阅读理解

　　What is a language for? Some people seem to think it's for practising grammar rules and learning words. That's wrong. A language is for the exchange of ideas. It's no good knowing all about a language if you can't use it.

　　Many students I have been taught to know hundreds of grammar rules, but they can't speak correctly or freely. They are afraid of making mistakes. One shouldn't be afraid of making mistakes. We native speakers make mistakes, too. And we break rules. Bernard Shaw once said, “Foreigners often speak English too correctly. “But the mistakes that native speakers make are different from those that Chinese students make. They are English mistakes in the English language. And if enough native speakers break a rule, it is no longer a rule. What use to be wrong becomes right. The people not only make history, they also make a language. They can make their own language. They can't make another people's language.

　　So Chinese students of English should pay attention to the grammar, but they shouldn't over do it. They should put communication(交际) first.

1．We learn a foreign language when ________.

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A．we want to practise grammar rules

B．we want to speak it correctly

C．we want to know something about another country and its people

D．we want to learn words

2．While learning a foreign language ________.

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A．don't be afraid of making mistakes

B．don't be afraid of speaking too correctly

C．try to make mistakes like native speakers

D．try to speak it incorrectly

3．The passage says that while speaking English, Chinese students make mistakes ________.

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A．and some foreigners also make mistakes

B．but foreigners never make mistakes

C．and some Englishmen also make mistakes

D．but native speakers never make mistakes

4．The passage doesn't say, but it leads you to believe that ________.

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A．history is never changed

B．history is always changing

C．language is never changed

D．language is always changing

5．The writer of this passage is probably a ________.

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阅读理解

　　What is a library for? Most libraries have books and other things to read. Many of them have things to listen to. Some libraries even have computers. Very few people would think of a library as a placc to live in.

　　One library in New York City turned into a home for 245 people for several days. These were all people near the library. They slept on the floor. Why did people move into the library?

　　The people moved into the library because the city wanted to close it to save (节省) money. These 245 New Yorkers loved their library. They didn't want to lose it. So they moved in. They knew that the library couldn't be closed if they were living inside it. At last the city agreed to keep the library open, and the people all went home.

1．The story happened ________

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2．The library nearly closed because ________

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3．The library had hundreds of ________

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4．The people in the story ________

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5．A closed library would ________

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