Many people believe that you lose the ability to learn new languages as you get older. Language experts, however, will tell you that you’re never too old to learn a new language. As you get older, it can be more difficult to learn a new language, though.
Children and adults learn new languages in different ways. For children, language is their life. They study for thousands of hours every year, because they need to learn languages to become part of their communities. Adults, on the other hand, are already part of a language community. Learning a new language means becoming part of another language community, and adults rarely get the chance to practice as much as young children do.
Moreover, children learning a new language are expected to make mistakes. This gives them freedom when learning to be daring and confident. Adults, however, often feel pressured to be perfect when learning a new language. This can discourage many people and make it even harder to learn a new language.
When young children learn a new language, they come to see various languages as a “normal” part of society. This mindset(思維模式) helps them embrace learning a new language without feeling like they’re doing something unusual or “too hard”.
So if you want to learn a new language, go for it! It’s never too late to learn a new language. If you’re older, it may take more work, but it can be done. If you’re a young child, though, now is the time to step out and learn a new language!
1.By “l(fā)anguage is their life”, the author means that children .
A. can’ t live without language
B. lead a happy life every day
C. practice a new language a lot
D. are taken good care of adults
2.What may make it hard for the old people to learn to a new language?
A. They are afraid of being laughed at
B. They usually have too many interests
C. They think making mistakes is natural
D. They always make all kinds of mistakes
3.Which of the following shows the difference between children and adults in learning a new language?
A. The behaviors they have
B. The learning attitudes
C. The future plans they have made
D. The materials they are using
4.According to the author, a new language .
A. can never be learned by the old people
B. can be grasped by the old people easily
C. can be understood only by the old people
D. can be learned by both the old and the young
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Maybe no one forgets their first bike and there is no exception to a woman like me. Mine was a Schwinn coaster bike, second-hand, painted red and yellow by its previous owner. I remember riding too fast down the big hill on Springfield Avenue. I knew at once that the world was mine to explore.
A couple of years later, when I was 11, my grandmother visited from England, bringing me a bike. It was a dark green one, with three gears (齒輪) and hand brakes. As the owner of the first English bike my friends had ever seen, I was almost famous.
Unlike my coaster bike, it was light—riding it felt like flying. I rode past big stone houses with their huge yards and trees. I rode past brick row houses. I rode alone and with groups of friends.
That beloved bike went with me to college, carrying me to the library and to classes. Beyond transport, it was often a prop (道具): Pushing it along as I walked the college paths made me feel less self-conscious. Somehow, conversation flowed more easily on either side of a bike.
After college, I lived abroad for a while. Returning from London, I discovered to my horror that my parents had sold my bike.
For years after that, I didn't have a bike that was really mine. Teaching in a New England prep school (學(xué)校), I simply rode whatever bikes its graduates had left behind. I rode around the little town on bikes with gears and brakes that often failed. I did not take any of those bikes with me when I moved south to the coastal town where I now live. But after a while I missed riding.
Finally, on a fall day, I bought a bike. Called a comfort bike, it has wider tires than my old bike and seven gears. But it is green—a brighter green bike.
Still, I was a bit worried; I was a lot older. I brought the bike home and put on my helmet—I'd never worn a helmet before. Then I got on the bike. After a difficult start, I felt exactly as I was on that long-ago day on Springfield Avenue: free. Soon I was riding along, watching the waves break. It seemed that everyone I passed smiled. And I knew they all remembered their first bike and how it had set them free. I wanted to call back to them, "It still can!"
1.According to the article, the author's beloved bike ________.
A. was a red and yellow coaster bike
B. made her the envy of all her friends
C. was her birthday gift from her grandmother
D. made her shy and awkward at times at college
2.When she was teaching at a prep school, the author ________.
A. didn't like her once-beloved bike
B. got out of the habit of riding bikes
C. loved exploring the little town by riding around
D. rode bikes that had been recommended to her by graduates
3.What happened to the author after she moved to the coastal town?
A. She bought another coaster like her old one.
B. She found that she was too old to ride a bike.
C. She challenged herself to ride a more demanding bike.
D. She regained the feeling that her first bike had given her.
4.What was the author's main purpose in writing this article?
A. To describe the different bikes she has been riding alone.
B. To recall the joy and freedom she has enjoyed thanks to riding.
C. To inform us of the fun and benefits of riding bikes with others.
D. To tell us about how she grew up through her riding experiences.
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To me, kindness is a chosen lifestyle. In my classroom, I tell my _____that every day they are offered a choice. They can’t choose what happens to them, but they can choose how they ______to it. Kindness is a ______. And it is a lifestyle. It isn’t something that we just choose once in a while---- it is a(n)______to live our lives.____, he chose how to react to it. To this day, seventeen years later , the nurses ______ write my mother letters. The ______? It was because of my father’s kindness to others even when he was _____ against the disease. He made kindness a lifestyle.
And I want to be ______ him.
Every day as a teacher, I try and teach my students the kindness lifestyle. Just recently, I turned 40 and a friend gave me 40 individual dollar bills. She challenged me to do something _____ with the money. I gladly accepted the challenge.
I gave 40 of my students one dollar each and challenged them to make a(n) _____. What happened? My Twitter and Instagram were ______with pictures of kids making the world a better place. One girl bought a dollar store stuffed animal(填充玩具). It was______that kids should have made a difference when they were given the___.
