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1、阅读理解AAlthough many Chinese students say that their knowledge of English grammar is good, most would admit that their spoken English is poor. Whenever I speak to a Chinese student they always say, “My spoken English is poor.” However, their spoken English does not have to remain “poor”! I would like
2、to suggest that there may be some reasons for their problems with spoken English. First, they fail to find suitable words to express themselves due to a limited vocabulary. Obviously the better answer is to expand their vocabulary. However, you can speak with a limited vocabulary, if your attitude i
3、s positive. Others will follow you as long as you use the words that you know. Second, they are afraid of making mistakes. Sometimes they make mistakes when they are speaking because they are shy and nervous. Yet students should remember that their goal should be FLUENCY NOT ACCURACY（准确性）. Your aim
4、in writing is to be accurate following the rules for grammar and using the right words and spelling them correctly. However, in speaking your aim is fluency. You want to get your message across ,to talk to someone in English ,as quickly and as well as you can ,even though sometimes you may use a wro
5、ng word or tense ,but it doesnt matter because the person you are speaking to will understand you and make allowances for any mistakes he hears. The third reason is that not enough attention is paid to listening. You have one mouth but two ears! All that hearing was necessary for you to start speaki
6、ng. Fourth, most Chinese students are reactive rather than proactive language learners. Instead of actively seeking out opportunities to improve their spoken English, they passively wait for speaking opportunities to come to them and wonder why their English always remains poor. If you have this pro
7、active outlook, then you will see English opportunities wherever you go. If you do not use your English beyond the classroom, you will forget what English you know. Remember: USE IT OR LOSE IT! You can learn how to speak English better by speaking English more. 41It can be inferred from the third pa
8、ragraph that _. Adont be fluency . Just be accuracy Bdont be nervous ,dont be shy . Just write! Cdont be afraid of making mistakes . Just speak!Ddont be shy ,dont be fluency. Just listen and write!42The last paragraph is possibly close to the meaning of “ ”. Amore hurry, less speed Bbetter late than
9、 never Csilence is gold Dpractice makes perfect43The text is most probably taken from a_. Ateachers diary Breport on study Csports newspaper Dmovie magazine B Terraforming (Earth-forming) other planets, also known as planetary engineering (行星工程), seems like a task still centuries away for mankind to
10、 accomplish. However, it is a vigorous topic that attracts both popular and scientific interest. Why should the possibility of terraforming other planets be studied when it may be centuries before we know enough to even decide if its a good idea? Mankind is getting more and more hard facts about oth
11、er planets. The atmosphere of Venus has been explored; robots have surveyed the surface of Mars; Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn have been studied by spacecraft. Speculations have been answered; new questions have been raised, and enough hard data is right now becoming available to allow us to make the
12、first attempt of planetary engineering. In the past, people with excellent ideas about terraforming have kept them to themselves, or buried them in a desk drawer because they did not realize that anyone else was interested. But now, a wide circle of people has begun to do this kind of work. For inst
13、ance, NASA funded a project on transforming Mars. There are several strong reasons which demand that the possibilities of terraforming be studied carefully. First, its an exciting idea of a possible future for human beings. Such thinking has a valuable role in providing options for our future direct
14、ions. Secondly, the techniques of terraforming will also help contemporary technologies in weather and climate control. Thirdly, such study may assist us in detecting any possible existence of extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI, The Search for Extraterrsstial Intelligence, 地外文明搜索) and alien (异己的) c
15、ivilizations on other planets. Though the mission is far beyond our reach at the moment, we should at least keep our options open. Through debate and study on this subject, the possibility of rebuilding other planets to make them suitable homes for people may come true some day in the future.44. Acc
16、ording to the context, whats the meaning of the word “speculation” in paragraph 2?A. The act of discussing something with a group of people. B. The act of studying and researching.C. The act of guessing without knowing all the facts about something.D. The acting of writing letters to a certain organization.45.
