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） 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.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【解析】

文章大意：短文主要介紹英國人在語言方面學(xué)習(xí)的情況，我們都知道英語是使用最廣泛的外語，因此英國人對于學(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，英國政府正在尋找不同的方法來改善學(xué)校的語言學(xué)習(xí)。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中第二段Some statistics（數(shù)據(jù)） from the survey done by the European Commission（歐盟委員會）showed that 62% of the British people only speak English．歐盟委員會進行的一些調(diào)查顯示，62%的英國人只會說英語可知，大部分的英國人只會說英語，故答案為B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中最后一段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.可知，英國政府找到了兩種辦法來提高語言學(xué)習(xí)，故答案B。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Some statistics （數(shù)據(jù)） from the survey done by the European Commission （歐盟委員會） 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.通過數(shù)字可知，其他歐洲國家人跟英國人說英語不一樣多，故A錯誤；根據(jù)文中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.可知，他們中許多人14歲放棄，而不是任何的英國學(xué)生直到14歲才放棄學(xué)外語，B錯誤；根據(jù)文中Because they think it's more difficult to get good marks in languages than in other subjects such as science or history.可知，英國學(xué)生比起學(xué)外語，他們更喜歡學(xué)科學(xué)和歷史，故C正確；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.可知，對于英國學(xué)生來說不學(xué)外語是很通常的，故D錯誤，故答案為C。

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