Learning a new language is always a challenge. There are new w 1. ， new grammar， and new pronunciation. Language is an important part of c 2.. Becoming familiar with the culture as well as the language can make the learning experience much more i 3. .

When I was a university student， I s 4. Chinese for three years. Before I went to university， I had very little k 5. of China. Therefore， when I started learning to speak Chinese， it was important for me to also learn about China’s history and culture. China’s culture is very different from my o 6. and I become interested in it soon.

It will be much more fun to learn about culture w 7. you study a new language. Culture can teach you so many things about a language. It can give you background information a 8. the language and tell you the history of the language. I also found out one fact， that is， if you know about the country and the culture， you will communicate with its people more e 9. .

Whenever I try to learn a new language， I enjoy k 10. information about the culture as well. It’s a challenge to learn more information， but it is very rewarding!

书面表达

不久你们将初中毕业了，英语老师要求大家谈谈各自的梦想，请根据下表提示，以“职业梦想”为题，写一篇短文， 结尾请谈谈如何实现梦想。

要求：1）表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯；

2）必须包括表格中所有的相关信息，并适当发挥；

3）词数：100词左右（短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数）；

4）不得使用真实姓名、校名和地名等。

（参考词汇：cleaner 清洁工， farmer 农场主，astronaut 宇航员，explorer 探险家）

Ideal Jobs

Today we talked about our ideal jobs in class. All of us have great and different dreams.

— The soccer game was so ________.

— Yes， I felt ________ with it.

A. bored； boring B. boring； bored

C. bored； bored D. boring； boring

Do you have _____ to tell me?

A. something special B. special anything

C. anything special D. special something

I ________you yesterday afternoon，but you ________at home.

A. call，aren’t B. am calling，aren’t

C. called，was D. called，weren’t

I didn’t go to the mountains ______the bad weather.

A. so B. because of C. because D. But

— _____ do they exercise?

— Twice a week.

A. How many B. How often C. How long D. When

I usually go to the movies ________ a month.

A. twice B. twice time

C. two times D. twice times

It’s cold， so we decided ______at home.

A. stay B. to stay C. staying D. stayed

He is _____than his brother.

A. tall B. more tall C. tallest D. taller