— Hello, this is Tina speaking. Is that Sam?
— Sorry, he isn’t here at the moment.       ?

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

—Hello.____ Mike speaking. Is Ann in?

      —Sorry, she’s gone to Beijing.

   A. I am                    B. This is               C. That is

阅读下列短文，根据短文信息完成文后表格，每空一词。
Making a public speech is the thing that most people don’t want to do. The reason is that we are all afraid of making mistakes in front of others. The more important the speech is, the more frightened we will be. But forget it now. Public speaking is easy. It’s just a simple talking, Although I’m a shy man, I’ve been making speeches and talking on radio and television for more than 30 years. Anybody who can talk can speak in public. Here are some of the lessons I have learned:
Keep your speech simple. Your audience can’t take all of your main ideas, and they can only remember one or two of them, not ten or twenty. So you should prepare one or two of your main ideas very well. But if you can’t express what you want to say, then your speech will not be paid attention to. And if you don’t have a clear idea of what you want to say, your audience won’t, either.
Organize your speech well. No matter how long or short your speech is, you have to organize your speech—how you are going to open or begin, what main points you want to make and how you’re going to close or end. A strong close is usually very important and critical(关键的): the last thing you say is what your audience will most likely remember. If not, they will be confused.
Keep your speech not long. The standard (标准的) length of a speech is usually 12 minutes. Most people can’t put their minds in one thing for too long time, which will make them tired and lose their interest. If you pay no attention to your audience’s reaction(反应)，the audience will get bored. Of course, your speech will fail.
Following these suggestions above, you can make a good speech in public, and you will be an excellent speaker, I think.

Report Card

    Name: James Stuart                                   Time: January 24th, 2012

    Subjects  Grades  Comments (评语)

    English B+： Your reading and writing are good. But you have a strong accent (口音), so you are not good at speaking. And you do not put much effort (努力) into this subject. If you work hard, you can get a better grade in this subject.

    Physics A+：You are good at this subject. You are hard-working. I am glad that you do best in this subject

    Math C：You like this subject. But you are not good at this subject because you are a little bit lazy. It is disappointing. You can do better if you try your best.

    Music B：It is a happy thing to hear you play the piano. You are crazy about the music. Although you like this subject best, your accent has a bad influence on your singing.

1.James got the best grade in ________.

A. English       B. physics      C. math      D. music

2.James’s favorite subject is ________.

A. English       B. physics      C. math      D. music

3.Why didn’t James get the best grade in music?

A. He was a little bit lazy.                           B. He had a strong accent.

C. He didn’t play the piano well.                            D. He didn’t like the music.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?

A. James studies hard in physics.                                  B. James doesn’t like math.

C. James’speaking is good.                                              D. James is good at singing.

5.From this passage, we know that _______.

A. James is a bad student

B. effort can make one get good grades

C. all the teachers are happy with James

D. James had the exams on January 25^th