There is no doubt about it．The best way to learn new words is to do it unconsciously (无意识地)．I don’t mean while you’re unconscious．I mean while you are unconscious of the fact that they are sinking in．That is how I learnt the

30，000 words in my vocabulary by living in an English-speaking world．I just picked them up．But some of them may be misunderstood．Now，to misunderstand does not mean not to understand．To misunderstand is to understand but incorrectly．

　 The 5％of all the misunderstood words we　 “know”　 will be the least frequently used words，as the more frequently used words are less likely to be misunderstood． Some of the misunderstandings may last all our lives，without knowing that we get them wrong．　

　Many English teachers think that this natural method of learning words in one’s own mother tongue can be used for second language learning．They teach their students how to play the Guessing Game．“There is no time to look up in your dictionaries all the new words you come across，’’they will say．“You have to practise guessing what the word means from the context．’’

　 This method of guessing in a second language learning does not work It may succeed in many cases，but results in hundreds or thousands of wrongly-guessed meanings of words．

　 And what’s more，there are more separate meanings than there are words themselves．Our learners’ dictionaries usually have many meanings. A good dictionary is what makes self-learning possible．

　 Don’t guess! Look it up!

1．It is certain that the best way to learn new words is_________．

A．to 1earn them on TV

B．to learn by living in a French speaking world and using them frequently

C．to guess them from the context

D. to learn them unconsciously

2．The underlined word “them” in the first paragraph refers to_______·

A. the 30，000 words

B．English teachers

C．misunderstood words

D．frequently used words

3．Which of the following is most likely NOT true?

A．Some of the words the writer knows may have been misunderstood．

B．Most of the 30，000 words the writer 1earned are frequently used ones．

C. How many words the writer got wrong are not known．

D．All the words the writer knows were learned by reading them．

4．It can be inferred that________．

A．when somebody is conscious，he or she usually can’t learn new words by heart

B. we must use the words as often as possible in order to master them

C．the best way to learn new words is to guess their meanings from the context

D．only dictionaries can help us learn language well

5．According to the author , it is not right for many teachers________.

　 A to teach their students how to look up new words quickly

　 B．not to teach their students the skills of guessing

　 C．to encourage their students to guess the meaning of new words

　 D．to let their students look up new words in the dictionaries too often　

 

Many young people tells me they want to be writers. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big difference between “being a writer” and writing. In most cases these people are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at a typewriter. “You’ve got to want to write,” I say to them, “not want to be a writer.”

The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune, there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded . When I left a 20-year job in the U.S. Coast Guard to become a freelance writer (自由撰稿者), I had no hopes at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used typewriter and felt like a real writer.

After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t gotten a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to be one of those people who die wondering, What if? I would keep putting my dream to the test — even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is Shadow land of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live there.

1.What’s the purpose of the passage?

A. to show young people it’s unrealistic for a writer to seek wealth and fame

B.to advise young people to give up their idea of becoming a professional writer

C. to warn young people of the hardship that a writer has to experience

D. to encourage young people to take up a writing career

2. Why did the author begin to doubt himself after the first year of his writing work?

A. He wasn’t able to produce a single book.

B. He found his dream would never come true.

C. He wasn’t able to have a rest for a whole year.

D. He hadn’t seen a change for the better.

3. Which of the following is true?

A．If you have a dream,you can make it come true.

B. Don’t to be a writer

C. Many young people think if they can write,they can become a writer.

D.The writer will give up being a writer.

4 What does the underlined phrase refer to? ________.

A. who think a lot without making any effort

B. who regret giving up their career halfway

C. who think too much of the dark side of life

D. who are full of imagination even upon death

5. “Shadow land” in the last sentence refers to ________.

A. the wonderland one often dreams about

B. the state of uncertainty before one’s final goal is reached

C. a world that exists only in one’s imagination

D. the bright future that one is looking forward to

 

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

       The night started out ordinarily enough. Jack and Tara, our   36   , were in their small beds surrounded by toy animals. My husband, Pat, and I went to sleep   37  .

          38   after midnight, Jack quietly touched me. “Mommy, I want to stay with you. I promise I won’t take much room.” I shifted   39   to make room. My son soon fell asleep.

       An hour later, Tara cried and I carefully went downstairs. “Mommy, my   40   is all stuffed up（堵住）. I can’t really breathe very well. Will you please   41   with me a little while?” Tara doesn’t often get up at night,   42   I decided to be there for her. She soon fell asleep. I returned to my own bed. I was determined to sleep. But to my   43   , I found Jack sleeping on my side of the bed. He looked so   44   that I couldn’t remove him. Quietly and carefully, I lay down between  45   and Jack.

