【IfyouwanttobecomeafluentEnglishspeakeryoushouldtakesomeadvice:TherearefourskillsinlearningEnglish.Theyarereadinglisteningspeakingandwriting.Themostimportantthingyoumustrememberisthatifyouwanttoimpro】
IfyouwanttobecomeafluentEnglishspeakeryoushouldtakesomeadvice:TherearefourskillsinlearningEnglish.Theyarereadinglisteningspeakingandwriting.Themostimportantthingyoumustrememberisthatifyouwanttoimproveyourspeakingandwritingskillsyoushouldfirstmastertheskillsofreadingandlistening.
Readasmuchasyoucan.Butyourreadingmustbeactive.Itmeansthatyoumustthinkaboutthemeaningofthesentencethemeaningsoftheunfamiliarwordsetc.Thereisnoneedforyoutopaymuchattentiontogrammarsortrytounderstandalltheunfamiliarwordsyoucomeacrossbutthefactthatyouseethemforthefirsttimeandrecognizethemwheneveryouseethemforexampleinotherpassagesorbooksisenough.Itwouldbebettertoprepareyourselfanotebooksoyoucanwritedowntheimportantwordsorsentencesinit.
Asforlisteningtherearetwochoices:besidesreadingyoucanlisteneverydayforabout30minutes.Youcanonlypayattentiontoyourreadingandbecomeskillfulatyourreadingthenyoucancatchuponyourlistening.Sinceyouhavelotsofinputsinyourmindyoucaneasilyguesswhatthespeakerisgoingtosay.Thisnevermeansthatyoushouldnotpracticelistening.
Forlisteningyoucanlistentocartoonsorsomemoviesthatarespeciallymadeforchildren.Theirlanguagesareeasy.OrifyouaregoodatlisteningyoucanlistentoVOAorBBCprogramseveryday.Againthethingtorememberisbeingactiveinlisteningandpreferablytakingsomenotes.
Ifyoufollowthesepiecesofadviceyourspeakingandwritingwillimproveautomaticallyandyoucanbesurethatwithalittleefforttheywillbecomeperfect.
1.Accordingtotheauthorwhichshouldyouimprovefirstamongthefourskills?
A.Readingandlistening.B.Readingandwriting.
C.Writingandspeaking.D.Speakingandlistening.
2.Theunderlinedphrase"comeacross"inParagraph2canprobablybereplacedby"_______".
A.discoverB.meetbyaccident
C.findonpurposeD.lookfor
3.Theauthorseemstoagreewiththeviewthat_______.
A.everyoneshouldlistentoVOAorBBCprogramseveryday
B.youneedn'tpracticelisteningifyoukeeponreadingeveryday
C.beinggoodatreadingishelpfu