Reading is very important to help you learn English. To learn as much as you can from reading, you need to read different kinds of English. This book provides not only different kinds of English but also a good way to check your reading ability.

There are four parts in the book:

Part 1 is Messages: In this part somebody wants to send information in writing to somebody else. There is a test on timetables and a test on text messages.

Part 2 is People: In this part all the tests are about people. For example, there is an informal letter between friends. There is formal ( 正式的) English in biography ( 传记). There is a job application as a model to help with your writing, as welt as testing your reading.

Part 3 is Places: In this part, too many different kinds of English are shown, some informal and some formal. There is the informal English of a holiday postcard. There is also the formal English in a letter of complaint.

Part 4 is Things: You will find some descriptive writing in this part. There are descriptions of clothes and of a computer.

You can do these tests in any order you like, or you can do all the tests with a formal or informal text. I enjoyed writing this book and I hope you enjoy using it,

How can you hear a lot of English when you’re not in an English-speaking country or family? Fortunately, there are many ways of hearing English.

Listen to English radio.

You can receive English-language radio in most countries. Two international networks are the BBC and VOA. 【小题1】 .

Watch English television.

【小题2】. The pictures help you understand what is being said. If you don’t have access to English-language TV, you may be able to watch TV on the Internet.

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It is now a lot easier to hear English on the Internet. If you’re reading this at your computer or mobile device you can probably listen to some English-language radio news right now, without even moving! And of course, you can find endless videos in English on YouTube and similar websites.

Listen to songs in English.

Songs in English are everywhere, even on foreign-language radio and TV stations. Listen to them often. But choose one that is not too difficult. 【小题4】. Some pop songs are very unclear and are difficult even for native English speakers to understand fully!

Get English-speaking friends.

Try to make friends with English-speaking people so that you can practise your English through conversation. 【小题5】. And if you don’t have a lot of time to go out and meet people, at least you can chat a little by telephone.