What will the next decade bring, as we move into a new millennium? That’s getting hard
A.It’s a good idea
B.What a pity
C.Remember to bring it next time
D.I’m glad to hear that
A.Come on!It'll be Ok .Try again next semester .
B.Oh,really?That's terrific .
C.That's great.How nice!
D.I'm not going to take the exam right now .
--- What time will the next train leave?
--- At 8.19.()
—__________________You've been itching to go on a business trip for months.
A.I am sorry to hear that.
B.Great! You must be happy.
C.So what?
A.Oh, really? Are you mad?
B.How clumsy you are!
C.Come on! It'll be OK You will do better next time
D.That's great How nice!
Which of the following sentences expresses OFFER?
A.Why don"t you give him some apples?
B.Can you check the account book again for me?
C.Welcome. What can I do for you?
D.Is Mary going to Australia next week?
&8226;You will hear another five recordings. Five people are phoning about conference arrangements.
&8226;For each recording, decide what the speaker's purpose is.
&8226;Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the recording.
&8226;Do not use any letter more than once.
&8226;After you have listened once, replay the recordings.
A. to request travel information
B. to book a meeting room
C. to postpone an appointment
D. to suggest a future change of venue
E. to ask for a conference programme
F. to cancel a reservation
G. to invite a guest speaker
H. to confirm their attendance
A man who knows a bit about carpentry (木工术) will make his table more quickly than the man who does not. If the instructions are not very clear, or the shape of a piece is puzzling his experience helps him to conclude that it must fit there, or that its function must be that. In the same way, the reader's sense and experience helps him to predict what the writer is likely to ,say next; that he must be going to say this rather than that. A reader who can think along with the writer in this way will find the text.
This skill is so useful that you may wish to make your students aware of it so that they can use it to tackle difficult texts. It does seem to be the case that as we read we make hypotheses (假设) about what the writer intends to say; these are immediately modified by what he actually does say, and are replaced by new hypotheses about what will follow. We have all had the experience of believing we were understanding a text until suddenly brought to a halt by some word or phrase that would not fit into the pattern and forced us to reread and readjust our thoughts. Such occurrences lend support to the notion of reading as a constant making and remaking of hypotheses.
If you are interested in finding out how far this idea accords with (符合) practice, you may like to try out the text and questions. To do so, take a piece of card and use it to mask the text. Move it down the page, revealing only one
t a time. Answer the question before you go on to look at the next section. Check your prediction against what the text actually says, and use the new knowledge to improve your next prediction. You will need to look back to earlier parts of the text if you are to make accurate prediction, for you must keep in mind the general organization of the argument as well as the detail within each sentence. If you have tried this out, you have probably been interested to find how much you can predict, though naturally we should not expect to be right every time -- otherwise there would be no need for us to read.
Conscious use of this technique can be helpful when we are faced with a part of the text that we find difficult: if we can see the overall pattern of the text, and the way the argument is organized, we can make a reasoned guess at the next step. Having an idea of what something might mean can be a great help in interpreting it.
The author uses the examples of carpentry and reading to show______.
A.the importance of making prediction
B.the similarity in using one's senses
C.the necessity of making use of one's knowledge
D.the most effective method in doing anything
Shortly after my friend hadleft, I went to a restaurant near the hotel to get something to eat. Because Icouldn’t speak a word of English, I couldn’t tell the waiter what I wanted. Iwas very upset and started to make some gestures, but the waiter didn’tunderstand me. Finally, I ordered the same thing the man at the next table waseating. After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway until I came to Times Square with its movie theatres, neon lights, andhuge crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I continued to walk around thecity. I wanted to see everything on my first day. I knew it was impossible, butI wanted to try.
When I returned to thehotel, I was exhausted, but I couldn’t sleep because I kept hearing the fireand police sirens during the night. I lay awake and thought about New York. It was a verybig and interesting city with many tall buildings and big cars, and full ofnoise and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to speakEnglish.
6. On the way tohis hotel, the writer _____________.
a.was silent all the time
b.kept talking to his friend
c.showed his friend something he brought with him
d.looked out of the window with great interest
7. He did nothave what he really wanted, because _________.
a.he only made some gestures
b.he did not order at all
c.the waiter was unwilling to serve
d.he could not make himself understood
8. The waiter______________.
a.knew what he would order
b.finally understood what he said
c.served the same thing the man at the next table was having
d.took the order through his gestures
9. After dinner,he _______________.
a.walked back to the hotel right away
b.went to the movies
c.did some shopping on Broadway
d.had a walking tour about the city
10. That night hecould not sleep, because ______________.
a.he did not know what to do the next day
b.he was not tired at all
c.he was thinking about his great city
d.he kept hearing the fire and police sirens
二. 介词填空: (按课本课文内容填入适当的介词)
11. Successfullanguage learners are learners _____ a purpose.
12. Successful languagelearners are independent learners. They do not depend _____ the book or theteacher.
13. It is just like a24-hour library, which enables us to search ____ the right information we needby simply typing in some key words.
14. It is necessary for themto learn the language in order to communicate ____ these people and to learnfrom them.
15. ____ the other hand, ifyour language learning has been lessthan successful, you might do well to try some of the techniques outlinedabove.