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1、ASome people learn a language easily. Others may not. How can you help yourself learn English? I think there are two ways to make learning English a little easier and more interesting. First, you should build up confidence. If you believe that you can learn, you will learn. When you read or listen t
2、o something, you may not be able to understand it all. Dont worry. You can use a dictionary to help you. You can ask your teacher or friends to help you. Do not be afraid of making mistakes. You can learn from mistakes. Second, practice using English. For example, write a diary in English every day,
3、 and youll be able to write better. Speak English whenever you can. You may practice with your friends after class. Then youll be able to speak better.Remember the famous saying, “Practice makes perfect.”( ) 16. Not_ people learn a foreign language easily.A. all B. both C. some D. others( ) 17. Peop
4、le can use _to help understand what they listen to or read.A. a dictionary B. a friend C. a teacher D. a teacher and a friend( ) 18. You should build up confidence means“_” A. You shouldnt make any mistakes B. You should speak more C. You should believe yourselves D. You should ask others for help.(
5、 ) 19. If you want to speak English better, please_. A. speak English as much as possible B. speak English to foreigners, if possible C. read English every day D. All above.( ) 20. Practice makes perfect means“_”A. The more you practice your English, the less youll enjoy itB. The more you practice y
6、our English, the more mistakes youll makeC. The more you practice your English, the better youll learn itD. The more you practice your English, the better youll writeBOne day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “ Look, theres a horseshoe. Pick it up and put it in
7、 your bag.” Thomas said,“Its too trouble.”His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to a town nearby, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the money he bought some cherries (樱桃). The farmer and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the
8、sky, and there wasnt a house or even a tree to have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son picked it up and put it in his m
9、outh, and so they went on. The old farmer kept dropping the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas ate up all the cherries, his father said to him, “ My dear son, if you bent (弯腰) down earlier to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the
10、 cherries. Always remember the lesson that if a man does not worry about the little things, he will find that he cant do the great things.”1. Who picked up the horseshoe at last?A. The son. B. The father C. Both the father and the son. D. Neither the father nor the son.2. The farmer bought _ with th
11、e money after he sold the horseshoe.A. some bread B. some water C. some cherries D. some pennies3. When the son didnt agree to pick up the horseshoe, the father _.A. beat the son B. said nothing C. felt very happy D. became very angry4. The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _. A. he wa
12、nted to teach his son a lesson B. he wanted his son to do more exerciseC. he wanted his son to eat them all D. he wanted to laugh at his son5. From the story, we can learn that _.A. cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat themB. a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of
13、 moneyC. if we want to eat cherries, we must pick up a horseshoeD. if we dont worry about the little things, we cant do the great thingsCWhen tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the 18th century(世纪), people had different ideas about their use. Some said that tea and coffee were harmful
14、(有害) to humans and they could make people die.In Sweden（瑞典）, King Gustaf decided to find out whether（是否） or not this was true. It happened that there were two brothers in prison at that time. They were twins and were almost exactly alike in every way. They had both been sentenced to death（判处死刑）. The
15、 King decided to let them live if one of the men agreed to drink several cups of tea each day and the other several cups of coffee.Both brothers lived many years without problems of any kind. At last, the brother who had drunk tea every day died at the age of 83, the other died a few years later.Because of the experiment, tea and coffee got accepted（接受） and became popular as drink in Sweden, and it is one of the many countries of the world where much tea and coffee is drunk today.()Tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in _.A. the eighteenth c
