【正文】 alk to others. Before I came to the class, I always walked away when I met any foreigner. I know that pronunciation, grammar and conversation are very important for me so I came to this class. It’s pletely different now. I try to municate with Americans in English by myself. It’s really great for a person like me to live here. Now I like to talk to foreigners. I like to go to American supermarkets, Starbuck’s coffee shops and the post office. I can drive anywhere I like to go because I know the road signs. Not only the skill of life bees more flexible (靈活的 ), but also I really like to live here. I learn English in four ways: First of all, I listen to what the teacher teaches in class. Then I keep speaking during the class. Second, I do my homework right away when I get home. I memorize at least five vocabulary words everyday. Third, I listen to American radio stations, and I watch the news channels and other American programs with my family every day. I ask them whatever I don’t know. Finally, I go to American stores as often as possible so I will have more chances to learn more new words, and find any chance to talk to Americans in English. Anyway, the most important thing is not to be afraid to open your mouth. It doesn’t matter even though you speak incorrectly. It’s a good start. I’m very grateful for the teaching and encouragement from Ms. Colina. That is the key to the door of learning English for me. 46. The writer flew both to Taiwan and the United States ______. A. as a teacher B. on business C. as a language learner D. on vacation 47. The writer felt lonely when she travelled alone because ______. A. she was not very good at English B. she couldn’t speak Chinese well C. she missed her parents very much D. she knew nobody on the plane 48. The writer ______ before ing to Rita Colina’s class. A. used to talk to foreigners B. could drive anywhere she wanted to go C. would not like to meet any foreigner D. practiced English in supermarkets, coffee shops and the post office 49. The underlined word “grateful” in the last paragraph means “______”. A. beautiful B. careful C. successful D. thankful 50. The passage is mainly about ______. 5 A. how the writer moved to America B. the writer’s story in learning English C. something about Rita Colina’s class D. Ms Colina’s ways of teaching English B Jim is forty years old. He has two children and they are growing up fast. His daughter Lisa is 16 and his son Harry is already in a middle school. As they grow bigger, their house seems to get smaller. So they want to sell some of their things and give the money to a children39。t want to lose his toy monkey, either. He slept next to the monkey every night when he was a child. Lisa was more understanding, but she also felt sad to part with certain toys. As for Jim, he didn39。s family want to sell some of their things? A. Some of their things are useless. B. They want to move to a bigger house. C. Their house is not big enough for the family. D. Some of their things are no longer in fashion. 52. What do they want to do with the money? A. Buy some new toys. B. Give it to a children39。 五、詞匯（ 10分） 1. We will take a ____________(直達(dá)的 ) flight to Taiwan tomorrow. 2. I plan to visit several _____________ (島嶼 ) countries in the Pacific Ocean this summer. 3. .Shanghai is a _____________(舉世聞名的 ) city in China. 4.. The pany hopes its mobile phone will be successful on the ______________(歐洲 )market. 5. Whose are the key rings? They are one of my ____________ (親戚 ) . is very angry , but he managed ________________(not express) his anger. __________ (not be) much pollution in our hometown in the past two years. 8. Mr. King successfully ____________(explain) a problem the other day. 9. British people often behave ____________ (polite)when waiting in public places. 10. You don’t understand what he said. Never mind! I ____________(translate) it for you. 六、任務(wù)型閱讀（ 10分） A． 閱讀短文 , 回答問題 . A smartphone pany, Xiaomi Technology, was set up in Beijing in 2021. Now it has bee one of China’s leading mobile phone panies. Some people skipped work and school to wait in line to buy its main product: Mi phones. The man behind this craze is Lei Jun. The 47— year— old is the co— founder and CEO of Xiaomi. “He helped make online buying popular in China,” said CCTV. All Mi phones were sold online. Lei was born in Xiantao, Hubei, in 1969. At the age of 18, he entered Wuhan University. A book that he read there changed his life. It was Fire in the Valley, which tells the stories of the founders of famous IT panies in the US, such as Apple’s Steve Jobs. “People bee great because they have dreams,” said Lei. The b ook inspired his dream: to run a big pany like Apple. After graduation, Lei joined Kingsoft, a software pany. In 16 years, he became one 7 of the top IT pany leaders. But that’s not the only thing he wanted. “I had my dream not realized and it was calling for me every night,” said Lei. At the age of 41, he co— founded Xiaomi. Now, there are more than 14 million Mi phone users. Being a household name in such