一、词汇运用
1. You may find it boring to learn English (语法), but it's important.
2. The visitors couldn't understand the seller because she spoke in Suzhou (方言).
3. It's (可能的) that it will rain in the afternoon, so you'd better bring an umbrella.
4. The more you practise, the better (发音) you will have.
5. Most readers are not patient enough to read such a long (文本).
6. The first and the last (句子) in a speech are very important.
7. Could you please speak a little more s? I can't follow you.
8. The Tang suit is a kind of Chinese jacket r than the clothing of the Tang Dynasty.

二、从方框中选择适当的单词或短语，在横线上填入其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次
|much|you|sentence|pick up|as actively as possible|
|----|----|----|----|----|
English is like super power that helps us explore (探索) the world. To improve quickly, we should use English 1. in daily life. Start by learning five new words every day and using them to make 2. .
Watch English cartoons or movies with subtitles (字幕) to train your ears. Don't be shy to speak—even talking to 3. helps! Keep a small notebook to write down interesting phrases (短语) you hear.
Remember, the 4. you practise, the more confident (自信) you'll become. Turn on English songs to sing along, or 5. simple storybooks to read. With enough practice, you'll find English is not just a subject, but a useful tool for life.

() 1. — What do you think of learning Chinese, David?
— In fact, I find ______ hard to learn Chinese well in a short time.

A.that
B.one
C.it
D.this

() 2. Dance is not just a form of art, but also a language which tells stories ______ body.

A.towards
B.over
C.past
D.through

() 3. Please keep as ______ as possible while watching birds, as noise will make them afraid and fly away.

A.quiet
B.quieter
C.quietly
D.most quietly

() 4. — The weather was not good enough last weekend for our picnic.
— Yes! But today it is a lot ______, so we can go now!

A.good
B.well
C.better
D.best

() 5. To keep students healthy and make sure they ______ their studies, our school makes some rules to limit (限制) mobile phone use.

A.work out
B.deal with
C.focus on
D.go with

() 6. The shop is open every day, so the shopkeeper works on weekends ______ weekdays.

A.beside
B.besides
C.above
D.towards

四、信息还原
Do you speak a dialect in daily life? While many Chinese speak Putonghua, some local dialects are in danger of disappearing (消失). 1. It started the Chinese Language Resources (资源) Protection Project (工程) a few years ago.
This project looks at how people talk in 1 712 places. Their languages include 103 dialects that are almost gone. 2. In the online library, people can learn dialects.
Why is it important to protect the dialect culture? According to Harold Palmer, an expert (专家) who studies language, dialects are a key to protecting local culture. 3.
Scholar (学者) Zhang Hongming talked about these worries of the disappearance of dialects. Now in the Wu dialect areas, some children aged 6 to 15 can understand but can't speak the local dialect. 4. If this keeps happening, the dialect might disappear.
So how did China make this big library? Over five years, more than 350 universities (大学) and research groups joined in, along with over 4 500 experts and more than 6 000 dialect speakers.
5. This includes creating online tools like apps and mobile dictionaries (词典) to help people learn dialects.