Test Eight When you read to lead to learn English composition, you 1regard the language as the main thing．
When you read a 2in English, do you read it for the story or for the English? This is a question that is not so foolish3it may seem, 4 I find that many students of English5far more attention to the story6to the English ．They read and enjoy and 7a long time afterwards remember the story ,but do not 8to study the use of words and9in it ．For instance ,they know the plot of the story10,but do not remember a 11sentence in the story and cannot tell 12 preposition is used before or13 a certain word in the speech of a certain character．
Of course, it is all right to read and 14 and remember a story, and so long as one 15 to know the story only, one need not 16 about the language． But the case is quite different 17 a student of English． I mean a student of English as distinguished from a reader of stories or 18 is called the general reader． As you may have 19 from the above, a student of English should read very 20 and regard the language as the main thing．
1．A）ought B）need C）would D）ought to
2．A）writing B）essay C）story D）report
3．A）that B）as C）than D）as if
4．A）for B）when C）since D）therefore
5．A）take B）gain C）put D） pay
6．A）due B）than C）thanks D）rather
7．A）during B）in C）for D）on
8．A）care B）dream C）stop D）expect
9．A）paragraphs B）letters C）terms D）phrases
10．A）in heart B）from mind C）by heart D）to mind
11．A）single B）simple C）long D）compound
12．A）any B）what C）whether D）certain
13．A）under B）after C）over D）behind
14．A）enjoy B）ignore C）write D）realize
15．A）does B）wants C）satisfies D）fails
16．A）concern B）bring C）study D）bother
17．A）of B）from C）with D）against
18．A）which B）what C）that D）it
19．A）arrived B）secured C）thought D）gathered
20．A）carefully B）carelessly C）well D）hard
Key to Test Eight
1．D 2．C 3．B 4．A 5．D 6．B 7．C 8．A 9．D 10．C
11．A 12．B 13．B 14．A 15．B 16．D 17．C 18．B 19．D 20．A
