Every year in the first week of my English class, some students inform me that writhing is toohard. They never write, unless assignments 47 it . They fine the writing process 48 and difficult.

　　How awful to be able to speak in a language but not to write in it- 49 English , with its richvocabulary . Being able to speak but not write is like living in an 50 mansion(豪宅) and neverleaving one small room . When I meet students who think they can’t write, I know as a teachermy 51 is to show them the rest of the rooms . My task is to build fluency while providing theopportunity inherent in any writing activity to 52 the moral and emotional development ofmy students . One great way to do this is by having students write in a journal in class everyday.

　　Writing ability is like strength training. Writing needs to be done 53 , just like exercise ; just asmuscles grow stronger with exercise , writing skills improve quickly with writing practice. I oftensee a rise in student confidence and 54 after only a few weeks of journal writing .

　　Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen thewhole student. When my students practice journal writing, they are practicing for their futureacademic, political, and 55 lives . They build skills so that some day they might write a greatnovel, a piece of sorely needed legislation, or the perfect love letter. Every day that they writein their journals puts them a step 56 to fluency , eloquence (雄辯), and command of language.

　　A) closer I) painful

　　B) daily J) performance

　　C) emotional K) profession

　　D) enhance L) remarkably

　　E) enormous M) require

　　F) especially N) sensitive

　　G) hinder O) urge

　　H) mission

　　答案Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)

　　47. M require 48. I painful 49.F especially 50. E enormous

　　51.H mission 52. D enhance 53. B daily 54.J performance

　　55. K profession 56 A daily