Question

【題目】閱讀下面短文，從每小題所給的A、B、C三個選項中，選出一個最佳選項。

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(數據) 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 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】

本人介紹了英國學生們的外語學習狀況。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。題意：作者來自于哪個國家？A美國；B中國；C英國。根據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，并會說三種語言，故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。題意：下列哪一項關于英國人的陳述是正確的？A“他們是好的語言學習者�！�；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�！备鶕�do you think the British people are very good language learners? The fact is that they aren't. 可知A項錯誤；根據62% of the British people only speak English. 38% speak at least one foreign language and 18% speak two or more. 可知B項錯誤，C項正確。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據文章內容，英國的學生更喜歡學習什么？A“科學或德語”；B“歷史或德語。”；C“科學或歷史”。根據Because they think it is more difficult to get good marks in languages than in other subjects such as science or history. 可知英國學生認為相對于語言學習，他們在自然和歷史學科上取得好成績會更容易，故他們喜歡學科學和歷史，故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。在第四段中，“an option”的意思是？A“一個選擇”；B“一個游戲”；C“一個錯誤”。根據：In Britain, students are not required to learn a foreign language. That means learning a foreign language is only an option at school. 可知學習外語并非強制要求，而是自愿選擇，故應選A項。

【5】主旨歸納題。題意：哪一個是文章最好的標題？A“說英語”；B“在英國的外語學習”；C“英國的學�！�。本文主要講的是英國人的外語學習情況，故B項可以概括整篇文章的內容，故選B。