㈠ 如何幫助初中生學會英語閱讀
一、 激勵學生自主探究閱讀
興趣是最好的老師，要教會學生自主性探究閱讀，首先要激發學生自主探究興趣。傳統的閱讀教學模式大體是fast reading, intensive reading，然後配以questions,最後老師對一些語言點進行梳理解釋。久而久之，就習慣於老師提問題,學生被動的回答問題，學生下課以後根本不知道老師講了些什麼問題。而實施自主探究式閱讀，就是要學生在閱讀課文中自己深入探究發現疑問，解疑釋疑。這一變化，是讓學生由原來的被動學習轉變為主動學習，讓學生成為閱讀中的主體。所以上閱讀起始課時，就有必要向學生講明學習探究閱讀的意義。我在初一剛一接班時，就跟學生說明了英語閱讀的重要性，讓學生懂得「學會學習」、「終身學習」的道理，懂得了道理，有了深刻的認識才能培養濃厚的興趣，有了興趣才能投入其中，仔細觀察，深入思考；才能調動各種智力因素進行積極思維；才能增強克服困難的信心和決心。自主探究是一種重要的學習方法。學會自主探究閱讀，對於拓展思維，培養良好的讀書習慣、提高閱讀能力是有很大幫助的。
二、在閱讀教學中確立學生的主體地位
1、 教師更新觀念：
要確立學生的主體地位，首先需要教師更新教育觀念，把以"教"為重心逐漸轉移到以"學"為重心，把以"研究教法"為重心逐漸轉移到以"研究學法"為重心，並做好教與學的最佳結合。以"學"為重心，其基本精神就是使學生愛學習，學會學習，養成良好的學習習慣。讓學生自主學習，成為學習的主人。
2、充分發揮學生的主體地位：
學生是學習的創造者，學生的變化是學習的主要目的，因此在英語閱讀教學中，要充分發揮學生的主體地位，要引導學生明確英語學習的目的。學生們只有把英語學習的目的與自己全部生活的目標聯系起來，才能把英語學習真正作為自己生活的一個組成部分，也才能真正增強自己的主體意識。有了強大的英語學習動力，才主動地投入到英語學習當中去。在閱讀教學過程中，要鼓勵學生大膽地對文章提出問題或是對內容質疑，學生提出的疑問可能僅是一些簡單膚淺的問題，老師要鼓勵學生把自己的問題寫下來，讓同學們大家分組討論合作探究解決，教師及時給予支持鼓勵，以增強學生學習的信心。
3、「授人以漁」保證學生主體地位的實現：
在英語閱讀教學中，教師要時刻提醒自己：「授人以魚，不如授人以漁」。除了學生討論之外，教師還應該給予學生閱讀技巧上的一些指導，讓學生在閱讀過程中，提高閱讀效率，節省時間，以期更快，更有效地進行閱讀。在日常的教學當中，始終貫穿培養學生英語閱讀能力這一思想，有計劃有目的地進行閱讀的訓練，增大閱讀量，並持之以恆。例如，在平時的教學當中，我帶的初171班，堅持要求學生每天都做一篇閱讀理解或是完型填空，並且利用早自習的時間進行檢查落實；而為了對比起見，我所帶的初174班，我只要求學生每周做一次閱讀理解和完型填空。一學期下來，在閱讀競賽中，171班的學生獲獎人數比174班多了一倍。可見增大閱讀量對閱讀訓練是很有好處的。所以加強閱讀要從平時做起。
三、教給學生閱讀中的一些解題技巧
學生在英語閱讀當中，只是一味地強調數量，而忽視質量，也是非常不可取的。所以在閱讀當中，還應該教給學生一些閱讀理解當中解題的技巧。
1、兩遍閱讀法
在拿到英語文章時，要先通讀全文，在通讀全文時抓住文章的general idea，要學會抓住文章的關鍵性詞語主題句或是結論性的句子。如果在這個過程中遇到不明白的句子或是生詞，用筆劃出來即可，只要不妨礙抓住文章的概略內容，可暫時不管。第二遍閱讀要逐句細讀，根據問題，找出能回答問題的關鍵詞，對文章的生詞要善於通過上下文的意思，和某些句子的語法結構進行分析，猜出其生詞的含義。這種通讀與細讀相結合的方法是閱讀中最普遍的方法。
2、 略讀法 (skimming)
