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Discovering English: Food and Culture (89 reviews) Improve your English spoken skills and learn how to cook some basic British dishes while exploring modern UK culture. Duration (持续时间): 4 weeks        Weekly Study: 3 hours Tatiana M. Verified learner ☆☆☆☆☆ “For me the course was wonderful. Along with new information, I learned some new words on traditional recipes (食谱).”

Introduction to Chinese Conversation (102 reviews) Feel confident holding a Chinese Mandarin (普通话) conversation as you master new Chinese vocabulary with this online course. Duration: 5 weeks       Weekly Study: 2 hours Iranui C. Verified learner ☆☆☆☆☆ “I really enjoyed the course. I had been afraid to even consider learning Chinese as I thought it would be too difficult. However, this course changed my mind!”

Learning and Learners (176 reviews) Understand learners, and practice with this CPD course for English language teachers. Duration: 4 weeks       Weekly Study: 4 hours Claudia G. Verified learner “This course made me reflect on my job and gave me interesting ideas to improve it! I really enjoyed it!”

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. What can you expect to learn about on Discovering English?

A．Spoken skills.

B．Chinese dishes.

C．Modern recipes.

D．The ancient UK culture.

2. How long does it take to finish Introduction to Chinese Conversation?

A．10 hours.

B．12 hours.

C．15 hours.

D．16 hours.

3. What does Claudia think of the course in Learning and Learners?

A．Boring.

B．Relaxing.

C．Enjoyable.

D．Surprising.

4. What is mentioned in each part of the text?

A．Course price.

B．Learner reviews.

C．Teacher introduction.

D．English spoken skills.

5. What is the main purpose of the text?

A．To list the main reasons for joining these English courses.

B．To introduce different ways to learn a language.

C．To compare different styles among three clubs.

D．To give information about some language learning courses.

【推荐2】Here are five different difficulties that the students have in English studying. According to the problems, choose the proper passages for each of them to read.

    1     The most difficult thing about learning English is to remember new words. I study the words and remember them, but a week later I have forgotten most of them. When reading something in English, I always get into trouble when I come across a new word. There must be a better way to learn new words.

    2     I have been studying English for so long now, and I don’t enjoy it any more. I used to like it, but now I feel as if I’m not making any progress. I’m just not motivated (有积极性的) any more. I wish there was something I could do to make me interested in studying English again.

    3     I wish I could improve my spoken English. Every time I take part in a group discussion or try to speak English to someone, I find it difficult to express myself. I don’t know what to say and I can’t think of the words I need.

    4     I don’t like English at all. Why do we have to study English? I’d rather spend more time on math and science, because I think those subjects are more important.

    5     I think it’s easy to remember new grammar rules. But when writing something, I always make a lot of mistakes. How can I learn to use the rules that I have learned?

A．How to speak good English

B．How to put English grammar to use

C．How to master English words

D．How to realize English is important

E．How to get interested in English

F．How to overcome the difficulties in English studying

【推荐3】

Name	Boy	Girl	Can say
Jack	√		A
Helen	√		BCD
Pingping		√	DE
Tom	√		ABCDG
Fangfang		√	F

1. Jack is __________

A．a boy

B．a girl

C．boy

D．gir

2. Helen can say _________

A．A

B．BC

C．CE

D．BCD

3. Pingping is ___________.

A．Chinese

B．English

C．American

D．England

4. Who can say many letters?

A．Jack

B．Fangfang

C．Tom

D．Helen

5. There are ___________ boys and _______ girls in the table(表格).

A．3, 2

B．2, 3

C．2, 5

D．3, 5

【推荐1】下面文章中有五处需要添加小标题。请从以下选项中选出符合各段意思的小标题。选项中有一项是多余选项。

Maybe you are an average student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not true, because everyone could be a better student if they want to. Here are my suggestions.

    1    

When planning your week, you should make a list of the things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make your own timetable. First, arrange your time for eating, sleeping, getting dressed and so on. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. Don’t forget the entertainment time. A weekly plan may not solve all your problems, but it will make you realize what is happening.

    2    

Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios or TV sets! When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.

