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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意．然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world.
But only a few of them are very ___1
. 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 __2_
language. Many millions are trying to do so.
Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different ___3
Have you ever __4
ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines?
“Learn English in six month, or your ___5__ back ...” “Easy and funny? Our records and tapes ___6__ you master your English in a month. From the first day your ___7__ will be excellent. Just send...” Of course, it never ___8__ quite like this.
The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should remember that we all learned our own language well when we were ___9__. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. ___10__ 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 ___11_ in it all the time, just imagine how much ___12__ that gets!
So it is hard to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English ___13__ upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and ___14__ much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will ___15
. But they cannot do the student’s work for him.
1. A. difficult
B. important
C. necessary
D. easy
2. A. native
B. foreign
C. useful
D. mother
3. A. questions
B. problems
C. ideas
D. answers
4. A. found
B. watched
C. noticed
D. known
5. A. knowledge
B. time
C. money
D. English
6. A. make
B. help
C. let
D. allow
7. A. spelling
B. grammar
C. English
D. pronunciation
8. A. happened
B. know
C. seemed
D. felt
9. A. students
B. children
C. babies
D. grown-ups
10. A. Imagine
B. Mind
C. Do
D. Think of
11. using
B. thinking
C. trying
D. practicing
12 A. time
B. money
C. language
D. practice
13 A. depends
B. tries
C. has
D. takes
14 A. uses
B. takes
C. gets
D. costs
15A. do
B. work
C. help
D. master
[答案及解析]1—15 BBDCC
BDABD
BDABC
1. B。important 意为“重要的”，根据下文提到的像英语被广泛使用，说明了这几种语言是重要的。故不宜选其他形容词。
2. B。as a foreign language(外语)与前句中的as their own language相对应。
3. D。answer 意为“答案”，指回答前面的答案。句意为：学习英语容易还是困难，不同的人有不同的答案。
4. C。notice 意为“注意到”，根据不同的动词意义，只有notice切合句意。指注意到这些广告。
5. C。这些广告的目的是为了收钱，故选money。or your money back意为：否则退钱。
6. B。help sb do sth 意为“帮助某人做某事”。而make / let sb do sth意为“使/让某人做某事”。allow不符合该句句型。
7. D。由于是指学习英语语言，应该是先学习发音，故选pronunciation(发音)。
8. A。happen 意为“发生”，这里指上面广告中提到的“快速学好英语这样事情是决不会发生的”。
9. B。children与后面的a small child相对应，指小孩学说母语好。
10. D。think of 意为“想象、想一想”。
11. B。think 意为“思考”，此句意为：谈话用母语，思考用母语。
12. D。practice 意为“练习”。这里说明了孩子学说母语好是因为进行上述大量的练习的结果。
13. A。demand“需要”，句意为：掌握好英语需要大量练习。
14. B。take 意为“花费(时间)”。此句意为：而练习需要付出极大的努力和花费大量的时间。
15. C。这里是说：好教师、录音磁带、书和词典将对学习英语有帮助。但这些都不能代替学生的学习。