Question

【題目】 As an English person, I can speak three languages — English, German and French, so do you think the British people are very good language learners? The fact is that they aren’t.

Some statistics (數(shù)據(jù)) from the survey done by the European Commission (歐盟委員會(huì)) showed that 62% of the British people only speak English. 38% speak at least one foreign language and 18% speak two or more. Compared with the British people, 56% of the people in other European countries speak at least one foreign language and 28% speak two or more. From this you can see that the British people are famous for not speaking foreign languages and that they are not good language learners in Europe.

And the survey also showed that English is the most widely-spoken foreign language. Many European people can have a conversation in English. That’s why many people don’t think it is necessary to learn a foreign language.

In Britain, students aren’t required to learn a foreign language. That means learning a foreign language is only a choice at school. In British schools it’s common for children to start learning a foreign language at 11 and many of them give it up at 14. So why don’t students continue learning foreign languages at school? Because they think it’s more difficult to get good marks in languages than in other subjects such as science or history.

To solve this situation, the British government is looking for different ways to improve language learning at school. One way is to start learning it at a much younger age. Another one is to give school children more choices.

【1】What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?

A.The people in England are good at learning languages.

B.Most of British people only speak English.

C.British people are known for speaking foreign languages.

D.Most of British people want to learn more than one language.

【2】How many ways will the British government use to improve language learning?

A.One.B.Two.C.Three.D.Four.

【3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.People in other European countries speak English as much as British people.

B.One British student can’t give up learning a foreign language until 14.

C.Students in Britain prefer to learn science or history rather than learn a foreign language.

D.It’s unusual for British students not to learn a foreign language.

【4】What does the passage mainly want to tell us?

A.Young English learners.B.Schools in the UK.

C.Speaking English.D.Foreign language learning in the UK.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

這是一篇日常生活類閱讀，主要介紹英國(guó)人在語言方面學(xué)習(xí)的情況，我們都知道英語是使用最廣泛的外語，因此英國(guó)人對(duì)于學(xué)外語沒有什么熱度和興趣，而且比其它學(xué)科要難，為了解決這種情況，英國(guó)政府正在尋找不同的方法來改善學(xué)校的語言學(xué)習(xí)。改變英國(guó)人學(xué)習(xí)外語的態(tài)度可能是一項(xiàng)艱巨的任務(wù)，但政府決定試一試！

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：我們從前兩段可以知道什么？A.英格蘭人擅長(zhǎng)學(xué)習(xí)語言。B.大多數(shù)英國(guó)人只會(huì)說英語。C.英國(guó)人以說外語而聞名。D.大多數(shù)英國(guó)人想要學(xué)習(xí)多種語言。原文Some statistics (數(shù)據(jù)) from the survey done by the European Commission (歐盟委員會(huì)) showed that 62% of the British people only speak English（歐盟委員會(huì)進(jìn)行的一項(xiàng)調(diào)查顯示，有62％的英國(guó)人只會(huì)說英語）說明選項(xiàng)B正確，其他選項(xiàng)無依據(jù)，故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：英國(guó)政府將用多少種方法來改善語言學(xué)習(xí)？A.一。B.二。C.三。D.四。原文To solve this situation, the British government is looking for different ways to improve language learning at school. One way is to start learning it at a much younger age. Another one is to give school children more choices.（為解決這一問題，英國(guó)政府正在尋找不同的方法來改善學(xué)校的語言學(xué)習(xí)。 一種方法是在更年少的時(shí)候開始學(xué)習(xí)。另一種是為學(xué)生提供更多選擇。）說明將采用兩種方法，故選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：根據(jù)這篇文章，以下哪一項(xiàng)是正確的？A.其他歐洲國(guó)家的人和英國(guó)人一樣講英語。B.一名英國(guó)學(xué)生直到14歲才放棄學(xué)習(xí)外語。C.英國(guó)學(xué)生更喜歡學(xué)習(xí)科學(xué)或歷史，而不是學(xué)習(xí)外語。D.英國(guó)學(xué)生不學(xué)習(xí)外語是不尋常的。原文Because they think it’s more difficult to get good marks in languages than in other subjects such as science or history.（因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為在語言中獲得好成績(jī)比在科學(xué)或歷史等其他科目中更難。）說明英國(guó)學(xué)生更喜歡學(xué)習(xí)科學(xué)或歷史，而不是學(xué)習(xí)外語，其他選項(xiàng)無依據(jù)，故選C。

【4】主旨大意題。句意：這篇文章主要想告訴我們什么？A.年輕的英語學(xué)習(xí)者。B.英國(guó)的學(xué)校。C.說英語。D.英國(guó)的外語學(xué)習(xí)。這篇文章主要介紹英國(guó)人在語言方面學(xué)習(xí)的情況，我們都知道英語是使用最廣泛的外語，因此英國(guó)人對(duì)于學(xué)外語沒有什么熱度和興趣，而且比其它學(xué)科要難，為了解決這種情況，英國(guó)政府正在尋找不同的方法來改善學(xué)校的語言學(xué)習(xí)，說明文章主要想告訴我們英國(guó)的外語學(xué)習(xí)情況，故選D。