1、课时作业6Developing ideasAIf you want to become a fluent English speaker, you should take some advice. There are four skills in learning English. They are reading, listening, speaking, and writing. The most important thing you must remember is that if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills
2、, you should first master the skills of reading and listening.Read as much as you can. But your reading must be active. It means that you must think about the meaning of the sentence, the meaning of the unfamiliar words, etc. There is no need for you to pay much attention to grammars or try to under
3、stand all the unfamiliar words you come_across,_but the fact that you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them, for example, in other passages or books, is enough. It would be better to prepare yourself a notebook so you can write down the important words or sentences in
4、it.As for listening, there are two choices: besides reading, you can listen every day for about 30 minutes. You can only pay attention to your reading and become skillful at your reading, then you can catch up on your listening. Since you have lots of inputs in your mind, you can easily guess what t
5、he speaker is going to say. This never means that you should not practice listening.For listening, you can listen to cartoons or some movies that are specially made for children. Their languages are easy. Or if you are good at listening, you can listen to VOA or BBC programs every day. Again the thi
6、ng to remember is being active in listening and preferably taking some notes.If you follow these pieces of advice, your speaking and writing will improve automatically, and you can be sure that with a little effort they will become perfect.文章大意：如果你想成为一个英语流利的人，你要听取一些建议：先提高阅读和听力技能，再带动说和写的技能的提高。1Accord
7、ing to the author, which should you improve first among the four skills?AReading and listening.BReading and writing.CWriting and speaking.DSpeaking and listening.答案：A解析：细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可知，作者认为要想提高说和写的能力，首先要掌握读和听。2The underlined phrase “come across” in Paragraph 2 can probably be replaced by “_”Ameet
8、by accidentBdiscoverCfind on purposeDlook for答案：A解析：词义猜测题。此处是告诉读者没有必要去理解遇到的所有的不熟悉的单词，由此可推知come across指“偶然遇到”。3The author seems to agree with the view that _.Aeveryone should listen to VOA or BBC programs every dayByou neednt practice listening if you keep on reading every dayCbeing good at reading i
9、s helpful in improving your listeningDyou should take notes of whatever you are hearing答案：C解析：推理判断题。根据第三段第二句可知，作者认为多阅读有助于提高听力。4The passage is mainly about how to _.Achoose suitable listening materialsBdeal with new words in readingCimprove your English as quickly as possibleDbecome fluent in speakin
10、g and writing English答案：D解析：主旨大意题。文章第一句话便点明主题，接着用大量篇幅阐述了如何通过提高阅读和听力技能，从而带动说和写的技能的提高，成为a fluent English speaker。BEvery people uses its own special word to show its ideas and feelings.Some of these expressions are commonly used for many years.Others are popular for just a short time.One such American
11、expression is “Wheres the beef？” It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be.In the early 1980s “Wheres the beef？” was one of the most popular expressions in the United States.It seemed as if everyone was using it at the time.Beef, of course, is the meat from a cow, and food is more
12、 popular in America than a hamburger made from beef.In the 1960s a businessman named Ray began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price.Ray called this “McDonalds”Ray became one of the richest businessmen at last in America.Other business people watched his success.Some of them
13、 opened their own hamburger restaurants.One company called “Wendys” said its hamburgers were bigger than those sold by McDonalds or anyone else.The Wendys Company began to use the expression “Wheres the beef？” to make people know that Wendys hamburgers were the biggest.The Wendys television advertis
14、ement showed three old women eating hamburgers.The bread that covered the meat was very big, but inside there was only a bit of meat.One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef.“Wheres the beef？” she shouted in a funny way.The advertisement for Wendys hamburg
15、er restaurants was a success.As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expression “Wheres the beef？”文章大意：本文主要介绍了“Wheres the beef？”这个表达的来历和意义。5_ started McDonalds restaurant.ARayBMcDonaldCWendyD.Three old women答案：A解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“In the 1960s a businessman named Ray began building small restaur
