英语学习讲义
If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?
According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.
The study also found the effect is greater when the younger people learn a second language. A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.
Scans showed that grey matter density (密度) in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.
“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.
It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.
Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible (灵活的),” he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”
The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and thirty-four. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists.
27. The main subject talked about in this passage is ________. A. science on learning a second language B. man’s ability of learning a second language C. that language can help brain power D. language learning and maths study
28. In the second paragraph, the writer mentions “exercise” in order to ______.
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A．say language is also a kind of physical labor
B．prove that one needs more practice when he (she) is learning a language C．to show the importance of using the language when you learn the language D．make people believe language learning helps grey matter work well 29. The underlined word “bilingual” probably means _______. A. a researcher on language learning B. a second language learner
C. a person who can speak two languages D. an active language learner
30. In the last two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that _________. A. learning a second language is the same as studying maths
B. early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in studying other subjects
C. Italian is the best choice for you as a second language
D. you’d better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language
第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A. Then a hand shot up. B. I know that wasn’t really the reason. C. And they are placed on outstanding shelves. D. That question was never more troubling. E. That’s why we still need to read him today. F. I already know who it is I’ll meet in those novels. G. These are all wonderful reasons to read Dickens. Walk into any bookstore, and you can hardly avoid “bumping into” Charles Dickens.（查理.狄更斯）Many of Dickens’ works still sell well today. 31 As someone who teaches Dickens, the question of why we still read him is often on my mind.
32 One day nearly 10 years ago, however, when I was giving a lecture, I was telling the students that for Victorian readers, Dickens’s writing was a “tune-in-next-week” type of thing that generated crazes. 33 “But why should we still read this stuff?” the student asked. The answer I gave was only acceptable, “Because he teaches you how to think,” I said.
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The question annoyed me for years, and for years I told myself answers, but never with complete satisfaction. We read Dickens because he is not just a man of his own times, but also a man for our times. We read Dickens because we can learn from experiences of his characters almost as easily as we can learn from our own experiences.
34 But these are not exactly the reason why I read Dickens. My search for an answer continued until one day a text message came from a student of mine. “We still read Dickens’s novels,” she wrote, “because they tell us why we are what we are.” Simple as it was, that’s the explanation I had sought for years. Dickens shines a light on who we are during the best of times and worst of times. 35 If you have time, go to pick up one of his many novels, read it and enjoy what it has to tell you about yourself.
第三部分:语言运用(共两节，满分 45 分)
第一节完形填空(共 20 个小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分)
When I was 13 my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant 36 Miller King, who was the best 37 at our school. Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for 38 .Just before September, Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he came back from 39 . He looked very 40 , but he didn’t cry.
That season, I 41 all of Miller’s records while he 42 the home games from the bench. We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player, 43 I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller’s 44 .
One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller 45 going over a fence—which wasn’t 46 to climb if you had both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept_47_ from. But even that challenge he accepted. I 48 him move slowly over the fence. When we were finally 49 on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the season, but you did 50 .Thank you for filling in for 51 .”
His words freed me from my bad 52 . I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was 53 ahead of me. I was right to have 54 him. From that day on，I grew 55 and a little more real. 36.A. cheering for B. beating out C. relying on D. staying with
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37.A.coach B. student C. teacher D. player 38.A.practice B. show C. comfort D. pleasure 39.A.school B. vacation C. hospital D. training 40.A. pale B. calm C. relaxed D. ashamed 41.A. held B. broke C. set D. tried 42.A.reported B. judged C. organized D. watched 43.A.and B. then C. but D. thus 44.A. decision B. mistake C. accident D. sacrifice 45.A.stuck B. hurt C. tired D. lost 46.A. steady B. hard C. fun D. fit 47.A.praise B. advice C. assistance D. apology 48.A.let B. helped C. had D. noticed 49.A. dropped B. ready C. trapped D. safe 50.A.fine B. wrong C. quickly D. normally 51.A. us B. yourself C. me D. them 52.A.memories B. ideas C. attitudes D. dreams 53.A.still B. also C. yet D. just 54.A. challenged B. cured C. invited D. admired 55.A.healthier B. bigger C. cleverer D. cooler
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基础知识考查
第一节：单词拼写 （共10小题：每小题1 分， 共10 分）根据首字母或汉语注释写出单词的正确形式，并将完整答案填写到答题卷中的相应位置。
56. The injured including their families ____(参加) a religious ceremony the other day. 57.Students are asked to wear school u________ at school. 58. Reading v______ (多样)of books can broaden our horizons. 59. He a_____to several companies for the job but was turned down. 60.All the information was ready to be p______ （加工）into film negatives. 61. First ______(印象) mattered and you had better present yourself in a right way. 62.He p___ himself a cup of tea and then drank,deep in thought. 63.You can make an a______ online before you go to see the doctor.
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