B．how to read and write

　　 C．why English people couldn't understand each other

　　 D．why spoken English is important

　　解析：根据第二句话These days more and more foreigners are coming to China and more and more Chinese are going abroad to work or study so that the spoken language is becoming more and more important.可知，越来越多的外国人到中国来和越来越多的中国人到外国去，这时的英语越来越重要。故答案选D项。

　　答案：D

　　6．In the fourth paragraph the writer gave us some advice on ________.

　　 A．how to guess the meaning from the context

　　 B．how to read fast

　　 C．how to look up new words in the dictionary

　　 D．how to get the general idea of a passage

　　解析：根据第四段第二句话If you read faster，you understand better.可知，如果读得快，那么对文章的理解也较好，然后本段分析了快慢的优缺点，故本段主要是讲述快读的方法。

　　答案：B

　　7．"To kill two birds with one stone" means ________.

　　 A．to get some particular knowledge

　　 B．to get more than what one pays

　　 C．the stone is very useful

　　 D．the birds are blind enough

　　解析：根据最后一句话he can learn the language and some knowledge of the foreign country at the same time可知，短语to kill two birds with one stone(本意是：一石二鸟)此处意义为得到的比一个人所祈求的东西多。故答案为B项。

　　答案：B

　　8．In the last paragraph the writer advice us to ________.

　　 A．kill two birds with one stone

　　 B．learn two languages at the same time

　　 C．study all the subjects in a foreign language

　　 D．get some knowledge of the foreign country whose language we are studying

　　解析：根据最后一段前两句可知，通过我们正在学习的外语了解外国的其他一些知识。故答案选D项。

　　答案：D

　　Ⅵ.短文改错

　　On a snowy winter night a bus with 45 passenger had an accident because of the wet road. And all of them were trapping in the bus and what was worse，the bus ran out of gas and it is very cold in it. They could do nothing but to wait for help. A man who lived nearby saw what happened. He and some villagers managed to open the door and helped all of them out of bus. He took them to his home but offered food and water and even some warm clothes to the children. They spent two days in their home and finally helps came. All of them were thankful with his help.

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