矿大英语自主学习(大一上)

1单元Part 2 Cloze (with Options)

I am talking to the children in the street and also thinking about the very difficult question of how best to learn their language. The problem is 6. far awayfar morefar from simple. Learning a first language is easy. These children, for example, started listening to their own language even before they were born and they will keep 7. workingthinkingpracticing it throughout their lives. They aren't even aware they are learning it most of time. I, however, have not had 8. abilityaccesspurpose to or the benefit of speaking and listening to my second language 9. toonfrom a very young age.

I am often 10. frustratedcomfortedadvised trying to express myself in my second language. I want to be like the children I see on the street who can speak the 11. similarsamedifferent language so well. I make myself 12. getfeelsay better by telling myself that I have more experience and knowledge than those children and so I can 13. lecturearguecommunicate better. But, instead of holding on to this 14. comfortedcomfortingcomfortable thought for a couple of moments, I turn right around and remind myself that having knowledge and experience is not always 15. positivepossibleworth. For example, knowledge and habits that I have taken from my first language often cause me to make mistakes that a child 16. oughtneedwould never make. In fact, I have reaped very few 17. benefitsbeginningsbeliefs being an older language learner. I think about how I can keep notes to help me remember what I have learned 18. thereforewhilewhere young children cannot. But, of course, if I 19. hadhavehave had the memory of a child, I would not need to keep so many notes. Sometimes I feel like just 20. giving upmaking upkeeping up.

A child must gather information about a language from all around and use that language for many years in order to communicate well. The same is 21. realtruesimple for me. But, 22. unlikealikedislike a child, I use experience and insight I've 23. gatheredchosewatched and find opportunities to try to discuss more difficult subjects and, 24. howeverforeveras a result , I often make bigger mistakes than a child would. When I ask for directions or 25. introducelecturewatch myself, I embarrass myself. I should only talk to the children on the street for now.

Part 3 Vocabulary and Structure

26. As a reward ________ passing the exams, she got a new bike from her parents.

A. in

B. on

C. by

D. for

27. She felt like ________ frustration, but she was determined not to lose her self-control.

A. to cry out of

B. to cry for

C. crying out of

D. crying for

28. All animals communicate, but our special method of speech is __________ to human beings.

A. aware

B. unique

C. absolute

D. continual

29. The method he used turned out to be _______ in improving the students' English.

A. effective

B. ability

C. response

D. explicit

30. The boss refused to give any _______ on the fact that his workers were out of jobs.

A. response

B. comment

C. answer

D. reply

31. The police searched the city in an effort to catch the man who ______ the murder last week.

A. limited

B. made

C. did

D. committed

32. They had to examine the dead tiger before they were _______ as to who killed it.

A. positive

B. senior

C. virtual

D. vital

33. He could be ________ about everything else in the