Have you ever seen the advertisement: Learn a foreign language in six weeks, 1 give your money back? Of course, it 2 happens quite like that. The only language 3 to learn is the mother language. And think 4 practice is needed for that. Before the Second World War people usually learned a foreign language 5 the literature(文学) of the country. Now most people want to 6 a foreign language. Every year millions of people start learning 7 .
How do they do it? Some people try at home 8 books and tapes, others go to evening classes or watch TV programs. 9 they use the language only 2 or 3 times a week, learning it will 10 a long time, like language learning at school. A few people try to learn a language fast by studying for 6 or 11 hours a day. Its much easier to learn the language in the country where it 12 . But most people are 13 to do this, and many people dont have to do so. Machines and good books will be very 14 , but they can not do the students work. 15 the language is learned quickly or slowly, it is hard work.
1. A. so B. or C. and D. but
2. A. can't B. impossible C. never D. often
3. A. easily B. difficult C. able D. easy
4. A. how much B. how long C. how fast D. how many
5. A. studied B. to study C. studying D. study
6. A. talk B. tell C. speak D. say
7. A. them B. this C. that D. it
8. A. without B. with C. in D. by
9. A. If B. When C. Since D. Until
10. A. spend B. use C. take D. cost
11. A. some B. more C. other D. less
12. A. speaks B. is speaking C. spoke D. is spoken
13. A. able B. possible C. unable D. not possible
14. A. careful B. forgetful C. wonderful D. helpful
15. A. either B. whether C. what D. how
名师点评
本文主要想告诉读者,学英语是一个长期而艰苦的劳动,没有任何捷径可走。无论你用什么方法学习用书、机器或在学校,不多实践就无法达到预期的目的。
答案简析
1.B。这里的or是否则的意思。
2.C。根据作者的观点,这种事绝对不可能发生。impossible是一个形容词,不符语法,cant后不可能跟happens,often意思与作者的意图相反。
3.D。唯一容易学的语言是母语。这里需要一个形容词充当后置定语。
4.A。用来修饰不可数名词,只有用how much,全句意为母语好学,还需要那么多的练习。何况外语呢?。
5.B。动词不定式充当目的状语。意为学习外语来研究文学。
6.C。说某种语言用speak,speak English,speak Chinese。
7.D。用it代指上文所说的a foreign language。
8.B。这里的with是用的意思。
9.A。作者在这里提出一种假设。如果他们一星期只有一两次使用外语。
10.C。固定短语,意为做某事花费某人多长时间。
11.B。后面省略了than 6 hours。意为6个小时或更多的时间。
12.D。it 代指上文所指的foreign language,故用被动被态。
13.C。许多人不可能做到这一点。这里不可以用not possible,因为它的主语不可以用人。
14.D。机器和书对于学习英语来说是很有帮助的。
15.B。whether or固定短语。
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