Day 6
Passage 1
One Sunday morning in August I went to local music festival. I left it early because I had an appointment 1. (late) that day. My friends walked me to the bus stop and waited with me 2. the bus arrived. I got on the bus and found a seat near the back, and then I noticed a man 3. (sit) at the front. He 4. (pretend) that a tiger toy was real and giving it a voice. He must be 5. (mental) disabled.
Behind him were other people to 6. he was trying to talk, but after some minutes ，they walked away and sat near me, 7.________(look) annoyed.
I didn’t want to be laughed at for talking to him but I didn’t like leaving him 8. his own either.
After a while I rose from my seat and walked to the front of the bus. I sat next to the man and introduced myself. We had an 9________(amaze) conversation. He got off the bus before me and I felt very happy the rest of the way home.
I’m glad I made a 10_________(choose). It made both of us feel good.
Passage 2
The ancient wisdom of Confucius is timeless. His thinking 1. (lead) the Chinese for thousands of years. However, English teaching seems to be one place 2. his wisdom is forgotten.
I came to China 6 years ago, and quickly saw the plight (困境) of so many students 3. (struggle) to learn English. They know a lot “about” English,4. they never master the language. They learned far more grammar than students in Western cultures and almost no oral training. They were made 5. (recite) sentences and passages from their books. Their teachers were spending 90% of the class talking to them “about” English in Chinese.
All effective language teaching in the world is built 6. the basis of oral language. Students who excel in English are those that follow the wisdom of Confucius: they use language!
They use it primarily by speaking and listening,7. (eventual) supplemented (补充) by reading and writing. Every language is taught by gaining speaking competence long before grammar, reading and writing 8. (introduce).
Chinese students work so hard.9. they learned English with correct spoken instructions and classroom practice, they would have the 10. (high) English scores in the world and they would conquer English.
Keys
Passage 1
1 later 2 till/until 3 sitting 4 was pretending 5 mentally 6 whom 7 looking 8 on 9 amazing 10 choice
Passage 2
1has led 2 where 3 struggling 4 but 5 to recite 6 on 7 eventually 8 are introduced 9 if 10highest
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