Do you know of all the words we used in 2011 ...

Do you know of all the words we used in 2011 "hold" became 　　　　 in China?

A .hot　　　　　　　　 B. hotter　　　　　　　　 C. hottest　　　　　　 D. the hottest

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You may have memorized a large number of words, you may know all the grammar needed to hold any conversation and still find yourself difficult to express what you want. So the following _______ does help you overcome the difficulties.

I. Slow Down Your Speaking Speed

If you're at the early stages of learning, don't _______ the mistakes you're making. It's more important to make yourself _______ while communicating with others. Try _______ your speaking speed, and you will find the simplest methods are the best ways _______ your communication skills. Actually, nobody will hold it back against you if you slow down your speed.

II. Learn Sentences, Not Only Words

There's no doubt that everyone tries to learn English well. _______ , many people learn words by heart, but have no idea how to use them in a sentence. Actually, when you learn a new word, try to memorize several sentences _______ that word. It can help you save time and study better.

III. Try to Listen

When speaking in a foreign language, you might focus on what you are saying and whether it's correct or not, that you forget to listen to what _______ are saying. This is a big mistake as they might be using the _______ words you'll need later on. So pay attention to what's being said around you, it's most important resource at the time of speaking to someone.

Communication is the most important in learning a foreign language. If you want to improve your communicating skills, you can try the above tips. It ________ time.

1.A.suggestions B.advice C.tips

2.A.end up B.lay out C.worry about

3.A.understand B.to understand C.understood

4.A.slowing down B.taking down C.putting down

5.A.improving B.to improve C.of improve

6.A.Luckily B.Unluckily C.Unlucky

7.A.includes B.including C.include

8.A.another B.the others C.others

9.A.real B.exact C.some

10.A.pays B.takes C.spends

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Do you know what couch-potato means? Well, in America, the word is now often used. You see, in America, many people often spend their free time sitting on a couch (沙发) watching TV. As there are many channels to choose, the TV can be quite interesting and very addictive (使人上瘾的). One may sit and watch TV for hours and hours without stop! Well, these people who do nothing all day except watching TV are called couch-potatoes.

In America, while watching TV, most often sitting still with eyes looking right into the TV set. Also because these people are addictive to　 TV, they don’t take exercise and usually get very fat. So in many ways, these people look like real potatoes! Well, because they look fat, and watch TV on a couch, they are all called couch-potatoes. Now you know what a couch-potato means. The next time if you see someone watching TV too long, just say, “What a couch-potato!”

根据短文内容，判断下列句子是否正确，对的涂（A），错的涂（B）。(10分)

1.The word couch-potato is widely used in Germany.

2.Couch-potato is used to call the people who like eating potatoes very much.

3.A person who is called Couch-potato always spends lots of time watching TV.

4.Couch-potatoes usually get fat because they don’t like doing exercise.

5.The passage mainly tells us how to choose TV programs.

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Do you know what couch-potato means? Well, in America, the word is now often used. You see, in America, many people often spend their free time sitting on a couch (沙发) watching TV. As there are many channels (频道) to choose, the TV can be quite interesting and very addictive (使人上瘾的). One may sit and watch TV for hours and hours without stop! Well, these people who do nothing all day except watch TV are called couch-potatoes.

In America, while watching TV, most often sitting still with eyes looking right into the TV set. Also because these people are addictive to TV, they don’t take exercise and usually get very fat. So in many ways, these people look like real potatoes! Well, because they look fat, and watch TV on a couch, they are all called couch-potatoes. Now you know what a couch-potato means. The next time if you see someone watching TV too long, just say, “What a couch-potato!”

1.The word “couch-potato” is often used in ______.

A. China    B. France   C. America   D. Germany

2.If a person is called a couch-potato, he or she ______.

A. does nothing all day        B. often listens to music

C. often watches TV in his free time D. must be very fat

3.Why does a couch-potato look like a real potato?  Because he or she ______.

A. is fat and cannot take exercise

B. is fat and round

C. likes eating potatoes on a couch while watching TV

D. almost never moves while watching TV and gets fat

4.The passage mainly (主要) tells us ______ .

