A survey of 1000 people was carried out, which is organised by the National Centre of Language .The study suggested people in London were the most likely(78%) to have studied another language, Scots were next at 74%, followed by the northeast of England (71%).In the west of England, more than six in ten have knowledge of another language.
Barrie Hunt from OCR said, “People are often very negative about Britain，s grasp of foreign languages but in reality the number of people who can speak a second language is impressive. The great joke is that many of these people will have no formal qualification to show their family, friends and employers what they can do. Whether they are fluent or just able to hold a short conversation in another language is unknown.”
He said OCR had set a new language scheme called Asset Languages to encourage people of all ages to learn languages in bite-sized amounts and get a qualification.
The scheme also provides assessment for community languages spoken at home, such as Chinese, Urdu and Punjabi.
Isabella Moore from the National Centre of Languages said, “Employers want evidence of good communication skills, confidence and outward-looking attitudes, so a language qualification is an important addition to anyone，s resume.”

  1. 1.

    It can be inferred that___________________________ .

    1. A.
      foreign language study is popular in UK
    2. B.
      foreign language study is a must for people of all ages
    3. C.
      it is especially easy for British people to study foreign languages
    4. D.
      students of over 14 no longer study foreign languages
  2. 2.

    Which of the following has the most to have studied a foreign language?

    1. A.
      People from Scotland.
    2. B.
      People from the northeast of England.
    3. C.
      People in London.
    4. D.
      People from the west of England.
  3. 3.

    Which statement is true according to the text?

    1. A.
      A language qualification is the only evidence of a high-quality employee.
    2. B.
      Speaking foreign languages is the most important skill required in employment among all.
    3. C.
      A language qualification is very difficult to get in UK.
    4. D.
      Many people in UK don，t have a qualification although they can speak foreign languages.
  4. 4.

    What’s the best title for the text?

    1. A.
      An Interesting Survey
    2. B.
      UK Loves After All
    3. C.
      Language Teaching in UK
    4. D.
      Better to Get a Language Qualification
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1.推斷題。根據(jù)短文第一段所表述的內(nèi)容：70%的英國(guó)人在一生中都曾經(jīng)嘗試過(guò)學(xué)習(xí)某種外語(yǔ)，90%的英國(guó)人希望他們的孩子從小學(xué)開(kāi)始就學(xué)習(xí)外語(yǔ)。由此推斷可得知答案。
2.事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段內(nèi)容可知：一項(xiàng)調(diào)查顯示，倫敦人學(xué)習(xí)一門(mén)外語(yǔ)的人數(shù)最多（78%），其次為蘇格蘭人（74%），再次為英國(guó)東部（71%）。而在英國(guó)本部，則有60%以上的人選擇懂得一門(mén)外語(yǔ)。
3.事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段內(nèi)容“最滑稽的是，很多人都無(wú)法拿出正式的資格證明來(lái)向他們的家人、朋友和用人單位證明自己的外語(yǔ)水平，他們到底是能夠非常流利地運(yùn)用一門(mén)外語(yǔ)還是只能用外語(yǔ)進(jìn)行簡(jiǎn)單的對(duì)話無(wú)人可知”可得知答案。短文的最后講到外語(yǔ)資格證“可以為簡(jiǎn)歷專門(mén)增色不少”，但并不是求職時(shí)惟一的證據(jù)和技能，因此可排除A、B項(xiàng)；C項(xiàng)文中沒(méi)有提及。
4.主旨題。透視全文可知，英國(guó)人學(xué)外語(yǔ)的熱情很高，外語(yǔ)再也不只是14歲和14歲以上學(xué)生的必修課了。綜上所述，根據(jù)標(biāo)題概括性、針對(duì)性和醒目性原則可得答案。
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