— _____ do you _____ English?

—I like it very much.

A.How; think of                 B.What; like        C.What; think of

Hi Mary,

       Thank you for writing to me and I will try to give you some ideas about improving（提高） your written English. The bad news, of course, is that there is no e   77    way to do this. It takes work.

       Improving your English, like getting better at anything else, means lots of practice. I think you already know enough words and grammar in English to make sentences and to understand English, and the problem you have is as the problem all Chinese students have when they learn English. You go to English class a couple of times a week and the rest of the time you speak Chinese. If you come to Canada, your English would improve very         q  78    because you would use it all day, every day. It’s just practice.

       To improve your writing in English, you should do the following t   79    things. First, you should try to read English as much as possible. It doesn’t matter what you read, so pick something that interests you. Reading English will show you how English words are used together, how English speakers express themselves and so on, so you can learn a lot from that. Then you should practice writing. Ask your teacher if you can get extra assignments and write things like short stories. Your teacher can s   80    you where you make mistakes and how to correct them. You can also write more letters to English speakers on the Internet (I will be happy to exchange letters with you if that will help). Don’t worry if you make mistakes     b  81    that is how you learn.

       You say you can not obey your plans. In English we say, “Plan the work, work the plan.” You need a plan and then you need to follow your plan to improve.

I hope these ideas are u   82   . I wish you luck, and if you want to write to me I will be happy to try to help you. We can talk about China, about Canada or anything else you like.  

Best wishes,

Brad Flankin

77. e________ 78. q________ 79. t________ 80. s________ 81. b________ 82. u________

How can you think in English? I think the best way is to practise as what a football player 26_____ every day. During the __27__  the football player will pass the ball to his teammates over and over again. So he won’t have to  __28___ passing the ball in the game; he will just do it.

You can train yourself ___29 ___in English this way. The first step is to think of the words that you use daily, simple everyday words __30___ book or shoe or tree. For example, whenever you see a “book”, you should think of it in English instead of in your mother language.

After you __31__ to think of several words in English, then move on to the next step-thinking in sentences. Listening and repeating is a very useful way to learn __32___ . Listen first and don’t care too much about ___33 ___you fully understand what you’re hearing. Try to repeat what you hear. The more you listen, the ___34__ you learn. After you reach a higher level, ___35___ having conversations with yourself in English. This will lead you to think in English.

Lucy Brown teaches English in a junior high school. She loves her students very much, and she works hard. She often tells them some interesting stories in class and her students like her, too.

Yesterday, Lucy found some boys always made faces（做鬼脸）in class. She didn’t want them to do that again, so she got all her students together and said, “Boys and girls, when I was young, I liked making faces in class, too. But one day, my grandmother told me not to do that again. She said, ‘If you make faces again, you will be ugly when you grow up.’ So you shouldn’t do that again.”

Some students thought she was right, but some students didn’t. One of the boys put up his hand. “Oh, Tom! What do you want to say?” asked Lucy.

The boy stood up and said, “Miss Brown, you must regret（后悔）listening to your grandmother now.”

1. Lucy is _____.

A．a Chinese teacher   B．a math teacher     C．an English teacher   D．a history teacher

2.In her class, Lucy often _____her students.

A．sings English songs to                    B．performs magic tricks for

C．tells interesting stories to                 D．plays the piano for

3.What did Lucy find yesterday?

A．Some boys always didn’t listen to her.       B．Some boys always ate snacks in class.

C．Some boys always had fights in class.         D．Some boys always made faces in class.

4.How did Lucy make them not to do that again?

A. She called their parents and told them about it.

B She told her grandmother about it.

C. She made the boys stand in front of the other students.

D. She told them a story about herself.

5.From the passage, we know____.

A．Tom didn’t think Lucy was beautiful

B．Lucy will be happy after hearing Tom’s words

C．Lucy’s grandmother didn’t like Lucy

D．Lucy thought the boys in her class were very ugly

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　　It's half past five. David's at home. He's talking to his mother Katy Green.

　　M: You're home late today, David. How was school?

　　D: Not bad. There's a new English teacher.

　　M : Oh? What's she like?

　　D :She's beautiful !

　　M : Is she old or young?

　　D: She's quite young and her hair's blond(金黄色).

　　M: Is she strict(严格的)?

　　D: Not really. Her eyes are blue.

　　M: Can she speak Chinese?

　　D: Not much. She's very tall.

　　M: David! Stop talking! It's time to do your homework.

　　D: Oh, all right. I think English is my favourite subject(学科).

(1) David is a ________.

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(2) Why is David home late?

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A．Because he plays with his friend.

B．Because he does his homework at school.

C．Because of the new Chinese teacher.

D．Because of the new English teacher.

(3) David thinks the new teacher is ________.

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(4) David's favourite subject is ________.

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(5) The family name of Katy Green's son is ________.

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　　Here's something about the English people. In England, people don't usually talk very much. You can go on a bus, or on a train, and everyone sits looking out of the window. Often they read books and newspapers. But they don't talk much.

　　When you meet English people, they often talk about one thing-the weather. So when you meet someone in England, you can say. “Nice weather for the time of the year!”

　　“But it was a little cold yesterday,”someone may answer.“But it got warmer later”you may say

　　If you talk like this, the English will think. “How friendly you are!”

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(3)When you meet English people, you can say, “______”

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(4)English people will think how friendly you are, if you say, “______”

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A．What can I do for you?

B．Hello!

C．Nice weather for the time of the year!

D．How much money do you have?

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