There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But _______ a few of them are very _______. English is one of these. Many people use it, not only in England and the US, but in other parts of the world. About 200, 000, 000 people speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a _______ language. Many millions are _______ to do so.
Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different _______. Have you ever _______ the ads of this kind in newspapers or magazines?
“Learn English in six month, or your _______ back... ” “Easy and funny? Our records and tapes _______ you master your English in a month. _______ the first day your ________ will be excellent. Just send... ” Of course, it never ________ quite like this.
The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should ________ that we all learned our own language well when we were ________. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. ________ 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 ________ in it all the time, just imagine how much ________ that he gets!
So it is ________ to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English ________ upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and ________ much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will ________. But they cannot do the student’s work of him.
【小题1】【小题2】A.difficult | B.important | C.necessary | D.easy |
【小题3】A.native | B.foreign | C.useful | D.mother |
【小题4】A.learning | B.enjoying | C.trying | D.liking |
【小题5】A.questions | B.problems | C.ideas | D.answers |
【小题6】A.found | B.watched | C.noticed | D.known |
【小题7】A.knowledge | B.time | C.money | D.English |
【小题8】A.force | B.help | C.get | D.allow |
【小题9】【小题10】A.spelling | B.grammar | C.English | D.pronunciation |
【小题11】A.happens | B.knows | C.seems | D.feels |
【小题12】A.know | B.remember | C.understand | D.think |
【小题13】A.students | B.children | C.babies | D.grown-ups |
【小题14】A.Get | B.Mind | C.Do | D.Think of |
【小题15】A.using | B.thinking | C.trying | D.practicing |
【小题16】A.time | B.money | C.language | D.practice |
【小题17】A.hard | B.easy | C.funny | D.silly |
【小题18】A.depends | B.tries | C.has | D.takes |
【小题19】A.uses | B.takes | C.gets | D.spends |
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