A. how to watch TV

B. what couch-potato means

C. why couch-potatoes are very fat

D. where you can find couch-potatoes

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“Chicken” idioms（习语）

The word “chicken” is used in so many English idioms. Do you know the following?

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

The expression“Don’t count your chickens before they hatch”means “Don’t expect that all your eggs, which have been laid, will hatch. “Hatch” is a verb, meaning the baby chicken breaks open the shell of the egg and comes out successfully. So the expression mainly means “Don’t depend on things working out just as you want them to.” this saying appears in the story The Milkmaid and Her Pail in Aesop’s Fables.

A chicken-and-egg situation

In history, philosophers（哲学家）and scientists have met this dilemma（困境）: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Aristotle thought that both the bird and the egg must have always been there. However, more recently, scientists such as Stephen Hawking have argued that the egg came before the chicken. In common speech, the term “a chicken-and-egg situation” means a situation where it is impossible to say which of two things appeared first and which caused the other one.

Don’t be such a chicken

There seems to be an idea in English, somehow, that a chicken is a scared bird. Maybe that’s not fair as most birds will probably fly away from you if you go towards them. But “Don’t be such a chicken” means “Don’t be so scared and get a bit more courage.” So if your friend fear to do something, you can say to him or her, “Don’t be such a chicken. Just have a try!”

1.The underlined word “hatch” means “_______” in Chinese.

A. 孵化　　 B. 长大　　 C. 破碎　　 D. 出售

2.While discussing the idiom “A chicken-and-egg situation”, the writer mentions Aristotle and Stephen Harking to show that_________.

A. Aristotle’s opinion was wrong

B. Stephen Hawking’s opinion is wrong

C. it’s impossible to find the right answer to this question

D. philosophers and scientists usually have the same answer to a question

3.We may use the idiom “Don’t be such a chicken” in the situation when someone_______.

A. is not brave enough　　 B. enjoys counting his chickens

C. has difficulty making a choice　　 D. hopes things will work out just as he wants

4.The writer probably appears in the __________ part of a magazine.

A. food　　 B. culture　　 C. travel　　 D. sport

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Have you heard of the term “etiquette” And do you know that etiquette is not only a useful word 46 very useful to understand?

Etiquette is not the same in every culture 47 in every situation. For example, standing very close to the person you are talking with is quite common in some Asian countries. However; if you do this in Europe, some 48 people might feel 49.Even in China, we all know that etiquette is not the same in all situations. Perhaps we think that talking loudly in our own homes is fine, but there are other places where talking loudly is 50 .For example ,most people would agree that talking loudly in a library, a museum, or a movie theater is 51 .Even if you are with your friends, it is better to keep your voice 52 in public places. In fact, we should also 53 not to cough or sneeze loudly in public.

If we see someone 54 the rules of etiquette, we may politely give them some suggestions. Perhaps one of the most polite ways 55 ask someone, Would you mind doing this or Would you mindnot doing that. For example, if someone cuts 56 you in a line, you could ask them, Sorry, would you mind 57 the line? If someone is smoking on the bus you could ask, Excuse me, could you please 58 that cigarette? People don’t usually like 59 , so we have to be careful how we do this.

Although rules of etiquette can often be different, some rules are the same almost everywhere in the world! For example, 60 is almost never allowed. If you see someone you know doing this, you can ask them, Would you mind picking it up?

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The word “chicken” is used in so many English idioms. Do you know the following?

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch The expression “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch” means “Don’t expect that all your eggs, which have been laid, will hatch.” “Hatch” is a verb, meaning the baby chicken breaks open the shell of the egg and comes out successfully. So the expression mainly means “Don’t depend on things working out just as you want them to.” this saying appears in the story The Milkmaid and Her Pail in Aesop’s Fables.

A chicken-and-egg situation

In history, philosophers(哲学家) and scientists have met this dilemma(困境): Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Aristotle thought that both the bird and the egg must have always been there. However, more recently, scientists such as Stephen Hawking have argued that the egg came before the chicken. In common speech, the term “a chicken-and-egg situation” means “a situation where it is impossible to say which of two things appeared first and which caused the other one.”

Don’t be such a chicken

There seems to be an idea in English, somehow, that a chicken is a scared bird. Maybe that’s not fair as most birds will probably fly away from you if you go towards them. But “Don’t be such a chicken” means “Don’t be so scared and get a bit more courage.” So if your friend to do something, you can say to him or her, “Don’t be such a chicken. Just have a try!”

