1、单元检测卷(二)第一部分听力(略)第二部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)第一节单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。21A satellite is _ object traveling in _ orbit round another object in _ space.Athe；/；the Ban；an；aCthe；an；a Dan；an；/答案D解析in space在太空中，space前不加冠词；object与orbit是指类别，故用an。22She is working hard all day long，which
2、 will surely _ her success in the future.Alook forward to Blook forwardCcontribute to Ddevote to答案C解析contribute to有助于。23This novel was concerned _ the Second World War，while most teenagers are more concerned _ the heros love story.Awith；for Bwith；withCfor；about Dabout；with答案A解析句意为：这部小说与二战有关，大部分青少年更关
3、心那个主人公的爱情故事。be concerned with涉及，与有关；be concerned for/about.担心/关心。24She is very dear to us.We have been prepared to do_it takes to save her life.Awhichever BhoweverCwhatever Dwhoever答案C解析考查名词性从句的引导词。句意为：我们非常珍惜她，我们已经准备好尽一切努力来拯救她的生命。25The old white black TV has been _the new color TV even in the remote
4、 areas in the last ten years.Areplaced with Breplaced inCreplaced to Dreplaced about答案A解析replace A with B用B代替A。句意为：在最近十年里，即使是偏远的地区新的彩电也都替代了旧的黑白电视机。26Teenagers shall be_from entering the Internet bar.Aforbidden BadvisedCbanned Dcalled答案C解析ban sb.from doing禁止某人做。根据句意“应该禁止青少年进入网吧”可知，应选C项。27The old Tom
5、has to work hard to make a living，because he has two sons to_.Araise BprovideCoffer Dhelp答案A解析raise抚养。B项若改为provide for也可以。28Although they are from the same part of the same country，strangely they differ_accents.Aabout Bwith Cin Dfrom答案C解析differ in在某方面不同。句意为：尽管他们来自同一个国家的同一个地方，奇怪的是他们的口音却不同。29The world
6、_ seven continents and four oceans.Amakes up of Bmakes out ofCis consisted of Dconsists of答案D解析句意为：世界由七大洲和四大洋组成。consist of由组成，不能用于被动语态；A项应为be made up of结构；B项不对。故选D项。30According to a UN report,30 percent of the world population have no_to clean drinking water and health care.Asense BchanceCaccess Dst
7、andard答案C解析句意为：根据一份联合国的报告，世界上30%的人口没有干净饮用水和健康保障。access使用，have no access to没有机会使用，符合句意。sense意义，感觉；chance机会；standard标准。31Cinderella has been learning Chinese in Beijing University for the past four years.No wonder she _ above her colleagues in Chinese.Astands out Bsticks outCcomes out Dsorts out答案A解析答
8、语句意为：难怪她汉语比她的同事们学得好。stand out突出，杰出，符合句意。32You have made a few grammar mistakes in your essay but _you have done well.Aon the whole Bon the other handCfirst of all Dgenerally speaking答案A解析on the whole总的来说，符合句意。on the other hand另一方面；first of all首先；generally speaking通常来说。33As is known to us all，success
9、 usually _diligence while laziness can _failure.Aresults from；lie in Bresults in；lead toCresults in；lie in Dresults from；lead to答案D解析句意为：众所周知，成功基于勤奋，懒惰导致失败。result from由造成，由产生；lead to导致；result in导致，终归；lie in在于。由句意知选D项。34It is no longer a question now_man can land on the moon.Athat BifCwhether Dwhat答案
10、A解析考查主语从句连接词。it是形式主语，that引导的从句才是真正的主语，句意为：人类到达月球现在已不再是问题了。35Come and see me whenever_.Ayou are convenientByou will be convenient Cit is convenientDit will be convenient to you答案C解析convenient作表语时，主语不能是人，可用it is convenient for/to sb.结构。D项时态错。第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出
11、最佳选项。Do you know _36_ languages there are in the world？There are about 1,500 but many of them are not very _37_.English is one of the most important languages because many people _38_ it，not only in England and America，_39_ in other countries of the world.About 200,000,000 speak it _40_ their own la
12、nguage，and another 200,000,000 use it as _41_ language.It is _42_ to say how many people are learning it._43_ boys and girls in school are trying to do so.Many English children study French.French is also a very important language._44_ children study German，Russian，Japanese and Chinese.Which is the
