——The police have caught the murderer.

——Yes, and he admitted ____his boss on a rainy night seven years ago.

A. to kill    B to have killed   C having killing   D have been killed

There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world.

But ___1___ a few of them are very ___2___. English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U. S. A, but in other parts of the world. About 200, 000, 000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a ___3___ language. Many millions are ___4___ to do so.

Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different ___5___. Have you ever ___6___ the ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines?

“Learn English in six month, or your ___7___ back ...” “Easy and funny? Our records and tapes ___8___ you master your English in a month. ___9___ the first day your ___10___ will be excellent. Just send ...” Of course, it never ___11___ quite like this.

The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should ___12___ that we all learned our own language well when we were ___13___. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. ___14___ what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it, and ___15___ in it all the time, just imagine how much ___16___ that gets!

So it is ___17___ to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English ___18___ upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and ___19___ much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will ___20___. But they cannot do the student’s work for him.

1. A. not 　　　　　 B. quite　 　　　　 C. only 　　　　　　 D. very

2. A. difficult 　　　 B. important　 　　 C. necessary 　　 D. easy

3. A. native 　　　 B. foreign 　　　　 C. useful　 　　　　 D. mother

4. A. learning　 　　　 B. enjoying 　　 C. trying　 　　　　 D. liking

5. A. questions　　　 B. problems　 　　 C. ideas 　　　　 D. answers

6. A. found　 　　　 B. watched 　　　　 C. noticed 　　　　 D. known

7. A. knowledge 　 B. time 　　　　 C. money 　　　　 D. English

8. A. make 　　　 B. help 　　　　 C. let　 　　　　　　 D. allow

9. A. From 　　　 B. On　 　　　　　　 C. Since 　　　　 D. After

10. A. spelling 　　　 B. grammar 　　 C. English 　　　　 D. pronunciation

11. A. happened 　 B. know 　　　　 C. seemed　 　　　　 D. felt

12. A. know　 　　　 B. remember 　　 C. understand　 　　 D. think

13. A. students 　　　 B. children 　　　　 C. babies　 　　　　 D. grown-ups

14. A. Imagine　 　　　 B. Mind 　　　　 C. Do 　　　　　　 D. Think of

15. A. using 　　　 B. thinking 　　 C. trying　 　　　　 D. practicing

16. A. time　 　　　 B. money　 　　　　 C. language 　　　　 D. practice

17. A. hard　 　　　 B. easy 　　　　 C. funny 　　　　 D. silly

18. A. depends　 　　　 B. tries　 　　　　 C. has　 　　　　　　 D. takes

19. A. uses　 　　　 B. takes　 　　　　 C. gets 　　　　　　 D. costs

20. A. do 　　　　　 B. work 　　　　 C. help 　　　　　　 D. master

Some people either _____ avoid questions of right and wrong or remain neutral about them.

　　A. violently　　 B. sincerely 　　 C. properly 　　 D. deliberately

He is old, so his son will _________ the farm.
   A. take charge of     B. in charge of 
C. charge        D. be in the charge of

---One week’s time has been wasted.

　 ---I can’t believe we did all that work for_______.

　 A. something 　 B. anything 　 C. everything　　 D. nothing

The chief manager has decided to put _______ he thinks is energetic, clever, and has good qualities in the position of the leadership of the company.

　 A. those who　　 B. anyone　　　　　 C. whomever　　 　 D. whoever

______ the poem a second time, the meaning will become clearer to you.

　 A. You having read 　 B. While reading

　 C. When you read 　 D. If reading

John complained to the bookseller that there were several pages ____ in the dictionary. 
A. missing     B. losing     C. dropping     D. leaking

—Where shall we go to spend the weekend?（ ）

—Nowhere________, anywhere you like.

A. in all　 B. in general　　 C. in case　　　　 D. in particular

---Could you be so kind as to give us a little bit of help? 　　　　　

--- ______.

A. A pleasure　　 B. My pleasure　 C. With pleasure 　 D. Why not