One is not born able to speak a language. One is born able to make a noise. I have heard babies cry in America and in China. I can’t tell any difference. But when I hear someone from America speak English and hear someone speak Chinese, I can tell you there are a lot of differences.
I believe a common(普遍的) problem with Chinese students’ learning English is that they were not taught to think in English. They have an idea spoken in English and want to translate the idea into Chinese, then they think in Chinese of the proper reply and translate it into English. After a long period of speaking the language, one begins to think in the foreign language naturally. You will learn faster if you begin to think in English at the very beginning of your study. Many students ask me: What can I do to improve my spoken English?
My reply is: The more English you speak, the better English you will speak. There are many things you can do to improve your spoken English. Of course, the best way is to live where English is spoken as a language of the country.
小題1:The cries of American and Chinese babies are _______.
A．differentB．the same
C．not like each otherD．like each other
小題2:The underlined sentence (in Paragraph 2) means that______.
A．some teachers didn’t teach students to think in English
B．teachers never gave the students the way of learning English
C．students didn’t remember the way teachers taught them
D．teachers didn’t want their students to think in English
小題3:The underlined word “they” (in Paragraph 2) refers to “_____”.
A．Chinese studentsB．English students
C．Chinese teachersD．English teachers
小題4:According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?
A．You must think in English all the time.
B．You should always translate English into Chinese.
C．After speaking English for a long time, you may probably think in English naturally(自然地).
D．The best way of learning English is to live in America.

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:A
小題4:C
 
小題1:B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。結(jié)合I have heard babies cry in America and in China. I can’t tell any difference.可知答案。
小題2:A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。結(jié)合they were not taught to think in English可知答案。
小題3:A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。結(jié)合第二段內(nèi)容可知此處的they應(yīng)與they were not taught to think in English指代的相同，都是指Chinese students。
小題4:C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。結(jié)合After a long period of speaking the language, one begins to think in the foreign language naturally可知答案。
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