13、best _45_ to learn a language？We know that we all learnt _46_ language well when we were _47_.If we learn a second language in the _48_ way，it wont seem so difficult.What does a small child do？It _49_ what people say，and it tries to guess what it hears.When it wants something，it has to _50_ it.It is
14、 using the language，_51_ in it and talking in it all the time.If people use a second language _52_，they will learn it _53_.In school，you learn to read，to hear and to speak.It is best to learn all new words through the _54_.You can read them，spell them and _55_ them.36A.how many Bwhat numberCa lot of
15、 Dso many答案A解析由下句There are about 1,500可知，上文是询问“世界上有多少种语言”。 37A.useful BnecessaryCimportant Dgood答案C解析由下句English is one of the most important language可知，上句是说全世界1 500多种语言中有许多是不重要的。38A.like BuseClearn Dspeak答案B解析由于很多人使用英语，所以英语才是世界上最重要的语言之一。所以用use。39A.but BandCalso Dso答案A解析该空与上文的not only一起构成not only.but
16、 (also)固定短语，意为“不仅而且”。40A.like Bwith Cfor Das答案D解析全世界有200 000 000人把英语作为母语来讲，所以用介词as，意为“作为”。41A.foreign Ba secondCthe second Da special答案B解析全世界有200 000 000人把英语作为第二语言。“a序数词”表示“再一，另一”；the second“第二”。如：He had an apple.But he wanted a second one.他吃了一个苹果，还想再要一个。这里的“a”不能换成“the”。所以选B项。42A.easy Bagain Cdiffic
17、ult Dbest答案C解析目前全世界有多少人正在学习英语很难说。43A.Millions of BMillion ofCMillions DSeveral million答案A解析millions of意为“无数，许多”；several million意为“数百万”，该句表示“全世界许许多多的学生正在学习英语”。44A.Some BOther CAll DFew答案A解析上文说很多英国学生学习法语，也有一些学生学习其他语言，如德语、俄语、日语和汉语。依据句意，选A项。45A.time Bway Cthing Dplace答案B解析下文主要谈论学习语言的方法。46A.a foreign Bou
18、r mothersCothers Dour own答案D解析当我们还是孩子的时候，就学会了自己的母语。故D项正确。47A.born BchildrenCgrown Dboys答案B解析根据句意和常识可知，B项正确。48A.same BdifferentCuseful Dgood答案A解析如果我们用同样的办法学习另一门语言，就不会那么难了。49A.does BsaysClistens to Dfollows答案C解析在孩子学会说话之前，先要“听”。follow是“领会、听清楚”的意思。50A.ask BwantCget Dask for答案D解析ask for sth.请求得到某物。51A.sp
19、eaking BwritingCthinking Ddoing答案C解析孩子索取东西的过程，其实就是用语言思维和交流的过程。52A.some time BsometimesCall the time Dfor the time答案C解析some time意为“一段时间”；sometimes意为“有时候”；all the time意为“一直，总是”。根据句意，应选C项。53A.quickly BsoonCfreely Deasily答案A解析如果人们一直使用另一门语言，那么他们就会很快地学会这门语言。54A.mouth BhandsCears Dmind答案C解析学习生词最好先听，既然听当然要用
20、耳朵。55A.speak BuseClove Dwrite答案D解析根据句意可知D项正确。第三部分阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。ANOTICE OF PROPOSED REGULATION AMENDMENT(修正案)Date：June 6,2013REGULATION TITLE：Tuition CostREGULATION NO.：3.0375SUMMARY：This is the annual BOT approval of tuition and fees for the 20132014 acade
21、mic year.The Board approved the amounts of the student activity，health，athletics，and transportation access fees at the Boards December 2012 meeting.As occurs annually，this regulation implements(使生效) these fees as well as tuition and other fees after the end of the legislative session(立法会议) and in ti
22、me for the fall 2013 term.AUTHORITY：BOG Regulation 1.001,7.001 and 7.003，General Appropriations Act,2013.COMMENTS CONCERNING THE PROPOSED REGULATION SHOULD BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 14 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE TO THE CONTACT PERSON IDENTIFIED BELOW.The comments must identify the regulation you are
23、commenting on.THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED REGULATION IS：Rebecca JHolt，Senior Administrative Assistant,123 Tigert Hall，Post Office Box 113125，University of Florida，Gainesville，Florida 32611,3523921358 office,3523924387 facsimile(传真)，regulationsufl.edu.NAME OF PERSON WHO APPROVED
24、 THE PROPOSED REGULATION：Joseph Glover，Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs.THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED REGULATION IS ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE.56The proposed regulation is mainly about _.Astudent activities Bannual fundsCtuition cost Dcost comments答案C解析细节理解题。从“REGULATION TITLE：Tui
