【英语】江苏省如皋市2019-2020学年高一上学期期末考试试题(解析版).docxVIP

成就未來，新教育伴你成长 成就未來，新教育伴你成长 联系电话：400-186-9786 江苏省如皋市2019-2020学年高一上学期期末考试 英语试题 一、阅读 A If you live in a place where most people speak the language you are learning, you may use the language for several hours each day. So it may become part of your inner speech. Iii other words, you start thinking in that language? Your mind stops trying to translate things from your native language into the second language? But most of the English learners live in places where English is not the main language? This may be true for you. You may not have many chances to practice English. You may even be self-taught. Thinking in English really helps! It is not very difficult, but it does need practice? Here we will share some mental exercises? A good first step is to think in words. Look around you. What do you see? In your head, try to name each object in your surroundings? Charles Thomas has taught English for over 10 years? He tells his students to name the things that they see around them, wherever they arc. Another exercise Thomas suggest is describing in your mind objects you dont know the words for. An example would be if you couldift think of the word garage. Thomas says, If youre looking at your house and you see your garage? but you cant think of the name in English? You can say, The place inside where I put my car or you can sayjlls next to my house? I keep things there/ The next exercise is thinking in simple sentences. For example, if you are sitting in a park, you can tell yourself things like, s such a beautifiil day and People are playing sports with tlieir lends. You can also describe your daily activities. Tlionias asks his students to describe their day using the simple present verb form. So, they would think to themselves things like. I put on my shirt and He drives tlie bus. 5 How much time should you spend on these exercises? Thomas says you do a little every day. 八When you make dungs a habit, then it just pops up mto your mind witliout tlunking and then, before yo