Students in many countries are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others by themselves. A few learn English by learning the language over the radio, on TV, or in film. One must work hard to learn another language.            
Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects required for study. They study their own language and English. Some people learn it because it is useful for their work. Many people learn English for their work. Many people learn English for their higher studies, because at college or university some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.
小題1:People learn English _______.
A．a(chǎn)t schoolB．over the radio
C．on TVD．not all in the same way
小題2:Different kinds of people want to learn English _______.
A．together with other subjectsB．for different reasons
C．for their workD．for higher studies at colleges
小題3:From this passage we know that _______.
A．we can learn English easily
B．English is very difficult to learn
C．English is learned by most people in the world
D．English is a useful language but one must work hard to learn
小題4:Which of the following is TRUE?
A．We don't need to learn any foreign languages.
B．We can do well in all our work without English.
C．English is the most important subject in schools.
D．We should learn English because we need to face the world.

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:D

試題分析：文章主要講述了不同國家的人都在以不同的方式學英語以及為什么人們要學習英語。同時闡述了學習英語的重要性。
小題1:細節(jié)題：從第一段第一行Some learn at school, others by themselves. A few learn English by learning the language over the radio, on TV, or in film可知人們以不同的方式學習英語，故選D
小題2:細節(jié)題：第二段分別列舉了多種類型的人學習英語的不同原因，許多男孩，女孩學習英語是因為是必修課，而一些人學習英語是因為對他們的工作有用，還有人是為了進一步深造而學英語，故選答案B。
小題3:細節(jié)題：從第二段第三行because it is useful for their work 同時結合第一段最后一句One must work hard to learn another language可知英語是一門有用的學科但是必須得努力學，故D為正確答案。
小題4:細節(jié)題：A選項錯誤在not... Any，太絕對意義,從第二段中Many people learn English for their work可知英語在工作中很重要，故排除B，從第二段because it is one of their subjects required for study可排除C選項，D為正確選項。
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