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If you want to become a fluent English speaker,you should take some advice.There are four skills in learning English.They are reading,listening,speaking and writing.The most important thing you must remember is that if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills you should first master(掌握) the skills of reading and listening.
Read as much as you can.But your reading must be active.It means that you must think about the meaning of the sentences,the meaning of the unfamiliar words,etc.There is no need for you to pay much attention to grammar or try to understand all the unfamiliar words you come across.If you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them again,for example,in other passages or books,that’s enough.It would be better to prepare yourself a notebook so you can write down the important words or sentences in it.
As for listening,there are two choices:besides reading,you can listen every day for about 30 minutes.You can only pay attention to your reading and become skillful at your reading,then you can catch up on your listening.Since you have lots of inputs(输入) in your mind,you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say.This never means that you should not practice listening.
For listening,you can listen to cartoons or some movies that are specially made for children.Their languages are easy.Or if you are good at listening you can listen to VOA or BBC programs every day.Again the thing to remember is being active in listening and preferably taking some notes.
If you follow these pieces of advice,your speaking and writing will improve automatically(自动地),and you can be sure that with a little effort they will become perfect.
21.According to the author,which should you improve first among the four skills?
A.Reading and listening.
B.Reading and writing.
C.Writing and speaking.
D.Speaking and listening.
解析:由第一段的最后一句“...ifyouwanttoimproveyourspeakingandwritingskillsyoushouldfirstmastertheskillsofreadingandlistening.”可知A项符合文意。
答案:A
22.What should you do to improve your reading when you read?
A.Look up all the new words in the dictionary.
B.Think about what you are reading actively.
C.Spend more time studying grammar.
D.Copy as many words and sentences as possible.
解析:由第二段第二句“Butyourreadingmustbeactive.”可知B项正确。
答案:B
23.The author seems to agree with the view that .
A.everyone should listen to VOA or BBC programs every day
B.you needn’t practice listening if you keep on reading every day
C.being good at reading is helpful in improving your listening
D.you should take notes of whatever you hear
解析:由第三段的第二、三句“Youcanonlypayattentiontoyourreading...easilyguesswhatthespeakerisgoingtosay.”可推出C项正确。
答案:C
24.The passage is mainly about how to .
A.choose suitable listening materials
B.deal with new words in reading
C.read as quickly as possible
D.become fluent in speaking and writing English
解析:全文第一段提出:要想提高说、写技能就要先提高听、读技能。本文主要讲的是如何通过提高听、读技能来提高说、写的能力,故选D项。
答案:D
