The key to learning English well is to overcome your shyness and fear , said tax

The key to learningEnglish well is to overcome your shyness and fear , said taxi driver Zhang, whois attending the English training program run by the West Lake Taxi Company.“Out teacher Mrs.Yang encourages us many times to open our mouths and speakEnglish out loudly in her class ,” said Zhang.

 Chen Zhong,another fluent(流利的) English speaker, shared his opinion. “I didn’tthink English was important to us at the beginning since many foreignpassengers could speak some Chinese to me. But when I did speak some English,the foreigners were always pleased and said I was the first taxi driver theyhad met who could speak English.

  Chen said hefound studying English extremely interesting. The 160 minutes’ study per weekwas simply not enough for him. He bought books , tapes and VCDs to learnEnglish on his own.. “Though it cost me a lot of time and energy , I did findit is useful in the long term” he said.

  The reward oflearning English is more than Chen has expected. Now he has made severalforeign friends who book his taxi when they need. Some foreign passengers evengive him tips (小费when he communicates with them in English.

  To facilitatetheir studies, the company developed a bilingual(双语的) tape whichincludes the most frequently used sentences for taxi drivers and the names ofmajor streets and buildings in Shenzhen.

  “It has helpedme out, ” said Chen. “Once I failed to express ‘Chinese Folk Culture Villages’in English when I was asked to go there by a foreigner, I played the tape andgot its meaning.”

59. What difficulty didMr.Zhang have learning English at first?

A. He had no time tostudy English

B. His company didn’tallow them to study English

C. He had no courage tospeak out.

D. He had no chance tospeak English.

60. Which of thefollowing is NOT the benefit Chen gets from learning English?

A. He gets some goodadvice on learning English from foreigners.

B. He earns more moneyfrom some regular foreign customers.

C. He has to spend bothmoney and effort learning English.

D. He gets great funand encouragement in learning English.

61. We can infer fromthe passage that _____.

A. the company is thefirst to encourage its drivers to learn English

B. all the drivers havemade money after learning English

C. the company hasdeveloped and English tape for its drivers

D. the tape is welcomedby the drivers learning English

62. What is theprobable meaning of the underlined word “facilitate” in the fifth paragraph?

A. To make easy   B.To increase     C. To encourage   D. To check

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【答案】

 C

 C

 D

 A

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