       I did manage to get some sleep   46   I heard Tara’s voice again. I returned to   47  Tara. “Mom, please lie down with me a little bit, I had a bad dream, and I’m so   48  .” “Of course, honey. It was only a dream. Mommy’s here and   49   is okay.” We fell asleep   50   each other’s arms.

       Even in my sleepy state, I thought of   51   these nights of merry-go-round（一连串的繁忙活动）beds will be over. In their place, my twins will be grown.   52   before I’m ready, our children’ rooms will be much too   53   and empty. So it is especially on days when I’m worn out after a night on this mom’s merry-go-round that I remind   54   that these very days and nights are, in fact. “the good old days”, ever so   55  .

A．sons       B．twins C．daughters  D．students

A．downstairs     B．in      C．out    D．upstairs

A．Sometimes    B．Some time       C．Sometime D．Some times

A．gently    B．kindly      C．rudely      D．impatiently

A．nose      B．mouth      C．heart D．eye

A．come     B．stay   C．talk   D．play

A．even thoughB．so C．no matter when       D．however

A．joy B．anger C．disappointment D．surprise

A．deeply   B．sound       C．content     D．deep

A．my father    B．Tara  C．Pat    D．my mother

A．before  B．when C．after  D．until

A．show off     B．look after  C．watch out  D．take care

A．scared  B．exciting    C．excited     D．scaring

A．somethingB．anything      C．everything       D．nothing

A．over     B．on     C．by     D．in    

A．how often    B．how soon  C．how long  D．how much

A．No doubt     B．No wonder       C．No problem     D．No worry

A．noisy   B．quiet C．still   D．calm

A．my childrenB．my husband      C．my friend D．myself

A．potential      B．precise      C．precious    D．previous

第二节 ： 完形填空（共20题，每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　Once the king of India was ill and sent for his doctor. The doctor came,  16  him and said, “You will be well soon in a few days if you take a bull’s milk.” The king was   17 _, for he had never heard of a bull that gave milk. “How is it  18 ?” he asked.

 　“Order Gulbo to get it for you,” answered the doctor. “He can do anything.” Gulbo was a person with great knowledge and was a(n)  19  to the doctor. So the doctor thought this would be a way of making him  20  . When the king told Gulbo what the doctor said and  21  him to get a bull’s milk, Gulbo  22  understood what the doctor was trying to do.

When he got home, he sat thinking how to get out of the  23  . His daughter, seeing him worried, asked what was the  24  . On hearing what the king had asked for, she said, “Don’t  25  , Father, I will help you.”

The next day she took some old clothes, went to the bank of the river near the palace and chose a place  26  the king’s bedroom window. In the middle of the night, she started to do her washing. She made  27  much noise that the king could not sleep. The king got very angry and sent a guard to  28  what had happened. The soldier found the girl and led her to the king.

“Why do you wash your clothes here at night?” said the king.

The girl  29  to be afraid and said, “I had to wash clothes at night. This afternoon my father  30  a baby, I was busy all day because of that. Then I found there were no clean  31 for the baby, so I had to come and wash them now.”

“What!” cried the king. “Are you trying to make a  32  of me?” I have never heard of a man having a baby.”

“Well, if the king himself orders someone to get a bull’s milk for him,  33  can’t a man have a baby?”

The king smiled and said, “You must be Gulbo’s  34  . Go and tell your father that he may keep the bull’s milk to his  35  .

16. A. checked          B. tested                  C. judged               D. examined

17. A. pleased      B. surprised             C. touched        D. moved

18. A. possible      B. impossible            C. usual          D. unusual

19. A. friend        B. enemy                 C. neighbor        D. patient

20. A. suffer        B. happy                 C. angrily        D. excited

21. A. begged           B. ordered                C. decided        D.demanded

22. A. suddenly     B. certainly              C. correctly      Ddirectly

23. A. chance       B. situation              C. position             D. difficult

24. A. matter        B. wrong                 C. thing             D. problem

25. A. frighten       B. worry                  C. doubt           D. fear

26. A. above            B. on                      C. below      D. under

27. A. such             B. that                     C. more                 D. so

28. A. find out       B. get out                C. take out           D. bring out

29. A. began         B. looked                 C. became       D. pretended

30. A. gave birth to    B. had birth in         C. gave birth of   D. had birth to

31. A. food              B. clothes                C. bowls               D. bottles

32. A. trick        B. joke                     C. friend         D. fool

33. A. why             B. how                     C. who            D. what

34. A. girl         B. daughter                C. wife          D. friend

35. A. daughter     B. son                     C. sister        D. baby