略讀又稱跳讀(reading and skipping)或瀏覽(glancing)，是一種專門的，非常實用的快速閱讀技能。所謂略讀，是指以盡可能快的速讀閱讀，如同從飛機上鳥瞰(bird's eye view )地面上的明顯標志一樣，迅速獲取文章大意或中心思想。換句話說，略讀是要求有選擇地進行閱讀，可跳過某些細節，以求抓住文章的大概，從而加快閱讀速度。據統計，訓練有素的略讀者(skimmer)的閱讀速度可以達到每分鍾3000到4000個詞。在略讀過程中，一般可運用以下技巧：以一般閱讀速度，閱讀文章開頭的一、二段，力求抓住文章大意，背景情況，作者的文章風格，口吻或語氣等；閱讀段落的主題句和結論句。抓住主題句就掌握了段落大意，然後略去細節不讀，以求得略讀速度；根據文章的難易程度和這到的目的，不斷靈活地調整閱讀速度； 注意轉折詞和序列詞。轉折詞如however, moreover, in addition等，序列詞firstly, secondly等；根據文章的難易程度和要回答的問題，不斷靈活地調整閱讀速度； 若無需要，不必閱讀細節。
3、尋讀法 (Scanning)
尋讀又稱查讀，同略讀一樣，尋讀也是一種快速閱讀技巧。尋讀是一種從大量的資料中迅速查找某一項具體事實或某一項特定信息，如人物、事件、時間、地點、數字等，而對其它無關部分則略去不讀的快速閱讀方法。運用這種方法，學生就能在最短的時間內掠過盡可能多的印刷材料，找到所需要的信息。節約時間，提高效率。例如，在車站尋找某次列車或汽車的運行時刻，在機場尋找某次班機的飛行時刻，在圖書館查找書刊的目錄，在文獻中查找某一日期、名字、數字或號碼等，都可以運用這種方法。尋讀既要求速度，又要求尋讀的准確性。具體地說，尋讀帶有明確的目的性，有針對性地選擇問題的答案。例如：在以下閱讀理解中
( )1. If you go to Baker』s Coffee House and Cybercafe on Tuesday evening, you can .
A. listen to live music B. eat delicious homemade chips C. get poetry readings
本題只要求得知on Tuesday evening所能做的事情，別的信息我們可以忽略不記。按照尋讀法的要求，我們只需要從文中獲取這一個具體的信息點，其他的可以略去不讀，所以我們從文中得知：poetry readings on Tuesday evening。所以答案選C。
4、標注記號法
在掌握了文章的大意後，再根據所提出的問題，進行仔細的細節閱讀，要認真理解每個句子以及題目的含義，在理解句意基礎上，對一些關鍵詞、重要片語、或是一些比較重要的句子，適當地標注記號，以便解題時容易比較，對提高答題的速度和准確率也是很有幫助的。
5、比較分析法
這種方法是閱讀理解中解題的關鍵所在。在理解全文的基礎上，要善於將題目與原文中有關句子進行比較、分析，要善於找出相同點與不同點，尤其是不同點，這往往是答題的關鍵。有的時候有些題目是可以在原文中找到答案的。這種方法使用於說明、議論類的文體。
四、怎樣對學生進行閱讀方法的訓練
以上的幾種閱讀方法，可根據閱讀的題型和問題進行選擇，要提高學生的閱讀能力，還必須在平時多加練習。怎樣在平時的訓練中掌握以上的閱讀方法呢？
1、 讓學生平時養成泛讀的習慣
大多數中學生由於學業壓力等種種問題，往往只注重完成課堂上或是課本里老師所強調的內容，而對於課外閱讀英語，大多數學生覺得是一個沉重的負擔，殊不知課外的泛讀對於學生來說至關重要。大多數中國學生生活在一個沒有英語語境的環境中，如果在課外還不加強閱讀的話，光靠學校里的幾個小時，是遠遠不能達到英語學習的效果。這里講的泛讀是指學生在課外廣泛閱讀大量及不同領域的書籍、報刊、文章，要求讀得快、理解和掌握書中的主要內容就可以了。除此之外，每學期教師要幫助學生精選一本課外讀物，並確定一個明確的讀書定額，定額要結合學生的實際，切實可行，可多可少。例如讀一本小說，每天讀4頁，一個學期以20周計算，就可以讀完一本中等厚度的書(每本書約80頁)。教師也可以根據實際情況布置一些課外閱讀。
2、 教學生帶著問題閱讀文章
一般的學生都是先閱讀短文，再看問題，回頭看短文，然後做選擇答案。我指導學生的另一種做法是先看問題，後讀短文，再做選擇答案，這樣使學生的閱讀速度大大地提高了。在平時的閱讀課訓練當中，要有意識地培養學生的閱讀技巧，根據文章的難易程度以及訓練方向，精心設計課堂提問。如果是記敘類的文章，學會了解故事的人物(who)、地點(where)、時間(when)、原因(why)以及如何解決問題(how)。如果是議論類的文章，讓學生了解作者的態度和觀點以及中心論點，然後根據這些揣摩作者的寫作目的。如果是科技或說明類的文章，要學生注意說明了事物的什麼特徵，據此答題。有了這些問題的幫助，學生在閱讀中就可以依「題」而行，有目的地進行閱讀。
