Question

Students in many countries are learning English . Some of these students are little children . Others are teenagers . Many are adults . Some learn at school , others learn by themselves . A few learn English over the radio , on TV , or in films . One must work hard to learn another language .

Why do all these people want to learn English? It’s difficult to answer this question . Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects for study . They study their own language , math , English , and so on . Some people learn it because it is useful for their work . Many people learn English for their work and higher studies , because at colleges or universities 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 people want to learn English ________ 。

A. with other subjects    B. for different reasons

C. for their work    D. for higher studies at college

3.From this passage we can know that __________ .

A. we can learn English easily    B. English is very difficult to learn

C. most people learn English in the world .    D. English is a useful language but one must work hard to learn it well .

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 school .

D. We should learn English because we need to face the world .

5.Many boys and girls learn English at school because ______ .

A. they study their own language and math .

B. their books are in English .

C. English is one of their subjects .

D. they want to read newspapers or magazines in English .

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.D

5.C

【解析】

文章主要讲述了不同国家的人都在以不同的方式学英语以及为什么人们要学习英语。同时阐述了学习英语的重要性。

1.细节理解题。从第一段第一行Some learn at school, others by themselves. A few learn English by learning the language over the radio, on TV, or in film可知人们以不同的方式学习英语，故选D。

2.细节理解题。第二段分别列举了多种类型的人学习英语的不同原因，许多男孩，女孩学习英语是因为是必修课，而一些人学习英语是因为对他们的工作有用，还有人是为了进一步深造而学英语，故选答案B。

3.推理判断题。由第一段的“One must work hard to learn another language.”学习除母语以外的另一种语言都需要努力以及第二段内容可以知道英语对工作、看英文书籍、看英文报纸、看英文杂志都是很有用的。故选D。

4.推理判断题。“We don’t need to learn any foreign languages.”我们不需要学习任何外国语言，根据常识A错。“Some people learn it because it is useful for their work. Many people learn English for their work.”英语在工作上很有用，B错。“Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects required for study.”文中只是说英语是一门学科，并没有说是最重要的学科。Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English .其他人学英语是因为他们想要用英语读报纸和杂志，从而可以推断出学英语是为了更好的了解世界，面对世界。故选D。

5.推理判断题。根据文章最后一段Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects for study .可知，学校学英语是因为英语是他们学习的科目之一。故选C。