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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阅读理解

　　Long,　long ago,　a donkey(驴)　fell in a dry well(井).　The animal cried for hours as the farmer tried to think out what to do.　Finally,　the farmer thought the animal was too old and the well needed to be covered up anyway,　so he decided not to try to save the donkey.

　　The farmer invited his neighbours(邻居) to help him.　They began to shovel(铲) dirt into the well.The donkey cried harder.

　　Then a few shovelfuls later,　he became quiet.　The farmer looked into the well,　and was surprised by what he saw.

　　While every shovelful of dirt hit his back,the donkey would shake(抖)　it off and take a step(步)　on the new layer(层) of dirt.　As the farmer's neighbours continued(继续) to shovel dirt on top of the animal,　the donkey would shake it off and take another step up.

　　Soon the donkey stepped up out of the well and ran away,　to the surprise of all the neighbours.

　　The lesson we get from this story is that if life shovels some dirt on us.　We must get out of the well and not let it cover us. We must learn to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone(踏脚石). We can get out of the deepest well by never giving up!

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