25、tion Cost”可以看出，该试行条例主要关于学费“tuition cost”。故选C项。57If you have comments on the proposed regulation，you can do the following EXCEPT _.Apaying a visit to Joseph GloverBsending email to regulations ufl.eduCfaxing 3523924387Dcalling 3523921358答案A解析细节理解题。从倒数第三段的内容可以看出，如果对该条例有任何评论的话可以以不同方式联系Rebecca JHolt，由此可
26、知B、C、D三项正确。A选项提到的Joseph Glover是倒数第二段涉及的信息，文中只表明他赞同该条例，而没有说可以找他发表评论。BThe speaker，a teacher from a community college，addressed a sympathetic audience.Heads nodded in agreement when he said，“High school English teachers are not doing their jobs.”He described the inadequacies of his students，all high sc
27、hool graduates who can use language only at a grade 9 level.I was unable to determine from his answers to my questions how this grade 9 level had been established.My topic is not standards nor its decline(降低)What the speaker was really saying is that he is no longer young；he has been teaching for si
28、xteen years，and is able to think and speak like a mature adult.My point is that the frequent complaint of one generation about the one immediately following it is inevitable.It is also human nature to look for the reasons for our dissatisfaction.Before English became a school subject in the late nin
29、eteenth century，it was difficult to find the target of the blame for language deficiencies(缺陷)But since then，English teachers have been under constant attack.The complainers think they have hit upon an original idea.As their own command of the language improves，they notice that young people do not h
30、ave this same ability.Unaware that their own ability has developed through the years，they assume the new generation of young people must be hopeless in this respect.To the eyes and ears of sensitive adults the language of the young always seems inadequate.Since this concern about the decline and fal
31、l of the English language is not perceived as a generational phenomenon but rather as something new and peculiar to todays young people，it naturally follows that todays English teachers cannot be doing their jobs.Otherwise，young people would not have a poor command of English.58The speaker the autho
32、r mentioned in the passage believed that _.Athe language of the younger generation is usually inferior to that of the older generationBthe students had a poor command of English because they didnt work hard enoughChe was an excellent language teacher because he had been teaching English for sixteen
33、yearsDEnglish teachers should be held responsible for the students poor command of English答案D解析细节理解题。由第一段的“High school English teachers are not doing their jobs.”可知作者提到的说话人认为，英语老师应该为学生的英语不好负责。故选D。59In the authors opinion，the speaker _.Agave a correct judgment of the English level of the studentsBhad
34、 exaggerated (夸张)the language problems of the studentsCwas right in saying that English teachers were not doing their jobsDcould think and speak intelligently答案B解析细节理解题。由第四段的“As their own command of the language improves，they notice that young people do not have this same ability.Unaware that their
35、own ability has developed through the years，they assume the new generation of young people must be hopeless in this respect.”可知作者认为发言者夸张了学生的语言问题。故选B。60It can be concluded from the passage that _.Ait is justifiable to include English as a school subjectBthe author disagrees with the speaker over the
36、standard of English at Grade 9 levelCEnglish language teaching is by no means an easy jobDlanguage improvement needs time and effort答案C解析细节理解题。由第四段的“Unaware that their own ability has developed through the years，.”说明成年人的语言能力是经过了多年的发展的，所以语言教学绝不是一项简单的工作。故选C。C Im not so sure I like my friends any more.