3、 要讓學生學會自己提問
在閱讀教學中，也要注重創新能力培養。一般都是教師根據課文或文段舉例提出問題，讓學生回答。在我進行閱讀教學中，我先示範提出一兩個有關文章的問題，並闡述提出問題的依據和方法，說明這些題目的設置是作為閱讀效果的檢查題，然後指導學生按此方法來相互提出問題。讓學生進一步了解到提問的方向和依據。開始學生提出的問題可能較為膚淺，教師應給予鼓勵和認可，讓學生增強信心，為以後提出更加適合的問題打下基礎。這樣培養了學生的發散性思維，鼓勵學生朝不同的方向思考，用開闊的思路提出疑問，並能達到閱讀效果，學生課堂上的閱讀積極性也更高了。
4、 指導學生形成自己的閱讀方式
要在閱讀實踐中，指導學生摸索出適合自己的閱讀方式。讓學生在練習中摸索出各種題型的解題技巧和方法，善於從文章當中的某些詞、句子做出推理和判斷，因為每篇短文都有作者自己表達意思的內涵。如果遇到難以決定的句子和單詞，要從文章的另一方面提出問題，作者為什麼要這樣寫，文章的話為什麼要這樣表達，從而推出文章的中心思想和意思，以此來輔助答題。
5、 培養學生使用工具書的習慣
平時的閱讀當中，學生要有目的地進行閱讀訓練，如果遇到不認得的生詞或短語，要自己通過查找工具書或字典來弄明白，並且用一個小本子將他們記下來。大家知道，語言的學習是靠積累的，只有在平時的學習中認真閱讀，積累豐富的課外知識和解題技巧，才能在閱讀的應試中以不變應萬變。
閱讀理解的核心是理解，在弄懂文章大意的前提下，一定要明確文中所說的事實和細節，並且做出合理的判斷，並且要細心地審題。當然，不同的學生適應不同的學習方法，我們還有很多途徑可以提高閱讀成效，來幫助學生提高閱讀能力，還需要我們和學生一起多思考、多分析、多探討、多交流，了解學生的閱讀心理和閱讀習慣，尋找最適合學生自己的閱讀方式和方法，從而讓學生從英語閱讀中獲得樂趣，使學生「想讀」、「樂讀」、「巧讀」。這樣，才能真正有效地提高學生的閱讀能力，培養學生的綜合素質，讓學生得到高效地全面地發展。
㈡ 適合初中生閱讀的英語短文
建議你買《新東方中學生》這本書，該書將娛樂與學習和做人等方面都版進行了融合，權是比較適合中學生閱讀的。 娛樂：常會收錄一下著名的電視劇話電影，當然都是外國的，在看這些的同時，又增長了學習的能力，收獲了課外知識。 學習:該書常收錄一下學習方法的篇章或者一些解題的技巧等，而且不枯燥。 做人：該書還常含有勵志的問題，及學習安排等方面，與生活相聯系，讓人感覺真實。 可能有些地方會看不懂，但可以查字典，不過該書更適合高中生瀏覽，但如果初中生的話，如果水平好一點的話，也是可以的。
㈢ 適合初中生閱讀的英語故事小短文
Bertrand Russell
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love ,the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.
I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy -- ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I have sought it , next, because it relieves loneliness-- that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world , into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is what -- at last -- I have found.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux. A little of this, but not much I have achieved.
