What is language for？Some people seem to think it’s for practising grammar rules and learning lists of words－the longer the lists，the better. That’s wrong. Language is for the exchange(交流)of ideas and information. It’s meaningless knowing all about a language if you can’t use it freely. Many students I have met know hundreds of grammar rules，but they can’t speak correctly or fluently.They are afraid of making mistakes. One shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes when speaking a foreign language. Native speakers make mistakes and break rules, too. Bernard Shaw once wrote，“Foreigners often speak English too correctly.” But the mistakes that native speakers make are different from those that Chinese students make. They’re English mistakes in the English language. And if enough native speakers break a rule，it is no longer a rule. What used to be wrong，becomes right. People not only make history，they make language. But a people can only make its own language. It can’t make another people’s language. So Chinese students of English should pay attention to grammar，but they shouldn’t overdo(做過頭)it. They should put communication(交際)first.

1.Language is used to________.

A．express oneself

B. practise grammar rules

C．talk with foreigners only

D．learn lists of words

2.Generally，when an American or an Englishman speaks English，he or she________.

A．never makes mistakes

B．often makes mistakes

C．can’t avoid making mistakes

D．a(chǎn)lways makes mistakes

3.The sentence“Foreigners often speak English too correctly.”means that________.

A．foreigners speak correct English

B．foreigners speak incorrect English

C．foreigners speak English according to the grammar rules

D．foreigners never make mistakes when they speak English

4.When we speak a foreign language，we should________. 

A．speak in Chinese way

B．speak by the rules

C．speak to native speakers

D．not be afraid of making mistakes

 

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：語言是用來干什么的？它是用來交流觀點(diǎn)和信息的。學(xué)習(xí)語言時也不要忘了這一點(diǎn)。

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