The United States is a nation of car owners. Ninety-five percent of households own a car, and 85 percent of people get to work in one. This lifestyle contributes to congestion on our roads and damages the environment. As autonomous vehicles begin to hit the streets over the next decade or so, it's believed that all this will change.
Autonomous vehicles will most likely decrease the number and severity of crashes, allow cars to travel more closely together and improve cooperation between vehicles, all of which tend to reduce traffic jams and increase capacity.
However, this future is not assured. To realize the full potential benefits of driverless cars, we will have to act soon to encourage a culture in which transportation is shared. Many people in the automobile industry assume that driverless vehicles will automatically be shared, but there is little evidence that this is true. Most estimates suggest that driverless cars will eventually be only slightly more expensive than traditional cars, which means they'll be within reach of many consumers, so users are not willing to share rides.
If most people are going to buy-in to a shared-ride culture, they need to get a significant benefit. Saving a few dollars off the fare isn't likely to promote the movement dramatically. A better benefit would be knowing that you're going to reach your destination more quickly. The way to guarantee quick passage is to redesign our roads to give priority to ride-sharing autonomous vehicles like building priority lanes. The cost of travel will also be varied based on how efficiently a vehicle uses the roads. Autonomous vehicles carrying multiple people should get higher priority than those carrying one or none at all.
Decision-makers must push for incentives that encourage the most efficient use of our limited roadway infrastructure(基础设施). The autonomous future is rapidly approaching; it is critical that we act now, while the impacts of autonomous vehicles on traffic jams and emissions are still largely within our control.
1. What's the purpose of the first paragraph?| A．To introduce the topic. |
| B．To tell the severe traffic problem. |
| C．To prove the necessity of autonomous vehicles. |
| D．To show the damage of cars to the environment. |
| A．Autonomous vehicles worsen traffic jams on roads. |
| B．Autonomous vehicles are likely to reduce traffic jams. |
| C．Saving some fares contributes to shared-ride significantly. |
| D．Many people have ridden autonomous vehicles to avoid traffic jams. |
| A．To save a large amount of money. |
| B．To promote the development of science and technology. |
| C．To redesign roads to prioritize car-shared modes. |
| D．To allow you to reach your destination much more quickly. |
| A．Driverless Cars Will Make Our Traffic Problems Worse. |
| B．Autonomous Vehicles Will Make a Difference to Traffic. |
| C．Decision-makers Should Take Some Measures Quickly. |
| D．The Current Situation of Cars in the United States is Serious. |
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【推荐1】In order to reduce noise pollution, more and more airports are promoting a “silent airport” idea, especially in Europe.
Aiming to offer timely and helpful updates of information, international airports were once characterized by their high voices, competing gate announcements and so on. Now, it is all changing. Angela Gittens, director general of Airports Council International (ACI), says there is a growing desire among airports and airlines they serve to create a calm, relaxing atmosphere without being disturbed by announcements. “Passengers can relax while they wait for their flight to board in the common airside lounges (休闲区), and food and drink areas,” she says.
Finland has a tourism slogan (口号) which is “silence, please”. In June, Helsinki Airport in Finland adopted the silent airport idea, therefore, announcements for flights are made only in some certain boarding gate areas. Nobody’s going to call you to your flight, as announcements in all terminals (航站楼) will be made only in emergency circumstances. People begin to worry, what if they miss their boarding time?
Actually, there’s no need to worry about this. Heikki Koski, vice president of Helsinki Airport, says that the improved flight information display system, together with the advanced technology, is changing the way airports communicate with passengers. At Munich airport, Passengers can simply tap a “you are here” display to get directions and approximate walking time to their destinations.
Of course, it is impossible that an airport will be as silent as a temple. There will continue to be an increasing need for airport-wide emergency announcements along with boarding calls. But at silent airports, these announcements should be restricted to specific gates, not the whole airport, as has adopted in Helsinki.
1. What should passengers pay close attention to at Helsinki Airport?| A．Finland’s tourism slogan. | B．The information about their boarding time. |
| C．The “you are here” display. | D．The location of certain boarding gate. |
| A．To show its popularity. | B．To introduce the information display system. |
| C．To be compared with Helsinki Airport. | D．To prove Heikki Koski’s words. |
| A．Limited. | B．Delivered. | C．Made. | D．Broadcast. |
【推荐2】Modern life is impossible without travelling. The fastest way of travelling is by plane. With a modern airline you can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to hundred years ago.
