6、初中英语新课标对词汇学习提出了较高的要求,请谈谈初中英语词汇学习的技巧与方法。

7、新课标将发展学生自主学习的能力列为初中英语课程的任务之一,请谈谈如何在初中英语课堂教学中培养学生自主学习能力。

8、初中英语新课标每一级的目标要求都对阅读有所阐述,你认为应该如何提高初中英语阅读教学的有效性。

第二部分：英美国家概况和文化

一选择题

Directions：there are 20 incomplete sentences or questions about the culture of Britain and America, please choose the answer that best completes the statements or answers the questions.

1. William Shakespeare is mainly a _____.

A. novelist

B. dramatist

C. poet

D. critic

2. The greatest dramatist of the English Renaissance was _____.

A. Shakespeare

B. Milton

C. Chaucer

D. Bacon

3. It was _____ who first revolutionized scientific thought in Britain.

A. Francis Bacon

B. Thomas Newcomer

C. James Watt

D. Geoffrey Chaucer

4. Which is Not considered a characteristic of London？

A．The cultural centre B. The business centre

C. The financial centre

D. The sports centre

5. Britain’s longest river is____.

A. the Clyde

B. the Thames

C. the Severn

D. the Tweed

6. _____ is considered the father of English poetry.

A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. John Milton

C. John Donne

D. William Wordsworth

7. The Romans led by Julius Caesar launched their first invasion on Britain in ____.

A. 200BC

B. 55BC

C. AD55

D. AD410

8. Which of the following languages is Not spoken in Scotland?

A. English

B. Scottish

C. Gaelic

D. Danish

9. Great Britain is separated from the rest of Europe by the ____ in the south.

A. North Sea

B. Atlantic Ocean

C. Straits of Dover

D. English Channel

10. King Arthur was the king of _____.

A. Picts

B. Celts

C. Scots

D. Jutes

11. Each of the 50 states of the USA elects ____ senators.

A. 10

B. 4

C. 3

D. 2

12. The second largest state of the United States is ____.