Question

【題目】If you are like most international students, you are probably pretty comfortable reading and writing in English. 【1】 Below are some tips to help you to improve your conversational skills.

Make friends with American students. Many international students end up making friends with a lot of—or only—other international students. 【2】 Hanging out with natives not only naturally pushes you to improve your spoken English, but also helps you pick up cultural and social information.

Learn from American friends. Tell your American friends that you are trying to improve your listening and speaking skills, and would like them to help you. If you pronounce a word incorrectly, or misuse an idiom, you ask them to guide you. 【3】

Increase your knowledge. 【4】 If you have been exposed to topics that are likely to be discussed in conversation, you have a much better chance of understanding people when they talk, and of being able to express yourself well.

【5】 If you have to explain something to someone, you have a strong motivation to pronounce everything as well as you can, and find other ways to explain yourself. Finally, this becomes a good habit. Many people have asked me how I learned to speak English fluently, and I owe most of it to my years of being a math teacher in college for years.

A. It is bad for them to do that.

B. You will make progress this way.

C. If possible, become a teacher at your school.

D. It's a win-win opportunity for international students.

E. Keep up with news and watch popular shows and movies.

F. Explaining everything in a different way counts.

G. You may have trouble in listening and speaking in the language, however.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】A

【3】B

【4】E

【5】C

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，通常來說國際生在英語閱讀和寫作方面沒什么困難，但在英語聽說技能方面存在問題。文章中作者提出了四種提高英語聽說技能的建議。

【1】橫線前句“If you are like most international students, you are probably pretty comfortable reading and writing in English.”告訴我們國際生在英語閱讀和寫作方面沒什么問題。橫線后句中提及“對話技能”，可知國際生在英語聽說技能方面存在問題。故G項“You may have trouble in listening and speaking in the language, however.”符合上下文串聯(lián)。

【2】本段中作者建議國際生要和美國學(xué)生交朋友。而根據(jù)橫線前句“Many international students end up making friends with a lot of—or only—other international students.”可知實際上國際生還是和國際生成為了朋友，并沒有和美國學(xué)生做朋友。這樣做對英語學(xué)習(xí)并無好處。故A項符合上下文串聯(lián)。

【3】本段建議國際生向美國朋友學(xué)習(xí)。橫線前句“If you pronounce a word incorrectly, or misuse an idiom, you ask them to guide you.”告訴我們?nèi)绻�你在語言運(yùn)用方面出現(xiàn)了問題，可以請求美國朋友指導(dǎo)你。這樣做會讓你取得進(jìn)步。故A項符合上下文串聯(lián)。

【4】橫線后句“If you have been exposed to topics that are likely to be discussed in conversation…”可知作者建議國際生要經(jīng)常接觸最新的話題，可以在對話中更好理解對方的意思。E項“Keep up with news and watch popular shows and movies.接觸新聞并觀看流行的影視劇”與上下文語境相符。

【5】根據(jù)文章最后一句I owe most of it to my years of being a math teacher in college for years.可知作者認(rèn)為在大學(xué)里做老師對自己的英語學(xué)習(xí)有很大的好處。可知作者本段中建議國際生盡量做老師，因為做老師可以提高英語水平。故C項符合上下文串聯(lián)。

本文的解題依據(jù)是文章最后一句I owe most of it to my years of being a math teacher in college for years.中的being a math teacher。本題提示我們可以根據(jù)上下文中的文字線索來解題。做題時很重要的一點是保持對一些線索詞的敏感，最主要的線索特征詞是空白前后的名詞和動詞，尋找答案時注意在選項中查找同義詞、近義詞、反義詞或表示同一類事物的詞語等。其次是代詞、數(shù)詞、表示時間/年代的詞、地點/名稱等專有名詞等。尤其是在讀不懂句子的情況下，利用這樣的線索詞尋找答案是很有效的方法。