Travelling by train is slower than by plane, but it has its advantages. You can see the country you are travelling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable.
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different parts of your country on them. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but travelling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.
Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish where there is something interesting to see, at good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That is why travelling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or plane when they are travelling on business.
1. From the passage, we know the fastest way of travelling is.| A．by train | B．by sea |
| C．by plane | D．by car |
| A．make the longest journey enjoyable |
| B．travel to a very far place in several minutes |
| C．make our own timetable |
| D．travel only fifty or one hundred miles a day |
| A．a plane or a car | B．a car or a boat |
| C．a boat or a train | D．a train or a plane |
| A．Four | B．Three |
| C．Two | D．Six |
【推荐3】As the weather costs you a loss on trains and flights, we look at your rights.
Cancelled trains
On a single ticket, a passenger will usually receive 25% of the fare if the train is delayed by 15 minutes. If the delay reaches 30 minutes, the compensation（补偿金）rises to 50%, and if it’s over an hour you should be able to reclaim the whole cost. Clear arrangements vary according to train operators（运营商）.
If you were due to travel, to say Aberdeen from London, your train is cancelled and you decide not to travel, you can get a full compensation. If you had a non-cancelable ticket with one operator, and failed to make that train because the connecting train was delayed, you can take the next available train.
Flights
If your flight is cancelled because of the snow you have the right to s full compensation of the ticket, or to be rerouted home on a later flight.
But you will have no right to get a delay or cancellation compensation under EU rules, because the snow is an extraordinary circumstance beyond the airline’s control. If you don’t take the compensation and choose to be rerouted, and it means you are stuck at the airport overnight, it’s the airline’s duty to pay for a reasonably priced hotel room and meals.
The airline has to reroute you at the earliest opportunity, or at the passenger’s free time, you are supposed to take the availability of seats.
If you choose to be rerouted or if your departure is delayed by more than two hours, airlines also have to provide assistance such as food. The airlines keep this quiet and getting the money out of the low-cost operators can be a hard job. Keep evidence of cancellations, all receipts, and use your mobile to video any offer to pay by airline staff.
1. What is your compensation determined by when your trains are delayed due to bad weather?| A．The operator. |
| B．The price of the ticket. |
| C．The length of delay time. |
| D．The class of the service and the price of the ticket. |
| A．One. | B．Two. |
| C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．By keeping the evidence and videoing any offer to pay. |
| B．At the earliest opportunity, or the passenger’s free time. |
| C．By preventing the airlines from keeping their duty quiet. |
| D．By arguing reasonably with the staff of the airlines offering you the flight. |
The people who live on the island usually have good teeth, and this helps them to whistle well. They must also have good ears so that they can hear other whistlers.
We can understand why the whistle language continues. It is very useful on the island, and quite easy to learn. When somebody is hurt or ill, the whistle language takes the place of telephone. If the sick person is quite far away from the town, people pass the message from one to another. A boy guarding cattle on a hillside whistles to a man fishing from his boat. The last one is able to describe the trouble fully and exactly to the doctor in town. People help one another in the same way when a car breaks down or a cow is lost.
The whistle language is hundreds of years old, and probably it will continue to live on for hundreds of years more. Radio and TV often kill the special ways of speaking in different parts of a country. But on La Gomera you are nobody if you cannot whistle. Perhaps soon after TV arrives on the island, people there will be whistling the news and other facts and opinions.
1. If a person on La Gomera is ill, ______.
| A．the whistle language will help pass the message to the doctor |
| B．people will take him to town by carriage |
| C．his family will take him to the hospital |
| D．others will phone the doctor in town |
| A．we don’t know its complete history |
| B．people have to shout if they want to communicate |
| C．people there have good teeth and ears |
| D．people there use the whistle language to communicate with each other |
| A．The whistle language has been used for hundreds of years on the island, but will not beused any longer. |
| B．The whistle language can only be found on La Gomera. |
| C．It is not easy for a person to live on La Gomera if he cannot whistle. |
| D．The record shows that one best whistler can be heard by others from seven miles away. |
| A．The Secret Language |
| B．Do You Know the Whistle Language? |
| C．The Life of Islanders |
| D．La Gomera－a Mystery |
【推荐2】We truly are what we eat—and what our ancestors ate. Food has changed who we are and how we developed for hundreds of thousands of years. From processing (加工) to preserving to cooking, what humans did and continue to do to food played a big role in shaping our evolution (进化).
