Reading for pleasure is the easiest way to become a better reader in English. It is also the most important way.

Some students say they don’t want to read for pleasure. They say they want to use their time to learn the rules of the language and new words. They say that pleasure read­ing is too easy.

Many experts （專家） say pleasure reading is very important for learning English. Dr. Stephen Krashen, a famous expert on learning languages, says that pleasure reading helps you learn many important things about English. Students learn more grammar and more words when they read for pleasure. They also learn more about good writing.

Dr. Krashen tells us that pleasure reading helps each student in a different way. Each student needs to learn something different. Pleasure reading makes it possible for each student to learn what he or she needs.

Reading for pleasure is not the same as studying. When you read for pleasure, you choose your own books, and you don’t have to remember everything. There are no tests on your pleasure reading books. Pleasure reading will help you:

●learn how English speakers use English

●read faster in English

●find examples of good writing in English

●learn new words

●learn about the cultures （文化） of English speakers

1．Is pleasure reading important for learning English?

2．Which is the easier way to become a better reader, pleasure reading or studying?

3．What do some students think of pleasure reading?

4．How can we become better readers?

5．What’s the greatest advantage （優(yōu)點(diǎn)） of pleasure reading?

Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in town, I wanted to have a rest before catching the train. I bought a newspaper and some chocolate and went into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to sit at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, put the newspaper and chocolate on the table and then  （A） 去要一杯咖啡.

    When I came back with the coffee, there was someone sitting in the next seat. It was a boy with dark glasses and old clothes, and his hair was colored bright red at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate!

Naturally, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn’t want to have any trouble. I just looked down at the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me closely. Then he took a second piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. （B）Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got （C） it.

The boy gave me a strange look, then stood up. As he left he shouted out, “There’s something wrong with that woman!” Everyone looked at me, but I did not want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet. I did not realize that I had made mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to leave. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate （D） _______ the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!

1．將劃線部分A 譯成英語 _________________________________________________

2．將劃線部分B 改寫為 Still I _________  __________ to him.

3．文中能替代劃線部分C 的短語是 _____________________

4．在D的空白處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~語 ______________

5．文中描寫男孩目光神情的詞語是 _________________________

Helen Keller lived in the USA． She was a great① woman.

　 When Helen was a baby, she got very sick. After many weeks, the doctor said, “She is better, but now she can’t see and can’t hear②.” Her mother and father were very sad.

　 After a few years, things got worse. There was no way for Helen to speak to other people. She heard nothing. She saw nothing. She didn’t understand anything.

　 Then one day a teacher came to live with Helen and her family. The teacher helped Helen learn about words. Helen was very bright and she learned to spell her first word③. When she was older, she went to college.

　 Helen was very famous. She helped many blind and deaf（聾） people. She traveled around the world and helped many people.

　 Helen was a very old woman when she died. The world remembers her today as a brave（勇敢） and wonderful person. She was blind and deaf, but she found a way to see and hear④.

1．下列A、B、C、D中哪一項(xiàng)不能替代①：____________________.

A．famous　　　　　 B．wonderful　　　 C．popular　　　　　 D．grand（自負(fù)的）

2．完成句子，使其意思與劃線②相同：

She can ____________________ see _________________ hear.

3．完成句子，使其意思與劃線③相同：

Helen was ________________ bright ________________ she learned to spell her first word.

4．用文中單詞進(jìn)行詞形變化：

　 clever（同義詞）_____________　 know（同音詞）_____________

bad（比較級）_______________　 one（序數(shù)詞）_______________

5．完成句子，使其意思與劃線④相同：

____________________ she was blind and deaf, she found a way to see and hear.

請根據(jù)今天下午的這則電話錄音完成下面的電話留言。

A: Good morning ,English department office .This is the Dean’s secretary（秘書）,Helen. Can I help you?

B: Yes ,please . May I speak to Dean Wang, please?

A: Please hold on .

B: All right .

A: It’s 9:00 now .I am sorry but he is at a meeting at the moment. Tomorrow is the National Day , so he’s busy now.

B: Oh, I see .Then can you help me ?

A: Yes , sure .

B: Would you please ask him to call me back when the meeting is over ? My name is Chen Min.

A: I’ll let him know as soon as he comes back.

Love for My Parents

提示：爸爸媽媽給了你無限的愛，你肯定把這份深情牢記在心。而你是否曾用適當(dāng)?shù)姆绞奖?/p>

達(dá)過你對爸爸媽媽的愛呢?

要求：

1．根據(jù)所給題目，用英語寫一篇短文，記敘你為爸爸或媽媽做的一件事，以表達(dá)你對他們的情感。詞數(shù)不少于60。

2．語言流暢，書寫規(guī)范，卷面整潔。文中不得使用真實(shí)人名、校名，否則以零分計(jì)。

Is money essential _________happiness?

A．to                 B．with              C．a(chǎn)t               D．on

The burning and cutting down of trees also____ erosion of the soil and flooding，as well as destroying the people and animals who make the forests their home．

A．makes                 B．causes                 C．produces                  D．keeps

一Is Mr. Black ________Mr. Brown?

一Yes，I think so．

A．the same age as        B．the same age like      C．a(chǎn)s the same age as     D．a(chǎn)s older as

What she said _________that she knew nothing about this story．

A．told              B．explained              C．expressed               D．showed

For ten days I stayed with an English family and it was a very exciting_______ for me．

A．practice               B．experience              C．trip               D．dream