Question

This week we asked students at New Star High School about the best ways to learn more English．Many students said they learned  1  using English．Some students had more specific __2  ．Lillian Li，for example，said the best way to learn new words was by reading English magazines．She said that memorizing the words of pop songs also  3  a little．When we asked about studying grammar，she said，“I  4  study grammar．It’s too boring．”

Wei Ming had a very different idea．He had been learning English for six years and really loved it．He  5  studying grammar was a great way to learn a  6  ．He also thought that watching English movies wasn’t a bad way became he could watch the actor  7  the words．Sometimes，however，he found watching movies frustrating became the people spoke too quickly．

Liu Chang said that joining the English club at school was the best way to improve her English．Students got lots of practice and they also had fun．She added that having conversations with friends was not helpful at all．“We get  8  about something and then end up speaking in Chinese，”she said．

（    ）1．A．by                  B．with             C．in                          D．from

（    ）2．A．way               B．plans            C．subjects                 D．suggestions

（    ）3．A．learned           B．helped           C．tried                             D．worded

（    ）4．A．sometimes        B．usually          C．never                     D．always

（    ）5．A．asks               B．thinks           C．asked                     D．thought

（    ）6．A．language          B．English         C．lesson                    D．word

（    ）7．A．to say             B．saying           C．say                        D．said

（    ）8．A．interested         B．interesting       C．excited                   D．exciting

Answer 1

1-5 ADBCD       6-8 ABC