37、I used to like themto be honest.Wed have lunch，talk on the phone or exchange emails，and they all seemed normal enough.But then came FaceBook，and I was introduced to a sad fact：many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from me.Today my friends show off the more unpleasant aspects of their
38、 personalities via FaceBook.No longer hidden，theyre thrown in my face like TV commercialsunavoidable and endless advertisements for the worst of their personalities.Take Fred.If you were to have lunch with him，youd find him warm，and selfeffacing(谦逊的)Read his FaceBook and youll realize hes an unbeara
39、ble，foodobsessed boring man.Hed pause to have a cup of coffee on his way to save a drowning manand then write about it.Take Andy.You wont find a smarter CEO anywhere，but now hes a CEO without a company to run.So he plays Mafia Wars on FaceBook.Hes doing welllevel 731.Thanks to FaceBook，I know hes pl
40、aying about 18 hours a day.Andy，youve run four companiesand this is how you spend your downtime？What happened to golf？What happened to getting another job?Take Liz.She is positive that the flu vaccine will kill us all and that we should avoid it.And then comes Chris who likes to post at least 20 tim
41、es a day on every website he can find，so I get to read his thoughts twice，once on FaceBook and once on Twitter.In real life，I dont see these sides of people.Face to face，my friends show me their best.Theyre nice，smart people.But face to FaceBook，my friends are like a blind date which goes horribly w
42、rong.Im left with a dilemma.Who is my real friend？Is it_ the Liz I have lunch with or the antivaccine mad woman on FaceBook？Is it the Fred I can grab a sandwich with or the Fred who weeps if hes at a party and the wine isnt up to his standards?61Who is opposed to the flu vaccine in the text?AFred. B
43、Andy.CLiz. DChris.答案C解析细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中“She is positive that the flu vaccine will kill us all and that we should avoid it.”可知Liz不赞成用流感疫苗，故选C。62Whats Andy probably busy in doing now?AHes running his company.BHes playing golf all day.CHes looking for another job.DHes playing computer games.答案D解析推理判断题。根据
44、第四段中“So he plays Mafia Wars on FaceBook.Hes doing welllevel 731.Thanks to FaceBook，I know hes playing about 18 hours a day.”可推知，Andy现在很可能在玩电脑游戏，故选D。63The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to “_”Aa dilemma Bmy real friendCFacebook DTwitter答案B解析代词指代题。根据划线词“it”所在句的前一句“Who is my real fri
45、end？”可知，it指前面提到的my real fiend，故选B。64The text is developed mainly by _.Agiving examplesBfollowing the time orderClisting figuresDraising questions答案A解析篇章结构题。根据文章的内容可知它以举例说明的方式来组织材料的，故选A。DMany of us have heard stories about teachers who can “see” into a students future.Even if a student is not perform
46、ing well，they can predict success.We are convinced that this ability，this gift，is evidence that they are “called to teach”If the gift of sight is evidence，how greater must be the gift of touch.I have a story.I grew up in the fifties in a poor African American neighborhood in Stockton，California，that
47、 had neither sidewalks nor an elementary school.Each day，always in groups at our parents insistence，my friends and I would leave home early enough to walk eight blocks to school and be in our seats when the bell rang.For four blocks，we walked on dusty roads.By the fifth block，we walked on sidewalks
48、that led to lovely homes and to Fair Oaks Elementary School.It was at Fair Oaks，in a sixth grade English class，that I met Ms.Victoria Hunter，a teacher who had a huge influence on my life.During reading periods，she would walk around the room，stop at our desks，stand over us for a second or two，and the
49、n touch us.Without saying anything to us (nothing could break the silence of reading periods)，she would place two fingers lightly on our throats and hold them there for seconds.I learned many years later when I was a student at Stanford University that teachers touch the throat of students to check
50、for subvocalization(默读)，which slows down the reading speed.I did not know at the time why Ms.Hunter was touching our throats，but I was a serious and respectful student and so，during silent reading period，I did what Ms.Hunter told us to do.I kept my eyes on the material I was reading and waited for h
51、er to place her fingers lightly on my throat.One day，out of curiosity，I raised my head from my bookthough not highso that I could see Ms.Hunter，a white woman from Canada，moving up and down the rows，stopping at the desks of my classmates.I wanted to see how they reacted when she touched their throats
