1a university(大学) and found work in a factory last year. It’s2and there are no more than fifty workers in it. And only he3in a university. So he looks down upon his 4 . He always thinks he’s right and never agrees with5. He likes to say, “I’ve never made a mistake!”

But once the young man couldn’t6 a foreign instructions （说明书）. An old worker studied it for two days and7Mr. White, the boss of the factory,8it meant. The boss asked Charlie why. He made a few excuses to say for9. And he didn’t agree with the old man. The boss became angry and asked, “ Is it10 that you’ve never made a mistake?”

The young man wouldn’t make Mr. White11 and had to say, “No, it isn’t, sir.”

Having12 this, the workers were happy. One of them asked, “ It means that you also make some mistakes!”

Charlie13 his mind at once and said, “ I made only one mistake in my14 !”

“When?” the boss asked in surprise.

“ Just now, sir.” Answered the young man. “When Mr. White15 me acknowledge （承认）I was wrong!”

1.                A．visited          B．left            C．built D．reached

 

2.                A．small           B．big            C．new D．old

 

3.                A．lived           B．traveled        C．arrived   D．studied

 

4.                A．parents         B．teacher         C．workmates    D．classmates

 

5.                A．another        B．other           C．the other D．others

 

6.                A．see            B．write           C．understand    D．read

 

7.                A．told            B．asked          C．teached D．laughed at

 

8.                A．when          B．what           C．how D．where

 

9.                A．him            B．himself         C．them D．themselves

 

10.               A．clever          B．sure           C．true  D．able

 

11.               A．sad            B．sadder         C．angry D．angrier

 

12.               A．heard          B．listened        C．guessed   D．reported

 

13.               A．lost            B．hated          C．changed   D．thought

 

14.               A．life            B．office          C．family D．bedroom

 

15.               A．helped         B．made          C．watched   D．asked

 

 

I found out that sometimes doing someone a favor could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me said something to me, but I didn’t understand. So I got closer to her and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers could not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.

Later, after the test paper had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the classroom when all the other students were out. Then she began to talk to me about honesty and emphasized(重点强调) the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had talked to me about all those things.

The next day, I realized that the teacher thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but she said it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen when she talked to me after the test. She continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案（10分）

1.The story took place exactly      .

A、in the teacher’s office

B、in the classroom

C、in the playground

2.Why did the boy get close to his classmate during the test?

A、Because he wanted to borrow a pen from his classmate.

B、Because he wanted to copy his classmate’s answers.

C、Because his classmate wanted to borrow a pen.

3.When the teacher saw all this, she asked the boy        .

A、to go on writing his paper

B、to stop taking the exam

C、to stay in the classroom

4.The underlined word “cheated” means “       ” in Chinese.

A、睡觉                     B、玩耍               C、作弊

5.The boy realized the teacher made a mistake      .

A、the next day

B、when the teacher talked to him

C、on th e day of the test