课时作业4Starting out & Understanding ideasIf you are learning English because youre going to travel in England and wish to be_1_ there, dont try to speak English perfectly，_2_ if you do so, no one will understand you.In London ninetynine in every hundred people speak_3_ English.You may say that_4_ they dont speak English well themselves, they can_5_ understand it when it is well spoken.They_6_ when the speaker is English.But when the speaker is a_7_ , the better he speaks, the_8_ it is to understand him.No foreigner can_9_ stress(重读)the syllables(音节)and make the tone(声调)_10_ and fall in question and_11_ exactly as a_12_ does._13_ the first thing you have to do is to speak with a strong _14_ accent, and speak broken, that is, English without any_15_ .Then every English person you_16_ will at once know you are a foreigner, and try to understand you and be ready to_17_ you.He will not_18_ you to be polite and use grammatical phrases.He will be_19_ by his cleverness in making out(弄清) your_20_ and being able to tell what you want to know.文章大意：到了英国，不要说太完美的英语，否则没人会听懂你的话，也不会有人帮助你。1A.settled Bheard CunderstoodDknown答案：C解析：如果你在学习英语，想到英国旅游并且想要别人“听懂”你的话，不要说完美的英语。2空后也有understand与此处照应。2A.becauseBunless CwhateverDfor答案：A解析：“因为”如果你这么做的话，没有人会听懂你说的话。3A.American Bbad Cstandard Dno答案：B解析：在伦敦百分之九十九的人说“糟糕的”英语。4A.because Bsince Cwhen Deven if答案：D解析：“即使”他们的英语说得不好，他们也“至少”能理解完美的英语吧。even if“即使”。5A.hardly Breally Cat least Dat most答案：C解析：见上题解析。at least“至少”。6A.say Bcan Cthink Dhope答案：B解析：如果你是英国当地人，他们“能”听明白你的话。7A.foreigner Bnative CLondonerDtraveler答案：A解析：但是当说话者是一名“外国人”时，那么他的英语说得越好，人们越“难”理解他的话。foreigner“外国人”；native“当地人”；Londoner“伦敦人”；traveler“游客”。8A.betterBeasier CharderDclearer答案：C解析：hard“难”。注意此处的句式是“the比较级，the比较级”。9A.neverBeven Cever Donly答案：C解析：ever“(多用于疑问句、否定句和表示条件和比较的附属从句)在任何时候；从来；至今”。10A.rightBexact CraiseDrise答案：D解析：rise“上升，升起”，与该空后的fall照应。11A.requestBanswer CsentenceDphrase答案：B解析：request“请求，要求”；sentence“判决，宣判”；answer“回答”；phrase“措辞”。answer与空前的question照应。12A.nativeBforeigner CchildDreporter答案：A解析：native“当地人”。从来没有一名外国人像当地人那样重读音节，把握问答时的升降调。13A.WhileBAlthough CBecauseDTherefore答案：D解析：“因此”，你需要做的第一件事就是说英语时带有“外国”腔。14A.London BBritish Cforeign Dcountry答案：C解析：见上题解析。15A.grammarBmistake CexpressionDword答案：A解析：由前面的“speak broken”可知，还要说没有“语法规则”的英语。16A.knowBsee Clook forDspeak with答案：D解析：那么，“和你说话的”当地人就会立刻知道你是一名外国人。17A.welcomeBhelp CteachDpraise答案：B解析：他们就会努力弄明白你说的话，“帮助”你。18A.expectBscold CshowDthink答案：A解析：他不“期望”你有礼貌，说的英语符合语法规则。19A.strictBsurprised CpleasedDpraised答案：C解析：他会为自己用聪明智慧弄明白了你的“意思”并能帮助你而感到“高兴”。pleased“高兴的”；strict“严格的”；surprised“吃惊的”；praised“被表扬的”。20A.wayBmeaning Cmistake Dcountry答案：B解析：见上题解析。AEnglish is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. Learning English well is very important. Here are some methods that can help you learn English well.Do a lot of listening. Listen to recordings of your teacher, the radio, TV video cassettes (盒式录像带), audio cassettes anything that you can get your hands on. Just listen to English as much as you can and you will learn a lot.Every time you learn something new, write it down in a notebook. This will help you remember what you have learned. Buy a notebook and use it only for practicing English.Try to read English one hour every day. Yes, this is difficult, but English has many words, and a good way to enlarge your vocabulary is to read them.Whenever you have the chance, speak English. This will be hard to do if you dont live in an English speaking country; however, the Internet provides new chances to practice speaking English through chat rooms and audiovideo chat technology. You can also record your voice using a recorder.Find a few different websites that you can go to daily. Dont pay for instruction over the Internet. Some websites require monthly or yearly fees but they arent worth it.Learn from a teacher. If its possible, you should try to learn from as many different teachers as possible, but at the very least find one teacher and learn from that person.文章大意：本文主要针对如何才能把英语学好这一问题给出了一些切实可行的方法。1What is the passage mainly about?AWhy learning English is important.BSome widely spoken languages.CHow to chat on line in English.DHow to learn English well.答案：D解析：主旨大意题。根据全文的主题句Here are some methods that can help you learn English well.可知，这篇文章主要讲述的是怎样才能把英语学好，所以选D。2In the authors opinion, reading English one hour a day _.Ais not easy but helpfulBis interesting and helpfulCis supported by most peopleDdoesnt help enlarge our vocabulary much答案：A解析：推理判断题。根据第四段可知，在作者看来，每天读一小时英语不容易，但