Love and knowlidge , so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of lonelines, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.
This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.
我為什麼活著
羅素
三股簡單而非凡強烈的激情一直控制著我的一生：對愛的渴望，對知識的追求和對人類苦難不堪忍受的憐憫。這三股激情，象陣陣巨風，把我在痛苦的海洋的路途中吹得任意東西，變動無常，直吹到了絕望的邊緣。
我尋求愛，首先是因為它帶來了欣喜若狂之情——欣喜若狂使人如此心醉神迷，我常常願意犧牲我的全部餘生來換取幾小時這樣的歡樂。我尋求愛，其次是因為它能解除寂寞——那種可怕的寂寞，如同一個人毛發悚然地從這世界的邊緣探望令人戰栗的死氣沉沉的無底深淵。我尋求愛，最後是因為在愛的結合中我看到了聖徒們和詩人們所想像的預言中的天堂景象的神秘雛型。這就是我所尋求的東西，雖然它也許似乎是人生所難以得到的美好事物，但這就是——最後——我終於找到的東西。
我懷著同樣的激情尋求知識。我希望理解人們的心。我希望知道星星為什麼發光。我力圖領悟畢達哥拉斯的才能，他的才能使數字支配著不斷變動的事物。在這方面，我只達到了一小部分，並不很多。
愛和知識，盡其可能，遠遠地把人引向九天之上。倡憐憫總是把我帶回到地面上來。痛苦的呼號的回聲在我心裡回盪。受飢挨餓的兒童，在壓迫者折磨下受苦受難的人們，無依無靠而成為自己子女嫌惡的負擔的老人，以及整個孤苦寂寞的世界，窮困與痛苦都在嘲弄著人生，使人們不能過應有的美好生活。我渴望減輕災難禍害，但是我力不從心，我自己也在受苦。
這就是我的一生。我覺得我的一生過得很值得。如果我還有機會的話，我將樂意再度過這樣的一生。
這篇文章 是標準的英語專業四級作文範文，英語專業必備，所有的精美英文收集書中都有這一篇。
英語專業八級 ，希望能夠幫到你。
㈣ 中學生如何閱讀英語文章 英文作文
How to Do Reading
In my opinion, when it comes to reading English articles, I think it's necessary to look through all paragraphs, so that we can get the main ideas of the article.
If you don't have enough time to go through it, then just get the main idea of each paragraph. Basically, there would be a hint at the beginning of the article, which will tell us what this article is all about. And in the following paragraphs, the key idea usually exists in the beginning or at the end of the paragraph. Then, run to the conclusion part to get the writer's opinion on this.
㈤ 適合初中生閱讀的英語課外閱讀書
不知道你上初幾了，其實英語書的課文里就穿插了幾部不錯的，比如說《湯姆索亞版歷險記》，《愛麗權絲漫遊奇境記》都很適合7，8年級讀，當然，如果你的詞彙量大，覺得太簡單的話還可以看看<金銀島>,〈小婦人〉，〈父與子〉，這些很適合初三畢業後閑暇時候去讀，如果想繼續提高一個英文水平的話也可以試試〈霧都孤兒〉不過這一般到高三或大學才能夠流利閱讀噠。呵呵，至於具體選哪一本，就看你的情況而定咯。不過我覺得讀名著最重要的不是應付差事，細細品味其中的文字才是最好的效果，同時你的英語水平也會在不知不覺中提高許多呢！
㈥ 如何提高初中生英語閱讀
我們學習英語都離不開閱讀。閱讀能力的強弱直接影響英語學習成績。英語閱讀能力實際上是思維能力、理解能力、概括閱讀能力與判斷能力的綜合。英語新課標反復強調"中學階段，尤其高年級側重培養學生的閱讀能力"，這是非常重要的。學生英語閱讀理解能力的提高是一個艱辛漫長的過程，只有在經過老師有計劃地、科學地訓練培養才能提高。那麼如何才能做到科學、高效呢?下面就如何培養中學生的閱讀能力談談實際教學中的一些體會。
一、中學生提高英語閱讀能力需要有概括閱讀能力
閱讀文章時，要注意引導學生找出每段的主題。可先從辨認主題句開始，沒有主題句的段落就引導學生依靠段落中的銜接、句際關系來分析、推斷和概括段落的大意。對所學文章要點，教師提出要求，學生閱讀，尋找答案、引導學生閱讀時注意抓住全文的主旨;要求學生從每篇標題，到各個部分都進行概括、以歸納出要點，這樣就能了解全文的概貌。作了這樣的概括閱讀，文章更易理解。概括閱讀要注意上下段結構上的銜接，語義上的連貫，注意段與段之間的關系。概括閱讀還有助於學生把握上下文之間的意義聯系，培養學生的綜合概括能力。
二、中學生提高英語閱讀能力需要有辨詞能力
閱讀應採取快速閱讀法，這種閱讀並不是簡單地瀏覽，而應講求實效，力求做到理解與速度並進。因此，快速准確地辨別單詞詞性和理解詞義是閱讀的必要條件。理解是學生掌握閱讀技能最主要的標志，培養學生辨別單詞的能力，幫助學生建立單詞的音、形、義之間的聯系，能讀懂詞、句、段、篇，才能逐步理解全文。
1.通過構詞法分析，掌握構詞的特點，前綴，後綴和詞根意義，幫助學生理解上下文中的單詞的意義轉換。如：careful，unhappy，kindness，dishonest....等單詞，ful(形容詞後綴)，un(否定前綴)，ness(名詞後綴)，dis(否定前綴)。
2.在我們學過的單詞中，有些詞義不只一個，這就需要視具體情況來具體判定。比如：.在這個句子中，little這個單詞我們學過的意思有兩個，分別是"一點兒"和"小的"，而根據句子的含義可以推斷出它是"小的"的意思。所以培養學生猜詞的能力是我們在外語教學中十分重要而有意義的一個環節。
三、中學生提高英語閱讀能力需要有復述能力
復述是有效地提高學生閱讀能力的主要手段。讀過每篇文章後，用自己的話去概括，摘錄其中的重點句子，復述其內容。在復述的過程中，學生常常會經過三個階段：
第一，當教師要求復述整篇課文(或某一重要段落)時，有的學生就不知所措，力不從心。不是整篇整段地照抄照搬，就是無話可述的冷場現象。第二，學生在經過第一階段的閱讀之後，心中逐漸地掌握了句子之間的內在邏輯聯系，通過正確的文法表達，就可以大致地把課文復述出來，這時的復述意境是"似會非會，說不會，還能講出許多段子里的只言片語"。第三，是在前兩個階段的基礎上，學生自己比較准確地縮短原文。具有創造性地改寫原文，用自己的語言敘述，能夠發展學生的想像能力和思維能力，並促進學生書面語言和口頭語言的發展，特別是對寫作能力的提高有著不可估量的作用。
四、中學生提高英語閱讀能力需要有質疑能力
古語雲："學則須疑"，在英語閱讀教學中，要通過文章的內容，引導學生思維，分析問題，獲得知識。有疑是深入學習的起點，有疑才有問，才有研，有疑才意味著有學習的主動性和積極性。怎樣在英語閱讀教學中，培養質疑能力?如：，andtogointotheiroffices，，carorbus.當學生基本理解這句話的意思，然後教師提出問題，啟發學生回答。聽學生回答問題的過程中就能搞清學生的薄弱環節在哪裡。這樣閱讀時，就能有的放矢，既不浪費時間，又能吸引學生的注意力。當學生理解了，就啟發學生，"質疑"來發現問題。此句prefer怎麼不接doing(動名詞)呢?學生的回答欠嚴密，教師作必要的補充。學生在解答問題的同時，閱讀能力和口語能力都得到了鍛煉。這樣也提高了學生的邏輯思維能力和運用能力。
