--Is there__________ wrong with your watch?

--No，___________ is wrong with it．

A．something，anything                     B．something，nothing

C．a(chǎn)nything，nothing                       D．a(chǎn)nything，something

What is Britain’s favorite sports?

A reader from Manchester writes:

Dear Julie，

My question is- what is Britain’s favorite sport? My dad says it’s football but I think he’s wrong．I think it’s tennis．Who’s right?

It’s not an easy question to answer，Do you mean favorite sport for people to play（participant sport）or for people to watch（spectator sport）? The difference is important．Every year，four million people in Britain go fishing but every week，fifteen million watch football on TV．

I telephoned the Spots Council（委員會）in London and asked them the question：

“It’s difficult to say which spectator sport is Britain’s favorite．There’s football，of course，but the Tennis Championships at Wimbledon（溫布爾登網(wǎng)球公開賽）are very popular too，and don’t forget the Olympics，cricket and horse-racing．”

So I can’t really answer the question about spectator sports．But the question about favorite participant sport is easy．The answer is surprising．It isn’t football or tennis or any games with a ball．To give you a clue，it begins with“w”，it’s cheap，there’s no special equipment and everybody in Britain does it．The answer is walking．And the second favorite? Swimming．

1．What is the story talking about?

2．How many people in Britain watch football on TV every week?

3．What’s Britain’s favorite participant sport?

根據(jù)提示寫出句中所缺單詞，使句意完整正確。

1.Thank you for your _____________（建議）. I’m sure they will be useful to my English study.

2.Orange can bring you ___________（成功）and cheer you up when you are feeling sad.

3.She hates to be like others. So she always tries to do everything ____________（不同）

4.Which TV set should I choose ?It’s hard for me to make a           (決定)

5.I am very worried that Tom hasn’t        (回復(fù))to my e-mail．

6.People read these blogs so they can find out the l_______ news about a subject they are interested in.

7.The film d        by Feng Xiaogang a few months ago is very popular in China.

8.There was something wrong with his teeth . He decided to see a d        .

9.In the past, Jim p_________ clothes made of cotton to those made of silk.

10.Your present is too expensive. I can’t a_________ it, Mr White.

11.My father likes reading. He often buys          (week) newspapers to read.

12.Tom r___________ (say “no” ) to do the work, so I had to ask John to do it instead.

13.Today, middle school students hardly have any s___________ ( free ) time for their hobbies.

14.Miss Li has a strange way to make all her lessons l__________ ( full of life ) and interesting.

15.When I watch the documentary , I feel quite r________________( calm and not worried )

There are three levels of English pronunciation：

　  Level 1：People often don’t understand what you want to say，because you use the wrong sounds．

Level 2：People understand what you want to say，but it is unpleasant to listen to.

Level 3：People understand you，and your English is pleasant to listen to.

Level 3 is called good pronunciation．Notice that good pronunciation is not “perfect American or British accent(口音)．”You don’t have to sound like the Queen of England or the President of the United States of America．

    Why? Because there are many different kinds of English pronunciation .In England，people from Newcastle speak English differently from people in London. In America，people from New York City，California，and Texas each have their own pronunciation. So it is no problem if you have your own accent. But your accent must be close to the standard(標(biāo)準(zhǔn))（American or British English)．What does that mean? Turn on your TV and watch channels like CNN International，NBC，Euro News or BBC．You will hear many different people (news anchors，reporters，etc．)from Germany，F(xiàn)rance，and other non-English-speaking countries．They all have good accent ­—easy to understand and pleasant to listen to．

    The rule is：If you are close to the standard，you can always communicate，and your English will sound good．If you are far from the standard，sometimes you won’t be able to communicate successfully．

   1．What is good pronunciation according to the passage?

      A．People can understand you．

      B．You use the right sounds．

      C．You are pleasant to listen to and can communicate successfully．

      D．It means you must have a perfect American or British accent．

2．What can we learn from the third paragraph?

      A．Everybody in Britain speaks English in the same way．

      B．Watching TV is the best way to learn English．

      C．In England，people have different accents．

      D．The Queen of England speaks the best English．

3．Why don’t we have to sound like the Queen of England or the President of the USA?

      A．There are many different kinds of English pronunciation．

      B．The Queen doesn’t speak standard English．

      C．Accent is necessary for good pronunciation．

      D．We should learn English by ourselves．

4．What does the passage mainly talk about?

      A．The three level of English pronunciation．

      B．The different kinds of English．

      C．How to communicate with foreigners．

      D．What good English pronunciation is．

5．What does the author advise?

      A．Have your own accent，but try to be close to the standard．

      B．Try to speak like the President of the United States．

      C．Try to set up your own standard of English．

      D．Learn English from people in different countries．