①A Turkish proverb says. “The more languages you know, the more people you are!” There are about 35 languages spoken in Turkey, but 90% of the people speak Turkish.
②Turkish uses an alphabet that is not strange to many English speakers, but when you look at Turkish spelling, you may find it so difficult. There are 29 letters in the Turkish alphabet and six of them—c, g. t, ō, s and ü—aren’t in the English alphabet. For example, all those marks in a word like gūnes gōzlügü (“sunglasses”) can really daunt you!
③But luckily, Turkish pronunciation isn’t always as hard as it seems. In Turkish, each letter is pronounced only one way. So it can become quite easy to pronounce a new Turkish word.
④Turkish is an agglutinative language. That means it puts pieces together to make words. In Turkish, this practice can make some very long words. You can add suffixes to most Turkish root words. For example, the word ev means “house”. Add the ending ler to make evler, “houses”. Then add den, meaning “from”, to make evlerden, “from the houses”. Or add li, meaning “having” and you get evli, “having a house”. The suffix ci can mean “one who does something”. Gazete is “newspaper”; gazeteci means “a newspaper writer”.
⑤There are more facts about Turkish for you to learn. You’ll find that learning about it helps open up door to a different culture.
1. What does the underlined word “daunt” probably mean?| A．make people more excited | B．make people more tired |
| C．make people less confident | D．make people less afraid |
| A．Turkish people can speak more than one language. |
| B．Turkish uses an alphabet the same as English. |
| C．A Turkish letter can have different pronunciations. |
| D．Turkish words can get long by adding suffixes to root words. |
| A．sarkiler | B．sarkici | C．sarkili | D．sarkilerden |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．To help people learn about Turkish. | B．To ask people to visit Turkey. |
| C．To teach people how to speak Turkish. | D．To advise people to save Turkish. |
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【推荐1】Insects (or bugs as we generally call them) are of course necessary in the natural environment. But they are everywhere! They get into our homes. They take part in our outdoor parties.
The first one is really simple. If I say “You are bugging me!” to someone, it means the person makes me angry, like a bug! Bugs can be pests (害虫), too. So, when someone really, really makes us mad, we could say “Stop bugging me!”
Ants can also be pests. They are so small that they can get everywhere. In fact, if we sit too long on the ground, they may even get in our pants.
In places where the weather is getting warmer, insects like flies may be coming out to trouble you.
So, we can say “a fly in the ointment (软膏)” to point to something bad that makes something else worse.
Here is an expression used in a couple of sentences. Lucy’s surprise party for her husband’s birthday was nearly ready.
根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺，内容完整！
| A．The food was ordered. |
| B．Now, flies are everywhere. |
| C．So we have expressions that use insects or bugs. |
| D．Sometimes their appearance means that something bad is nearby. |
| E．If you get ants in your pants, you may move around to get them out. |
【推荐2】Are you learning English and do you need help with grammar? Do you want to learn new vocabulary or slang?Well, you can find help online with these top 5 free English as a Second Language websites.
Dave’s ESL Cafe
This is a complete website that can help you learn and practice English. You can read many stories and do a lot of exercises to test yourself. You can also post questions and answers onto the help center.
About.com
You can get free English courses from About.com and you’ll get regular e-mails that will help you get hold of English.
The Classroom by Voice of America
You can watch videos and listen to news stories to improve your listening and vocabulary skills. You can also hear English words and their meanings.
Heinle’s Newbury House Dictionary of American English
Do you need to find the definition of a word?Use this online dictionary to find simple and clear definitions, as well as example sentences and idioms.You can also find different cultural facts.
