Li Yan is a Chinese girl. She lives in Yangzhou with her grandparents. Her parents are in England now and Li Yan will go there this summer holiday. But her spoken English is not good. She does well in English exams, but she can only write. So Li Yan wants to study hard to speak good English.

Every Saturday evening, Li Yan goes to “English Corner”. It’s a place for people to speak English. There are also many foreign(外国的) people. They come from America, England or Australia. Kitty likes talking with these foreign people. When the summer holidays come, her spoken English is much better! Her parents are so surprised to see her change (变化) and they are very happy.

1.Li Yan’s parents are in         .

A．Yangzhou

B．Australia

C．America

D．England

2.“Spoken English” means “          ” in Chinese.

A．英语写作

B．英语口语

C．英语表达

D．英语考试

3.Li Yan can         .

A．speak English very well before she practices

B．get high marks（分数） in English exams

C．get high marks in all exams

D．live in the UK after the summer holidays

4.“English Corner” is a place         .

A．to speak English only with foreign people

B．to meet only with foreign people

C．for people to practice speaking English

D．in England

5.What change does Li Yan make?

A．She can go to England

B．She can live with her grandparents and parents.

C．Her spoken English is much better.

D．She likes “English Corner”.

 

Li Yan is a Chinese girl. She lives in Yangzhou with her grandparents. Her parents are in England now and Li Yan will go there this summer holiday. But her spoken English is not good. She does well in English exams, but she can only write. So Li Yan wants to study hard to speak good English.
Every Saturday evening, Li Yan goes to “English Corner”. It’s a place for people to speak English. There are also many foreign(外国的) people. They come from America, England or Australia. Kitty likes talking with these foreign people. When the summer holidays come, her spoken English is much better! Her parents are so surprised to see her change (变化) and they are very happy.
【小题1】Li Yan’s parents are in         .

A．Yangzhou

B．Australia

C．America

D．England

【小题2】“Spoken English” means “          ” in Chinese.

A．英语写作

B．英语口语

C．英语表达

D．英语考试

【小题3】Li Yan can         .

A．speak English very well before she practices

B．get high marks（分数） in English exams

C．get high marks in all exams

D．live in the UK after the summer holidays

【小题4】“English Corner” is a place         .

A．to speak English only with foreign people

B．to meet only with foreign people

C．for people to practice speaking English

D．in England

【小题5】What change does Li Yan make?

A．She can go to England

B．She can live with her grandparents and parents.

C．Her spoken English is much better.

D．She likes “English Corner”.

When you are learning English, you find it not clever to put an English sentence, word for word, into your own language. Take the sentence “How do you do?” as an example. If you looked up each word in the dictionary, once at a time, what is your translation （翻译）? It must be a wrong sentence in your own language.
Languages do not just have different sounds; they are different in many ways. Its important to master（掌握）the rules for word order in the study of English, too. If the speaker puts words in a wrong order, the listener can’t understand his sentence easily. Sometimes when the order of words in an English sentence is changed, the meaning of the sentence changes. But sometimes the order is changed, but the meaning of the sentence doesn’t change. Let’s see the different between the two parts of sentences.
“She only likes apples.”“Only she likes apples.”
“I have seen the film already.”“I have already seen the film.”
When you are learning English, you must do your best to get the spirit（精神实质） of the language and use it as the English speaker does.
【小题1】From the passage we know that __________when we are learning English.

A．we shouldn’t put every word into our own language

B．we should look up every word in the dictionary

C．we need to put every word into our own language

D．we must read word by word

【小题2】The writer thinks it is ________ in learning English.

A．difficult to understand different sounds

B．possible to remember the word order

C．important to master the rules in different ways

D．easy to master the rules for word order

【小题3】We can learn from the passage that _________ .

A．the meaning of an English sentence always changes with the order of words

B．the order of words can never change the meaning of an English sentence

C．sometimes a different order of words has a different meaning

D．if the order of words is different, the meaning of the sentence must be different

【小题4】“She only likes apples.”____________.

A．is the same as “Only she likes apples.”

B．is different from “Only she likes apples.”

C．means “She likes fruit except apples.”

D．means “She doesn’t like apples.”

【小题5】Which is the best title（题目）for this passage?

A．Different orders, different meanings.

B．How to speak English.

C．How to put English into our own language.

D．How to learn English.