In today’s world, English is the most wildly used language. It is our duty to learn English in the new situation of the reform and opening (改革开放) to the outside world. How can we master the English language ? I’d like to give you some good advice.
First, get interested in it. I enjoy listening to foreign friends talking when I was a child. At the same time I watched the English programme Follow Me on TV. From then on, I kept on learning English. The more I learned, the more progress I made.
Second, practice makes perfect. Many people study English very hard, but they are very shy to speak it in public, for they are afraid of making mistakes. Remember you have to make a mistake before you can correct it. A native English speaker makes mistakes sometimes, too.
Third, the beginners should be encouraged to pay attention to idioms. The English language has many idioms. For example, you should say “ He is as strong as a cow.”
小题1:The writer wants to tell us ____________. 

A．the importance of learning English

B．the new situation of the reform and opening to the outside world

C．some good ideas on how to master English

D．the wide use of the English language

小题2:If we want to learn English, we must first __________.

A．show interest in it	B．enjoy listening to it
C．watch English programmes on TV	D．practice speaking it

小题3:When we are learning English, ____________.

A．remember the mistakes and correct them	B．try not to make any mistakes
C．avoid mistakes before making them	D．don’t be afraid of making mistakes

小题4:The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 means “_______________.”

A．Remember to make a mistake before you can correct it

B．You are sure to make a mistake before you can correct it

C．Remember you have to make a mistake and then correct it

D．You’ll make a mistake after you can correct it