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[1] The key word is practice! Practice, practice, practice!! There is no other way. There is no magic. The way to get better at listening to English is to listen to English. That’s the not-so-good news.

[2] The good news is there are many ways to listen and many things to listen to.

[3] Listening to English songs can be fun. But be careful! Most ____________ use the language in a special way that you don’t hear every day. You don’t want to start speaking English like a poet or songwriter. If you do listen to English songs, listen to different ones. This will help you train your ears to different voices, pronunciations and rhythms.

[4] If you can, get a copy of the lyrics(歌词) so you can read them and listen to them at the same time. It is sometimes better to listen with your eyes as well as your ears—more information to help the brain.

[5] Watch English DVDs. But, this time, do not use your eyes to read the subtitles (字幕). Turn off the subtitles, because movies have so many other clues about what is happening that it is better not to use the subtitles. This forces your ears to do the work.

[6] Choose one character (人物) that interests you and pay attention to what they say and how they say it. If you can, repeat a line out loud after they have said it. Teach yourself one or more sayings, phrases or ways of talking that you will use after watching the movie.

[7] A new and growing resource of English language for listening can be found in blogs. Blogs are in MP3 format and can be loaded first onto your computer and then onto you MP3 player for very convenient take-with-you listening.

[8] You can find many English listening practices are fun, new, educational and in unending supply.

1.What is the main idea of the passage? (within 10 words.)

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2.Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

   At times, we can use not only our ears but our eyes to listen to get more information..

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3.Please fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (within 2 words.)

___________________________________________________________________________

4.List three ways of practising your English listening. (within 15words.)

①__________________        ②__________________        ③__________________

5.Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 into Chinese.

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[1] The key word is practice! Practice, practice, practice!! There is no other way. There is no magic. The way to get better at listening to English is to listen to English. That’s the not-so-good news.

[2] The good news is there are many ways to listen and many things to listen to.

[3] Listening to English songs can be fun. But be careful! Most ________ use the language in a special way that you don’t hear every day. You don’t want to start speaking English like a poet or songwriter. If you do listen to English songs, listen to different ones. This will help you train your ears to different voices, pronunciations and rhythms.

[4] If you can, get a copy of the lyrics(歌词) so you can read them and listen to them at the same time. It is sometimes better to listen with your eyes as well as your ears—more information to help the brain.

[5] Watch English DVDs. But, this time, do not use your eyes to read the subtitles (字幕). Turn off the subtitles, because movies have so many other clues about what is happening that it is better not to use the subtitles. This forces your ears to do the work.

[6] Choose one character (人物) that interests you and pay attention to what they say and how they say it. If you can, repeat a line out loud after they have said it. Teach yourself one or more sayings, phrases or ways of talking that you will use after watching the movie.

[7] A new and growing resource of English language for listening can be found in blogs. Blogs are in MP3 format and can be loaded first onto your computer and then onto your MP3 player for very convenient take-with-you listening.

[8] You can find many English listening practices are fun, new, educational and in unending supply.

1.What is the main idea of the passage? (within 10 words.)

_______________________________________________________________________

2.What does the underlined sentence ( in Para4 ) mean?

_______________________________________________________________________

3.Please fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (within 2 words.)

_______________________________________________________________________

4.List three ways of practising your English listening. (within 15words.)

①__________________          ②__________________          ③__________________

5.What does the word “them” (Line1, Paragraph4) probably refer to? (no more than 3 words)

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Solar energy for your home is coming．It can help you as a single home owner．It can help the whole country as well．Whether or not solar energy can save your money depends on many things．Where you live is one factor．The type of home you have is another．Things like insulation（绝缘） present energy costs and the type of system you buy are added factors.

Using solar energy can help save our precious fuel．As you know, our supplies of oil and gas are very limited．There is just not enough on hand to meet all our future energy needs．And when Mother Nature says that’s all, the only way we can delay hearing those words is by starting to save energy now and by using other sources, like the sun.

We won’t have to worry about the sun’s running out of energy for another several billion years or so．Besides begin an endless source of energy, the use of the sun has other advantages as well．The sun doesn’t offer as many problems as other energy sources．For example, fossil fuel plants add to already high pollution levels．With sola energy, we will still need sources of energy, but we won’t need as much．That means we can cut down on our pollution problems.

With all these good points, why don’t we use more solar power? There are many reasons for this．The biggest reason is money．Until now, it was just not practical for a home owner to put in a solar unit．There were cheaper sources of energy．All this is changing now．Solar costs are starting to equal the costs of oil and electricity．Experts say that gas, oil and electricity prices will continue to rise．The demand for electricity is increasing rapidly．But new power plants will use more gas, oil or coal．Already in some places the supply of electricity is being rationed．Solar energy is now in its infancy．It could soon grow to become a major part of our nation’s energy supply.

1．Which statement best expresses the main idea?

    A．Something about Solar Energy and Pollution.

    B．Solar Energy.

    C．Energy and Pollution

    D．Energy and Money

2．Solar energy can help us save ____.

    A．the earth and nature resources               B．mother nature

    C．the sun                                              D．our precious fuel

3．Which of the following statements is correct?

    A．Energy from coal would not pollute our living environment.

    B．Energy from natural gas would not pollute our living environment.

    C．Energy from the sun would not pollute our living environment．

    D．Energy from oil would not pollute our living environment.

4．Solar energy is in its infancy, ____.

    A．but it will be considered as an important part of our nation’s energy supply

    B．yet we will build more power plants

    C．and the supply of electricity will be rationed

    D．but we don’t need practice energy rationing now

    “The headmaster wants you in his office.”

    The __1__ boy to whom friend says one of these things gets to __2__ about it and suddenly everyone around __3__ and shouts, “April Fool!” __4__ this is April 1, or All Fool’s Day.

    In Britain and in some other countries, it is __5__ to play tricks on people on that day. Children are __6__ to play harmless jokes on their friends until twelve o’clock at noon. Usually they __7__ to trick other children into __8__ foolish things. It is not only children __9__ like such jokes. Grown—ups also enjoy tricking others. Even newspapers and radios __10__ try to fool the __11__ with a clever April Fools’ story.

    Some time ago, for example, a very __12__ BBC TV programme did a ten-minute __13__ about spaghetti(意大利面条) trees in Italy. The reporter said that __14__ the recent bad weather, trees weren’t __15__ as much spaghetti as they __16__ did. He said the __17__ of spaghetti would __18__. A lot of TV viewers who didn’t know what spaghetti is made of actually __19__ the story. Some housewives hurried to buy __20__ food that was going to become in short supply.

1．A．clever

B．poor

C．good

D．excited

2．A．consider

B．fear

C．worry

D．frighten

3．A．laughs

B．speaks

C．jumps

D．quarrels

4．A．For

B．As

C．Such

D．So

5．A．easy

B．comfortable

C．moral

D．common

6．A．let

B．permitted

C．made

D．forbidden

7．A．manage

B．imagine

C．try

D．order

8．A．having

B．taking

C．making

D．doing

9．A．that

B．however

C．whatever

D．those

10．A．in time

B．at times

C．all the time

D．for a time

11．A．public

B．readers

C．listeners

D．children

12．A．famous

B．popular

C．serious

D．curious

13．A．announcement

B．show

C．news

D．report

14．A．about

B．to

C．with

D．for

15．A．planting

B．collecting

C．gathering

D．producing

16．A．normally

B．possibly

C．seldom

D．before

17．A．quantity

B．price

C．quality

D．taste

18．A．go off

B．go up

C．come down

D．come over

19．A．realized

B．accepted

C．believed

D．understood

20. A．/

B．a

C．all

D．the