上海中考英语阅读回答问题技巧讲义

上海市初中毕业生统一学业考试英语试卷

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English is an important international language, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to learn. Many experts have tried to make English easier to learn —but they weren’t always successful.

In 1930, Professor C.K. Ogden of Cambridge University invented Basic English. It had only 850 words (and just eighteen verbs) and Ogden said most people could learn it in just thirty hours. The problem was that people who learned Basic English could write and say simple messages, but they couldn’t understand the answers in ‘real’ English! It was also impossible to explain a word if it wasn’t in the Basic English word list.

R.E. Zachrisson, a university professor in Sweden, decided that the biggest problem for learners of English was spelling, so he invented a language with the name Anglic. Anglic was similar to English, but with much simpler spelling. ‘Father’ became ‘faadher’, ‘new’ became ‘nue’ and ‘years’ became ‘yeerz’. Unluckily, Anglic never became p opular.

In the age of international communication through the Internet, who knows what will happen? ... a new form of English might appear. A large number of the world’s e-mails are in English and include(包括) examples of ‘NetLingo’ like OIC (Oh, I see) a nd TTYL (Talk to you later). In another fifty years, English might not be used. We might all speak fluent Internetish!

104. Many experts have tried to make English easier to learn, haven’t they?

________________________________________________________________________ 105. Who invented Basic English in 1930 ?

________________________________________________________________________ 106. How long could most people learn Basic English according to Professor Ogden?

________________________________________________________________________ 107. What was the biggest problem for learners of English according to Professor Zachrisson?

________________________________________________________________________ 108. What might happen to English in another fifty years?

________________________________________________________________________ 109. What do you think of the experts’ ideas of making English easier?

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Kyra Komac, 28 years old, now has 25 furniture stores all over the country. The new store, in London's Camden High Street, takes her back to where it all started. She tells us about how the business began.

When I was little, my mother began selling flowers in Camden Market. She couldn't leave me at home on my own, so I had to go to the market with her. "

To begin with, I didn't have to do anything. I just sat there, and my mum told me jokes and stories so I didn't get bored. When I got older, I gave my mum a hand and I really enjoyed it.

Then, one year, my grandma gave me a book for Christmas. It was all about making candles and I loved it. I was 14，and I didn't have to go to the market any more because mum could leave me at home on my own. I spent my free time making candles of all shapes and sizes. I made hundreds of them.

One day, my mother was ill so I had to goto the market on my own. I decided to take some candles with me and see if I could sell them. They were sold out in twenty minutes! The next week, my mum gave me some money to buy some wax(蜡)to make more candles. They sold out really quickly, too.

Nine months later, we decided to stop selling flowers. My mum and I couldn't make enough candles during the week, so some of my school friends started to help us. I paid them one pound for every candle, and we used to sell them for three or four times that. It was fun and my friends worked with me in the market.

At the age of 22，my uncle lent me some money and I opened my first shop in Portobello Road. Since then, I've never looked back, even in difficulties. In the first store, we only sold candles, but now we sell everything from designer furniture to paintings. Oh, and candles, of course. .

99. How many furniture stores does Kyra Komac have now?

________________________________________________________________________ 100. Where did Kyra's mother sell flowers?

________________________________________________________________________ 101. What did Kyra do in her free time when she was fourteen? '

________________________________________________________________________ 102. Did the candles sell well on the first day in the market?

________________________________________________________________________ 103. Who helped Kyra and her mum when they couldn't make enough candles during the week?

________________________________________________________________________ 104. How did Kyra's uncle help her to open her first shop?

________________________________________________________________________ 105. What do you think of this story?

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