If you ask some people, “How did you learn English so well?”you may get a surprising answer:“In my sleep!”

　　These are people who have taken part in one of the recent experiments to test learn-while-you-sleep methods (方法), which are now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects, of which English is only one.

　　Specialists(专家) say that this sleep-study method speeds language learning tremendously(巨大地). They say that the average person can learn two or three times as much during sleep as in the same period during the day－and this does not affect(影响) his rest in any way. A word of warning, however: sleep-teaching will only hammer into your head what you have studied already while you are awake.

　　In one experiment, ten lessons were broadcast(广播) over the radio at intervals of a fortnight ( two weeks). Each lesson lasted twelve hours－from: 8 p. m. to 8 a. m. The first three hours of English grammar and vocabulary were given with the student awake. At 11 p. m. a soothing (起镇静作用的) lullaby (催眠曲) was broadcast to send the student to sleep and for the next three hours the radio whispered the lesson again into his sleeping ears. At 2 a. m. a sharp noise was sent over the radio to wake the sleeping student up for a few minutes of revision (repeating a lesson ). Then he was lulled back to rest again while the radio purred on. At 5 o'clock his sleep ended and he had to go through the lesson again for three hours before his hard-earned breakfast.

1．Compared with other methods of learning, the learn－while you－sleep method is ________ .

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2．During sleep-teaching you can ________ .

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A．learn grammar and vocabulary that you never heard about before

B．learn how to sleep better

C．learn how to sleep less

D．listen to lessons again to know them better

3．Sleep－teaching means listening to ________ .

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4．What was the total number of hours, asleep and awake, that students spent learning English during the experiment

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5．Which of these statements is TRUE according to the passage?

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A．English is the only subject that is taught by the sleep-study method.

B．Only specially clever students can learn by the sleep-study method.

C．At the time of writing there had been only one sleep-study experiment.

D．Specialists seem to think that the sleep-study method is a good way to learn.

(A)根据句意及首字母提示补全单词。

1.Xiang Qiuchi was listening to the r_______ at nine last night.

2.Look at the young man with light hair. He is so h_______.

3.He was taking a s_______ at this time last night.

4.I used to work in a car f_______.

5.—The movie is wonderful.

—I a_______ with you.

(B)根据句意及汉语提示填空。

6.I really enjoy the music. It sounds so _______(令人愉快).

7.I felt very _______(难过), because he hurt my dog.

8.Here’s some _______(有用的) information about travel in Canada.

9.—Do you wash _______(碟子) at home?

—Yes, but not often.

10.The teacher told us a funny story. All the students _______(笑了) happily.

短文填空。

根据文章大意和首字母提示，填写单词，使短文通顺、完整。每空限填一词，并将完整的单词写在文章后的答题线上。

Someone asks 1.w_______ We learn English in Chian. Because it is one of the world’s 2.m______ important languages and it is also widely used in the modern world. 3.I____ you travel all over the world, you’ll 4.f_____ English everywhere. It’s widely used for business between different 5.c_______ . And three quarters of the world’s books and newspapers are6.w_______ in English . If you know English, you can enjoy so many good books. It’s really a bridge to so much knowledge.

So we must do more listening , speaking, 7.r_____ and writing. If you work hard on English , it’s not 8.d______ to learn it well.

阅读理解

　　Each Sunday-the minister (牧师) called the children to the front of the church while he told them a story. Once he brought a telephone to better illustrate (说明) the idea of prayer (祈祷者).

　　“You talk to people on the telephone and don't see them on the other end of the line, right?” he began. The children nodded yes. “Well, talking to God is like talking on the telephone. He's on the other end, but you can't see him. He's listening, though.”

　　Just then a little boy piped up(大声讲话) and asked, “What's his number?”

判断下列各句是否符合短文内容(在括号内画“T”或“F”)

(1) The minister told the children a story each Sunday.

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(2) He brought a picture of telephone to the church once.

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(3) When you talk to people on the phone, you can see them on the other end.

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(4) The minister said that talking to God was like talking on the phone.

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(5) The little boy asked the minister's number.

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