初中英语阅读类练习之时文阅读拓展训练之十.pdfVIP

第13 周周末自我提升拓展（Practice makes perfect! ） 一、 语法选择1 篇 How to practice spoken English? The first and the most important things is to believe yourself. You should always 1 full of confidence, or you will never be able to 2 your English. You should never lose heart and never 3 up. Maybe you are afraid of 4 face. But there’s really no need to worry 5 anything. We are students, and we 6 . We should practice a lot. If your pronunciation and intonation are not as good 7 the native people, it’s no problem, 8 we are Chinese, and we don’t have chance to live in foreign countries and 9 with the people there all the time. So 10 be shy or afraid! Just have a try. 1.A. is B. be C. are D. am 2.A. improve B. improved C. improving D. have improved 3.A. give B. gives C. gave D. giving 4.A. lose B. lost C. loses D. losing 5.A. for B. to C. about D. / 6.A. learned B. had learned C. were learned D. are learning 7.A. as B. with C. like D. and 8.A. because B. because of C. so D. but 9.A. to talk B. talking C. talked D. talk 10.A. don’t B. not C. no D. do 二、 BBC News 任务型阅读1 篇 Whale sharks: Atomic tests solve age puzzle of world's largest fish 鲸鲨：原子能试验解开世界上最大鱼类的年龄之谜 Stretching up to 60 feet in length and weighing around 20 tons （吨）, the slow-moving whale shark is very popular with divers. But despite thei docile nature, scientists still lack basic information, such as how long the whale sharks actually live. To solve the problem, researchers turned to data from the dozens of atomic bomb tes