總之，英語閱讀能力的培養在英語教學中有著非常重要的地位，教師應該根據教學實際和學生情況，採取靈活、多樣的方法手段，對學生進行系統的、科學的訓練。同時要求學生課外自己還要多讀、多練，保證一定的閱讀量。經過師生雙方配合，共同努力，學生的英語閱讀能力一定會得到大幅度地提高，取得令人滿意的成績。
㈦ 誰幫我找10篇適合初中生閱讀的英語文章
1
A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present．On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office，a street urchin was walking around the shining car．「 this your car，Paul？」he asked．
Paul answered，「Yes，my brother gave it to me for Christmas.」 The boy was surprised．「You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you nothing？Boy，I wish…」 He hesitated．
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for．He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
「I wish,」 the boy went on，「that I could be a brother like that.」 Paul looked at the boy in surprise, then he said again, 「Would you like to take a ride in my car？」
「Oh yes，I'd love that．」
After a short ride，the boy turned and with his eyes shining，said，「Paul，would you mind driving in front of my house？」
Paul smiled a little．He thought he knew what the boy wanted．He wanted to show his neighbours that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. 「Will you stop where those two steps are？」 the boy asked．
He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
「There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And some day I'm going to give you one just like it…then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas windows that I've been trying to tell you about.」
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
註：urchin 頑童 hesitate 猶豫 neighbour 鄰居 crippled 殘疾 cent 美分
1．The street urchin was very surprised when ________．
A．Paul received an expensive car
B．Paul told him about the car
C．he saw the shining car
D．he was walking around the car
2．From the story we can see the urchin ________．
A．wished to give his brother a car
B．wanted Paul』s brother to give him a car
C．wished he could have a brother like Paul's
D．wished Paul could be a brother like that
3．The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ________．
A．to show his neighbours the big car
B．to show he had a rich friend
C．to let his brother ride in the car
D．to tell his brother about his wish
4．We can infer（推斷）from the story that ________．
A．Paul couldn't understand the urchin
B．the urchin had a deep love for his brother
C．the urchin wished to have a rich brother
D．the urchin's wish came true in the end
5．The best name of the name story is _________．
A．A Christmas Present
B．A Street Urchin
C．A Brother Like That
D．An Unforgettable Holiday Ride
KEY: 1．B 2．A 3．D 4．B 5．C
2
「Cool」is a word with many meanings．Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold．As the world has changed，the word has had many different meaning．
「Cool」can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything．
When you see a famous car in the street，maybe you will say，「It's cool．」You may think，「He's so cool，」when you see your favourite footballer．
We all maximize（擴大） the meaning of「cool」．You can use it instead of many words such as 「new」 or 「surprising」．Here's an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used．A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall（瀑布）they had visited．On one student's paper was Just the one sentence，「It's so cool．Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt．
