There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world.

But ___1___ a few of them are very ___2___. English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U. S. A, but in other parts of the world. About 200, 000, 000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a ___3___ language. Many millions are ___4___ to do so.

Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different ___5___. Have you ever ___6___ the ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines?

“Learn English in six month, or your ___7___ back ...” “Easy and funny? Our records and tapes ___8___ you master your English in a month. ___9___ the first day your ___10___ will be excellent. Just send ...” Of course, it never ___11___ quite like this.

The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should ___12___ that we all learned our own language well when we were ___13___. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. ___14___ what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it, and ___15___ in it all the time, just imagine how much ___16___ that gets!

So it is ___17___ to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English ___18___ upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and ___19___ much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will ___20___. But they cannot do the student’s work for him.

1. A. not?????????????????? B. quite???????????????????? C. only??????????????????? D. very

2. A. difficult??????????? B. important????????????? C. necessary???????????? D. easy

3. A. native?????????????? B. foreign???????????????? C. useful?????????????????? D. mother

4. A. learning??????????? B. enjoying??????????????? C. trying?????????????????? D. liking

5. A. questions????????? B. problems????????????? C. ideas??????????????????? D. answers

6. A. found?????????????? B. watched?????????????? C. noticed???????????????? D. known

7. A. knowledge??????? B. time???????????????????? C. money????????????????? D. English

8. A. make??????????????? B. help????????????????????? C. let??????????????????????? D. allow

9. A. From??????????????? B. On?????????????????????? C. Since?????????????????? D. After

10. A. spelling?????????? B. grammar?????????????? C. English???????????????? D. pronunciation

11. A. happened??????? B. know??????????????????? C. seemed???????????????? D. felt

12. A. know????????????? B. remember???????????? C. understand??????????? D. think

13. A. students????????? B. children??????????????? C. babies?????????????????? D. grown-ups

14. A. Imagine????????? B. Mind???????????????????? C. Do?????????????????????? D. Think of

15. A. using????????????? B. thinking???????????????? C. trying?????????????????? D. practicing

16. A. time??????????????? B. money????????????????? C. language?????????????? D. practice

17. A. hard?????????????? B. easy????????????????????? C. funny?????????????????? D. silly

18. A. depends????????? B. tries????????????????????? C. has?????????????????????? D. takes

19. A. uses?????????????? B. takes???????????????????? C. gets????????????????????? D. costs

20. A. do????????????????? B. work???????????????????? C. help???????????????????? D. master

【答案與解析】

1. C。only 意為“僅僅、只有”。句意為：世界上約有五百種語言，但只有記種是重要的。

2. B。important 意為“重要的”，根據(jù)下文提到的像英語被廣泛使用，說明了這幾種語言是重要的。故不宜選其他形容詞。

3. B。as a foreign language(外語)與前句中的as their own language相對應(yīng)。

4. C。are trying to do so = are trying to learn English 意為“在盡力學(xué)習(xí)英語”。

5. D。answer 意為“答案”，指回答前面的答案。句意為：學(xué)習(xí)英語容易還是困難，不同的人有不同的答案。

6. C。notice 意為“注意到”，根據(jù)不同的動詞意義，只有notice切合句意。指注意到這些廣告。

7. C。這些廣告的目的是為了收錢，故選money。or your money back意為：否則退錢。

8. B。help sb do sth 意為“幫助某人做某事”。而make / let sb do sth意為“使/讓某人做某事”。allow不合該句句型。

9. A。from first day 意為“從第一天起”。

10. D。由于是指學(xué)習(xí)英語語言，應(yīng)該是先學(xué)習(xí)發(fā)音，故選pronunciation(發(fā)音)。

11. A。happen 意為“發(fā)生”，這里指上面廣告中提到的“快速學(xué)好英語這樣事情是決不會發(fā)生的”。

12. B。remember 意為“記得”。

13. B。children與后面的a small child相對應(yīng)，指小孩學(xué)說母語好。

14. D。think of 意為“想象、想一想”。

15. B。think 意為“思考”，此句意為：談話用母語，思考用母語。

16. D。practice 意為“練習(xí)”。這里說明了孩子學(xué)說母語好是因為進行上述大量的練習(xí)的結(jié)果。

17. A。句意為：說學(xué)習(xí)英語容易就難說了。

18. A。demand“需要”，句意為：掌握好英語需要大量練習(xí)。

19. B。take 意為“花費(時間)”。此句意為：而練習(xí)需要付出極大的努力和花費大量的時間。

20. C。這里是說：好教師、錄音磁帶、書和詞典將對學(xué)習(xí)英語有幫助。但這些都不能代替學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)。


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