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小组活动是英语课堂中一个重要的学习方式。请你根据以下图示，写一篇英语短文，介绍你们的小组活动是如何开展的，并谈谈你喜欢或不喜欢这种学习方式的理由。要求：80词左右，开头已给出（不计入总词数）。

Group work is often organized in English classes. Let me show you how to do it.

基础写作。连词成句。

将所给单词连成句子。要求符合语法，语句通顺，大小写正确，单词不得重复使用，标点已给出。                  

1. a, is, reader, Annie, slow

                                                                           ?

2. to, hard, report, is, the, too, it, understand

                                                                         .

3. the, about, to, what, listening, radio

                                                                           ?

4. up, words, should, in, the, dictionary, you, a, look

                                                                            .

5. a, I, by, group, often, with, study, work

                                                                            .

词语运用 ，根据句意，用所给单词或短语的适当形式填空。
(每词或短语只限使用一次)

1. I don’t think Betty has much 　       　 of American history.

2. If you don’t use the money 　       　, you will be in trouble.

3. The little girl had little difficulty learning English 　       　.

4. The government desired that everyone should 　       　 the rule.

5. You will do better in the exam if you start to 　       　 the important points earlier.

任务型阅读。 阅读短文，并按要求完成1-5题。

Chinese writer Mo Yan is famous all over the world, but do you know Anna Gustafsson Chen, his Swedish translator (翻译家)?

Chen was born in 1965 in Sweden. She started learning Chinese at a very young age. Now she is quite good at Chinese. She has been translating (翻译) Chinese books into Swedish for more than 20 years. By the year of 2012, she had translated 20 Chinese novels (小说). She has finished translating Mo Yan’s Red Sorghum, The Garlic Ballads and Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out. She has also translated books from other famous Chinese writers, for example, Yu Hua’s To Live and Su Tong’s Wives and Concubines. Chen has won the Swedish Academy Translation Award for her work. 

Chen first read Mo Yan’s novel Red Sorghum in the early 1990s. “I read Ge Haowen’s English translation in a bookstore. I found the book was so interesting that later I bought the Chinese version and tried to translate it myself. It took me a long time, because it was not my professional job. I had to translate it only in my free time,” Chen says.

Though Mo Yan wrote the first draft (初稿) of Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out in only 43 days, Chen spent six years translating it.

Chen says her work has opened up a window to the world. She says, “Learning Chinese has let me love more and more about China and Chinese culture.”

1题判断正误(“T” 表示正确, “F” 表示错误)；2、4题简略回答问题；3题完成句子；5题将文中划线句子译成汉语。

1. Chen comes from China, so she is quite good at Chinese.                           (   )

2. Why did Anna Gustafsson Chen try to translate Mo Yan’s novel Red Sorghum?

3. Chen wasn’t a 　　　　 translator while translating Red Sorghum.

4. How long did it take Chen to translate the first draft of Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out?

5.    　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

    US First Lady Michelle Obama, along with her mother and two daughters, made their first trip to China from March 20-26. They went to Beijing, Xi’an and Chengdu.

In a speech at Peking University, Mrs Obama encouraged students to study abroad.

“It’s not enough to get good grades in school,” she said in the speech. “It is better to travel 10,000 miles than to read 10,000 books. The experiences in other countries help make our life successful. By learning each other’s languages and by showing such curiosity (好奇) and respect (尊重) for each other’s cultures, you are building bridges of understanding and bonds of friendship,” she said. The US is the top destination (目的地) for Chinese students. More than 200,000 Chinese students are now studying in the US. In 2009, US President Barack Obama announced (宣布) his goal of sending 100,000 students to China. Since then, more than 68,000 US students have come to China. What’s more, many kids in the US are now studying Chinese. “Learning Chinese is a cool thing in school. It is good for our future,” said Mason Grabowski, 14, a student from Chicago. “It is a hard language, but it is never too early to start learning it.”

(   ) 1. In March, 　　　　 members of the Obama family visited China.

         A. three               B. four

         C. five                  D. six

(   ) 2. In her speech at Peking University, Michelle Obama encouraged students to 　　　　.

         A. get good grades at school

         B. study in America

         C. study in other countries

         D. learn a foreign language

(   ) 3. Over 　　　　 US students have studied in China since 2009.

         A. two hundred thousand

         B. one hundred thousand

         C. sixty-eight thousand

         D. ten thousand

(   ) 4. The underlined word “goal” means “　　　　” in Chinese.

         A. 目标  B. 进球   C. 梦想     D. 麻烦

(   ) 5. We can learn that 　　　　 from the passage.

      A. Michelle Obama visited four cities in China

         B. President Obama hopes his daughters can build bridges of understanding by studying abroad

         C. Mason Grabowski thinks it’s too early for her to learn Chinese

         D. the US is the most popular destination for Chinese students

Are you learning English and do you need help with grammar? Do you want to learn new vocabulary or slang (俚语)? Well, you can find help online with these top 5 free English as a Second Language websites.

1. Dave’s ESL Cafe

This is a complete website that can help you learn and practice English. You can read many stories and do a lot of exercises to test yourself. You can also post questions and answers onto the help center.

2. About.com

You can get free English courses from About.com and you’ll get regular e-mails that will help you learn English.

