A．worse

B．less

C．more

D．farther

A．mean

B．point

C．bring

D．make

A．song

B．report

C．news

D．language

A．how

B．what

C．where

D．why

A．hear

B．write

C．understand

D．check

A．finish

B．stop

C．remember

D．keep

A．out

B．together

C．around

D．down

A．through

B．across

C．between

D．except

A．look

B．care

C．wait

D．use

A．Speak

B．Listen

C．Read

D．Write

阅读理解

　　There are many ways for you to improve your English．You can find the right way for yourself．Here are a few tips that might help：

　　Motivate (激励) yourself

　　If you are not motivated to learn English, you will become frustrated and give up．Ask yourself the following questions：

　　●Why do you need to learn / improve English?

　　●Where will you need to use English?

　　●What skills do you need to learn / improve? (Reading / Writing / Listening / Speaking)

　　●How soon do you need to see results?

　　●How much money can you afford to learn English?

　　●Do you have a plan or a learning strategy (策略)?

　　You know how much time you can dedicate to learning English, but a short time each day will produce better, longer-term (更长期的) results than a full day on the weekend and then nothing for two weeks．

　　Joining a short English intensive course (强化课程) could produce better results than joining a course that takes place once a week for six months．

　　Here are some goals you could set yourself：

　　●Join an English course．

　　●Read an English book every month．

　　●Learn a new word every day．

　　●Visit an English speaking forum (论坛) every day．

　　●Read an English article on the net every day．

　　●Do 10 minutes' English listening practice every day．

　　●Watch an English film once a month．

　　●Follow a soap opera, comedy or radio program or TV drama．

根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。

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　　If you want to work more on writing, we suggest(建议)that you read throngh the passage below．That will help you learn how to improve your writing．

　　Choosing a Writing Topic(题目，话题)

　　Your teacher and your group members may help you choose a topic sometimes．We suggest that you try if possible to choose or make up a topic that is interesting to you because it will be easier for you to write about something you are interested in．

　　Getting Started

　　Once you have chosen a topic, you have to get started writing．Getting started is the hardest part of writing for most people．However, there are ways of making this job easier, and we would like to introduce you some of these techniques(技巧)at this time．

　　Brainstorming helps you get ideas for your writing．Here is how to do it．First, take a pen and piece of paper and write down your topic on it．Read your topic over a few times to yourself．Then let your mind go freely．And then write down any ideas that come to your mind．Now let’s suppose your topic is blue jeans．Please do as suggested．

　　blue jeans　　youth/young people　　clothing

　　freedom　　comfortable　　enjoyable

　　Listing is useful for exploring something where you are trying to look at two sides of a subject, the advantages(good points)and disadvantages(bad points)of something, reasons for doing and not doing something．

　　Another useful technique is mapping．You start by writing your topic in the center of your page in a box．And then as you brainstorm for ideas, you write your ideas around the topic．As you write one idea down, you may think of another idea related to(与……有关的)it, so you could write this second idea close to the first one．Mapping can be useful for helping you see relationship between ideas and also showing important events in relation to each other．Here are two examples of mapping．

　　Another way to get started and to explore your ideas on a topic is to do some free－writing at the beginning．You can do free－writing after or in place of brainstorming．You write for 10～15 minutes about your topic．You should write anything that comes into your mind．Keep on writing even if nothing comes into your mind．When you free－write, don’t think about grammar, spelling, or punctuation(标点)．Just write!And don’t stop writing until your time is up．After you finish, read over what you have written．Draw a line under anything that seems interesting to you．You can free－write again beginning with the part you underlined．You can free－write several times．Each time you bring your ideas more and more closely to your topic．

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