Question

【題目】

STUDY HELP

For many tests and exams, you are tested on your abilities to communicate successfully. In order to speak English fluently, you need to think in English. If you don’t, your speech will be slow and it won’t sound natural. Here are some things you can do to.

Look at objects around your home and school, and think of what they are called in English. Try to make a direct connection between the object and the English word.

When you are out in a public place, practice describing the things and people you see in your mind. For example, think, "There is a man walking down the street. He’s wearing a suit. I think he is going to work. "Try to think in English first, not in your first language.

When you have to say something in English, think first and ask yourself" What words and phases do I know in English that I can use in this situation? "Try not to think in your first language and translate your ideas into English. If you do, you will get frustrated very quickly.

Try these tips and you’ ll soon find that you are thinking in English.

【1】The passage is most probably written to .

A. studentsB. teachersC. parentsD. reporters

【2】The writer gives some advice on how to .

A. greet people in EnglishB. practice thinking in English

C. write an article in EnglishD. improve English listening skills

【3】The passage above might be from the column（欄目）in a magazine.

A. News CornerB. Story Garden

C. Language WorldD. Technology Square

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【解析】

很多時候，你都需要講一口流利的英語，這就需要用英語思考，不然你的演講就會很慢，聽起來也不自然，因此短文中介紹了用英語思考的一些建議。

【1】推理判斷題。根據短文開頭For many tests and exams, you are tested on your abilities to communicate successfully，在許多測試和考試中，你都要測試自己的溝通能力，由此可推斷文章是寫給學生的，故選A。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據短文第一段中In order to speak English fluently, you need to think in English. If you don’t, your speech will be slow and it won’t sound natural. Here are some things you can do to.可知，短文下面是一些你可以用英語練習思考的事情，即用英語練習思維的建議，故選B。

【3】推理判斷題。根據文意和短文中Trynottothinkinyourfirstlanguageandtranslateyour ideasintoEnglish不要用你的母語思考，把你的想法翻譯成英語，由此可知文章是關于語言的，故選C。

這是一篇說明文，短文中對培養(yǎng)用英語思考的能力提出了一些建議。文章主題明確，結構清晰。短文第一段引入話題，點明文章主旨；然后分幾個方面進行具體的介紹。了解文章的結構有利于我們把握文章的大意，更快地搜索相關信息。后面的題目設置以細節(jié)理解和推理題為主，做題時，先瀏覽所給的問題以及選擇項，然后帶著問題在通讀原文的基礎上快速地找到答案，結合選項作答。例如第2小題，根據短文第一段中In order to speak English fluently, you need to think in English. If you don’t, your speech will be slow and it won’t sound natural. Here are some things you can do to.可知，短文下面是一些你可以用英語練習思考的事情，即用英語練習思維的建議，故選B。