English teachers hear "he" and "she" misused on a daily basis.Small mistakes often make simple exchanges comical,andsometimes frustrating. Learning to communicate a foreign__1__language can be exciting or just daunting. Fortunately, publiceducation in China provides a wonderful introduction with the__2__ English language. Speaking, listening, reading and writingare considered to be the four language skills need tocommunicate__3__ in English. The receptive skills, reading and listening, are often easier to acquirethan their respective counterparts, writing and speaking, which is the productive skills. But China isa __4__ special case. Grade school students spend hours diligently on mastering grammar,studying vocabulary and composing__5__ lengthy compositions, but rarely have the opportunityto highly develop their conservation skills. Thus, many people here in China have reading andwriting skills far superior than__6__ their unpractised oral skills. "I simply cannot express myself.Iunderstand what I read and hear, but I can't communicate the thoughts I have," a common cryhearing from students in __7__ China. It is our belief that students are much more motivated tolearn English when they interested in the subject matter.__8__ In order to create a comfortableand entertaining environment,teachers catch up with games, or activities that stimulate a __9__situation where English might be useful for those specific students. Teachers mold each class to thestudents present.
    While at dinner together or while visiting a scenic area,student should discover new vocabularywords and practice__10__ speaking in a realistic social situation rather than a classroom.
    參考答案及解析:
    1. 在communicate之后加in。in表示手段方法等，在此意義是“用......交際”
    2. with—to。介詞to從意義分析該與introduction (to) 關(guān)聯(lián);而不是provide
    3. need—needed。過去分詞修飾前面的the four languageskills，相當于the four language skills(which/that are) needed
    4. 第一個is—are。which 在從句中坐主語，其先行詞為writing and speaking
    5. 刪除on或把on—in。spend...in doing sth
    6. than—to。習語superior to
    7. hearing—heard。過去分詞表示被動，相當于which/that is heard
    8. 去掉they或在they后加are。根據(jù)語法規(guī)則，有些表示時間，地點，條件，方式或讓步狀語從句，如果謂語包含動詞be，主語又和主語的主語謂語一致，那么常常可以把從句中的主語和謂語部分，特別是動詞be省略掉
    9. catch—come。catch up with和come up with有意義相同之處：追趕，趕上，但此處根據(jù)上下文，應(yīng)為come up with作為“提供，供應(yīng)”解
    10. should—can。根據(jù)上下文，學(xué)生具備這種能力(can)，但不是責任或義務(wù)(should)