Personal English Portal on YouTube
You can watch this series of videos on YouTube to develop your listening skills. You can also do a search for “learn English” on YouTube to find other videos. This is a good way to practice English and have fun.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
| Word bank slang俚语 idioms习语 Portal门户网站 |
| A．About.com | B．YouTube |
| C．Dave’s ESL Café | D．the Classroom by Voice of America |
| A．watch videos and pictures | B．listen to news and music |
| C．watch movies and matches | D．read questions and answers |
| A．get relaxed | B．have fun | C．become famous | D．learn English |
| A．cultural information | B．online libraries | C．interesting news | D．many storybooks |
| A．You can watch series of videos and learn English in a fun way. | B．You can find different idioms and slang through the websites. |
| C．They are helpful English as a second language websites free of charge. | D．They are top 5 free websites that will help you a lot. |
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If you live in a place where most people speak the language you are learning, you may use the language for several hours each day. It may become part of your “inner speech.” In other words, you start thinking in that language. Your mind stops trying to translate things from your native language into the second language. But most of the English learners live in places where English is not the main language. This maybe true for you. You may not have many chances to practice English. You may even be self-taught.
When you speak, your speech might be slower than you would like. This is because your mind is still translating from your first language, which can also sound unnatural. English, has its own sentence structure.
The good news is that thinking in English can bring you a huge step closer to fluency(流利). It is not very difficult but it does need practice.
Most experts note that it’s best to start small. So, a good first step is to think in individual(单独的) words. Look around you. What do you see? In your head, try to name each object in your surroundings. Charles Thomas has taught English for over 10 years. He tells his students to name the things that they see around them, wherever they are. Start with nouns and then add in verbs, he suggests.
Another exercise that Thomas suggests is describing in your mind objects you don’t know the words for. For example, if you’re looking at your house and you see your garage, but you can’t think of the name in English. You can say, “The place inside where I put my car.” You can also use shorter phrases, such as “It’s similar to…” or “It’s the opposite of…”. Thomas says doing this can help learners of any language. As a Spanish learner, he does it himself.
Next, you can move to exercises like thinking in simple sentences and in conversations. So, how much time should you spend on these exercises? Thomas says you do a little everyday. “When you make things a habit, then it just appears suddenly into your mind without thinking and then, before you know it, really, you’re thinking in English.”
1. According to the writer, people may speak a second language slowly because _________.| A．they don’t live in a place people speak that language |
| B．they try to translate from their native language |
| C．they don’t have time to practice that language |
| D．they may teach that language by themselves |
| A．Your surroundings can help you translate the language well. |
| B．The sentence structure is the key to learn a second language well. |
| C．Thinking more in a second language may help you speak fluently. |
| D．Describing with shorter phrases can help spell the unknown words. |
| A．To explain why our second language sounds unnatural. |
| B．To discuss our problems of learning a second language. |
| C．To show some examples of learning English by thinking. |
| D．To encourage people to train their brains to think in English. |
【推荐1】Gever is a computer scientist from California. In 2005, he started a summer program for children called Tinkering School. The idea was that children can learn important skills for life by building things together. Gever and his team help the children to think big and create plans for new things they want to build. Children have made fantastic things since the school started. They have made a rope bridge, tree houses, wooden motorbikes and boats.
At Tinkering School, children get all kinds of materials like wood, metal, plastic, nails and ropes. They get lots of real tools too, such as knives, hammers(锤子) and power drills(电钻). Tinkering School has been around for many years now, but nobody has ever had a serious injury in all those years. This is because there are strict health and safety rules they must follow. The children always learn how to use the tools safely and they must wear the right clothing and protection at all times.
Gever’s ideas have worked very well. A lot of children have gone to his summer schools over the years. In 2011, Gever decided to create a ‘real’ school, called Brightworks, in San Francisco. The school is very small —it only has 20 students aged 6 to 13. Brightworks is based on the same principles(理念) as Tinkering School.
Since it started, Brightworks has been written about a lot. Most of those articles have been very positive(积极的). They have praised the quality of the school. They have found the children are more active than at many other schools. But there have also been critical (批评的) voices. Some people have said that children are not learning enough at Brightworks. They feel that students and teachers are just ‘playing around’ all the time.