52、.She walked past them.I was confused.Did she pass them by because they were model students？What didnt we，the students who were touched，do right？I sat up straighter in my chair，thinking that my way of sitting might be the problem.I was confused.Several days later，I watched again，this time raising my
53、head a little higher.Nothing changed.Ms.Hunter touched the same students.Always，she touched me.She touched me with her hands.She also touched me with her belief in my ability to achieve.She motivated me by demanding the best from me and by letting teachers I would meet in junior high school know tha
54、t I should be challenged and that I would be serious about my work.I am convinced that she touched me because she could “see” me in the future.That was true of all of us at Fair Oaks who sat still and silent as Ms.Hunter placed her fingers lightly on our throats.We left Fair Oaks as “best students”，
55、entered John Marshall Junior High School，finished at the top of our high school class，and went on to earn graduate degrees in various subjects.Ms.Hunter saw us achieving and she touched us to make certain that we would.I was not surprised that she came to my graduation ceremony at Edison High School
56、 in Stockton or that she talked to me about finishing college and earning a PhD.She expected that of me.She gave me a beautifully wrapped box.Inside was a gift，the beauty of which multiplies even as it touches me：a_necklace_to_which_I_can_add_charms_for_each_stage_of_my_life.65According to the write
57、r，what is a special ability many good teachers possess?AThe ability to make all students behave well.BThe ability to treat different students in the same way.CThe ability to discover a students potential to succeed.DThe ability to predict the near future of a poor student.答案C解析细节理解题。依据文章第一段中的“Many o
58、f us have heard stories about teachers who can see into a students future.Even if a student is not performing well，they can predict success.”可知，一个好老师如同伯乐，能发现学生的成功潜能，故选C项。66When she saw Ms.Hunter walk past some students without touching their throats，the writer felt _.Adisturbed BpuzzledCashamed Dann
59、oyed答案B解析细节理解题。依据文章第四段的内容可知，作者对Ms.Hunter不碰某些学生的喉部的行为感到困惑不解，故选B项。67According to the passage，how did Ms.Hunter motivate the writer?ABy correcting the way she sat.BBy having high expectations of her.CBy sending her a valuable necklace.DBy communicating with her parents often.答案B解析细节理解题。依据第五段中的“She also
60、 touched me with her belief in my ability to achieve.She motivated me by demanding the best from me.”及最后一段的前两句可知，Ms.Hunter通过对作者寄予高期望来激励作者进步，故选B项。68What does the writer mean by “a necklace to which I can add charms for each stage of my life” (Paragraph 6)?AA gift which encourages me to do well on the
61、 journey of my life.BA gift which becomes more and more valuable as time goes by.CA necklace which I wear on all important occasions in my life.DA necklace which suits me and adds to my charm.答案A解析句意理解题。依据文章最后一段中的“She expected that of me.”“Inside was a gift，the beauty of which multiplies even as it
62、touches me.”可知，这是Ms.Hunter给作者的最好的礼物，鼓励着作者在以后的人生道路上走向成功，故选A项。69The writers attitude towards Ms.Hunter might be described as _.Adisappointed BgratefulCdoubtful Dsympathetic答案B解析作者态度题。从全文的字里行间可知，Ms.Hunter影响了作者的一生，作者对此感激不尽，故选B项。70Which of the following serves as the best title for the story?AMs.Hunters
63、SurpriseBMs.Hunters ChallengeCA Teachers TouchDA Teachers Memory答案C解析标题归纳题。依据文章内容可知，本文讲述了一位影响作者一生的好老师Ms.Hunter，而这种影响开始于最初的“喉部的触碰”，因此A Teachers Touch能很好地归纳全文，适合作本文的标题。第四部分任务型阅读(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。Most of us know it is beneficial to take exercise，but it can be
64、 a struggle to get up and get moving every day.A dog provides strong motivation，and can make your daily walk or run less lonely and more fun.Moreover，youll burn extra calories when helping your dog walk on a leash and doing brief training exercises with your dog.I know that with Ranger，I have to wal
65、k him every day，and hes always ready each morning，so morning time it is！Sometimes we even squeeze in an afternoon or early evening walk，which is better for my health.Theres no doubt that dog ownership does come with some stresses，from making sure youve applied their monthly front line for fleas to w
66、orrying if your dog will get along with the other dogs at the dog park.But the benefits of pet ownership more than outweight these minor stresses.Research shows that a few minutes spent petting an animal lowers blood levels of cortisol，the stress hormone(荷尔蒙)Cortisol contributes to tiredness，weight
67、gain and aging，and your pet can help counteract its negative effects.Many people living alone worry about burglars，and a dog can help give owners a sense of security.Burglars are less likely to break into a house with a barking dog，and your dog can help you feel less lonely whether youre just spendi
