---_______ I didn’t hear you clearly just now.

A. Sure. B. Sorry to trouble you.

C. Pardon? D. Remember?

---Ah, she _________ at this school since she _________ Wuhan.

A. has taught; has come to B. has been teaching; came to

C. taught; came to D. has taught; has been to

Preview—if it’s long and hard. Previewing is especially useful for getting a general idea of heavy reading like long magazine articles and business reports.

Here’s how to preview.

◆Read the first two paragraphs and the last two paragraphs carefully.

◆Then read only the first sentence of the other paragraphs.

Previewing doesn’t give you all the details. It keeps you from spending time on things you don’t really want or need to read.

Skim—if it’s short and simple. Skimming is a good way to get a general idea of light reading like popular magazines or the sports and entertainment of your daily paper.

Here’s how to skim.

◆Get your eyes to move fast. Sweep them across each line.

◆Pick up only a few key words in each line.

Everybody skims differently. You and I may not pick up the same words when we skim the same piece, but we’ll get a similar idea of what it’s all about.

【1】How many skills are given in this passage?

A. One., B. Two., C. Three., D. Four.

【2】What does the underlined word “preview” mean in Chinese?

A. 精讀, B. 默讀, C. 朗讀, D. 略讀

【3】What should we NOT do when we read sports news in a daily paper according to the passage?

A. Read the last two paragraphs carefully.

B. Get our eyes to move fast.

C. Sweep our eyes across each line.

D. Pick up only a few key words in each line.

【4】Which of the following is WRONG?

A. Skim means reading quickly. It’s a good way to read.

B. There are a lot of ways for you to read more in less time.

C. By previewing you can get all the details of the passage.

D. People can spend less time doing more reading.

【5】What is the best title for this passage?

A. How to read faster, B. What to read

C. When to read, D. Why we should read

Being tired of school, I searched the Internet for “Learn English” one night. Then I found a ________English learning system.

Seven days later I started using the system to learn English. My life _______ from then on. I used the system every day. I was________ to find that learning English in this way was so easy and interesting. No boring grammar rules. The articles were interesting and the stories were funny.

Then something amazing happened. One day I ________an American man named James in a coffee shop. Without thinking, I started to________him. My English words came out automatically（無(wú)意識(shí)地）.It was hard for me to believe it. I could speak English so easily. I didn’t feel any_________or worry. James understood my ideas and feelings. We talked for two hours without____________.Then we exchanged e-mails and Skype IDs. We decided to talk to each other on the Internet every week.

My English has improved greatly now. I think there are many ways of learning English for us to use. You should stop using a way that doesn’t work

and find out what is helpful to you.

【1】A. met B. saw C. read D. looked

【2】A. by B. in C. for D. about

【3】A. message B. mistake C. progress D. challenge

【4】A. boring B. common C. disappointing D. perfect

【5】A. changed B. started C. solved D. impressed

【6】A. afraid B. angry C. crazy D. surprised

【7】A. met B. beat C. helped D. forgot

【8】A. wait for B. talk with C. laugh at D. think of

【9】A. interest B. hobby C. stress D. idea

【10】A. saying B. predicting C. stopping D. understanding

參考詞匯：get close to the nature（親近大自然）

寫(xiě)作要求：1、詞數(shù)60－80；（開(kāi)頭和結(jié)尾已給出）

2、文中不能出現(xiàn)真實(shí)的校名或人名；

3、所給的要點(diǎn)必須都用上；

4、緊扣主題，適當(dāng)發(fā)揮。

Dear Tom,

How’s it going? Last weekend, I went to_______________

Yours, Li Hua

There are more and more traffic accidents because lots of drivers use mobile phones while driving. In order to make drivers pay more a【2】 to driving, some new traffic rules have been made.

As we can see above, using mobile phones may 【3】(引起)traffic accidents. Also, more and more interesting and strange facts happen to the “Heads-down Tribe”. A man in America kept【4】 (使用)his mobile phone on his way home. As a r【5】 , he knocked into a big lost bear. When he lifted 【6】 (他的) eyes from the phone, he was so afraid that he turned around and ran away as 【7】 (快速地)as possible. Another fact is that we can often see people in the restaurant eating face to face but looking at their own mobile phones. They don’t talk to the ones who sit opposite to them during the meal. Some of them even have【8】(樂(lè)趣) communicating with others on the phone.

Mobile phones are helpful and necessary tools for modern life. Let’s be “healthy” users and try to be the “Heads-up Tribe”.

A. hasn’t been B. didn’t come C. hasn’t come D. doesn’t come

提示詞語(yǔ)：help, encourage, respect, give up

提示問(wèn)題：Who has greatly influenced you?

What did he/she do?

What good quality do you want to learn from him/her?

題目①

假如你是李文，正在倫敦參加一個(gè)交換生項(xiàng)目。今天上午你應(yīng)邀到英國(guó)朋友John家參加他的生日聚會(huì)。請(qǐng)用英語(yǔ)給接待家庭的女主人Mrs. White寫(xiě)一個(gè)留言條，告訴她你要去哪里，去做什么，以及你返回的時(shí)間和方式。

提示詞語(yǔ)：cinema, restaurant, by taxi

提示問(wèn)題：Where are you going?

What are you going to do?

When and how will you get home?

Dear Mrs. White,

My friend John asks me to take part in his birthday party.

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

Li Wen

【1】學(xué)習(xí)是一生的旅程，因?yàn)槊恳惶於紩?huì)帶來(lái)新的東西。

__________________, because every day brings something new.

【2】我們以善良和溫暖對(duì)待他人。

We treat ___________________________.

【3】你想象不到成功之路有多么困難。

You can never imagine___________________________.

【4】中國(guó)每個(gè)不同的地方都有自己獨(dú)特的傳統(tǒng)文化。

Each different part of China has___________________________.

【5】從她身上我體會(huì)到打敗困難的唯一方式是不斷努力而不是抱怨。

From her I learned the only way to ___________________________ instead of complaining.

【6】在過(guò)去幾年里，我的生活已經(jīng)改變了很多。

My life ____________________________________.