There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But 36 a few of them are

There are about fifteen hundred languagesin the world. But   36  a few of them are very   37 .English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and theU.S.A., but in other parts of the world. About 200,000,000 speak it as theirown language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a 38  language. Many millions are   39   to do so. Is iteasy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different  40   Have you ever   41  ads of thiskind in the newspapers or magazines? "Learn English in six weeks, or your  42  back..." "Easy and funny! Our records andtapes   43  you master your English in a month.  44   the first day your   45  will beexcellent. Just send …"Of course, it never   46  quite like this.

The only language that seems easy to learnis the mother tongue. We should   47  that we all learnedour own language well when we were    48  . If we couldlearn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult.  49   what a small child does. He listens towhat people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talkingin it,   50  in it all the time. Just imagine how much  51  that gets!

So it is  52  to say thatlearning English is easy, because a good command of English   53 upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and  54  much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionarieswill   55  . But they cannot do the student's work for him.（词数278）

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.B

14.D

15.B

16.D

17.A

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】略