Unit 10
Showing Concern and Giving Advice
Reading Comprehention
Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are five tasks for you to fulfil. You should read the materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.
Task 1
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered1 through5. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C or D. You are required to make the correct choice.
Many Chinese students who have already learnt English more than ten years are still unable to speak English properly and fluently when they encounter ( 遇见 )a foreigner. They have been able to master the basic language structure and many other things grammatically, but a conversation in English will make them feel uneasy. They are afraid other people might laugh at their mistakes or they think those to whom they are speaking might not understand them.
It is not uncommon that many students, who are bad speakers of English, write beautiful and fluent English. This proves perfectly that they do have the ability to organize their ideas in English. The problem is that they do not have enough practice and confidence. Maybe they are afraid of speaking English openly.
The best way out, as a result, would be a bit more confidence and practice. No one would laugh at you even though you make some mistakes for they understand English is a foreign language to you. Don't care too much about the small mistakes you may make in your conversation because you can correct them easily if you practice enough. But you do have to take great care to make people understand what you are trying to say. If you keep practicing English all the time, you will surely find that talking with a native speaker is not at ail difficult.
. 1.The problem that most Chinese students have in learning English is that they are unable to __
A. master the basic structure B. write beautiful English
C. learn difficult grammar D. talk to a foreigner
2.. Many Chinese learners of English are weak at speaking because___
A. they haven't studied long enough
B. they can't organize ideas in English
C. they don't have enough confidence and practice
D. they don't feel like talking to an English speaker
3. The best way to solve this problem, according to this passage, is by___.
A. practicing more B. listening more
C. learning more grammar D. making more friends
4. The passage implies that_____
A. Chinese students usually fear to have a conversation with a foreigner
B. foreigners are patient when a Chinese makes mistakes in conversation
C. Chinese students should speak more to improve their spoken English
D. foreigners are very good and polite listeners
5.In practicing speaking, Chinese students should___
A. pay no attention to the mistakes they make
B. take care of their mistakes and try to correct all of them
C. focus more on making themselves understood
D. care more about the sentence structure and grammar
Task 2
Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 6 through 10
I remember quite clearly the first time I was really shaken by my wife's intuition ( 直觉) We were looking for a second-hand car, and I had been much taken by a rather nice drop-head(活顶小客车 ) with a well-cared-for appearance.
"Well, she runs nicely," I told my life after the try-out. "Good start-up, the engine sounds sweet, low mileage (里程) and the right price. What do you think?'
"I don't like it."
"Why not?"
"I don't know. There's just something about the salesman that I don't believe."
A few weeks after we had bought another car elsewhere, I happened to find out the history of the drop-head. It had been seriously damaged(损坏) in a crash before we saw it, and cleverly done up. The car was, indeed, a very bad risk.
Of all the things about women that their husbands do not understand, perhaps the biggest question is this: How can she often be right about things of which she has absolutely no knowledge? How does a woman's intuition work? What is this strange power that tells her exactly when her husband isn't working late on business, however honest he pretends to be? Is it guesswork, or some sixth sense that men don't have?
6. When was the "first time" the husband felt "really shaken" by his wife's intuition?
A. When they bought another car.
B. When he learned about the history of the drop-head.
C. When he realized she knew so much about cars.
D. When his wife spoke about the salesman.
7. What does a person's intuition refer to according to this passage?
A. The ability to see through things.
B. The ability to make a quick decision.
C. The ability to pick out the best one among a number of things.
D. The ability to know something by using one's feelings.
8. Why didn't the man know that the car was damaged at first?
A. The damage was not serious at all. B. He was not careful enough.
C. It had been skillfully repaired D. The salesman only tried it out smoothly.
9．What answer does the writer give to the question of a woman's intuition
A. It is simply a blind guess. B. It is a special kind of knowledge.
C. It must be the sixth sense. D. He doesn't really answer the question.
10．From the passage we learn that the salesman was
A. cheating B. honest C. helpful D. kind
Answers
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1—5 DCABC 6—10 BDCDA