3. The Classroom by Voice of America

You can watch videos and listen to news stories to improve your listening and vocabulary skills. You can also hear English words and their meanings.

4. Heinle’s Newbury House Dictionary of American English

Do you need to find the definition of a word? Use this online dictionary to find simple and clear definitions, as well as example sentences and idioms (习语). You can also find different cultural facts.

5. Personal English Portal (门户网站) on YouTube

You can watch this series of videos on YouTube to develop your listening skills. You can also do a search for “learn English” on YouTube to find other videos. This is a good way to practice English and have fun.

(   )1. If you want to do English exercises and test yourself, you can go to 　　　　.

     A. About.com 

      B. YouTube

       C. Dave’s ESL Cafe      

       D. the Classroom by Voice of America 

(   )2. You can 　　　　 at the help center on the website Dave’s ESL Cafe.

       A. watch videos and pictures    

       B. listen to news and music        

       C. watch movies and matches

       D. read questions and answers 

(   )3. About.com often sends e-mails to its visitors to help them 　　　　.

     A. get relaxed             B. have fun   

       C. become famous      D. learn English

(   )4. The underlined word “definition” means “　　　　” in Chinese.

    A. 来源                  B. 释义       

       C. 意图                D. 背景

(   )5. From Heinle’s Newbury House Dictionary of American English, you can find 　　　　.

     A. cultural information  

       B. online libraries

     C. interesting news

       D. many storybooks

 阅读理解

 “It is never too late and you are never too old to start something new!” says Englishtown student Ellen Rema. Ellen began to learn English at the age of fifty, and in just a few years, she has made great progress!

Ellen chose to study on Englishtown because no evening classes were offered in the German countryside where she lives. On Englishtown, she has conversation classes online and speaks with native English-speaking teachers.

“Englishtown is a wonderful place for study,” she says. Ellen began with the first level (水平) of Englishtown and quickly progressed. “I spent hours and hours studying,” she said. “Maybe I wanted too much in a short time. I finished all my courses after 2 years, but I still had grammar difficulties.”

Instead of giving up, she chose to continue. After another two years on Englishtown, she’s still studying in the online classroom. “Studying online is never boring, but you need practice, practice, practice!”

Ellen says studying English isn’t all about hard work. It should also be fun. “I really like the online conversation classrooms,” she says. “I have learned so much about other cultures and traditions.”

Ellen has been able to put her English to use by visiting England five times! “I’m very thankful to Englishtown because my life has improved because of it,” Ellen says.

(   ) 1. Ellen started to learn English 　　　　.

     A. 50 years ago                 

         B. in a city of Germany

      C. when she was a high school student        

         D. when she was 50 years old

(   ) 2. Why did Ellen study English on Englishtown?

         A. She had no free time during the day. 

         B. She lived far away from school.

       C. There were no evening classes near her home. 

         D. Englishtown was a famous website to learn English.

(   ) 3. Ellen had trouble learning 　　　　.

       A. pronunciation                   B. grammar

         C. writing                              D. listening

(   ) 4. How long has Ellen learned English?

     A. For 2 years.        B. For 4 years.   

         C. For 6 years.        D. For 15 years.

(   ) 5. What’s the main idea of this passage?

      A. You are never too old to learn something new.

      B. Englishtown is a good place to visit.

      C. The courses are good on Englishtown.

      D. Studying English is not boring at all.

完形填空

阅读下面短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

Now more than 40 million (百万) foreigners around the world are learning Chinese, according to a report. The relationship (关系) between the United States and China is becoming 1 . It has really 2 the growth of Chinese language learning in the US.

I am Chris from the US. I am one of the many people learning 3 . I am studying at a Confucius institute (孔子学院) in New York. There are 10 4 in our class. Some are over 30 years old. Some are middle school students. Our Chinese teacher 5 Beijing. He often tells us some interesting things in China.

I think Chinese is 6 to learn. The biggest challenge for American learners is the writing. Chinese is 7 different from any other language in the world.

It will 8 me a lot of time to learn enough Chinese characters (汉字). But I think there are many advantages of spending time 9 the language. One big advantage is that it makes me see things from a different point of view, 10 Chinese is such a different language from English.

I think for American students the most important advantage is that learning a different language can open up their mind.

( ) 1. A. worse B. poorer

C. friendlier D. politer

( ) 2. A. stopped B. practiced

C. started D. influenced

( ) 3. A. English B. Chinese

C. French D. Japanese

( ) 4. A. students B. workers

C. teachers D. volunteers

( ) 5. A. comes to B. leaves for

C. goes around D. comes from

( ) 6. A. easy B. surprised

C. difficult D. boring

( ) 7. A. slowly B. quickly

C. easily D. completely

( ) 8. A. get B. take

C. spend D. waste

( ) 9. A. on B. in

C. at D. with

( )10. A. if B. because

C. while D. when

— I wonder if I can learn English well.

       — 　　　　. All things are difficult before they are easy.

         A. I am afraid so                  B. You’re slow

         C. It takes time                   D. It’s a piece of cake

Physics 　　　　 much easier for me since Mrs. Yang began to teach us.

A. have been B. has been

C. was D. were