PAGEPAGE6DevelopingideasⅠ.閱讀理解ALearningChinesecouldbeoneofthemostimportantdecisionsyouevermake.Chineseisbecomingthelanguagetolearninthe21stcentury.Withtheworld'slargestpopulationandarapidlygrowingmiddleclass,Chinastandstobecometheengineoftheworld'seconomyinthecomingyears.ThiswillmakelearningChineseveryimportantforpeopleinmanyindustries,orforthoseofuswhowishtovisitChinaorlearnfromitscultureandhistory.Thereisanongoingefforttomodernizethewritingsystemandstandardizethelanguage.AnincreasingnumberofpeoplelearningChinesearelearningtheMandarin,sounlessyouabsolutelyneedtolearnanotherdialect(suchasCantonese),besureyouarestudyingMandarin.FornativeEnglishspeakersChineseisoneofthemostdifficultandmostdifferentlanguagestolearn.Thevocabularyiswhollyunfamiliarandunlikeanythingweknow.Inaddition,intheChinesetonesystem,wordsarespokeninrisingorfallingtones,whichhelptodistinguishbetweenthem.Furthermore,thereistheChinesewritingsystem—acollectionofthousandsofindividualideograms(表意文字),orsymbols,whichrepresentawordoranidea.Theseideogramshavenophoneticvalue—thatistosay,wecan'ttellhowthewordispronouncedbyhowitiswritten.ThereisamethodtopresentwrittenChineseinaphoneticscriptcalledpinyin.IfyouarelearningChinese,you'llbeworkingwiththispinyinsystem,butthebeautyofthetraditionalwritingsystemshouldn'tbepassedup.AllthesefactorsmakelearningChinesedifficultforus.Yet,foradeterminedlearner,there'salwaysawaytoovercomeit.語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了學習漢語的重要性、漢語的特點以及學習漢語的困難。1．LearningChineseisbecomingmoreandmoreimportant,because.A．ChineseenginesareverywelcomeB．Chinahastheworld'slargestpopulationC．therearemoreandmorerichpeopleinChinaD．Chinahasbecomeimportanttotheworldeconomy解析：選D細微環節理解題。依據第一段中的Chinastandstobecometheengineoftheworld'seconomyinthecomingyears.ThiswillmakelearningChineseveryimportantforpeopleinmanyindustries可知，學習漢語變得越來越重要是因為中國對世界經濟變得重要，故選D。2．Fromthetextwecanlearnthat.A．theauthorthinksChineseisasdifficultasEnglishB．theauthorisinterestedintheChineselanguageanditscultureC．foreignlanguagescanplayagreatroleinindustrialdevelopmentD．aslongasthepinyinsystemislearnedwell,onecanlearnChinesewell解析：選B推理推斷題。依據最終一段作者對漢語拼音和漢語文字體系的理解可知，作者對漢語和中國文化很感愛好，故選B。3．Thelastparagraphmainlytellsusabout.A．thedifficultiesoflearningChineseB．theadvantagesoflearningChineseC．theChinesetonesystemD．theChinesewritingsystem解析：選A段落大意題。依據最終一段中的FornativeEnglishspeakersChineseisoneofthemostdifficultandmostdifferentlanguagestolearn.可知，本段主要介紹了學習漢語的困難，故選A。4．Whatwouldbeprobablywrittenfollowingthistext?A．ThesourcesofChinesecharacters.B．TheimportanceoflearningChinese.C．TheadviceonhowtolearnChinese.D．Thedifficultiesoflearningotherlanguages.解析：選C推理推斷題。依據最終一段最終一句Yet,foradeterminedlearner,there'salwaysawaytoovercomeit.可知，接下來作者可能會介紹如何克服困難學習漢語的建議，故選C。BBirthdaysareespeciallyimportanttotheveryyoungandtheveryold.Ontheirbirthdays,peoplereceivebirthdaycardsandbirthdaypresentsfromtheirfamilyandfriends.Children'scardsoftenhavealargenumberonthemshowinghowoldtheyare.Cardsforadultshavepicturesofflowersorscenery,orhumorousorrudecartoons.Insidethereisusuallyasimplegreeting,suchas“HappyBirthday”or“ManyHappyReturnsoftheDay”．IntheUS,childrenwhohavetheirbirthdaysduringtheschoolyeartakeacaketoschoolandhaveasmallpartywiththeirclassmates.InBritain,childrensometimesgetBumped(liftedoffthegroundhorizontallyandputdownagainsharply)bytheirfriends.IntheUS,the16thbirthdayiscalledsweet16.ItistheageatwhichapersoncangetaUSdriver'slicense,andsomewealthierparentsgivetheirchildrenacarasapresent.At18,inBritainandintheUS,youngpeoplebecomeadultsandmanyhaveabigparty.InmostpartsoftheUS,21istheageatwhichpeoplecandrinkalcohollegally.InBritain,peoplecelebrate21stbirthdayless..Manyadultsdislikegettingolderandafewlieabouttheirage.Butingeneralolderpeoplearenowmuchmorewillingtotellotherstheirage.Youmayseeasignbythesideofaroadsaying：“DaveEllis40today！”