【正文】 o yourself can be dangerous because men in white coats may e and take you away! At school If you pay to go to a language school, you should use the opportunity to speak. If your teacher asks you to speak in pairs or groups with other students, try to say as much as possible. Don39。Conversation ClubsMany cities around the world have conversation clubs where people can exchange one language for another. Look in your local newspaper to find a conversation club near you. They are usually free although some may charge a small entrance fee(費用). t want to buy anything, you can ask questions about products that interest you in a shop. How much does this cost? Can I pay by cheque? Often you can start a real conversationand it costs you nothing! and BarsThere are often American, Britain, Irish and Australian bars in many large cities. If you can find one, you39。Language is all around youEverywhere you go, you find language. Shop names, street names, advertisements, notices, and car numbers….When you walk down the street, practice reading the words and numbers that you see. Say them to yourself. It39。t speak too loud! s good practice for your memory and for the mouth muscles that you need for English. Someone or something that can be easily mistaken for another.B.Someone or something standing out of the group.D. bars. conversation clubs and in the streets. conversation clubs, shops, songs and video. school, in conversation clubs and caf233。 （1）考查詞義猜測。其他三個你可以自己做。由此推知，oddmanout指與別的不一樣的事物。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。ll probably meet many people speaking English as a first or second language.“如果你能找到一個，你可能會遇到很多把英語作為第一或第二語言的人及常識可知，去咖啡館和酒吧的話，肯定會有消費的。故選D。根據(jù)最后一段中的”When you know that you have made a mistake，you know that you have made progress!“當你知道你犯了一個錯誤，你就知道你進步了!可推知，作者說“盡量多犯錯誤”，是因為犯錯誤是學好英語的必經(jīng)之路。 （4）考查推理判斷。由此可知，本文的主要目的是給我們推薦了一些如何練習口語的建議。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。3．閱讀理解 t know, an idiom is a phrase which has a meaning, but the meaning is not clear from the words themselves. If you translate an idiom word for word, it sometimes makes no sense at all. They are like puzzles and even native speakers can get confused when someone uses a phrase that they39。 This might be something your teacher says to you if you score badly in an exam or if you misbehave in class. You can also use it to talk about people in general. For example, if your friend is being mean or nasty for no reason, then you can tell them that they need to get their act together.⒉Pull yourself together (Meaning: calm down)m feeling under the weather (Meaning: I39。 Yes, it39。I39。, but if your English teacher asks you why you haven39。s a piece of cake (Meaning: it39。 I don39。 This is perhaps one of the most confusing yet wellknown English idioms. If someone says this to you, do not take offence or think they are threatening you。 All in all, learning a new language can be challenging. It39。s a piece of cake.（2）How should you respond when you hear your deskmate say, I am feeling under the weather. A.What39。t worry. Let39。t you take an umbrella with you?（3）According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE about idioms? sometimes make no sense at all. speakers have trouble understanding idioms sometimes. are the hardest part of learning a language. can guess the meaning of an idiom from the words in it.【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，習語是學習語言最困難的部分之一，作者列舉了五個常見習語的用法。根據(jù)It39。s easy)意思是很容易，可知可以表達你對即將參加800米比賽的同學的擔憂，故選D。根據(jù)I39。m sick)可知，當你聽到你的同桌說“我感覺不舒服”時，你該怎樣回答。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。ve never heard of.”它們就像謎題一樣，當有人使用他們從未聽說過的短語時，甚至以英語為母語的人也會感到困惑。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 The end of the year is drawing near, and winter is in full swing. The season brings along with it strong winds and snow — an environment that39。 This unpleasant and even frightening aspect of winter can often be seen in literature. In Shakespeare39。 The winter is bad enough for Lear，but being abandoned by his family is worse. A song from another Shakespeare play, As You Like It(1599), is fitting for this poor old man39。s ingratitude (忘恩負義). Here, winter is used to bring out the ugliness of inhumanity (無人性). There aren39。 Once winter became less of a threat to human beings, literary works featuring it became more positive. Since Charles Dickens, the representation of the season in literature has often featured happy Christmas celebrations. Dickens39。s Harry Potter and the Philosopher39。 Harry had never in all his life had such a Christmas dinner. A hundred fat，roast turkeys。 platters of chipolatas。 It is almost as much a pleasure to read about the meal as it might have been to eat it.t the most cheerful season in novels and poems, it39。s days.（1）What39。s main purpose in writing this article? remend some winter stories in literature. explain what winter is like in literary works. describe certain customs that are related to winter. tell us why winter is described as unpleasant in literature.（2）What can we learn from Shakespeare39。t like winter for its bad weather. Lear was forced to give up being a king in a cold winter.39。s Stone is used mainly to show s a pleasure to read Christmasrelated books in winter has bee the happiest season in literary works【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了冬季的令人不快甚至是令人恐懼的方面經(jīng)常在文學作品中看到，但隨著時間的推移，文學作品中冬天的含義也在發(fā)生變化。根據(jù)第二段中的“This unpleasant and even frightening aspect of winter can often be seen in literature”可知，人們經(jīng)?？梢栽谖膶W中看到冬季的令人不快甚至是令人恐懼的方面?？赏浦髡邔懕疚氖菫榱私忉屛膶W作品中的冬天是什么樣子的。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。t many things that are worse than winter, according to Shakespeare.”可知，在莎士比亞的戲劇《皆大歡喜》中，冬天被用來展現(xiàn)人性的丑陋。故選D。根據(jù)第四段可知，自狄更斯以來，在文學中這個季節(jié)的表現(xiàn)常常是圣誕快樂的慶祝活動。狄更斯是因為他開啟了一種描寫冬天的新方式。 （4）考查推理判斷。再根據(jù)第六段第二句話可知，在J. K. Rowling的《哈利?波特與魔法石》中，哈利?波特和他的朋友們在享用圣誕大餐時是快樂的。故選B。5．閱讀理解 Chewing gum hit the market after Santa Anna broug