1、英语每单元一练（33）一、阅读短文，补全单词Dear Mary,I have just m _ to a new house in a new town and am f _ very lonely. I have a very good j _ but no real friends, so every evening I s _ at home al _ and watch television. I find it difficult to m _ friends and dont know where to meet new people. Can you give me some a
2、 _? Im looking forward to h _ from you.Love,Sue二、阅读理解What is language for? Some people seem to think its for practicing grammar rules and learning lists of words? The longer the lists, the better. Thats wrong. Language is for the exchange of ideas and information. Its meaningless knowing all about a
3、 language if you cant use it freely. Many students I have met know hundreds of grammar rules, but they cant speak correctly or fluently (流利地). They are afraid of making mistakes. One shouldnt be afraid of making mistakes when speaking a foreign language. Native speakers make mistakes and break rules
4、, too. Bernard Shaw once wrote, “Foreigners often speak English too correctly. But the mistakes that native speakers make are different from those that Chinese students make. Theyre English mistakes in the English language. And if enough native speakers break a rule, it is no longer a rule. What use
5、d to be wrong becomes right. People not only make history, they make language. But a people (民族) can only make its own language. It cant make another peoples language. So Chinese students of English should pay attention to grammar, but they shouldnt overdo it. They should put communication first.1.
6、Generally, when an American or all Englishman speaks English, he _.A. never makes mistakesB. often makes mistakesC. cant avoid (避免) making mistakesD. always makes mistakes2. The sentence “Foreigners often speak English too correctly.” means that _.A. foreigners speak correct EnglishB. foreigners speak incorrect EnglishC. foreigners speak English according to the grammar rulesD. foreigners never make mistakes when they speak English3. When we speak a foreign language, we should _.A. speak in the Chinese wayB. speak according to the rulesC. break the rulesD. not be afraid of making mistakes
