根据句意，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。（每小题1分，共5分）。

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【小题1】Mr. Green spoke very loudly so that he could make himself___________ at the meeting.
【小题2】There are many English ___________ in the world. They think speaking English is very popular.
【小题3】Do you have any trouble _________ out this math problem .
【小题4】Some people think it is__________ to ask someone’s age.
【小题5】___________ English is not the same as oral English.

One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of thing to come when listening to someone talking. People do this all the time in their own language, so it is necessary to do this in a foreign language, too. Here are some examples.
1.” What’s the matter?” “I went to a party last night, so I…”
2.”I feel so tired these days.” “I think you’d better…”
3.”Of course, she never stops talking. She is one of the most…”
You can see from the above three examples that the context helps a lot in understanding what is being talked about. So “guessing” is very important in understanding English, especially spoken English.
【小题1】This passage tells us mainly about ________.

A．the importance of “guessing” in learning a foreign language.

B．how to guess what one is going to talk about.

C．Some examples of right guessing.

D．how important it is to guess all the time.

【小题2】From the context, we can see maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 1 is ________.

A．…so I didn’t have a good time.”

B．…so I went to bed very late.”

C．…so I felt unhappy.”

D．…so I got up very early.”

【小题3】Maybe the finished answer in EXAMPLE 2 is ________.

A．“I think you’d better have a good rest and take good care of yourself.”

B．“I think you’d better have something to drink.”

C．“I think you’d better get some help from your friends.”

D．“I think you’d better to be more careful.”

【小题4】From the passage we can infer that guessing is ________ in learning a foreign language.

A．the only way

B．more important in spoken English than in written English.

C．more important than any other way

D．more important in written English than in spoken English

Why should we learn to swim?
Firstly, swimming is a good exercise for our health. Indeed doctors say it is the best exercise, because in swimming all the muscles of the body are used.
Secondly, swimming gives great pleasure. How nice it is, on a hot dusty day in summer, to take off one’s clothes and dive into the cool water of a rive or the sea, and to swim and float until one feels enough.
Thirdly, swimming may sometimes mean all the different between life and death, we never know when we may be in danger from water. We got on a voyage, and the ship in wrecked; we go for a pleasure sail on a lake and the boat turns over; we slip as we are walking along the bank of a river, and half in the water. If we can swim, we have chance for saving our own lives, but if we cannot swim, we are pretty certain to be drowned. So for our own safety, we should learn to swim.
Lastly, if we can swim, we may be able to save other people from drowning. How sad it is to see a friend drowning before our eyes while we cannot help just because we cannot swim.
(   )4.Who says that swimming is the best exercise?  _________.
A. Farmers  B. Dentists    C. Fishermen        D. Doctors
(   )5.When swimming, ________.
A. We don’t move at all   
B. all the muscle of the body are used
C. we move our legs only
D. we drink lots of seawater into our stomach
(   )6.Swimming ­­­­________.
A. gives great pain                     B. gives no pleasure   
C. gives much pleasure                  D. does harm to the body
(   )7.If we can swim, ________.
A. we are no longer humans, but fish        
B. we shall be drowned one day
C. we have a chance of saving our own lives  
D. we can’t walk any more