    3    

It is the most important thing during your study. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says. Listen carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.

    4    

When you get home from school, go over your notes. Review the important points that your teacher has mentioned in class. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss next day, preview (预习) the material. This will help you understand the next class better. If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you can remember it longer.

    5    

The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. It helps you remember your new language. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be over-worried.

There are many other ways that might help you with your study. You will probably discover many others after you try these.

A．Study regularly.

B．Plan your time carefully.

C．Study casually.

D．Make good use of your time in class.

E．Find a good place to study.

F．Develop a good attitude towards tests.

【推荐2】Most dictionaries will tell you a number of things about a language. There are three important things. These three things are spelling, pronunciation and meanings.
First, a dictionary will tell you the spelling of a world. If you are not sure about the spelling of a word, you can try to find the correct spelling in a dictionary. Words are listed in alphabetical order—a,b,c and so on. For example, on a dictionary page the word “poor”—p,o,o,r – comes before “poverty”—p,o,v,e,r,t,y—and the word “poverty” comes before “ power”—p,o,w,e,r. The words are always given in an alphabetical order.
The second thing, a dictionary will tell you pronunciation. Most give phonetic, or sound, alphabet. The phonetic spelling will tell you how a word is pronounced. There are a few different phonetic alphabets. Many dictionaries use the International Phonetic Alphabet to show pronunciation.
The third thing, a dictionary will tell you the meaning of words. You can look up a word and find out what it means. Many words have more than one meaning, and a good dictionary will tell you all of the word’s meaning. For example, in English the common word “get” has over 20 different meanings.
1. In the passage, which of the following is among the three important things?

A．How to write a word well.

B．How to use a word.

C．How to make a sentence.

D．How to read a word correctly.

2. Of the three words "remove", " remote" and "remount", _____ in a dictionary.

A．"remote" comes first and "remove" comes last

B．"remove" first and "remote" last

C．"remote" first and "remove" last

D．"remove" first and "remount" last

3. Many words have ______.

A．several meanings

B．few meanings

C．one meaning

D．no meaning

4.

A．better dictionary can tell you _____.

B．more of word's pronunciation

C．more of the word's meaningsC more of the word's spelling.D more of grammar

5. Phonetic alphabets are used to show _____.

A．spelling	B．handwriting
C．meanings	D．pronunciation

【推荐3】Many Chinese students ask for advice on how to improve (提高) their English. There are three common questions.

    1     Li Gang said, “I want to learn real English. But I don’t know what to do.”

Watching English films is a good way to learn real English.     2     While watching them, you can relax and learn real English at the same time.

The second question is about speaking. Chen Ming said, “I’m too shy to talk with foreigners.”

“How are you?” “Where are you from?” “What do you think of China?”     3     Many people are shy when they speak English, so before you begin, take a deep breath (呼吸) and smile! Smiling always helps.

The third question is about vocabulary. Li Jia said, “I want to remember all the new words.     4    ”

Try to remember eight or ten words a day. Write the words on a piece of paper and put it in your bedroom.     5    . And when you’re shopping, how about counting the English words, or saying the English names for everything you see?

A．These are good questions to start a conversation.

B．Look them up if you don’t know them.

C．Spell them whenever you see them, and change them every day.

D．The first question is about real English.

E．I often ask my teacher for help.

F．You can watch them when you are tired after studying for a long time.

G．I write them down, but I forget them soon.

【推荐1】A mouse was surprised to discover that the farmer and his wife had a mousetrap in the house. It ran to warn everyone, “There is a mousetrap in the house!”

A hen raised her head and said, “Mr. Mouse, this mousetrap is only for you. I won’t be worried about it.” The mouse turned to a pig, “I am sorry, Mr. Mouse, but the mousetrap has nothing to do with me, either!” the pig said. Then the mouse turned to a cow, “It sounds like you have a problem, not me.” the cow said. The mouse came back to the house with head down and it was very sad because no one would help.

