Question

Many students in China are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teenagers(十几岁的青少年). Many are adults. Some learn at school, others study by themselves. A few learn English language (语言)over the radio, on television, or in films. One must work hard to learn another language. Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language and math and English ... Some people learn English because it is useful for their work. Many people often learn English for their higher studies, because at college or university(大学) some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspaper and magazines in English.

1.Many students in China are learning English, aren't they? ____.

A. No, they aren't           B. No, they are

C.Yes, they aren't            D.Yes, they are 

2.If one wants to learn another language well, he must ____.

A. learn at school           B. work hard

C. study by himself          D. studies hard

3.The sentence "It is difficult to answer that question" means ____.

A.  it is hard to answer that question

B. that question is difficult to answer it

C. it is difficultly to answer that question 

D. that question is not difficult to answer

4."Their own language" means ____.

A. English  B. Chinese  C. French  D. Japanese

5.What's the Chinese of "study by themselves"?

A. 和他们一起学习  B. 向他们学习  C.  自学  D. 通过学习

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了中国许多学生学习英语。一个人想要学习另一种语言，必须努力工作。有些人学习英语是因为英语对他们的工作有用，有些人是为了进一步学习，有些人是为了读英语报纸和杂志。

1.D细节理解题。根据Many students in China are learning English.可知在中国许多学生正在学习英语，故此处用肯定回答，故选D。

2.B细节理解题。根据One must work hard to learn another language. 可知一个人想要学习另一种语言，必须努力工作，故选B。

3.A词义猜测题。根据It is difficult to answer that question中it是形式主语，to answer that question是真正主语，意思为回答那个问题很难。故它的同义句为It is hard to answer that question.或That question is difficult to answer,故选A。

4.B词义猜测题。根据Many students in China are learning English.可知此处指的是中国的学生，因此他们自己的语言应是汉语，故选B。

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考点：日常生活类短文阅读。