Question

Students in many countries are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teen-agers. 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 maths 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.

1.People learn English _______.

A. at school      B. over the radio

C. on TV   D. not all in the same way

2.Different kinds of people want to learn English _______.

A. together with other subjects         B. for different reasons

C. for their work                                   D. for higher studies at colleges

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

4.Which of the following is right?

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.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.D

【解析】

 試題分析：文章主要講述了不同國(guó)家的人都在以不同的方式學(xué)英語以及為什么人們要學(xué)習(xí)英語。同時(shí)闡述了學(xué)習(xí)英語的重要性。

1.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(xué)習(xí)英語，故選D

2.第二段分別列舉了多種類型的人學(xué)習(xí)英語的不同原因，許多男孩，女孩學(xué)習(xí)英語是因?yàn)槭潜匦拚n，而一些人學(xué)習(xí)英語是因?yàn)閷?duì)他們的工作有用，還有人是為了進(jìn)一步深造而學(xué)英語，故選答案B。

3.從第二段第三行。。。because it is useful for their work 同時(shí)結(jié)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(xué)科但是必須得努力學(xué)，故D為正確答案。

4.A選項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤在not... Any，太絕對(duì)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(xiàng)，D為正確選項(xiàng)。

考點(diǎn)：教育類短文閱讀。