16、ants that sold hamburgers at a low price.Ray called this McDonalds”可知，Ray创立了McDonalds，故A项正确。6Other people wanted to open hamburger restaurants because they thought _.Athey could sell hamburgers at a low price Bhamburgers were easy to makeCbeef was very popular in America Dthey could make a lot of mo
17、ney答案：D解析：推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Other business people watched his success.Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants.”可知，其他的商人目睹了Ray的成功后也想开店赚钱，故D项正确。7Wendys made the expression known to everybody _.Awith many old women eating hamburgers Bby a television advertisementCwhile selling bread with a bit
18、of meat in it Dat the McDonalds restaurant答案：B解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中的“The Wendys television advertisement showed three old women eating hamburgers.”可知，Wendys通过电视广告为自己宣传，故B项正确。 8We can learn from the passage that the expression “Wheres the beef？” means _.Athe beef in hamburgers is not as much as it is said
19、to beBthe hamburgers are not as good as they are said to beCit is used when something is not as good as it is said to beDWendys is the biggest 答案：C解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的“It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be.”可知，“Wheres the beef？”被用来表达一件东西没有像说的那么好，故C项正确。根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
20、选项中有两项为多余选项。How to Adjust to a New SchoolSchool is a childs base, where they learn to succeed. 1.D When you go to a new school, you might worry that you dont know anyone.You worry that you might get lost, or if the teachers are strict.Here are some ways to help you adjust to a new school.Getting to
21、Know the SchoolBefore you start the school, go with your parents to visit the school. 2._A_Preparing for the First Day3_B_ Being well rested will help remove(去除) any nervousness you may be feeling.Try to get at least 8 to 9 hours of sleep if youre between 7 and 11 years old.Leave early for school.Ma
22、ke sure you leave lots of time in the morning to get to school. 4._E_ Arriving early may also give you a chance to chat with a few other students and hopefully make a few new friends.Making friendsTaking part in activities.Sign up for activities like drama, sports or chess club.This will put you int
23、o smaller groups with people who have the same interests as yours. 5._F_ You might even be able to teach some other kids about how to do something.AFind out where your classroom will be, as well as other important places.BStart off your first day of school with a good nights sleep.CLearning the rule
24、s of the school will help you adjust and will keep you out of trouble.DBut adjusting to a new school can be difficult.EYou dont want to be rushing into your classroom after the bell rings.FThis will also give you a chance to show your skills at a sport or other activities.GGo shopping for your suppl
25、ies and make sure you have them all ready to take to school.解析文章大意：文章介绍了如何适应一个新的学校。1由下文中的“When you go to a new school, you might worry that you dont know anyone”可知，人们对于进入新学校会担心。故可知，适应新学校是有困难的。故D选项正确。2由上文的“go with your parents to visit the school”可知，通过参观学校，来了解你的教室的位置和其他建筑的位置。故A选项正确。3由下一句“Being well r
26、ested will help remove(去除) any nervousness you may be feeling”可知，该空建议人们在开学之前要好好休息。故B选项切题。4由上一句“Make sure you leave lots of time in the morning to get to school”可知，早晨要留出足够的时间去学校，承接上文，E选项正确。5上文介绍的是参加学校活动的好处，故F选项正确。在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。Learning begins with listening.Some linguists say children
27、are greatly different 1.in the amount of listening that they do before they start speaking, and later starters are often long listeners.Most 2.children (child) will “obey” spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word “obey” is hardly accurate as 3.a description of the eager a
28、nd delighted cooperation usually shown by the children.Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gestures and by making questioning noises.Any attempt 4.to_study (study) the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to 5.considerable (consider) d
29、ifficulties.It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves as 6.particularly (particular) expressive as delight, pain, friendliness, and so on. 7.But since these cant be said to show the babys intention to communicate, they can hard
30、ly be regarded as early forms of language.It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new words to 8.their (they) store.This selfimitation(自我模仿) 9.contributes (contribute) to deliberate imitation of sounds or words spoken to them by other people.The problem then arises to the point at 9.which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech.