【推荐1】Many language learners think their pronunciation is good enough because their teacher doesn’t correct them too often or because other students can ____ them.  

Pronunciation is the area which is ____ the least attention to in language learning. Working on each student’s pronunciation in class is just ____. Also the students who are ____ at pronunciation may be afraid that it will embarrass their classmates if they help ____ their mistakes.  

If you believe your pronunciation is good enough to ____ because it is good enough for your teacher and other students. You may be ____ when you actually go to a foreign country. One of my friends was the best student in his ____ class in Poland. When he went to America he found Americans didn’t understand what he said.  

Your pronunciation may still be quite different from that of a native speaker. If this is the ____, other people will find it ____ to understand what you’re saying and will not be comfortable with you. ____, don’t think you can communicate in a foreign language until you’ve tested your skills on real native speakers. ____ for native or near native pronunciation so that people you talk to can communicate with you ____. In order to achieve this goal there’s ____ that you will need to start thinking about pronunciation and ____ time on it.

【推荐2】One big difference between British and American English is in vocabulary. For example, the British use the word “autumn”_______the Americans use the word “fall”. In this case, the older word is “autumn”. However, about four hundred years ago, the word “autumn” was_______with “fall”. Later, the British returned to “autumn”, while the_______still use “fall”.

Of course, people from many different countries came to America and made their_______to American English. Indeed, in American English there are words from every major_______spoken on Earth. Many of these words are absent in British English.

_______big distinction between American and British English is spelling. After the Americans defeated the British in 1781 and_______independence, they wanted to make their spelling of English words_______Therefore, Americans write “color”_______“colour”.

Finally, the pronunciations and accents are different. Both countries have slowly________the way they say the same words, but in different ways. This process is continuing even today.

【推荐1】Mobile phones are now everywhere. They are a(n) _________ way for us to keep in touch with friends and family. _________, it is important to know that there are _________ times when you should not be using your phone, the most important of these being _________.

There is no reason why you should feel the _________ to have your mobile phone during class. Aren’t you at school to _________?You should no be sending your friends text messages or taking phone calls _________ you are in class.

In America students would never be _________ to use their mobile phones during class. Anyone, who _________ the rule world be kicked out of class at once. It is OK to have your mobile phone with you, but you must __________ to turn it off. It is very __________ to hear a lot of tones and ringing during class.

As a(n) __________ in China, I have to deal with students using mobile phones every day. I have told my class to turn off their phones, but many students do not __________. The desire to be __________ all the time seems to be stronger than the desire to learn.

It’s __________ to understand why it is so tempting to have your phone on during class, It won’t __________ anyone when you’re sending a short text message, will it? But you may __________ be hurting yourself when you do this. Sending a text message also takes your __________ away from what’s going on in class, so you may miss something __________. The next time you __________ to send a message in class you should think again.

【推荐2】Do you think you have what it takes to be a successful scientist? A successful scientist is generally a good observer. He makes full _____of the facts he observes. He doesn't accept ideas which are not___on obvious facts, and therefore__ to accept authority as the only truth. He always checks ideas__ and makes experiments to prove them.

The rise of modern science may perhaps be considered to__ as far back as the time of Roger Bacon, the wonderful philosopher of Oxford, who lived between the years 1214 and 1292. He was probably the first in the Middle Ages to __that we should learn science___observing and experimenting on the things around us, and he himself __many important truths.

Galileo (1564－1642),___，who lived more than 300 years later, was the greatest of several great men in Italy, France, Germany, and England, who began to show how many important ___could be discovered by observation by degrees. Before Galileo, learned men believed that large bodies ___more rapidly towards the earth than small ones, __ Aristotle said so. But Galileo, going to the ___of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, let fall two __ stones and proved Aristotle was wrong. It is Galileo's __ of going direct to nature, and proving our __ and theories by experiment, that has____all the discoveries of modern science.

What __ those people good scientists? From the example of Galileo, we know clearly that ___scientists are those whose observations have___ better results.

【推荐3】I am writing this the day before the mail containing the result of the university entrance exam reaches me. I am writing this with a determination that I will _________ and not let life pass me by. I am sure that I will become something, even if the envelope brings me _________ news.

The envelope will reach my _________ tomorrow and I am ready to bear with _________ and self-respect. I will not _________, unless they are tears of joy for saying good-bye to my childhood and welcoming in a _________ life-one that is mysterious(神秘的)and _________. It will teach me to grow and _________ why things are the way they are. It will filter out(过滤掉)all my _________ and let my self-worth increase.

I will be __________ in my battle and not let the bad news bring me down. I will tell myself that I am a talented person and that being __________ doesn’t necessarily mean that I have to be accepted into __________.

I will not listen to those who __________ that a university degree is the only way I will find as a means of __________ these days. I will tell myself that even if that envelope is small and includes a rejection, the person that they have __________   will carry on, because I must __________ to live my life the way I know how to.

I know who I am. I __________ who I am. And whether or not I am accepted into college, I will be true to myself and to __________ around me. I will not __________. I will only look forward and greet each day with a __________ anyway.