A: Sam, we haven’t gone out for over a month.Let’s go somewhere this evening.

B: Fine, where would you like to go ?   56

A: A new play is on this week. Let’s go and watch it , shall we?

B: Do you know what people think of it?     57

A: How about the film THE TOURIST?     58

B: We’ve already seen it. Don’t you remember?

A: Then let’s go to the neighborhood cinema.    59

B: Good. What time does it start?

A: 15 minutes ago.     60

B: Well, I guess all we can do is to stay at home and watch television.

A: I was afraid you’d say that … Now it will take me another month to get you interested in going out.

A.  The newspaper said it was the worst play of the year. B.  Oh, come on, Sam C.  The film THE TOURIST is on. D.  To see a film or to watch a play. E.  I don’t think so. F.  What can we do?

 

---Where’s your brother? I haven’t seen him for two weeks.

---_______.

A．HehasgonetoAmerica

B．ShehasbeentoEngland

C．HehasbeentoAmerica

D．Shehasgone toEngland

 

If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.
When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.
If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed(责备), and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can’t read or write but usually they have better memories ? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things, they cannot write them down in a small notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory is the whole time being exercised.
So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practise remembering things in a way as other people do.
【小题1】Someone can’t have a good memory if ________.

A．he can’t read or write

B．he doesn’t use his memory

C．his parents haven’t a good memory

D．he doesn’t use his arms or legs for some time

【小题2】If you do not use your arms or legs for some time, ______.

A．you can’t use them any more

B．they will become stronger

C．they become weak but they slowly become strong again

D．they become weak and won’t become strong until you use them again

【小题3】Which of the following is TRUE ?

A．Your memory works in the different way as your arms or legs

B．Your memory, like your arms or legs, becomes weak if you do not give it enough chance for practice

C．Don’t learn how to read and write if you want to have a better memory

D．A good memory comes from less practice

【小题4】Few people know that it is only ______ if a friend has a poor memory.

A．his own fault	B．his parents’ fault
C．his teachers’ fault	D．his grandmother’s fault

【小题5】The writer wants to tell us ________.

A．how to use our arms or legs	B．how to read and write
C．how to have a good memory	D．how to learn from the people

阅读下面的短文， 并根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）

    _[1]If you think English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?

[2]According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.

[3]The researchers also found the effect is greater on the younger people who learn a second language.

[4]A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals(通两种语言的人)”, who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.

[5]Scans showed that grey matter density（密度）in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without___________________. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference was.

[6] “Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.

[7]It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.

[8]Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible,” he said, “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”

1.What is the best title for this passage? （no more than 10 words）

_____________________________________________________________________

2.Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?

Mastering two languages can broaden your views in the world and makes you clever.

_______________________________________________________________________________

3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words． （no more than 4 words）

______________________________________________________________________________.

4.What does the word "they" Line2, Paragraph4） probably refer to? （no more than 5 words）

______________________________________________________________________________.

5.What do you think of English learning after you read this passage?

（no more than 10 words）

______________________________________________________________________________.

 

 

A. What else? B. Never mind. C. Yes, we do. D. No, I haven’t. E. No. The telephone was busy. F. We are leaving in ten minutes. G. Yeah. I have put the bag in the car.

(F="Father;" T=Tom）

F: Has everything been ready, Tom? (1)___________

T: Yes, I think so.

F: Have you packed your bag?

T: (2)_________

F: Have you fed the dog?

T: Oh, no. I forgot. I’ll do it now.

F: Have you said goodbye to your teacher?

T: (3)_________

F: Have you brought a guidebook?

T: Do we need to?

F: (4)_________

T: Okay. I’ll take one.

F: (5)_________ Oh yeah, have you watered the plants yet?

T: Mom did it.

F: Now, we are ready. Let’s go!