Question

【題目】閱讀下面短文，從每小題所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出一個(gè)最佳選項(xiàng)。

As an English, 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 widelyspoken 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 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】Which country does the writer come from?

A. America. B. China. C. Britain.

【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. More than half of them only speak English.

【3】According to the passage, students in Britain prefer to learn ________.

A. science or German B. history or German C. science or history

【4】In Paragraph 4, “an option” means ________.

A. a choice B. a game C. a mistake

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

A. Speaking English B. Foreign Language Learning in UK

C. Schools in UK

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

本人介紹了英國(guó)學(xué)生們的外語學(xué)習(xí)狀況。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題意：作者來自于哪個(gè)國(guó)家？A美國(guó)；B中國(guó)；C英國(guó)。根據(jù)As an English, I can speak three languages—English, German and French, so do you think the British people are very good language learners？可知作者來自英國(guó)，并會(huì)說三種語言，故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題意：下列哪一項(xiàng)關(guān)于英國(guó)人的陳述是正確的？A“他們是好的語言學(xué)習(xí)者�！�；B“他們中有62%的人說兩種或更多種語言。”；C“他們中有一半兒以上的人只說英語。”根據(jù)do you think the British people are very good language learners? The fact is that they aren't. 可知A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)62% of the British people only speak English. 38% speak at least one foreign language and 18% speak two or more. 可知B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤，C項(xiàng)正確。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，英國(guó)的學(xué)生更喜歡學(xué)習(xí)什么？A“科學(xué)或德語”；B“歷史或德語。”；C“科學(xué)或歷史”。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. 可知英國(guó)學(xué)生認(rèn)為相對(duì)于語言學(xué)習(xí)，他們?cè)谧匀缓蜌v史學(xué)科上取得好成績(jī)會(huì)更容易，故他們喜歡學(xué)科學(xué)和歷史，故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。在第四段中，“an option”的意思是？A“一個(gè)選擇”；B“一個(gè)游戲”；C“一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤”。根據(jù)：In Britain, students are not required to learn a foreign language. That means learning a foreign language is only an option at school. 可知學(xué)習(xí)外語并非強(qiáng)制要求，而是自愿選擇，故應(yīng)選A項(xiàng)。

【5】主旨?xì)w納題。題意：哪一個(gè)是文章最好的標(biāo)題？A“說英語”；B“在英國(guó)的外語學(xué)習(xí)”；C“英國(guó)的學(xué)�！�。本文主要講的是英國(guó)人的外語學(xué)習(xí)情況，故B項(xiàng)可以概括整篇文章的內(nèi)容，故選B。