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　　I'm Robert Lee, a senior at a Chinese university. I am planning to study Electronic Engineering in the United States this coming summer if I am lucky enough to be admitted to Miami University. However, I am a bit nervous about my English, so I am spending a lot of time studying it hard. I think my pronunciation isn't accurate enough to make myself understood, and I might easily get confused. Also, I find the grammar very difficult. Sometimes, I know every word in an expression, but I don't know what it implies. Honestly, I understand very little.

　　It is funny because I used to study English just for entertainment, to kill time, but now I have a particular purpose for it, so I have found a tutor for myself. My tutor holds her master's degree in education and is very helpful. She assigns me quite a lot of homework, and wants me to memorize all the phrases and expressions. She says it is necessary to practice as much as possible until they are fixed in my mind. And the more I apply them in real situations, the more natural they will become. However, I find it so boring to practice so much and I'm getting discouraged. My tutor also says language is a tool, and the people use it to express their ideas, thoughts and feelings, and all these are determined by culture. As a result, when I understand the cultural background, I can use the language better. She also asks me to read a lot. My tutor sounds like a professor, and I feel lucky to have her as my tutor.

　　My American friend Burt helps me a lot, too. He knows my problem because I have exchanged my ideas with him. He told me to relax. He said actually the most efficient way to reach my goal would be to have a tape recorder or a CD player. Either the CDs or tapes have native voices, and I can learn them by listening again and again and imitating the sounds as many times as I wish. I think this is a good idea. That way I' m not only training my listening comprehension but also my speaking abilities.

1．Robert Lee is ________.

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A．an American student studying in a Chinese university

B．an American student planning to study in a Chinese university

C．a Chinese student admitted to Miami University

D．a Chinese student planning to study at Miami University

2．The phrase “to kill time” ( Line 1, para. 2 ) means ________.

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A．to spend a lot of time

B．to save time by every means

C．to pass time by doing useless things

D．to study for fun

3．Robert Lee thinks his tutor sounds like a professor because ________.

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A．she holds a master's degree in education

B．she assigns a lot of homework

C．her view on language and culture is quite academic

D．she uses English to express her thoughts and feelings

4．Which of the following statement is true according to the passage?

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A．Language is a tool for people to communicate with each other.

B．Too much language practicing is useless.

C．Cultural background can be ignored in learning a foreign language.

D．Extensive reading should be discouraged in learning a language.

5．According to Lee's friend, listening to CDs and tapes ________.

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A．is a relaxing way to learn a language

B．only helps to improve her listening comprehension

C．is good only for training one's speaking ability

D．is the only way to imitate the native voices

Sneaker is a kind of shoe worn by many people all over the world. Some say that the word “sneaker” is another word for tennis shoe,   36   no one really knows where the word came from.   37  say it came from the old English verb “sneak”, which  38   moving silently and quickly. The only thing we are   39  is that when you put on a pair of sneakers, you   40   light-hearted, light-footed and ready to play.

Sneakers of some kind are used by   41   who play tennis, basketball, and other sports. New design has been made   42   for people who run slowly. But perhaps sneakers are   43   used by children in the United States. In fact American children of  44   ages would much rather play in sneakers than anything else, except perhaps  45   at all.

　　New York City once held a poetry contest (诗歌比赛) for children. The subject was only “sneaker”. Thousands of children sent in their  46   and praised the sneakers they love. One prize winner called  47   poem “The Sneaker and the World Peace”. “When everyone is wearing sneakers,” she said, “it will be impossible to   48 .”

American school children can be seen every day   49  sneakers of all colours. They put them on in the morning and take them off  50 . Sneakers are  51  washed. In fact the older and dirtier they are, the  52  loveable they are. When their sneakers wear out (穿破), children hate to throw them off. How do you explain the closeness between  53  ? Perhaps another young   54  in the New York Poetry Contest said it best. “A shoe is just a shoe,” he said. “But a sneaker is a   55 .”

1.                A．however        B．but            C．or   D．and

 

2.                A．All            B．Some          C．People   D．The others

 

3.                A．appears        B．remains         C．means    D．wants

 

4.                A．excited about    B．sure of         C．surprised at   D．pleased with

 

5.                A．think           B．feel            C．consider  D．suggest

 

6.                A．men           B．women         C．those D．these

 

7.                A．lovely          B．specially        C．lively D．cheaply

 

8.                A．only           B．greatly         C．hardly    D．finally

 

9.                A．all             B．some           C．little D．old

 

10.               A．some shoes     B．no shoes        C．no children D．some sneakers

 

11.               A．photos         B．compositions    C．poems    D．drawings

 

12.               A．her            B．his            C．its    D．their

 

13.               A．explain         B．guide          C．hate  D．love

 

14.               A．dressing        B．wearing        C．putting on D．having

 

15.               A．the next day     B．at noon         C．at bedtime D．in the evening

 

16.               A．forever        B．always         C．seldom    D．sometimes

 

17.               A．much          B．many          C．most  D．more

 

18.                                A．sneakers and other shoes   B．boys and girls

C．children and sneakers               D．winners and sneakers

 

19.               A．girl            B．man           C．woman    D．winner

 

20.               A．sneaker        B．friend          C．poem D．shoe

 

 

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　　Sneaker is a kind of shoe worn by many people around the world. Some say that the word “sneaker” is another word for tennis shoe, 1 no one really knows where the wont came from. 2 say it came from the old English verb “sneak” which 3 to move silently and quickly. The only thing we are 4 is that when you put on a pair of sneakers, you 5 light - hearted, lighted - footed and ready to play.

　　Sneakers of some kind are used by 6 who play tennis, basketball, and other sports. New design 7 especially for people who run slowly. But perhaps sneakers are 8 used by children in the United States. In fact American children of 9 ages would much rather play in sneakers than anything else, except perhaps 10 at all.

　　New York City once held a poetry contest (诗歌比赛) for children. The subject was only “sneaker”. Thousands of children sent in their 11 and praised the sneakers they love. One prize winner called 12 poem “The sneaker and the World Peace.” “When everyone is wearing sneakers.” she said, “it will be impossible 13 .”

　　American school children can be seen every day 14 sneakers of all colors. They put them on in the morning and take them off 15 . Sneakers are rarely washed. In fact the older and dirtier they are, 16 they are lovable. When their sneakers 17 , children hate to throw them off. How do you explain the closeness between 18 ? Perhaps another young 19 in the New York Poetry Contest said it best. “A shoe is just a shoe,” he said. “But a sneaker is a 20 .”

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