People living in different countries made different kinds of words Today there are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. But we do not need all these. To read short stories, you need to know only about two thousand words.

　　Before you leave school, you will learn only thousand more.

　　The words you know are called your vocabulary（词汇）. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger Read as many books as you can There are plenty of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them when you meet a new word, find it your dictionary your dictionary is your most useful book.

Choose the best answer.

(1) The number of languages is about________.

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A．150	B．1500
C．500	D．15,000

(2) Before you leave your school, you will learn________.

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A．only about two thousand words.

B．five hundred thousand words.

C．three or four thousand words.

D．only over one thousand words.

(3) Each language usually contains________.

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A．two thousand words.

B．hundreds of words.

C．different kinds of words.

D．many thousands of words.

(4) To make your vocabulary bigger, you must________.

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A．read as many books as possible.

B．get as many dictionaries as you can.

C．buy plenty of books.

D．have a very large English dictionary.

(5) You will enjoy________.

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A．your vocabulary.

B．the books written in easy English.

C．your dictionary.

D．finding new words in a dictionary.

阅读理解

　　People living in different countries made different kinds of word. Today there are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. Each has many thousands of words. A very large English dictionary, for example, has four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. To read short stories youneed to know only about two thousand words. Before you leave school you will learn only one thousand more.

　　The words you know are called your vocabulary ( 词汇). You should try to make your vocabulary larger. Read as many as you can. There are a lot of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.

1．The number of different languages spoken is ________ .

[　　]

2．Before you leave school you will learn ________ .

[　　]

3．Each language usually has ________ .

[　　]

4．To make your vocabulary larger you must ________ .

[　　]

A．read as many books as you can

B．get as many dictionaries as you can

C．buy a lot of books

D．have a very large English dictionary

阅读理解

　　People living in different countries made different kinds of word. Today there are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. Each has many thousands of words. A very large English dictionary, for example, has four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. To read short stories youneed to know only about two thousand words. Before you leave school you will learn only one thousand more.

　　The words you know are called your vocabulary ( 词汇). You should try to make your vocabulary larger. Read as many as you can. There are a lot of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.

1．The number of different languages spoken is ________ .

[　　]

2．Before you leave school you will learn ________ .

[　　]

3．Each language usually has ________ .

[　　]

4．To make your vocabulary larger you must ________ .

[　　]

A．read as many books as you can

B．get as many dictionaries as you can

C．buy a lot of books

D．have a very large English dictionary

There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But only a few of them are very important. English is one of them. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the USA, but also in other parts of the world. About 200,000,000 people speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a foreign language. Many millions of people are trying to do so. Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different answers. Have you ever noticed ads(广告) of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? “Learn English in six weeks, or give your money back…” “Easy and funny…” “Our records and tapes help you master English in a month”. Of course, it never happened quite like that.

The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should remember that we all learned our own language well when we were children. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. Think of what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears.

So it is hard to say that learning English is easy. We must do a lot of practice. And practice needs great efforts and takes much time. Good teachers, record, tapes, books, and dictionaries will be helpful, but they cannot do the student’s work for him.

1.How many languages are very important in the world?

A．A few

B．Few

C．About 1500

D．Many

2.If we want to learn English well, what shall we do?

A．We should study it without any help.

B．We must do a lot of practice.

C．We need to get much money back.

D．We must live in England or America.

3.How does the writer like the ads in the newspapers or magazines?

A．He thinks the ads very expensive.

B．He thinks the ads are true.

C．It never happened quite like what the ads said.

D．He believes” Learn English in six weeks, or give your money back”.

4.Which language is easy to learn?

A．English	B．Chinese
C．Japanese	D．The mother language

5.Which countries use English as the mother tongue?

A．China and France	B．Japan and Italy
C．England the America	D．Germany and France