Lesson 25 Do the English speak English

Lesson 25 Do the English speak English?

I arrived in London at last.The railway station was big, black and dark.I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter.I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well.The porter, however, could not understand me. I repeated my question several times and at last he understood.He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. “I am a foreigner,” I said.Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that!The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. “You'll soon learn English!” he said. I wonder. In England, each man speaks a different language . The English understand each other, but I don't understand them! Do they speak English?

回答下列问题，将答案组成一个段落，不要超过70个单词。

1. Did you arrive at a railway station in London or not? Did you ask a porter the way t o your hotel or not? Could he understand you or not? (and…but)

2. Did he understand you at last or not? Could you understand his answer? (but)

3. Did your teacher ever speak English like that or not?

4. What did the porter say to you?

5. Does each person speak a different language in England or not?

6. Do they understand each other or not? Do you understand them? (but)

找出课文中所有连词。

用括号中的词连接下列句子;

1. My sister went shopping. I went shopping. (both…and)

2. We got very tired. We got very hungry. (not only…but…as well)

3. It was three o’clock. We could not get lunch. We had a cup of tea. ( and…so)

选择题

1. Why couldn’t the writer understand the porter?

A. The writer didn’t know any English.

B. The porter didn’t speak English.

C. The writer couldn’t understand the porter’s English.

D. The writer was a foreigner.

2. The writer ______________________

A. didn’t think the porter was English

B. expected everyone in England to speak like his teacher.

C. doesn’t think the English speak English

D. thinks that the English speak many different languages

3. English _________ not a difficult language.

A. are

B. is

C. was

D. has

4. _________ did you repeat your question? Several times.

A. How many times

B. How many

C. How much

D. How

5. He didn’t speak slowly and he didn’t speak clearly_______________.

A. neither

B. either

C. too

D. nor

6. I repeated my question several times. I repeated it ___________ times.

A. much

B. a number of

C. only a few

D. three

7. At last he understood. He understood _________________.

A. in the end

B. at least

C. lastly

D. at the finish

8. I come from abroad. I am_____________.

A. a foreigner

B. strange

C. overseas

D. abroad

9. “You’ll soon learn English,” he said. I wonder. I _______________.

A. am not sure

B. am sure

C. wander

D. know