But the story also shows a scarcity（缺乏）of words．Without 「cool」，some people have no words to show the same meaning．So it is quite important to keep some credibility（可信性）．Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word 「cool」？ I can．And I think they are also very cool．
1．We know that the word "cool" has had ________.
A．only one meaning B．no meanings
C．many different meanings D．the same meaning
2．In the passage，the word「express」means「________」.
A．see B．show C．know D．feel
3．If you are _______ something，you may say，「It』s cool.」
A．interested in B．angry about
C．afraid of D．unhappy with
4．The writer takes an example to show he is ________ the way the word is used．
A．pleased with B．strange to
C．worried about D．careful with
5．In the passage，the writer suggests（暗示）that the word 「cool」________．
A．can be used instead of many words
B．usually means something interesting
C．can make your life colourful
D．may not be as cool as it seems
KEY: 1．C 2．B 3．A 4．C 5．D
3
The students were having their chemistry（化學）class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, 「What's water?」No one spoke for a few minutes．Miss Li asked again，「Why don't you answer my question？Didn't I tell you what water is like？」
Just then a boy put up his hand and said，「Miss Li，you told us that water has no colour and no smell．But where to find such kind of water？The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell．」Most of the children agreed With him．
「I'm sorry，children．」said the teacher，「Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier．That's a problem．
1．The students were having their _______ class．
A．English B．Chinese C．chemistry D．maths
2．Miss Li was telling the children what ______ was like．
A．water B．air C．earth D．weather
3．A boy said，「The water in the river behind my house is always _______．」
A．white B．black C．clean D．clear
4．Most of the children _______ the boy．
A．agreed with B．wrote to
C．heard from D．sent for
5．The water in the river has colour and smell because it is getting _______．
A．more and more B．less and less
C．cleaner and cleaner D．dirtier and dirtier
KEY: 1．C 2．A 3．B 4．A 5．D
4
In 1620, about half the USA was covered by forests． Today the forests have almost gone． A lot of good land has gone with them, leaving only sand． China doesn't want to the USA's example． We're planting more and more trees． We've built the " Great Green Wall" of trees across northern part of our country．The Great Green Wall is 7,000 kilometres long, and between 400 and 1,700 kilometres wide． It will stop the wind from blowing the earth away． It will stop the sand from moving towards the rich farmland in the south． More "Great Green Walls" are needed． Trees must be grown all over the world． Great Green Walls will make the world better．
根據短文內容，選擇正確答案。
1．In 1620, about ______ the USA was covered by forests．
A．a third B．half C．two thirds D．a fourth
2．A lot of good land has gone with ______．
A．sand B．water C．wind D．forests
3．The Great Green Wall in China is ______ long．
A．7,000 kilometers B．1,700 kilometers
C．7,000 meters D．400 kilometers
4．Trees must be grown in ______.
