1.  阅读理解 

 One evening I visited the English corner of our town. It is near our school. There are trees, flowers and a piece of small ground. Every evening, large numbers of people go there to improve their English.  

When I arrived there, many people had already been there. I looked around and found that most of them were students. Some of them were talking in English in twos and threes. To my great surprise, I even found three foreigners talking with some students who were listening with great interest. Just then, a tall student came towards me and asked, "Shall we have a talk in English？" My heart beat very fast at that moment because it was the first time that I had visited the English corner. Anyway, I said, "Yes." Soon we talked freely about our studies, our lives, our hobbies as well as our problems of learning English. Time went fast, and it was already 11 o'clock before I realised it.

I had a good time there and was glad to learn a lot at the English corner. I understood the proverb(谚语)better, "Practice makes perfect. "

1. （1） Large numbers of people go to the English corner because they would like to ____.  

   A . visit the nice ground B . improve their English C . make friends with foreigners D . have a talk in Chinese with others
3. （2） The Chinese meaning of the underlined sentence "Practice makes perfect. " is "____".

   A . 实践出真知 B . 身临其境 C . 熟能生巧 D . 完美无缺
5. （3） Which of the statements is TRUE according to the passage? 

   A . Four foreigners were talking with some students. B . The writer often visited the English corner. C . The writer learned a lot at the English corner. D . The writer stayed at the English corner until 10: 00.