The students at Brightworks seem to love their school. We spoke to 12-year-old Tina Cooper. She has been a student at the school since last October. “Since I started here. I’ve never sat in a ‘normal’ class with a teacher,” she told us. “But it’s been a very exciting experience. I’ve worked hard at my new school for eight months now, and there hasn’t been one single moment when I found it boring.”
1. Which can best describe Tinkering School or Brightworks?| A．A place you can walk around freely. |
| B．A space with new ideas and practice. |
| C．A factory full of materials and tools. |
| D．A family you will never leave behind. |
| A．train children to follow strict rules |
| B．provide children with famous schools |
| C．help children create new fantastic plastic things |
| D．lead children to learn by doing hands-on activities |
| A．the school is not safe enough for kids |
| B．children are taught how to protect themselves |
| C．children have never had an accident or injury |
| D．there isn’t any safety information mentioned there |
| A．Brightworks has influenced students like Tina |
| B．critical voices brought bad results to the school |
| C．there hasn’t been one single boring moment for all |
| D．the students there often stand in a class with a teacher |
| A．choose the best schools for parents |
| B．let the readers listen to different voices |
| C．praise Gever’s thoughts about education |
| D．draw much attention to Gever’s school |
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Topic | 4G | 5G |
Speed | 4G takes about 100 to 200 milliseconds(毫秒) to send and receive information. | 5G will help cut down the time to 1 milli-second or less. |
Amusement | We can just experience the VR games in special places once in a while. | VR games will become more common and exciting with 5G. |
Traffic | Most people can’t trust self-driving in 4G because of unexpected problems. | 5G will make self-driving cars have much faster reaction(反应) than 4G. |
Smart Homes | Just a small part of the house has Blue-tooth to connect in 4G. | In smart homes, your home machines can start working ahead of time. |
5G will not only make our network faster, but change many things in our lives. Although not everyone can use 5G now, China is trying its best to let everyone use 5G as soon as possible. | ||
1. When did people use 5G in China?
| A．On May 30th, 2019. | B．In June, 2019. | C．In June, 2020. | D．Doesn’t know. |
| A．5G is about 100-200 times faster. | B．5G is about 10 times faster. |
| C．4G is as fast as 5G. | D．The passage doesn’t mention it. |
| A．trust self-driving in 4G totally | B．use self-driving cars more safely in 5G |
| C．use Bluetooth to connect everything in 4G | D．make your home machines work ahead of time in 4G |
| A．Huawei helped the BBC use 5G for the first time in the world! |
| B．5G can not make VR games more exciting than 4G. |
| C．5G will change everything in our lives. |
| D．Everyone can use 5G in China now. |
| A．an art book | B．a science fiction | C．a technology magazine | D．a sports newspaper |
【推荐3】Everyone has worries. How do you deal with your worries? There is always something you can do to help yourself feel less worried. Sitting there worrying is no use and it can’t solve your problems. Grades at school are often a top worry for kids. If you worry most about grades, ask yourself these questions:
◆Why are grades important? What do grades mean to me?
◆How do I get ready for class? Do I go over my notes even when there isn’t a test?
◆Do I have a good learning environment?
◆Have I tried different ways of studying?
If your worry is about a fight with your friend, you might write down all the things you could do—write a note to him or her, invite him or her to watch a basketball game, say sorry to him or her and so on. Once you have a list of things to do, you could choose one thing that may get your friend back.
You can ask for help when you’re worried. You can find someone to talk to, such as your parents, friends and teachers.
1. What do kids often worry most about?| A．Their friends. | B．Their schoolwork. |
| C．Their habits. | D．Their grades at school. |
| A．Why not give up studies? | B．Why are grades important? |
| C．How do I get ready for class? | D．What do grades mean to me? |
| A．leave him or her | B．try to make new friends |
| C．invite him or her to watch a game | D．refuse to speak to him or her |