A．China B．the USA
C．some countries D．every part of the world
5．______ will make the world better．
A．The Great Wall B．Tall buildings
C．Great Green Walls D．Flowers and grass
KEY: 1．B 2．D 3．A 4．D 5．C
5
The English people like take-away food． The most popular food is fish and chips．They usually go to a fish and chip shop．They put the food in paper bags, and take it home, or to their work place． At lunch time, many people eat take-away food in the park． Chinese takeaways are also very popular in England． People in the USA and Australia like Chinese take-away food, too． But the most popular food in the USA is fried chicken．
根據短文內容判斷正（T）誤（F）。
1．People in England like fish and chips．
2．Fish and chips are the most popular food in China．
3．The English people often go to a fish and chip shop．
4．They put the food in paper bags．
5．They take the food only to their work place．
6．They never eat take-away food in the park．
7．Chinese takeaways are popular in England．
8．People in Australia don't like Chinese take-away food．
9．The most popular food in Australia is fried chicken．
10． Fried chicken is the most popular food in the USA．
根據短文內容，用Ⅱ欄中適當的詞語完成Ⅰ欄的內容。
Ⅰ
11．Fish and chips are
12．The English people go to a fish and chip shop
13．People eat take-away food
14．People take the food home
15．The American people also like
Ⅱ
A．in the park at lunch time．
B．Chinese take-away food．
C．the most popular take-away food in England．
D．or to their work place
E．to buy take-away food．
KEY:
1．T 2．F 3．T 4．T 5．F 6．F 7．T 8．F 9．F 10．T
11．C 12．E 13．A 14．D 15．B
6
Once Einstein gave a lecture in many places in America． His driver always listened to him and knew the lecture so well that he was sure be could give it himself． So Einstein agreed that the driver gave the lecture him．
As nobody knew Einstein there, the driver gave the lecture for Einstein that evening． At first he was a bit afraid, but Einstein's smile made him feel better． He gave a good lecture and the people were quite pleased．
Then the driver started to leave and Einstein followed him without a word． When they got to the door, a man asked the driver a difficult question．
The driver said that the question was very easy, and told the man to ask his driver behind to answer it．
根據短文內容填空，每空限填一詞。
Einstein gave the (1) ______ lecture again and again． His driver (2) ______ to his lecture so many times (3) ______ he wanted to give it (4) ______． When Einstein knew it, he let the driver (5) ______ the lecture for him that night． The driver gave a (6) ______ lecture and the great scientist was quite pleased．
When they were (7) ______ the lecture room, a man asked the driver a question． To show (8) ______ easy the question was, the driver asked Einstein who followed him (9) ______ to answer it (10) ______ of him．
KEY:
1．same 2．listened 3．that 4．himself 5．give
6．good 7．leaving 8．how 9．quietly(behind) 10．instead
7
Fei Xiang, whose English name is Kris phillips, is a Chinese American. He is nearly two meters tall, with blue eyes, looking like an Asian. Though he was born in Taiwan, he grew up speaking Chinese to his mother and English to his father and students at Stanford University in California. Later he returned from abroad to Taiwan and become a singer.
In 1986, Fei Xiang visited the mainland（中國大陸）and turned into a pop star there. He was well know among the young people and his songs were widely accepted, such as 「Five in the Winter」, 「Clouds of My Homeland」and so on.
He left the mainland for New York four years later. There he worked as a lowly member. He lived a quiet life in New York, for only a few people know his name. Now phillips is panning to end his six—year stay in the USA and return to the mainland and his recording career（生涯）. His new project is to introce
（介紹）the mainland to the music of the Broadway stage（白老匯戲劇藝術）, including（包括）the song 「Maria」 from 「West Side Story」.
1. Kris phillip』s mother is _________and his father is________.
A. Chinese, American B. Chinese, Chinese C. American, Chinese D. English, American
2 .Mr Kris phillips became famous as big pop star________.