“Processed food isn’t just a modern invention. It’s as old as human itself and may have helped create our species,” wrote Nicholas Temple, author of The Best Before: The Evolution and Future of Processed Food for the BBC.
Although processing is viewed negatively nowadays, it was important to our development as a species. Processing doesn’t necessarily mean adding chemicals. It also includes pounding or slicing or changing the food in anyway before eating. Compared to our ancestors, modern humans’ teeth, jaws and faces have gotten smaller because of making food easier to chew, especially from cooking.
Cooking food was one of the biggest changes in human history. Researchers believe it could have occurred between 1.8 million to 400,000 years ago. Without cooking, an average person would have to eat around five kilos of raw (未加工的) food to survive and will have to spend most of the day eating. Also, up to 50% of women who only eat raw foods develop a condition that signals that the body can’t support a pregnancy (怀孕) —a major problem for evolution, according to Science American. Processing food leads to a huge gain in leisure time. The less time people spent chewing, the more time they had to develop complex spoken language. Cooking food also breaks down its cells. So our stomachs need to work less to absorb the nutrients and save more energy, which could then be used to power a large brain.
Processed food actually shaped us as a species and made us human—the only species on earth who can cook.
1. Why are modern humans’ teeth and jaws smaller?| A．Because they look much more beautiful. |
| B．Because they are suitable for cooked food. |
| C．Because humans become small in size. |
| D．Because humans have to adapt to modern life. |
| A．It takes people much time and energy. |
| B．It stops the evolution of human beings. |
| C．It causes people’s stomach to work less. |
| D．Its lows the development of written language. |
| A．Only modern people process food. |
| B．Some animals can cook food as humans. |
| C．Processed food is of great value to humans. |
| D．People began to process food in recent years. |
| A．To introduce various ways to process food in human history. |
| B．To uncover the details about the development of human food. |
| C．To present the findings of a study about food in human history. |
| D．To explain the importance of processed food to human beings. |
【推荐3】We have always been interested in the moon. 2000 years ago people already knew it moved around the earth and where it would be in the sky at different times of the year. At that time, everything about the moon was learned by watching it carefully in the sky.
When scientists could use telescopes to study the moon more closely, their ideas began to change. They could see the moon was made of rocks. Most scientists thought moon rocks would be different from those on Earth. This was because they believed the moon had once been a planet that had been caught in the earth's gravity (引力) millions of years earlier.
In 1969 moon rocks were finally brought to the earth and studied. Much to their surprise, scientists found that, except for water, the moon and the earth were made of the same things. Once again new ideas were needed for this new information.
After years of study, most scientists now think that the moon was once part of Earth. They believe very early in its history, maybe 4 million years ago, something about the size of Mars hit Earth. This sent billions of rocks into space around our planet. These rocks slowly joined together and after many years became the moon.
In the future, even though our ideas about the moon may change again, we will still be interested in it.
1. Now, we’re sure ________.| A．Moon rocks are quite different from those on Earth. |
| B．Moon was once a part of Earth. |
| C．Moon moves around Earth and it’s the only satellite(卫星) of Earth. |
| D．Moon was once a planet caught in Earth’s gravity. |
| A．humans found water in Moon rocks |
| B．scientists made out a modern spaceship |
| C．scientists invented an advanced telescope |
| D．humans left their footprints on Moon |
| A．Why people are interested in the moon. |
| B．How ideas about the moon have changed over time. |
| C．Where the moon came from in the past. |
| D．That people have finally learned the truth about the moon. |
| A．part of the earth billions of years earlier |
| B．older than the earth |
| C．a planet caught by the earth's gravity |
| D．made of the same things as the earth |
| A．scientists in the past were not clever |
| B．the earth was once part of the moon |
| C．new information brings new ideas |
| D．we now know everything about the moon |
【推荐1】It's easy to think of your grandparents, retirement years as being all about them. After all, they 've likely spent the last several decades devoting their time and energy to others — their boss, coworkers, clients, or kids. Now, they think, it’s time to finally focus on themselves, and that’s true to an extent. But their post-work life still needs structure and purpose. Without these two key pillars ( 支柱 )life can get boring and lonely very quickly.