68、ng the night by yourself or living alone for the long term.If your dog is older and struggles to move around，you can still rest easy knowing that your dog will get to a burglar before you do.If the dog needs access to higher surfaces，you can invest in a pet studio dog ramp(斜坡) to make it easier for
69、your dog to be visible and see outside.People who have regular positive interactions with others tend to live longer and be happier，and pets provide you with a valuable opportunity to meet and interact with other people.Even if youre shy，its easy to strike up a conversation with another person if yo
70、ure both talking about your animals.Trips to the vet，visits to the dog park and meetups with other pet owners also provide pet owners with easy and substantive opportunities for interactions.If youre still anxious about meeting new people，consider joining a message board or an online group for peopl
71、e with similar pets to yours.Youll quickly find yourself making new friends in addition to learning a lot about your best friendyour pet!In a fastpaced，highstress world，mental health diagnoses such as depression and anxiety are at an alltime high.But pet owners have fewer mental illnesses，and animal
72、s are even used as therapy for people suffering from mental illness.If you struggle with depression，an animal can help you avoid dwelling on your problems.The exercise and stress release you get from spending time with your pet may even reverse(逆转) the effects of depression.Dog owners are also subst
73、antially less stressed than people who dont own dogs，and reduced stress is strongly correlated with lower blood pressure，a longer life span，greater happiness and improved health.So if you dont own any pet，and want to make some positive changes in your life，go to a local animal shelter or humane soci
74、ety，and find your next best friend today.Youll both enjoy a healthier lifestyle!第五部分书面表达(满分25分)阅读下面短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。English is probably the most widely used language in the world today.It is the standard language for international communication in areas as diverse as science，information techn
75、ology，business，air and sea transportation，entertainment and government relations.The spread of English across the world began more than 400 years ago.Britain introduced the language to the countries it discovered or controlled，and by the end of the 19th century，it was already the main language used
76、in the United States，Canada，Australia and New Zealand.But it was the growing economic，political and cultural influence of the USA after World War that sped up the use of the language across the planet.English replaced German as the language used in international science research during the second ha
77、lf of the 20th century.English overtook French as the main language of communication between governments during the second half of the 19th century.A working knowledge of English has become a requirement in a number of fields，occupations and professions，such as medicine and computing.As a consequenc
78、e，more than a billion people speak English to atleast a basic level.It is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.写作内容1用约30个单词写出上文概要。2用约120个单词就“英语学习带来的影响”谈谈你的看法，内容包括：(1)你认为学习英语是否必要；(2)人们学习英语的目的是什么；(3)以你或他人的经历说明学习英语带来的影响。写作要求1可以支持文中任一观点，但必须提供理由或论据；2阐述观点或提供论据时，不能直接引用原文语句；3作文中不能出现真实姓名和学
79、校名称；4不必写标题。评分标准内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。参考范文The article describes how English has gradually spread over the world and became todays language of international communication in many fields.Because of its usefulness，English is now learned by billions of people everywhere.As far as Im concerned，it is of grea
80、t importance to learn English，for the simple reason that，serving as a universal language，English enables us to communicate with people from all over the world，and equally importantly，learn about foreign cultures.Reasons people learn English vary.Some take it up out of interest，and enjoy the challeng
81、e of learning a new language.Others learn English to get a promising job requiring English language skills.A recent experience showed me just how important learning English could be for my future.Last year，I had the honour of giving a welcoming speech to British teachers on behalf of my school.I spo
82、ke fluent English and this left a deep impression on the guests.The guests were so impressed that they invited me to join a 3month training program in English for free.While in England I not only developed some practical skills but also gained invaluable overseas work experience.All in all，emphasis should be placed on English studies as it is good for our future.