1.The underlined word “hatch” means “________” in Chinese.

A. 孵化 B. 长大 C. 破碎 D. 出售

2.We may say “don’t be such a chicken” to someone when he _________.

A. is good at math

B. has difficulty making a choice

C. hopes things will work out just as he wants

D. is not brave enough to do something

3.Which idiom can be used when we can’t make a cause-and-effect relationship clear?

A. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

B. Chicken feed.

C. A chicken-and-egg situation.

D. Chicken out.

4.What does the writer think of the idioms?

A. Interesting. B. Terrible. C. Meaningless. D. Useless.

5.The passage is probably from the section of ________ in a newspaper.

A. health B. geography C. nature D. culture

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The word “chicken” is used in so many English idioms. Do you know the following? Don't count your chickens before they hatch．

The expression “Don't count your chickens before they hatch” means “Don't expect that all your eggs, which have been laid, will hatch.” “Hatch” is a verb, meaning the baby chicken breaks open the shell of the egg and comes out successfully. So the expression mainly means “Don't depend on things working out just as you want them to”. This saying appears in the story The Milkmaid and Her Pail in Aesop's Fables.

A chicken­and­egg situation

In history, philosophers(哲学家) and scientists have met this dilemma(困境): Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Aristotle thought that both the bird and the egg must have always been there. However, more recently, scientists such as Stephen Hawking have argued that the egg came before the chicken. In common speech, the term “a chicken­and­egg situation” means a situation where it is impossible to say which of two things appeared first and which caused the other one.

Don't be such a chicken

There seems to be an idea in English, somehow, that a chicken is a scared bird. Maybe that's not fair as most birds will probably fly away from you if you go towards them. But “Don't be such a chicken” means “Don't be so scared and get a bit more courage.” So if your friend fear to do something, you can say to him or her, “Don't be such a chicken. Just have a try！”

1.The underlined word “hatch” means “　　　　　 ” in Chinese.

A. 孵化　　 B. 长大　　 C. 破碎

2.We may say “don't be such a chicken” to someone when he 　　　　　 .

A. is good at math

B. has difficulty making a choice

C. is not brave enough to do something

3.What does someone get when he is given “chicken feed” for his work?

A. A high pay.

B. A little money.

C. A lot of food.

4.Which idiom can be used when we can't make a cause­and­effect relationship clear?

A. Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

B. Chicken feed.

C. A chicken­and­egg situation.

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“First Blood, Shut down ...” Do you know these words well? They are ____ used in the computer games, such as King Glory, Cross Fire. These days computer games have become more and more popular in many towns and cities, even villages. A lot of small shops ____ busy streets have been changed into computer game houses ____ they can get more money.

The houses are always crowed with people , especially young boys. Sometimes people ____lots of money competing with the machines. People have a kind of gambling psychology(赌博心理)when they play computer games. The more they lose, the more they want to win. As a result, they don’t want to work any more and play games day after day.

For school boys, things are even ____. They have no ____ in their lessons. ____ school is over, they rush to the computer game houses near their schools. Some are ____ enough to get money from their parents while some aren’t. So they _____ steal or rob others.

Computer game addiction(上瘾) is a____ problem in our life. Something has to be done to stop it.

1.A. highly　　 B. widely　　 C. deeply　　 D. lonely

2.A. above　　 B. across　　 C. along　　 D. between

3.A. so that　　 B. when　　 C. unless　　 D. in order to

4.A. take　　 B. pay　　 C. spend　　 D. cost

5.A. better　　 B. exciting　　 C. worse　　 D. interesting

6.A. interest　　 B. time　　 C. chance　　 D. grades

7.A. Because　　 B. Before　　 C. Until　　 D. As soon as

8.A. lucky　　 B. unlucky　　 C. careful　　 D. polite

9.A. can　　 B. should　　 C. could　　 D. have to

10.A. important　　 B. serious　　 C. unusual　　 D. wonderful

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---Do you know how to use this word?

----Sorry, but why not _______in the dictionary.

A.make it up　　 B.make up it

C.look up it　　 D.look it up

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