---But I can't get through the door because a big box .

A. gets out of the wayB. is getting in the way

C. is getting out of the wayD. gets in the way

---He ___ spend all my pocket money, but now he ___ saving some of it.

A. used to; used toB. was used to; am used to

C. is used to; used toD. used to; is used to

--- . But I can carry it myself.

A. That’s very kind of you.B. That’s all right.

C. It isn’t necessary.D. I don’t need your help.

---About 4 million, I think.

A. how much the population in Yichang isB. what is the population of Yichang

C. how much is the population in YichangD. what the population of Yichang is

【1】與中國人口比較的話，美國少多了

【2】看起來他的自行車需要修一下了

【3】那輛火車突然失控了。

【4】我奶奶習慣于手洗衣服。

【5】畢竟，我們不再是孩子了。

【1】Hey! What are you listening to? It's a _____ (私人的) conversation.

【2】Some valuable jewellery in that shop was _____ (偷)last week.

【3】Paul has found a new job and is _____ (考慮)moving to a new flat near his company.

【4】Confidence is an important _____ (條件)if you want to achieve success.

【5】Generally speaking, excellent learners have some good habits in ___________ (相同).

【6】Bad news often _____ (傳播/擴散)faster.

【7】一Where is your father?

一He has already _____ (飛)to Beijing.

【8】Apple is to fruit as circle is to ________.

【9】The Great Wall is one of the _______ in the world.

【10】Read the ______ first carefully before you take the medicine.

【1】周末，這座公園是最吵鬧的地方之一。（one of）

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【2】她12歲的時候就不上學了。（stop）

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【3】我爸爸騎自行車上班，而不是開車。（instead of）

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【4】幸運地是，在那次事故中沒有人受傷。（be hurt）

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【5】直到Tony回來我才會離開這個房間的。（not…until）

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Students generally find it difficult to prepare for a speaking test because they have nobody to practise ___(A)___ or correct their mistakes. But that doesn't mean you can’t test yourself.

Whether you're taking an end-of-course test or an official (官方的) exam like PET or IELTS, there's one great tool you can use: your mobile phone. Nearly every smartphone these days has an inbuilt recording feature (內置錄音功能) which you can use to test your speaking skills. You can record yourself speaking, play the recording back, and correct your own mistakes.

I practised this way in Italian. I chose some speaking questions from PET and did the exercise three times. The first time, I made a few grammar mistakes and didn't speak for long enough. The second time was a bit better, and the third time was nearly perfect.

All in all, I made a real improvement with my grammar, pronunciation and how long I spoke. Also, recording myself put me under the pressure (壓力) I would experience during an important speaking test.

Many students found this method ___(B)___. Nelia, from Brazil, said that she could hear her mistakes when she listened to her voice. She was mainly using the wrong verb tense (時態(tài)) and using prepositions(介詞) incorrectly. When she tried the exercise again, she got its right! Donghyeon, from South Korea, said that the exercise helped him to improve his English skills in general.

【1】How to test your speaking skills with a smartphone?(根據原文回答)

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【2】Are the questions the writer chose from an end-of-course test or an official exam?

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【3】在（A）(B)兩處各填入一詞使句意完整。

（A）_____________________ (B) _________________________

【4】將文中處劃線句子譯成漢語。

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【5】請給文章擬一個題目。

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Today skateboarding is popular around the world. Many young people like the sport, and so 【1】(do) Marcelo Lusardi. However, the young man is quite different from many others -- he is a blind skateboarder.

Marcelo was born in Argentina, and now he lives in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. He used to live an easy life but everything changed when he went blind in 2015. He felt 【2】(hope), as he couldn't imagine living without sight (視力).【3】(Luck), a friend of his【4】 (father) stepped in and helped him out. Thanks to her help, Marcelo was able 【5】(accept) his condition and started getting out more.

Marcelo went to the skate park he had often visited. At first, he thought skating was out of the question for a blind man like him. But his skateboarding friends 【6】(tell) him he was still one of them and he had to get back on the skateboard. They helped him learn to use his other senses except sight 【7】( ride )the skateboard again and even try out some new tricks.

Looking back, Marcelo thought【8】(lose) his sight helped him realize who he is and what he wants to do. “People sometimes have problems and think that's the end of the world, but in the end you can solve these problems. Look at me, I was skating, then I went blind, and now I 【9】(skate) again. Not as well as before, but I can still do it and leave people with their mouths【10】 (open).” So, remember: Everything has a solution in life.

It's hard to believe that a beautiful silk dress comes from thousands of very little worms (蟲子)called silkworms! It takes about 5,500 silkworms to make 2.2 pounds of silk. The process (工序) was _______ by the Chinese about 5,000 years ago.

_______ is silk made? The process starts with silkworm eggs. The eggs are collected and kept warm. After a few days, silkworms come out of the eggs. They are_______ leaves from mulberry trees every 30 minutes, all night and all day. The room _______ be kept warm, without loud noises or bad smells. After a month, they start to make cocoons (繭). After four days, the cocoons are ________

The cocoons are heated (加熱), and the silkworms are killed inside them. Then the cocoons are put into water to make the silk loose (松散的). The silk_______ three or four cocoons is put together and made into a thread (線). One cocoon can make a thread 1 kilometre long!_______, the silk threads are made into cloth, and the cloth is used for things like dresses, scarves and neckties.

Today, silk is produced in many _______, including India and Thailand, but more than 80 percent of the world's silk comes from China. Every year, enough silk thread is ______ to go from the earth to the sun 300 times. People love silk clothes because they are beautiful and _________--silk feels cool in warm weather and warm in cool weather. Now you know why silk is so expensive!

【1】A. borrowedB. discussedC. mentionedD. discovered

【2】A. HowB. WhyC. WhenD. Where

【3】A. boughtB. fedC. takenD. made

【4】A. canB. mustC. can'tD. mustn't

【5】A. lateB. rightC. readyD. over

【6】A. forB. aboutC. withD. from

【7】A. ImmediatelyB. FinallyC. SuddenlyD. Recently

【8】A. villagesB. townsC. citiesD. countries

【9】A. wastedB. checkedC. producedD. separated

【10】A. softB. brightC. expensiveD. comfortable