Have you ever seen the advertisement: Learn a foreign language in six weeks, 1 give your money back? Of course, it 2 happens quite like that. The only language 3 to learn is the mother language. And think 4 practice is needed for that. Before the Second World War people usually learned a foreign language 5 the literature(文學) of the country. Now most people want to 6 a foreign language. Every year millions of people start learning 7 .

How do they do it? Some people try at home 8 books and tapes, others go to evening classes or watch TV programs. 9 they use the language only 2 or 3 times a week, learning it will 10 a long time, like language learning at school. A few people try to learn a language fast by studying for 6 or 11 hours a day. It's much easier to learn the language in the country where it 12 . But most people are 13 to do this, and many people don't have to do so. Machines and good books will be very 14 , but they can not do the students' work. 15 the language is learned quickly or slowly, it is hard work.

1. A. so B. or C. and D. but

2. A. can't B. impossible C. never D. often

3. A. easily B. difficult C. able D. easy

4. A. how much B. how long C. how fast D. how many

5. A. studied B. to study C. studying D. study

6. A. talk B. tell C. speak D. say

7. A. them B. this C. that D. it

8. A. without B. with C. in D. by

9. A. If B. When C. Since D. Until

10. A. spend B. use C. take D. cost

11. A. some B. more C. other D. less

12. A. speaks B. is speaking C. spoke D. is spoken

13. A. able B. possible C. unable D. not possible

14. A. careful B. forgetful C. wonderful D. helpful

15. A. either B. whether C. what D. how

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本文主要想告訴讀者，學英語是一個長期而艱苦的勞動，沒有任何捷徑可走。無論你用什么方法學習——用書、機器或在學校，不多實踐就無法達到預期的目的。

答案解析在下一頁：

1. B。這里的or是“否則”的意思。

2. C。根據(jù)作者的觀點，這種事絕對不可能發(fā)生。impossible是一個形容詞，不符語法，can’t后不可能跟happens，often意思與作者的意圖相反。

3. D。唯一容易學的語言是母語。這里需要一個形容詞充當后置定語。

4. A。用來修飾不可數(shù)名詞，只有用how much，全句意為“母語好學，還需要那么多的練習。”何況外語呢?。

5. B。動詞不定式充當目的狀語。意為“學習外語來研究文學”。

6. C。說某種語言用speak，speak English，speak Chinese。

7. D。用it代指上文所說的a foreign language。

8. B。這里的with是“用”的意思。 #p#分頁標題#e#

9. A。作者在這里提出一種假設。如果他們一星期只有一兩次使用外語。

10. C。固定短語，意為“做某事花費某人多長時間”。

11. B。后面省略了than 6 hours。意為6個小時或更多的時間。

12. D。it 代指上文所指的foreign language，故用被動被態(tài)。

13. C。許多人不可能做到這一點。這里不可以用not possible，因為它的主語不可以用人。

14. D。機器和書對于學習英語來說是很有幫助的。

15. B。whether …or…固定短語。

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