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I remember one birthday party some friends of mine had for me when I was a student at the university.Of course, I had told my best friend Henry that I didn't want a party and I made him promise he wouldn't do anything.He agreed.I should have known better than to believe him. On the day of my birthday, we got home from school at about, oh, I don't know, three or half past three.we went inside and as usual I went into the bathroom and started to close the door when suddenly from behind the shower curtain(浴帘), a kind of strange female(女)voice started singing, “Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you.” And then from all over the room, people joined in.There were about fifteen people hiding everywhere in the room. They had got my roommate's key and got in earlier.They had all planned to come out of the hiding place just at the same time while singing.I guess I really upset their plans by going in just to wash my hands. 45.Which of the following sentences is NOT true? A.I got home from school at 3 or 3:30 on the day of my birthday. B.I dislike birthday parties held for me. C.Henry agreed that he would not do anything on my birthday. D.I knew there were some of my friends hiding in my room. 46.I usually went into the ______ when I got home from school. A.living room B.bedroom C.bathroom D.dining room 47.What did my friends plan to do? A.They planned to leave the room as soon as possible. B.They planned to sing as loudly as they could. C.They planned to eat in the bathroom. D.They had planned to come out of hiding places together C If you ask some people, “How did you learn English so well?” you may get a surprising answer: “In my sleep!” These are people who have taken part in one of the recent experiments(实验)to test the learn while you sleep method(方法), which is now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects.English is among them.Scientists say that this sleep study method greatly speeds language learning.They say that the ordinary person can learn two or three times as much during sleep as in the same period during the day—and this does not affect(影响)his rest in any way.However, sleep teaching will only put into your head what you have studied already while you are awake. In one experiment, ten lessons were broadcast over the radio for two weeks.Each lesson lasted twelve hours — from 8 p.m.to 8 a.m.The first three hours of English grammar and vocabulary(词汇)were given with the students awake.At 11 p.m.a lullaby(催眠曲)was broadcast to send the student to sleep and for the next three hours the radio in a soft and low voice broadcast the lesson again into his sleeping ears.At 2 a.m.a sharp noise was sent over the radio to wake the sleeping student up for a few minutes to go over the lesson.The soft music sent him back to rest again while the radio went on.At 5 oclock his sleep ended and he had to go through the lesson again for three hours before breakfast. 48.By the learn while you sleep method, one____ . A.starts to learn a new lesson in sleep B.learns how to sleep better C.is made to remember his lesson in sleep D.can listen to the radio broadcast while lying in bed 49.In the experiment, lessons were given_______ . A.in the night time B.after lullabies were broadcast C.while the student was awake D.all through the twelve hours 50.Before each lesson finishes, the student has to_______ . A.get up and take breakfast B.be woken up by a loud voice C.listen to the lesson again in sleep D.review(复习)the lesson by himself 51.The sleep study method is being tried in many countries to teach____. A.the English language B.grammar and vocabulary C.a number of subjects D.foreign languages D Why is it easy for young children to learn language? Part of the answer is that children have so many needs.They have to make their meeds known and they are always watching the effect of what they say and trying new ways of getting what they want.Another part of the answer is that children are not, as older people sometimes are, fixed in their ways of living.When they are taken about from one country to another they change easily from one language to another.Older people are more fixed in the ways.They have been hearing and talking one language for a long time.Their ways of hearing and making sounds and of putting words together are like the rails a train goes on.They have been up and down their lines of talk and thought too many times to change them easily.A child is free in his ways.He is more like an airplane or, better, like a bird; he is free to go in any direction he wants.He is free to hear sounds as they are and make them as he hears them.He is free to put new words together in new ways in speaking a new language. (责任编辑：admin) |