Living the kindness lifestyle _____ every day, every opportunity. As a high school teacher, I see _____ everywhere. In the hallways, in the lunchroom, in the locker room, ______words and gossip（隨筆） fill the air. So I started a hashtag (標(biāo)簽) to _____ positive gossip called “third party compliments(稱贊)”. The idea is that you talk about people behind their backs, but do it in a _____ way. In that way, the gossip that gets back to students makes their day instead of getting them down.
Our kindness lifestyle leaves a footprint on others, and let us be the movers and kindness-makers who________a better, more beautiful world.
1.A. teachers B. classmates C. students D. friends
2.A. respond B. refer C. return D. contribute
3.A. mood B. goal C. benefit D. choice
4.A. spirit B. way C. chance D. idea
5.A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. However D. Furthermore
6.A. still B. never C. once D. just
7.A. meaning B. solution C. purpose D. reason
8.A. working B. struggling C. seeking D. exercise
9.A. against B. with C. before D. like
10.A. reasonable B. private C. necessary D. creative
11.A. promise B. difference C. profit D. achievement
12.A. concerned B. equipped C. flooded D. decorated
13.A. confusing B. natural C. common D. amazing
14.A. opportunity B. advertisement C. payment D. introduction
15.A. means B. increases C. makes D. explains
16.A. progress B. negativity C. trust D. harmony
17.A. hurtful B. inspiring C. touching D. humorous
18.A. call off B. call for C. turn down D. set aside
19.A. honest B. flexible C. positive D. cautious
20.A. requires B. allows C. promotes D. works
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假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。
增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。
刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。
修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。
注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；
2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。
I can still remember clearly the day after I had my first exam. I didn’t pass them. I was so scaring that I even don’t want to go to school any more. My parents looked at my test paper and said. “My children, we’re very glad you has finished half of it. You can do better next time. We never expect you to do the best at a very beginning. We hope you can make progress gradual.” What they said made me to feel I could do things well.
From then, I concentrated more on my studies. Now I’m always filling with confidence in my studies because I know my parents are always behind me.
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增加：在缺詞處加一個漏詞符號（^），并在此符號下面寫出該加的詞。
刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。
修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。
注意：1．每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞。
2．只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。
3．必須按答題要求做題，否則不給分。
The day before yesterday, I went to the bookstore which is near our school to buy the reference book. It was Saturday, so there was many people. With the helps of the shop assistants, I quickly got the book I needed. I was about to leave while I found someone trying to steal a man’s money. Although I was nervous, but I tried to think of a way to help. Suddenly, a good idea occurred me. I stepped on the man’s foot deliberate. As expected, the man’s scream gives the thief a fright, who quickly walked out of the shop. After hear my explanation, the man smiled and showed great gratitude to her.
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If you feel stressed by responsibilities at work, you should take a step back and identify (識別) those of 1. (great) and less importance. Then, handle the most important tasks first so you’ll feel a real sense of 2. (achieve). Leaving the less important things until tomorrow 3. (be) often acceptable.
Most of us are more focused 4.our tasks in the morning than we are later in the day. So, get an early start and try to be as productive 5. possible before lunch. This will give you the confidence you need to get you through the afternoon and go home feeling accomplished.
Recent 6.(study) show that we are far more productive at work if we take short breaks7.(regular). Give your body and brain a rest by stepping outside for 8. while, exercising, or dong something you enjoy.
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假設(shè)你是學(xué)生李華，得知好朋友William在即將升入高三之際感到學(xué)習(xí)壓力很大，學(xué)習(xí)效果甚微，請你按照以下要點給他寫一封電子郵件，幫助他放松身心，提高學(xué)習(xí)效率。
1.快樂學(xué)習(xí)，保持愉快的心情；
2.積極參加體育活動，聽聽歌曲音樂；
3.多與同學(xué)交流，互相鼓勵。
注意：
1.詞數(shù)100左右，開頭和結(jié)尾已經(jīng)為你寫好（不記入總詞數(shù)），但不得抄入答題卡內(nèi)。
2.可適當(dāng)增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。
Dear William,
Recently,I have heard that you feel stressed about study.I have a good mind to offer you some advice on how to study effectively.
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Yours,
Li Hua
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假定你是李華，遺失了外教Alice借給你的一本書。請給她寫封郵件，內(nèi)容包括：
1. 如何遺失的；
2. 對該書的評價；
3. 補救的方法；
4. 你得到的教訓(xùn)。
注意：
詞數(shù)100左右；
可以適當(dāng)增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。
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假如你是李華，你們學(xué)校打算辦一份英語海報，現(xiàn)學(xué)校網(wǎng)站向全校師生就報紙內(nèi)容公開征求意見和建議。請你給籌辦負責(zé)人外教Mr.Brown 寫一封電子郵件，談?wù)勀愕南敕ê屠碛伞?/p>
注意：1.可以適當(dāng)增添細節(jié)以使行文連貫。
2.詞數(shù)100左右（格式已給出不計入總詞數(shù)）。
Dear Mr.Brown,
I’m glad to hear that an English newspaper is to be started in our school.
Yours,
Li Hua
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