，puttherebyDave'sfriends.Atabout65,peopleretire,andthosewhohavereachedthisagearecalledseniorcitizens.Fewpeoplelivetobe100,soa100thbirthdayisveryspecial.InBritain,peoplereachingthisagemayreceivecardcontainingaprintedmessagefromtheQueen.語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。文章主要講解并描述了在美國和英國不同年齡段的人的生日意義以及慶祝方式。5．What'sthemaincharacteristicofchildren'sbirthdaycards?A．Theyarefullofpicturesofscenery.B．Therearesomeflowersonthem.C．Thereisalargenumberonthem.D．Theyhavegreetingswrittenonthem.解析：選C細微環節理解題。依據文章第一段中的Children'scardsoftenhavealargenumberonthemshowinghowoldtheyare.可知，孩子的生日卡片的主要特點是有巨大的數字。故選C。6．Inthelastparagraph,theexample“DaveEllis40today！”shows.A．the40thbirthdayisveryspecialB．manyadultslikelyingabouttheirageC．Dave'sfriendslikeplayingjokesonhim.D．olderpeopledon'tmindtellingotherstheiragenow解析：選D細微環節理解題。依據最終一段中的Butingeneralolderpeoplearenowmuchmorewillingtotellotherstheirage.Youmayseeasignbythesideofaroadsaying：“DaveEllis40today！”，puttherebyDave'sfriends.可知，舉DaveEll的例子主要為了說明，現在年齡稍大的人情愿告知別人他們的年齡。故選D。7．Ifapersonreaches65,hecan.A．becalledaseniorcitizenB．refusetotalkabouthisageC．receiveacardfromtheQueenD．beinvitedtodinnerwiththeQueen解析：選A細微環節理解題。依據文章最終一段中的“Atabout65,peopleretire,andthosewhohavereachedthisagearecalledseniorcitizens.”可知，假如一個人到了65歲會被稱為老年人。故選A。8．Wecaninferfromthepassagethat.A．barsintheUSareforbiddentosellalcoholtoyoungpeopleunder21B．inBritain,18meansyoungpeoplebecomeadultsC．youngpeoplewillgetacarasthe16thbirthdaypresentintheUSD．Britishyoungmenlovetocelebratethe21stbirthday解析：選B細微環節理解題。依據文章倒數其次段中的At18,inBritainandintheUS,youngpeoplebecomeadultsandmanyhaveabigparty.可知，在英國和美國18歲就是成年人。故選B。Ⅱ.閱讀七選五閱讀下面短文，從短文后的選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。Asweallknow,studyingalanguageisdifferentfromlivinginalanguage.Asadults,wealreadyunderstandhowalanguageworks,soweapplytherulestoanotherlanguage.1.Languagelivingiswhatwedowhenweshareourlanguageswithourchildrenonadailybasis.2.Wemaypointoutgrammarerrorsnowandthenbutfinallyweareourchildren'sexamplesforhowtouselanguagesineverydaylifeandwesharewiththemwithoutexpectingthemtounderstandtheunderlyingconstructs.3，herearesometipsthatmyfamilywouldliketopassonaccordingtoourownexperiences：Playful.IthasbeenparticularlyimportantformyhusbandandmetojustletgooftheweightoflearningSpanishandinsteadplaywithitasmuchaspossible.4，butit'salsothebestwaytoapproachit.Weactoutthelanguage,crawlonthefloortoimitateanimals,calloutcolorsinthegrocerystore.It'ssuchawonderfulexcusetospendtimetogetherhavingfun!MakeMistakes.Makingmistakesinlanguagelearningisthebestthingthatcanhappen,especiallywhensomeoneelsepointsthemout.5，thesoonerwecanmoveontotherealprocessoflearningalanguage.Plus,laughingatourownmistakesmakesforsomuchfamilyfun.A．ThemoreyouuseawordB．Gradually,youwillformthehabitoflearningC．IfyouarelearningasecondlanguageD．ThesoonerwegiveourselvespermissiontomakemistakesE．However,ourchildrenshouldn'tbeexpectedtostudyaswedoF．OurkidshavefollowedourleadandcanseethatbeingplayfulisnotonlyOKG．Wesurroundthemwithourlanguagesandallowthemtoabsorbtheselanguagesovertime語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。學習外語不同于在一種語言氛圍內生活，假如你正在學習一門語言，作者依據他們家的親身經驗給你供應了一些建議。1．選E依據上文的Asadults,wealreadyunderstandhowalanguageworks可知，E項However,ourchildrenshouldn'tbeexpectedtostudyaswedo和上文形成對比，同時引出下文。2．選G依據上文提到的“……我們每天與孩子們共享語言時所做的事情”可知，G項Wesurroundthemwithourlanguages...與上文語境一樣。3．選C依據下文的herearesometips...可知，所填的是引出下文的過渡句。C項Ifyouarelearningasecondlanguage符合語境。4．選F依據下文的“butit'salsothebestwaytoapproachit”可知，F項和下文構成notonly...butalso...結構。5．選DD項中的makemistakes對應本段第一句，且D項與下文構成“the＋比較級．..，the＋比較級．..”句式。Ⅲ.應用文寫作假如你是某中學學生李華，進入中學后，你覺得學英語的方式和初中有很大不同，你給自己的英語老師寫了一封信，講解并描述自己的英語學習狀況。要包括以下內容：1．起先學習時遇到的困難；2．后來自己做出的努力；3．現在英語取得的進步。留意：1.詞數8