One very good way to fill the blank is to give time and energy to others through volunteering. Sure, they won't walk away with a pay check, but the simple act of volunteering their time to a cause comes with numerous other very important benefits.
For retirees Ross and Carol Chenot, volunteering has made their golden years incredibly fulfilling. Ross volunteers with Glean SLO, an organization affiliated ( 隶属于)with the local food bank. " Because we live in a rich agricultural area, Glean SLO (San Luis Obispo is where the SLO comes from) volunteers go into the fields or orchards after the harvester's have gone through and they pick the leftover produce and donate to the food bank," Carol explains. "Literally tons and tons of food get donated that way. "
Carol put together a series of neighborhood “learning sessions”- called Neighborly U — through which people can learn a new skill or hobby. The sessions range in topic, and include computers, crafts, cooking, volunteerism, travel, recreation, entertainment, and self- improvement. So far, Carol says she's conducted 75 classes and has had more than 650 people register. " It reinforces a value of generosity that we want to pass down to others,'' she says.
1. What does your post-work life need according to Paragraph 1?| A．Yourself and your kids. | B．Structure and purpose. |
| C．Time and energy. | D．Your boss and coworkers |
| A．To volunteer. | B．To attend kids. | C．To have a walk. | D．To work hard. |
| A．Because they are both generous. |
| B．Because their efforts have paid off. |
| C．Because they have spare time and energy to develop new skills. |
| D．Because volunteering has made their retirement years satisfying. |
| A．The joy of volunteering in retirement years. |
| B．Life can get boring and lonely very quickly. |
| C．Where to spend the golden retired years. |
| D．A value of generosity passed down to others. |
【推荐2】For some kids, old photos and baby pictures are embarrassing. For others, they are valuable keepsakes（纪念品）. But for thousands of children living in orphanages（孤儿院）worldwide, these records of the past simply don’t exist. Either the kids’ parents weren’t around to take photos, or the pictures have been lost. Whatever the reason is, the Memory Project is giving orphans a lasting document of their youth.
Over the last two years, the Memory Project has provided hand-painted portraits to more than 4, 000 children living in orphanages in poor countries. Ben Schumaker, 24, got the idea when he was visiting an orphanage in Guatemala in Central America. But he’s not creating the portraits（肖像）alone. Students in hundreds of high school art classes across the U. S. paint them using photos sent from the orphanages.
Schumaker believes that the artists benefit from the project as much as the orphans do. “There are two purposes of the Memory Project,” he said. “One is to offer a special gift to the child abroad. The other is to help open the eyes of the student who is painting.” Staring into the eyes of another person, Schumaker believes, it creates a real connection. This connection raises awareness in U. S. schools about the needs of the world’s poor children. “It’s about planting a seed,” he said.
Schumaker is also working on Books of Hope, a project in which students of all ages put together homemade books for children in Uganda and India. He hopes that one day children in Uganda and India will send books to the U. S. “It’s important to me to have it be a two-way exchange,” Schmnaker says.
1. Old photos and baby pictures are clearly unavailable to__________.| A．the kids in rich families | B．the kids in common families |
| C．the kids in expanded families | D．the kids without parents |
| A．By hand-painted portraits that Ben Schumaker painted. |
| B．By the photos the orphanage taken for them. |
| C．By the photos taken by the U. S. students in high schools. |
| D．By the Memory Project started by Ben Schumaker. |
| A．The special gifts that the world’s poor children received. |
| B．The benefits that the Memory Project brings. |
| C．The need of the US schools. |
| D．How to help the orphans. |
【推荐3】＂Has anyone seen Charge?"I asked,only half expecting a reply.The kids were running around the house,each doing their own thing,and my husband was watching the football game. Since she had only been out of sight for a few hours,I wasn't overly concerned.I thought she must be under one of the kids' beds,hiding from all the mess that was normal for a Sunday afternoon in our home.
Charge was not good looking,to put it kindly.It wasn't her fault;she was simply gifted with the worst appearance in her background.
My husband had found Charge wandering along the freeway one day on his way home from work.She looked as though she hadn't eaten in weeks,so he stopped and fed her with bits of his leftover lunch.Not knowing what to do,he brought her home with the hope of finding her owners or at least a loving family that would take her.However,once she was in the house,the kids were determined not to let her go.After a day or two of begging,we unwillingly gave in and told them we could keep her.
