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UNIT-9Learning七选
五、阅读、写作综合训练Lesson-4Review一.七选五(共小题)10AHow to Improve EnglishSpeaking SkillsWiththe development of society,the worldhas becomea globalvillage.Its necessarytoImproveyourEnglish speaking skills tocommunicate withpeople aroundthe world.Then howcan youimprove your Englishspeaking skillsL・Talk withnative speakers,Talking withnative speakersis thebest wayto improveyour Englishspeakingskills.2;・Slow down.If youwant to be understood,slow down.
3.The moreclearly youspeak,the betteryourlisteners canunderstand you.・Speak Englishat home.
4.You cantalk toyourself in English.You canalso describewhat youare doing.While yourewashing thedishes,say what youre doing,thinking,or feeling.It keepsyour brainthinking inEnglish.・Take part in speaking activities.Ifs goodfbr you to takepartindifferent Englishspeakingactivities.Forexample,you cango to the EnglishComer.You canalso takeEnglish speechtraining classesand soon.・5Recording yourselfis agood wayto improveyourEnglishspeakingskills.Though you2hear yourselfall thetime,you don*t quiteknow whatyou soundlike.So recordyourself Whatare theweak andstrongpoints youhear inyour speech.You mightfind themif youlisten toyour recording.A.Record yourself.B・Do sportsregularly.C・Here aresome suggestionsfbr youD.When youslow down,you willspeak clearlyE.You can do yourhistory exercisesat schoolF.Youd betterspeak Englishat homeas oftenas possibleG.Practice withnative speakers,and you*!!make progressBSomepeople learn a secondlanguage easily.Other peoplehave troublelearning anew language.How canyouhelp yourselflearn anew language,such asEnglish6^♦Be patient.You donot haveto understandeverything allat once.7We canlearn fromour mistakes.2♦Practice yourEnglish.For example,write ina journalevery day.You willget usedto writingin English,and you will feelcomfortableexpressing yourideas inEnglish.After severalweeks,you willsee that your writingis improving.
8.You canpractice withyour classmatesoutside class.You willall make mistakes,but graduallyyou willbecomecomfortable communicatinginEnglish.♦9______2If youbelieve thatyou canlearn,youwilllearn.♦Keep arecord ofyour language learning.After eachclass,think aboutwhatyoudid.Did youanswer aquestion correctlyDid youunderstandsomething theteacher explainedPerhaps thelesson wasdifficult,but youtried tounderstand it.10^♦Be positiveabout learning Englishand believethatyoucandoit.It isimportant topractice every day andmake arecord ofyour achievements.You willenjoy learning English,and youwill havemore confidencein yourself.A.Write theseachievements inyour journal.B.Besides,you mustspeak Englisheveryday.C.You mightbe afraidof makingmistakes.D.There areseveral waysto makelearning Englisha littleeasier andmore interesting.E.Share yourachievement withyour parentsand friends.F.Feel confidentaboutlearningEnglish.G.It isnatural foryouto makemistakeswhen youlearn somethingnew.二.阅读理解(共小题)8AAny foreignerwho hastried to learn Chinesecan tellhow hardit isto master the tones required to speak andunderstand.And anyonewho hastried tolearn toplay theviolin orother instrumentscan reportsimilar challenges.Now researchershave foundthat peoplewith musicaltraining have an easiertime learningChinese.Writing in the onlineedition ofNature Neuroscience,researchers fromNorthwestern Universitysay thatboth(音调).skills drawon the same partsof thebrain thathelp peoplediscover changesin pitchOneof the studys authors,Nina Kraus,said thefindings suggestedthat studyingmusic actuallytunes oursensorysystem”.This meansthat schoolsthat wantchildren to do well in languagesshould hesitatebefore cutting,music programsDr.Kraus said.She saidmusic training might alsohelp childrenwith languageproblems.(普通话)(编码)Mandarin speakershave beenshown tohaveamore complexencoding ofpitch patternsin their brainsthan Englishspeakers do.This isbecause inMandarin andother Asianlanguages,pitch playsacentral role.A single-syllable wordcan haveseveral meaningsdepending onhow it is intoned.For thisstudy,the researcherslooked at20non-Chinese speakingvolunteers,half withno musicalbackgroundand halfwho havestudied aninstrument fbrat leastsix years.As theywere showna movie,the volunteersalso heardan audiotape of the Mandarinword miin threeof itsmeanings:squint,bewilder andrice.The researchersrecorded activitiesintheirbrain stemsto seehow welltheywere processingthe sounds.Those witha musicbackground showedmuch morebrain activitiesin responseto theChinesesounds.The leadauthor of thestudy,Patrick C.M.Wong,said itmight workboth ways.It appearsthat nativespeakersof tonallanguages maydo betterat learninginstruments.