That night the farmer’s wife heard a loud sound and she rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness she could not see that it was a snake. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The wife caught a bad fever and the farmer thought the best way to treat a fever was chicken soup. So the farmer killed the hen for the soup. The wife got worse and her friends came to visit her. The farmer had to kill the pig to feed them. But the wife didn’t get better and died. Her friends came and the farmer had to kill the cow to feed all of them.   

So remember when any one of us is in trouble, we may all be in trouble.

Word Bank bit咬

1. The mouse felt ________ when he found a mousetrap in the house.

A．sad

B．happy

C．surprised

D．excited

2. The underlined word “mousetrap” means ________.

A．鼠标

B．栅栏

C．鼠夹

D．诱饵

3. Why was the mouse very sad?

A．Because the mousetrap was only for him.	B．Because no one believed him.
C．Because he had a big problem.	D．Because no one helped him.

4. ________ was caught by the mousetrap that night.

A．A mouse

B．A snake

C．A hen

D．A cow

5. What can we learn from the story?   

A．We should help each other.	B．We shouldn’t have a mousetrap in the house.
C．We should keep more animals.	D．We shouldn’t have chicken soup.

【推荐2】People do lots of different things when they go to work.

Ken is a hotel manager. He works in a hotel. He is responsible for (负责) all hotel services. He is American.

Tommy’s mother is a secretary, and works in a big office in the city. She needs to arrange (安排) daily business for the manager. She is Chinese.

Tommy’s father is a factory manager. He is English. He manages a toy factory. The factory has 300 workers who make the toys.

Sally’s father is a doctor at the hotel hospital. He examines patients to find out what is wrong and makes them feel better.

Mr. Brown works at our school. He is always friendly to us. He likes to teach us. He is American. But John’s mother is also a teacher and she works at a Chinese university. She teaches Chinese students English. She works hard and is popular with her students. She is American, too.

1. Ken is the manager at a(n)          . He is in charge of                 .

A．university; teaching English	B．factory; selling toys
C．hospital; helping sick people	D．hotel; hotel services

2. Sally’s father             .

A．is a secretary

B．gives medical treatment to sick people

C．works in a university

D．manages a factory

3. There are 300 factory         at the factory.

A．managers

B．workers

C．students

D．secretaries

4. John’s mother is a teacher at a(n)             . She teachers           to the students.

A．school; Chinese	B．factory; Chinese
C．university; English	D．office; English

5. Mr. Brown comes from             .

A．America

B．Germany

C．Japan

D．Canada

【推荐3】Dear Han Hua,

Great changes have taken place in your city these years. It’s really good news that you can travel by high speed rail in Weihai, though there’s only one line there. Here in London, we have so many lines. By the way, we don’t use the word "subway" here. It’s American English. We call it "the underground" instead.

The London underground is very famous. It’s famous for several reasons. First of all, part of the underground railway today is the oldest in the world, which opened in 1863. Secondly, the London underground is also the first line to have electric trains, in 1890. Thirdly, the London underground is the second largest metro system in the world, after the Shanghai Metro. There are 270 stations in the underground and it has 402 kilometers of tracks. What’s more, the city of London itself helps make the transportation system famous! I’ve got a few photos to help you build a clear picture of the underground in my city. They’re together with this mail.

In your e-mail, you also said workers were building more lines. I’m sure your city is developing fast. Maybe you can send me a few photos of your city today. I really want to see the changes taking place there. I’m happy for you to live there in a modern city with such a new look!

So much for now. I’ll write soon again. Best wishes.

1. The writer is from        .

A．Weihai

B．London

C．Shanghai

2. The second paragraph mainly tells us         .

A．when the London underground first used electric trains

B．why the London underground is the oldest subway in the world

C．why the London underground is famous in the world

3. In the e-mail, the words "high speed rail", "subway", "underground" and "metro" mean        .

A．almost the same thing

B．two different things

C．three different things

4. The writer wants Han Hua to        .

A．post him some postcards of Weihai

B．tell him more about Weihai’s high speed rail

C．send him a few photos of Weihai

5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The London underground is the largest metro system in the world.

B．In America, subway means the underground.

C．The writer has got a few photos to help Han Hua learn the underground in London.