After observing her actions for a few days,I found she was extremely distrustful and afraid of everyone.In time,though,she came to love the kids and slept on their beds every night.I wondered if what she had experienced had conditioned her to be protective of those who were hurting.Every time the kids cried,Charge would run to them and gently offer her comforting paw. Unlike our cat, who had recently given birth to five kittens,Charge would have been a great mother.
When I was finally able to get everyone's attention at the dinner table,I asked again if anyone had seen Charge.After an all-in-one voice"No",I decided to take a look around the neighborhood.
"Who wants to go look for Charge with me?" I asked as I opened the door of the hall closet and reached in to gel my shoes.
“Charge!"I cried,because there she was in the closet!She looked up at me from inside the little cats'box as if to say,"Shhh,I just got them to sleep!"
We usually kept the closet door open a bit so our mamma cat could go in and feed her kittens, but she always left as soon as she finished nursing.Obviously,Charge knew they needed more mamma time and was more than willing to help out.
The kids smiled upon seeing the dog with the kittens.My husband shook his head and said,“Only you,Charge.Only you!"
Charge continued to mother the kittens until they were placed in their new homes.Charge may not have been an attractive dog,but she truly had her inner beauty.
1. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that_| A．the kids were not willing to play with Charge |
| B．the author didn't worry too much about Charge |
| C．Charge liked playing hide-and-seek games with the kids |
| D．the author's husband was watching the football game with the kids |
| A．fed her with his lunch |
| B．decided to adopt her |
| C．felt pity for her |
| D．helped to find her owner |
| A．It was really an energetic hunter. |
| B．It was too selfish and lazy. |
| C．It was quite clean and lovely. |
| D．It was not a very caring mother. |
| A．prove one's past could influence their characteristics |
| B．indicate those who love the kids will be loved by others |
| C．inform a pet dog can bring both joy and sadness to its owner |
| D．show beauty isn't in the face but from the bottom of the heart |
| A．The most beautiful Charge |
| B．The greatest mamma |
| C．A loving story |
| D．A special Sunday |
【推荐1】You’ll soon be 84 years old, Dad, and you and I will have had 55 Father’s Days together.
You know, there was a time when we were not only separated by the generation gap but completely polarized (对立) by it. Split by: age and experience, opinions, hairstyles, cosmetics, clothing and boys.
The Father-Daughter Duel（冲突） of‘54 shifted into high gear（白热化） when you taught me to drive the old Dodge and I decided I would drive the‘54 Chevy whether you liked it or not. The police officer who accompanied me home after you reported the Chevy stolen late one evening was too young to understand father-daughter politics and too old to have much tolerance for a 16-year-old. You were so decent about it, Dad, and I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life.
Our relationship improved greatly when I had babies. I didn’t know what to expect of you and Mom as grandparents but I didn’t have to wait long to find out. Those babies adored you then just as they adore you now.
I suppose I saw our relationship as aging together, rather like a fine wine. But the oddest thing happened last week. I was at a stop sign and I watched as you turned the corner in your car. It didn’t immediately occur to me that it was you because the man driving looked so elderly and frail behind the wheel of that huge car. It was rather like a slap in the face delivered from out of nowhere. Perhaps I saw your age for the first time that day.
Fifty years ago this spring, we planted kohlrabi together in a garden in Charles City, Iowa.
This week, we’ll plant kohlrabi together again, perhaps for the last time but I hope not. I don’t understand why planting kohlrabi with you is so important to me but it is. I don’t even like kohlrabi... but I like planting it with you.
Honoring a father on Father’ s Day is about more than a dad who brings home a paycheck, shares a dinner table, and attends school graduation and weddings. It’s more about unconditionally loving children who are stubborn, who know everything and won’t listen to anyone. It’s about loving someone more than words can say, and wishing that it never had to end.
I love you, Dad.
1. What is the purpose of the third paragraph?| A．To prove that the father is very strict. |
| B．To describe the father-daughter politics. |
| C．To show the conflict between the author and her father. |
| D．To condemn the policeman for lack of understanding. |
| A．She regretted the fights she had with her father. |
| B．She suddenly realized that her father was so old and could be gone one day. |
| C．She was ashamed of herself that she hadn’t taken good care of her father. |
| D．She suddenly realized that she had caused a lot of trouble for her father. |
a. Unreasonable b. Caring c. Tolerant d. Stubborn
| A．bc | B．bd |
| C．acd | D．bcd |
| A．tell him about their conflicts | B．say sorry for her being stubborn |
| C．express her gratitude to him | D．remind him of the early incident |
【推荐2】What is a hero? We may think of the fictional characters with supernatural powers or great people who can influence world events. Now, as the nation continues its all-out efforts to fight against the novel coronavirus pneumonia(COVID-19), medical staff have become heroes in the eyes of the public.