1.When learningChinese,a foreignerwill find.A.he hasa difficulttime learningmusic at the sametimeB.he has an easiertime learningmusic atthesametimeC.it ishard tomasterthetonesrequiredtospeak and understandD.itiseasy to use thebrain tohelp himdiscover changesin pitch
2.Why doesChinese learninghave somethingto dowith musictrainingA.Because thereis thesame difficultyin learningChinese andmusic.B.Because skillstolearnthe twomake useof thesame partsof thebrain.C.Because musictrainingmighthelp peoplewith languagestudy.D.Because peoplewho do wellinChinese studydowellin music.
3.The underlined word intonedinthefourth paragraphcan bereplaced bythe wordA.created B.spelled C.seemed D.pronounced
4.What wouldbe thebest titlefor thispassageA.Mandarin SpeakersAre Smarterthan EnglishSpeakersB.Skilled Earfor MusicMay HelpLanguage StudyC.Pitch Playsa CentralRole inChinese LearningD.Schools Needto DevelopMusic ProgramsBLanguage learning apps are very popular nowand offeropportunities tolearn vocabularyand practicegrammar.But therehas beena discussionabout justhow effectivesuch appscan be.Among themost popularapps areDuolingo andBusuu.A previousresearch foundpositive resultson theuseof them.But itmainly concentrateson studieswith learnerswho hadsigned upfor languagecourses andthese appsworkedasanafter-class support,so the results werenot alwaysreliable.A recentstudy of4,095Busuu usershasbeen carried out tofind outif userscan actuallylearnalanguage withan app.Busuu provideslearning materialsfbr12different languages.It offersspecial modelswhere somecontentsare availablefor freewhile somecontents arenot,We findthat itsusers arean evenmix ofmen andwomen.Morethan halfconsider themselvestobeatthebeginner levelas thereis adecrease inusers astheir languagelevels goup.Most peopleuse the app becauseof personalinterest,or because they wantto studyor liveabroad.Females tendtouse itless oftenbut fbrlonger periodsof timethan maleusers.Getting anyfeedback onBusuu dependson whetheryour answeris corrector not.While itis helpful,this isnotthe sortof feedbacklanguage teachersprefer,as itdoes notexplain whythe answeris rightor wrong.In spiteofthis,feedback inthe appis veryhighly rated.More than92%of thepeople statethat theapp hasmet theirexpectations and86%consider theapp asverygood orgood.In fact,more than80%of theusers surveyedstrongly agreethat usingtheapphas helpedthemimprove theirknowledge ofthe languagethey arelearning.Besides,languagelearningapps alsocreate anenvironment wheremistakes areonly knownto theusers,andthis canaddress theperformance anxietythat manylearners sufferfrom whenasked tospeakaforeign language.So language teachers shouldencourage theirstudents touse themtodothe grammarwork,leaving preciousclasstime formore languagecommunication.
5..Why werenttheresultsoftheformer researchalways dependableA.Because itused out-ol-date methods.B.Because itjust focusedon positiveresults.C.Because itwas onlycarriedoutbefore class.D.Because itonly consideredusers ofa limitedtype.E.What canwe learnabout theapp Busuufrom the textA.All thecontents arefree touse.B.Its usedby moreadvanced learners.C.Most usersconsider itsatisfying.D.Its morepopular withfemale learners.F.Which ofthe followingcan probablyreplace theunderlinedwordaddressA.Deal with.B.Write down.C.Turn to.D.Speak of.
8.What isthe mainidea ofthetextA.Students wontsuffer anxietyin learninglanguages byusing Busuu.B.Language learningapps areeffective andsatisfactory tolanguage learners.C.Languagelearningappsareverypopularwith mostlanguageteachers.D.Students shouldbe requiredtouseapps fbrhomework afterclass.三.应用文写作(共小题)1Students in China spenda lotof timelearningEnglish.But mostof themcannot useit tocommunicate.Someexperts thinkthe reasonlies inthe testing system,becausethecurrent EnglishtestingsysteminChinaputs too(全面的)much pressureon studentsto gethigh marksand payno attentiontothe developmentoftheir overall(改革)language abilities.Considering this,recently manyexperts arecalling fbrreforms ofthe Englishlanguagetesting systemtomakeit moreeffectively todevelop actuallanguage abilities.They saychanges arenecessary for写作要求thedevelopmentofthenational Englisheducation system.,用个词左右概括上述话题的主要内容;130,用约个词就这一话题发表自己的看法,并包括如下耍点2100()你是否赞成英语考试的改革1()你赞同或反对的理由(至少两条)2()对谈谈你的看法3“How todevelop overalllanguage abilities”。
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