English is a very interesting language. It has borrowed words from many other languages. Immigrants(移民) coming into the United States have contributed many words to the language, which have kept their original pronunciation. “Coolie” and “kowtow” were taken from the Chinese language, “kamikaze from the Japanese, “shampoo” from India, “blitz” from German, “amigo” and “Los Angeles” from Spanish and so on.
Many students have studied English for years, some as many as eight. However, some students still have difficulty in speaking fluent English. Some know many words but are unable to discern them when native speakers use them. In our Oral English classes we will focus on speaking and listening to native English speakers. For this reason, because we are trying to train your ears to hear English and your mouths to speak intelligible (易理解的) English, we will have a rule that ONLY ENGLISH will be spoken in our English classes. Anyone speaking Chinese in class will be required to pay a fine in order to encourage the speaking and understanding of English. If teachers enter a classroom and discover that anyone is speaking Chinese, they will require everyone in the room to pay the fine. It is everyone’s job to enforce the English-Only rule. It is for your benefit. It is because we want to accustom (使習(xí)慣于) your ears to hearing English.
Other subjects may be learned solely from books but the only way to learn a foreign language is to SPEAK IT! Students are often nervous about speaking in class at first but we hope to make the classes fun, so you will forget your nervousness and learn to speak out. Enjoy your classes.
小題1:The first paragraph is mainly about________.
A．the difficulty of learning English.B．how interesting and various English is
C．different words in different languagesD．the immigrants’ contributions to America
小題2:The underlined word “discern” in Para 2 can be replaced by___________.
A．understandB．noticeC．hearD．speak
小題3:In the author’s opinion , the only way to learn a language well is to__________.
A．listen to it on the radioB．learn it from booksC．play games with itD．speak it often
小題4:The article is probably aimed at________.
A．Japanese studentsB．German studentsC．Chinese studentsD．Indian students

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:C

小題1:從第一段的前兩句話“English is a very interesting language. It has borrowed words from many other languages. ”可找到答案，因此選B。
小題2:“discern”這個(gè)詞的意思為“仔細(xì)識(shí)別，明白”。根據(jù)句意中一些人知道很多詞而不明白它們的意思，可得知答案選A。
小題3:從最后一句話中“but the only way to learn a foreign language is to SPEAK IT!”可得知答案選D。
小題4:通過(guò)第二段中“Anyone speaking Chinese in class will be required to pay a fine in order to encourage the speaking and understanding of English. ”可知任何人在課上說(shuō)漢語(yǔ)就會(huì)被要求罰款，推斷出學(xué)英語(yǔ)的是中國(guó)學(xué)生，他們稍不注意就會(huì)把母語(yǔ)說(shuō)出來(lái)。因此答案選C。
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