A. English people are always interested in the weather B. I have't been practising enough

Spanish people usually speak ______ than English people.

A. quick

B. more quick

C. more quickly

D. quicken

A. quick

B. quickly

C. more quick

D. more quickly

The people of Houston hope Yao Ming will______.

A. speak excellent English

B. bring new energy

C. make NBA games easy

D. face new challenge

My teacher told me()to English people as much as I can to practise my English.

A. talking

B. talk

C. talked

D. to talk

A.A. consideration

B.B. knowledge

C.C. politeness

D.D. characteristics

A. No repetitions

B. Fluent English

C. Fillers

D. Complete sentences

A. German

B. Chinese

C. French

D. English

An English ship brought 102 people from Plymouth, England on September 16, 1620 and arrived in the present Provincetown harbor on November 21 in the same year. This ship was named ____________.

A. The Pilgrims

B. Mayflower

C. America

D. Titanic

3 years of study, they can speak _1_ understand a _2_ English. However, because they are not living in an English _3_ country, they often start to forget some of their English. They might remember the grammar, but they soon _4_ the vocabulary; they might read an English newspaper, but they don't ever speak English. For example, how can a person in Tokyo _5_ English when he does not hear or speak English every day？ How can he _ 6_ to learn English ？ There are many things he _7_ do if he really wants to improve.

Of course, most people should be able to learn to speak English __8__ . But it takes a lot of practice, many years, _9_ fact. If the student can afford it, he might __10_ a vacation in an English speaking country.

1. A. and B. to C. for D. as

2. A. few B. little C. many D. much

3. A. spoken B. speak C. speaking D. speaks

4. A. remember B. forget C. take D. do

5 A. master B. study C. learn D. research

6. A. stop B. halt C. begin D. continue

7. A. will B. shall C. should D. may

8. A. fast B. slowly C. fluently D. quickly

9. A. as B. in C. at D. with

10. A. take B. took C. taken D. taking

reatest writer. Only one name can possibly suggest itself to him：that of William Shakespeare.

Every Englishman has some knowledge of his work. All of us use words and phrases from Shakespeare's writings that have become a part of the English-speaking people.

Shakespeare, more perhaps than any other writer, made full use of the English language. Most of us use about five thousand words in our normal employment of English; Shakespeare in his works used about twenty-five thousand!

There is probably no better way for a foreigner (or an Englishman!) to appreciate the richness and variety of the English language than by studying the various ways in which Shakespeare uses it. Such a study is well worth the effort (it is not, of course, recommended to beginners), even though some aspects of English usage, and the meaning of many words, have changed since Shakespeare's day.

1). From the first two sentences of the passage we can conclude that ________.

A. it can't be discussed about who is the world's greatest dramatist

B. Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest writer

C. Englishmen like to discuss about who is the world's greatest writer

D. it can't be discussed about who is the world's greatest poet

2). According to the passage many English words and phrases that we use today are from _____.

A. Englishmen

B. English speaking people

C. Shakespeare's works

D. ancient people

3). To learn the richness of the English language, people should ______.

A. write and read more

B. be glad to be a foreigner

C. learn from an English man

D. read Shakespeare's plays

4). The author does not suggest beginners reading Shakespeare's plays probably because _____.

A. only Englishmen can understand his plays

B. some of English usage and the meaning of many words have changed

C. the works are too difficult for a beginner

D. the works are for native speakers

5). In this passage the author wants to _______.

A. tell how great a writer Shakespeare is

B. tell that some aspects of English usage have changed since Shakespeare's day

C. tell that some English words are out of use now

D. show the richness of English language