Question

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 math 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

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講很多人都在學習英語，學習者的年齡不同，學習方法不同，學習目的也都不同。

1. learn at school, others by themselves. A few learn English by learning the language over the radio, on TV, or in film.”一些人在學校學習，有些人自學，有些人通過聽收音機、看電視、看電影學習英語，方法各不相同。故選D.

2.

3. must work hard to learn another language.”學習除母語以外的另一種語言都需要努力。由第二段可以知道英語對工作、看英文書籍、看英文報紙、看英文雜志都是很有用的。故選D.

4. don’t need to learn any foreign languages.”我們不需要學習任何外國語言，A錯。“Some people learn it because it is useful for their work. Many people learn English for their work.”

英語在工作上很有用，B錯。“Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects required for study.”文中只是說英語是一門學科，并沒有說是最重要的學科。故選D.

考點：考查說明文閱讀