Question

【題目】 As an English, I can speak threes 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 from the survey done by the European Commission 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 my people don't think it is necessary to learn a foreign language.

In Britain, students are not required to learn a foreign language. That means learning a foreign language is only an option at school. In UK schools it is 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 is 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.

Changing the British attitude(態(tài)度)to learning foreign languages may be a hard task but the government decides to try!

【1】The writer comes from________.

A.AmericaB.ChinaC.BritainD.Germany

【2】Which of the following about the British people is TRUE?

A.They are good language learners.

B.62% of them speak two or more languages.

C.They are famous for speaking foreign languages,

D.More than half of them only speak English

【3】According to the passages, students in Britain prefer(更喜歡）to learn________.

A.science or GermanB.history or German

C.science or historyD.German or French

【4】In Paragraph 5,“this situation" 'refers to the fact that British students________.

A.give up learning a foreign languageB.only like science or history

C.take up learning a foreign languageD.learn science and history ate

【5】What is the best title of the passage?

A.Learning to Speak EnglishB.Foreign Language Learning in UK

C.Junior High Schools in UKD.Young English Learners in Europe

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。文章從一份調(diào)查結(jié)果的分析開始，介紹了英國人對于學(xué)外語的態(tài)度。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章第一段中的“As an English”可知，作者是一位英國人。故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“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.”由此你可以看出英國人以不講外語而聞名，他們在歐洲也不是很好的語言學(xué)習(xí)者。可知，選項A/C不對；根據(jù)“18% speak two or more.”18%的人說兩種或兩種以上的語言�？芍�B不對；由文章第二段第一句中的“62% of the British people only speak English.”可知，超過一半的英國人只說英語。故選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“Because they think it is more difficult to get good marks in languages than in other subjects such as science or history.”可知，他們認(rèn)為在語言方面要取得好成績比在科學(xué)或歷史等其他學(xué)科上困難得多。由此可判斷出他們更喜歡科學(xué)或歷史。故選C。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“So why don't students continue learning foreign languages at school?”那么為什么學(xué)生們不繼續(xù)在學(xué)校里學(xué)習(xí)外語呢？可知，this situation是指上文的英國學(xué)生放棄學(xué)習(xí)外語這件事。故選A。

【5】最佳標(biāo)題。根據(jù)“…do you think the British people are very good language learners?”和最后一句“Changing the British attitude(態(tài)度)to learning foreign languages may be a hard task but the government decides to try!”可知，本文主要圍繞英國人學(xué)習(xí)外語的情況展開的，關(guān)鍵信息foreign language在文中多次出現(xiàn)。故選B。