12. Some students think that studying grammar is not helpful ______.
12 答案:A
   A.at all
          B.all
          C.very
          D.not at all
13. Lots of practice is ______ to improve our English.
13 答案:A
   A.the best way
   B.the best answer
   C.the right problem
   D.the right skill
14. He succeeded by ______ many times and ______ from his mistakes.
14 答案:C
   A.trying, to learn
   B.trying, learned
   C.trying, learning
   D.to try, learning
15. Sam enjoys_____stamps. And now he has 226 of them.
19. Please excuse me ______ your letter by mistake.
19 答案:C
   A.to open
   B.to have opened
   C.for opening
   D.in opening
20. _____ is a good form of exercise for both young and old.
20 答案:B
   A.Walk
   B.Walking
   C.The walk
   D.To walk
 
第三部分 完形填空(共 10 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 10 分)
       Many Chinese students find it difficult to learn English, but not Chinese, because Chinese is their mother language. In fact Chinese is much more difficult to __21__ than English.
       Still some students in other countries can speak Chinese very __22__. If you don't see them, you will take them for Chinese. What __23__ them successful?
       “For me, conversation is the most helpful. I try to speak in __24__. If you only listen to what others speak , you will be good at __25__, but if you talk as much as you can, you will find you can speak __26__, ”says Jenny Brown, an English girl now __27__ Chinese at Beijing University. __28__ is interested in Chinese and its history. She thinks that to learn a language, one must try to know __29__ about the country.
       Chinese is different from English, __30__ we can use the same way in learning it. It is conversation.
       A teacher was asking a student a lot of questions, but the student couldn't answer any of them. The teacher then decided to ask him some very easy questions so that he could answer them.
       "What was Bunker Hill?" she asked.
       The student thought for some time and then answered, "An airport?"
       "No, it was a battle," the teacher said. She was getting a little angry now, but she was trying not to show it. Then she asked, "Who was the first president of the United States?"
       The student thought for a long time, but didn't say anything. Then the teacher got very angry and shouted, "George Washington!" The student got up and began to walk towards his seat.
       "Come back!" the teacher said. "I didn't tell you to go." "Oh, I'm sorry," the student said, "I thought you called the next student."
       Mike is twelve years old. He usually comes back from school at half past four. One day he came home at five to five. His mother said to him, "You are very late today, Mike. Come here." Mike went to his mother, and she looked at him for a few seconds. Then she said angrily, "You have cut your hand. You must have had a fight with your classmate. You are a bad boy."
       "No, Mum," said Mike, "I haven't had a fight with my classmate, but after class this afternoon, Tom said that I was a foolish boy and then he hit me with his teeth.
   A.asked him why he was so late
                         B.thought he was a bad boy
   C.asked him to go up to her and looked at him
          D.thought
39. Mike ______ that day.
39 答案:A
   A.was hit by Tom
                 B.had cut himself
   C.didn't fight with anybody
      D.hit Tom on the teeth and cut his own hand
       When you are reading something in English, you may often come across a new word. What's the best way to know it?
       You may look it up in the English-Chinese Dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the part of speech, the Chinese meaning and also how to use this word. But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?
       First, all the English words are arranged in the alphabetical order. In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the letter A, then B, C, D, E... That means if there are two words "desert" and "pull", "desert" will be certainly before "pull". Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth For example, "'pardon" is before "plough", "judge" before "'just", etc.
       Do you understand how to look up a word in a dictionary?
       The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you'll use it as often as possible in your English learning.
41. When you don't know a word, the best way is ______?
41 答案:D
   A.to ask your teacher
       B.to think hard
   C.to give up
                D.to look it up in a dictionary
42. When you look up a word in the English-Chinese Dictionary, you should understand not only its Chinese meaning, but also ______.
42 答案:D
   A.its pronunciation
   B.its part of speech
   C.the use of it
       D.its pronunciation, the part of speech and the use of it
43. In the English-Chinese dictionary, the first part is ______.
43 答案:A
   A.the words beginning with the letter A
     B.the words beginning with E
   C.the simple words
                          D.the very short words
44. Here are four words, "blind", "murder", "monument" and "boyhood". Their right order in the English-Chinese Dictionary is ______.
   A.useful in learning Chinese
                  B.our good friend in learning Chinese
   C.our good friend in learning English
         D.not useful in learning English
well , soft, second ,better , may , strongly, afraid, sand , stay up, if, now, house
      We can't stop an earthquake(地震), but we can do things to make sure they don't destroy(毁坏) whole cities. First, it is not a (1) idea to build houses along lines where (2) of the earth's plates(板块) join together. Second, if you think there (3) be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rocks , not on (4). Third, you must make the houses as (5)_ as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong ones may (6).
      Scientists are (7) that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the part around San Francisco(旧金山). They call it “ The Big One ”. However, people today are still building more (8). The population in and around San Francisco is (9) ten times more than it was in 1906. This means that (10) there is another earthquake, a great many houses and buildings will be destroyed.
参考答案:1.good 2.two 3. may 4.sand 5.strong 6. stay up 7. afraid 8.houses 9.now 10.if
参考答案:
Dear Li Lei,
      Thanks for your letter. As referring to the improvement of your ability to understand spoken English, I have three suggestions.
First, improve it gradually. Do not listen to materials that are too difficult to you.
Second, stick to one textbook and continue to listen to it until you fully understand it.
Third, listen to the recordings of your English textbook every day. If you can handle more, listen to some interesting stories, too.
      That is all I can suggest. Hopefully, it will help you.
      Best wishes to you.
      Yours sincerely,
      Li Ming