In learning English, one should first pay attention to listening and speaking.It is the groundwork(基础)of reading and writing.You’d better try your best to speak while you do much listening.Don’t be afraid of making mistakes.But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your English.While you are doing this, a good way is to write---keep a diary, write notes or letters, and then if you can, ask someone else to go through(检查)what you have written and tell you what is wrong.Many mistakes in your speaking will be easily found when you write.Through correcting the mistakes, you can do better in learning English.

If you are slow in speaking, don’t worry.One of the helpful ways is reading, either aloud or to yourself.The important thing is to choose something interesting to read.It mustn’t be too difficult for you.When you are reading in this way, don’t stop to look up the words if you can guess their meanings, or they have nothing important to do with the sentence.You can look them up later.

1.For the beginners, listening and speaking is ______.

A．more important than reading and writing     B．not so important as reading and writing

C．as important as reading and writing          D．not so useful in learning English

2.When you are speaking, _______.

A．you shouldn’t make any mistakes          B．you must speak slowly

C．it doesn’t matter if you make any mistakes   D．you had better take a dictionary with you

3.One of the good ways to find your mistakes in your speaking is to______.

A．speak as much as possible                 B．write notes or letters

C．ask some Americans to speak with you       D．read more English books

4.If you want to be fast in speaking, you should choose something_____.

A．difficult to read aloud                    B．easy to read to yourself

C．interesting to read to yourself              D．important to read aloud

5.In reading, if you meet a new word which has something important to do with the sentence, you’d better_______.

A．stop to look it up                        B．not look it up and just go on reading

C．stop reading at once                     D．not stop to look it up

 

Chen Jie, 14, from Ningbo, Zhejiang is a lucky girl. She got 3600 yuan as gift money this Spring Festival. However, her grandmother took away all the money and put it in a bank account.
Many students experienced the same thing as Chen. They got their gift money, only to immediately have it taken away.
Xiong Shengyue, 14, from Nanjing, doesn't agree with the practice. "I think the money should be the children's, " she said. " We should take care of it by ourselves."
It is not that simple, said Chu Chaohui, a researcher at national Institute of Education Sciences.
Giving gift money is used to show social status (地位)and develop relationships, he told Beijing Legal Evening News. Gift money has lost its traditional meaning of good will and has "little to do with the children". What's more, children don't earn the money through work. So he thought that parents should still play a big part in dealing with the money.
But Yan Honglan, a mother of a 14-year-old boy in Beijing, has let her son be responsible (承担责任的)for his gift money since the age of 8. "I want to develop his financial(理财) skills, ' Yan said.
She also added:"No matter how you deal with the money, the most important thing is to make the children feel they're respected(尊重) and trusted.
Chen supported Yan's idea. She said that though she knew her grandmother wouldn't waste her gift money, she would feel happier if she could at least know how the money is spent.
"It would make me feel a little bit more grown-up," she said.
【小题1】Chen Jie’s grandmother ________.

A．took away all her money and put it in a bank	B．let her take care of all her money
C．gave all her money to her parents	D．spent all her money

【小题2】 Chu Chaohui thought the gift money should be dealed with by _________

A．children

B． grandmother

C． parents

D．friends

【小题3】Yan Honglan thought___________ is the most important thing.

A．to make children feel a little bit more grown-up

B．to take care of the gift money by themselves

C．to put the gift money in a bank account

D．to make the children feel they're respected and trusted.

【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Chen Jie got 3600 yuan as reward this Spring Festival.

B．Xiong Shengyue thought children should take care of the gift money.

C．Chu Chaohui thought parents shouldn’t play a big party in dealing with the money.

D．Yan Honglan has let her son be responsible for his gift money since the age of 9.