A. in the United Stares B. in the place where he was born C. in the mainland D. at Stanford University
3. What』s the order in which phillips did the following things?
a.made a decision to return to PRC(中國)
b.learned Chinese from his mother and English from his father
c.was widely welcomed by the young people
d.worked as a lowly member
A. b e c d a B. e b d c a C. d e b a c D. c a b e d
4. Fei Xiang is best known China for_______.
A.his plan to interoce the mainland to the music of Broad way stage
B.「West side story」 C. his perfoemace(演出) D. his special nationlity(國籍)
5. Which of the following is true?
A.Fei Xiang』s parents are both teachers. B. Fei Xiang lived in the mainland for four years.
C. Fei Xing is regarded as a big pop star both in America and China.
D. Fei Xiang returned to the mainland in 1896.
KEY: DBACB
8
A friend of mine was fond of drawing horse. He drew the horses very well,but he always began the tail. Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse, that is why I was surprised. It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly（肚子） or the foot of the horse, if he really knows his business. And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people's rule.They make their own rules. Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar(奇特的) to himself; and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easy
to work in that way.
Now the very same thing is true to literature(文學). And the question, "How shall I begin?" only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else. That is, you are not yet experienced(有經驗的) enough to trust to your own powers. When you become more experienced you will
never ask the question, and I think that you will often begin at the tail --that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning.
1. A friend of the writer's drew the horses ____.
A. very well
B. in the way of western rule
C. in the way of his own rule
D. all of the above
2. The writer was surprised because ____.
A. the artist began to draw at the head of the horse
B. the artist began to draw at the tail of the horse
C. the artist made his own rule
D. the artist did not follow other people's rule
3. You are not yet experienced because ____.
A. you don't know where to begin
B. you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail
C. you always asked question
D. you do not trust to your own powers
4. When you become more experienced you will ____.
A. never ask question
B. often begin at the tail
C. should write the end of the story
D. should think of the beginning
5. The topic of the passage is ______.
A. How to draw a horse
B. How to write a story
C. How to make your own rules
D. Trust to your own powers
Key: CDDCD
㈧ 如何指導中學生進行英語課外閱讀
欄目主持：徐克容教授 答：課外英語閱讀是一項非常有效的英語學習手段，它通過耳濡目染、潛移默化的方式讓學生在閱讀書籍的過程中逐漸擴大詞彙量、提高閱讀理解力並不斷加深自己對英語的感性認識。可以說，課外閱讀是英語學習不可或缺的手段。 學生可以自由地選擇自己喜愛的讀物，教師也可以對學生進行適當地指導，比如，向他們提供一些好的閱讀方法或是推薦一些適合他們的英文書目。此外，教師還應當分清課外閱讀與課堂教學的關系， 切莫讓課外閱讀演變為成課堂的延續。在此，筆者提出幾點建議，僅供參考。 教師須讓學生明白：（1）課外閱讀不像課文學習，學生可以放鬆和隨意。課外閱讀的目的是獲取信息，讀完一本簡易讀物之後，不要問自己記住了多少單詞，而應問自己是否了解了大意。（2）盡量不要查詞典，學會根據上下文猜出生詞在特定語境中的含義， 閱讀時應盡力理解整個句子的意思，無需將句子細分成一個個單獨的片語。（3）不必過於注重細節。（4）保持一定的閱讀速度，不能讀得太慢。（5）不要一味追求立竿見影的效果，應認識到閱讀能力的提高是一個長期的、漸進的過程，只要持之以恆就能產生良好的效果。 教師推薦書目時應注意以下幾點標准：（1）文字淺易，所用詞彙在2000字以內。（2）內容健康但趣味性強、知識性強。（3）讀物應包含各種不同的題材，比如故事、笑話、對話、日記、短劇、小品文、詩歌、科普讀物、游記、人物傳記等，此外，也可推薦一些知識性較強的英文報紙，例如《21世紀中學生英文報》。（4）為檢測自身的閱讀水平，可讓中學生做一些閱讀測試題以測試閱讀效果，或由教師向學生推薦一些質量高的閱讀測試題。 徐克容：北京外國語大學英語教授。主要從事基礎階段的英語教學以及教材編寫和研究工作。已主編全國自學高考英語專業《綜合英語》（一）、（二）等。