As of Feb 19, a total of 32,000 medical staff outside Hubei province have been working to treat patients around the center of the outbreak.
Zhang Dingyu, the president of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, is one of these heroes. Since the hospital received the first seven patients in December, Zhang has been so busy that he barely gets any sleep. Even suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (肌萎缩侧索硬化), the 56-year-old doctor is doing his best to quicken his pace to save precious time for infected patients. “I have to run, racing against time to save more patients from the deadly disease, because I don’t have much time left in my life,” Zhang told Xinhua News Agency.
With the duty of saving lives, many medical professionals like Zhang have been working long hours for days, despite their fear and worries.
Lu Jingjing from Wuhan Children’s Hospital also works at a temporary mobile hospital. She does not let her parents know that she is now working with novel coronavirus-infected patients.
When her parents ask for a video chat, Lu says she is working and lets her husband and children chat with them instead.
“It’s dangerous but we should win the battle with the virus as soon as possible, so that medical staff and patients can go back home,” she told China Daily.
US writer Khalil Gibran (1883-1931) once wrote, “Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but the manifestations of strength and resolution.” It’s true for the medical workers.
Everyone has fear, especially when it comes to deadly diseases. But for medical staff, saving lives comes first and is enough for them to be brave and stay on the front. They may look like ordinary people in daily life, but in these extraordinary times, they are heroes.
1. What is the author’s main purpose in writing this article?| A．To explain what makes a modern-day hero. |
| B．To praise medical staff for their efforts to fight the NCP. |
| C．To describe what measures China has taken to deal with the virus. |
| D．To show the difficulties faced by medical staff treating NCP patients. |
| A．His illness has turned him into an impatient man. |
| B．His illness makes him work without fear. |
| C．He feels sorry for himself because of his illness. |
| D．He wants to help as many patients as possible. |
| A．She is too busy and has no time for video chats. |
| B．She doesn’t want her parents to worry about her. |
| C．It’s not allowed to make a video call from the hospital. |
| D．There is no WiFi signal at the temporary mobile hospital. |
| A．results | B．differences |
| C．indications | D．advantages |
【推荐3】I just counted how many foreign languages: it’s been twelve!
I always follow my interests and find ways to put my language learning into things I’m already interested in. I like to read blogs in other languages. I found them the perfect learning tool because they’re usually written in oral language, so I don’t have to worry much about adopting strange terms that are only used in writing.
Movies are also a really good tool, especially if you can find subtitles in the language you’re learning. Though they don’t always exactly match what’s being said, they will still keep your brain listening and reading in the same language. Music is another way to start listening to things in your new language. Personally, this doesn’t really work for me, but I have friends who learn a language through lyrics. Games are also an excellent way of studying a new language. A lot of language learning computer programs include games. I’m super competitive and if I play any of them, I can be hooked for hours.
When the initial excitement of learning a new language begins to fade, it can be hard to stick with it. Ideally I will sign up to take a big language exam because then I’ll have to keep studying, and work to master the details that seem unimportant enough in everyday usage that I tend to just ignore them. Each time I start getting complacent, it’s time to take a new course or sign up for online lessons, or take up some sort of challenge that will require me to level up my skills.
I also try to think in the language I’m learning. The best language class I’ve ever taken was my beginner’s Russian course at university where my professor never used any English. It got to the point where I would kind of just forget about English while in Russian class, which helped me to really immerse myself in the Russian language and do a lot with the limited Russian I had.
1. Why are blogs perfect learning tool according to the author?| A．Because they only use oral language. |
| B．Because they don’t use professional terms. |
| C．Because they often use several languages. |
| D．Because their language is usually informal. |
| A．Take an exam. | B．Stick with it. |
| C．Sign up for online lessons. | D．Choose a new course. |
| A．bored | B．discouraged | C．self-satisfied | D．self-disciplined |
| A．To call on readers to learn new languages. |
| B．To share personal language learning tips. |
| C．To recommend some blogs and movies to language learners. |
| D．To help deal with common problems in learning new languages. |
