There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. Bu only 1 of them are very important. English is one of these. Many, many people 2 it, not only in England and the USA, 3 other parts of the world, about 200,000,000 speak it 4 their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a 5 language. Many millions are trying to do so.

　　Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different 6 . Have you ever noticed ads (廣告) of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? “Learn English in six weeks or your 7 back…“Easy and funny! Our records and tapes help you master your English in a month. 8 the first day your 9 will be excellent. Just send… ” Of course, it never 10 quite like this.

　　The only language 11 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 15 what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it, 16 in it all the time,just imagine how much 17 that gets!

　　So it is 18 to say that learning English is easy, because a good command (掌握) of English depends upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great efforts and 19 much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will 20 . But they cannot do the student's work for them.

1．

[　　]

A．few
B．many
C．a lot
D．a few

2．

[　　]

A．learn
B．try
C．understand
D．use

3．

[　　]

A．besides
B．for
C．and
D．but

4．

[　　]

A．as
B．with
C．in
D．like

5．

[　　]

A．native
B．foreign
C．useful
D．mother

6．

[　　]

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

7．

[　　]

A．knowledge
B．time
C．money
D．English

8．

[　　]

A．From
B．On
C．Since
D．After

9．

[　　]

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

10．

[　　]

A．happened
B．looked
C．seemed
D．felt

11．

[　　]

A．which
B．itself
C．that
D．of which

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．uses
B．enjoys
C．tries
D．does

16．

[　　]

A．using
B．thinking
C．trying
D．practising

17．

[　　]

A．time
B．money
C．language
D．practice

18．

[　　]

A．hard
B．easy
C．funny
D．silly

19．

[　　]

A．uses
B．takes
C．gets
D．costs

20．

[　　]

A．do
B．work
C．help
D．master
答案：D;D;D;A;B;C;C;A;D;A;C;B;B;D;C;B;D;A;B;C
解析：

　　1．根據(jù)前句與后句的意思可知，世界上約1500種語言，只有很少的幾種語言非常重要．few表否定“幾乎沒有”，many不合句意，a lot不僅不合句意，而且還不合語法．

　　2．由后句“in England and the USA"可知是“使用英語”．

　　3．not only… but also…結構中的also可以省略．

　　4．as作介詞“作為、當作”的意思，這里是指以英語為母語的人數(shù)大約是兩億．

　　5．“以英語為母語的人大約有兩億，而把英語當外語學習的人數(shù)就很難說清了”．

　　6．“不同的人對這個問題的看法不同”．

　　7．廣告詞的內容為“六周學會英語，否則退錢”．

　　8．用from表示純正標準的發(fā)音可以從第一天開始．since是“自從……以來”，常與完成時態(tài)連用．on表示在第一天．

　　9．由前面的records，tapes可知．

　　10．廣告或多或少地在效果方面有些夸張，所以說事實上并不完全是廣告所說的那個樣子．

　　11．先行詞language被限定詞the only所修飾，所以用關系代詞that引導定語從句．

　　12．這一句話是解釋上一句“惟一容易學的語言是母語”，提醒讀者別忘了根本原因是我們在小的時候就已學會了母語．

　　13．同12．

　　14．這是個總起句，“想想小孩子是怎么做的吧”，下文就列舉孩子學母語時的情況．

　　15．孩子先是聽別人說，然后試著說他所聽到的話，所以用try．

　　16．總是用母語談話，用母語進行思考．

　　17．通過上文所述及下段的內容可知，這里是在強調大量練習對學習語言的重要性．

　　18．由后面because引導的原因狀語從句，可知“要說英語容易學，是很難的”．

　　19．練習需要努力，而且要花費時間，cost一般只用于“花錢”．

　　20．好的老師、錄像帶、磁帶和字典能有幫助，但它們不能代替學生的練習．


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