Although many Chinese students say that their knowledge of English grammar is good, most would admit that their spoken English is poor. Whenever I speak to a Chinese student they always say, “My spoken English is poor.” However, their spoken English does not have to remain “poor”! I would like to suggest that there may be some reasons for their problems with spoken English.

First, they fail to find suitable words to express themselves due to a limited vocabulary. Obviously the better answer is to expand their vocabulary. However, you can speak with a limited vocabulary, if your attitude is positive. Others will follow you as long as you use the words that you know.

Second, they are afraid of making mistakes. Sometimes they make mistakes when they are speaking because they are shy and nervous. Yet students should remember that their goal should be FLUENCY NOT ACCURACY（准确性）. Your aim in writing is to be accurate following the rules for grammar and using the right words and spelling them correctly. However, in speaking your aim is fluency. You want to get your message across, to talk to someone in English, as quickly and as well as you can, even though sometimes you may use a wrong word or tense, but it doesn’t matter because the person you are speaking to will understand you and make allowances for any mistakes he hears.

The third reason is that not enough attention is paid to listening. You have one mouth but two ears! All that hearing was necessary for you to start speaking.

Fourth, most Chinese students are reactive rather than proactive language learners. Instead of actively seeking out opportunities to improve their spoken English, they passively wait for speaking opportunities to come to them and wonder why their English always remains poor. If you have this proactive outlook, then you will see English opportunities wherever you go.

If you do not use your English beyond the classroom, you will forget what English you know. Remember: USE IT OR LOSE IT! You can learn how to speak English better by speaking English more.

What is most probably the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?

A．To improve your reading.                 

B．To improve your listening.

C．To improve your spoken English.        

D．To improve your vocabulary.

It can be inferred from the third paragraph that______.

A．don’t be fluency , Just be accuracy

B．don’t be nervous ,don’t be shy . Just write!

C．don’t be afraid of making mistakes . Just speak!

D．don’t be shy ,don’t be fluency. Just listen and write!

The last paragraph is possibly close to the meaning of “_____”.

A．more hurry, less speed             B．better late than never

C．silence is gold                    D．practice makes perfect

The text is most probably taken from a ______.

A．teacher’s diary                     B．report on study     

C．sports newspaper                 D．movie magazine

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

I was brought up in the countryside by my grandmother. She was very courageous and inspiring woman and was very beautiful, too. In comparison with her or some of my classmates, I always felt that I was not beautiful or pretty. In fact, when I was studying in middle school, I thought I was not as good as other students and just because of these negative feelings, I was not very confident. One day, I went to the shoe shop to buy a pair of new shoes. When I got there, I noticed a foreign lady talking to a salesgirl. But the salesgirl didn’t understand what the foreigner was saying. They both looked worried. I went up to help them. The lady is an Australian. She wanted to buy a pair of travelling shoes. So I told it to the salesgirl. The lady was very glad when she took them. She spoke high praise for my spoken English and said that I was a pretty girl. Both of them expressed their thanks to me.

As a matter of fact, no one had ever praised me like that before. It was so encouraging. Suddenly I felt confident and happy. It is true that those words turned my life around.

【写作内容】

1．以约30个词概括短文的要点。

2．然后以约120个词写一篇记叙文，描写表扬或称赞给人带来的愉快和鼓舞，并包括以下要点：

a）叙述你或你的朋友被老师或其他人表扬的一次真实或虚构的经历；

b）被表扬后的感觉是怎么样的；

c）这次称赞、表扬带来的影响。

【写作要求】

1. 可以参照阅读材料的篇章结构，组织故事，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

3. 作文题目已在答题卷中给出。

[评分标准]概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

In order to improve my spoken English, I read ________ English _______.

   A. every day; every day                B. every day; everyday

   C. everyday; everyday                 D. everyday; every day

文中共有10处语言错误，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号∧ ，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线﹨划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分.

Dear Sir，

Thank you for you offer of invite me to the summer English course in your school.As for your choice between the two courses,I prefer the four-week course for 60 hours of study.Because of this would allow me more times to do some travelling and make a few new friends either.Of all the subjects I’m learning at school,I like English best.I had been learning English for 6 years but my spoken English remains poorly.So I hope to take this chance to improve it.If is possible,I’d like to stay with a family for a couple of days in order I can know some customs in England.I believe I will have wonderful time this summer.?

???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Yours truly,

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第二卷

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：短文改错(共10小题。每小题1分，满分lO分。)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断，如无错误，在该行右边的横线上画一个勾(√)；如果有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

此行多一词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一词：在错词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Dear Mr. Smith,

I am writing to tell you a piece of excited news:                       76.___________

I won first place in the Spoken English Competition of            77.___________

our city. The achievement that I made it is due to your             78.___________

kind help. You spent so much time help me with my spoken        79.___________

English that I made rapid progress. I remember you advice        80.___________

“Speak slowly and clearly.” Thank you very much all your time     81.___________

and advice . I hear that you and your wife will visit               82.___________

our school before long. I’m very glad and looked forward to        83.___________

see you. I sent you a telescope as a small gift.                   84.___________

Please check the mail and I hope you will like them.              85.___________

Yours

Li Ming