Question

In learning English, one should first pay attention to listening and speaking.It is the groundwork(基础)of reading and writing.You’d better try your best to speak while you do much listening.Don’t be afraid of making mistakes.But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your English.While you are doing this, a good way is to write---keep a diary, write notes or letters, and then if you can, ask someone else to go through(检查)what you have written and tell you what is wrong.Many mistakes in your speaking will be easily found when you write.Through correcting the mistakes, you can do better in learning English.
If you are slow in speaking, don’t worry.One of the helpful ways is reading, either aloud or to yourself.The important thing is to choose something interesting to read.It mustn’t be too difficult for you.When you are reading in this way, don’t stop to look up the words if you can guess their meanings, or they have nothing important to do with the sentence.You can look them up later.
【小题1】For the beginners, listening and speaking is ______.

A．more important than reading and writing	B．not so important as reading and writing
C．as important as reading and writing	D．not so useful in learning English

【小题2】When you are speaking, _______.

A．you shouldn’t make any mistakes	B．you must speak slowly
C．it doesn’t matter if you make any mistakes	D．you had better take a dictionary with you

【小题3】One of the good ways to find your mistakes in your speaking is to______.

A．speak as much as possible	B．write notes or letters
C．ask some Americans to speak with you	D．read more English books

【小题4】If you want to be fast in speaking, you should choose something_____.

A．difficult to read aloud	B．easy to read to yourself
C．interesting to read to yourself	D．important to read aloud

【小题5】In reading, if you meet a new word which has something important to do with the sentence, you’d better_______.

A．stop to look it up	B．not look it up and just go on reading
C．stop reading at once	D．not stop to look it up

Answer 1

【小题1】A
【小题2】C
【小题3】B
【小题4】C
【小题5】A

解析试题分析：这篇短文讲述了学习英语中听说的重要性，并重点介绍了如何提高自己的听说能力。
【小题1】根据one should first pay attention to listening and speaking.It is the groundwork(基础)of reading and writing.描述可知听说比读写重要。故选A。
【小题2】根据Don’t be afraid of making mistakes.But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your English.可知选C。
【小题3】根据While you are doing this, a good way is to write---keep a diary, write notes or letters, 可知选B。
【小题4】根据If you are slow in speaking, don’t worry.One of the helpful ways is reading, either aloud or to yourself.描述可知选C。
【小题5】根据or they have nothing important to do with the sentence.You can look them up later.可知推理得出如果是对句子很重要的单词要立即查阅词典。故选A。
考点：如何提高听说能力的说明文
点评：本文中长句较多，一时很难读懂句子含义，注意多读几遍，不要强求非得理解一词一句的含义，能把握文章大意就行。然后带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案。