Question

【題目】It takes much time to learn a language. There are many reasons to learn a language.

Emigration

When you move to a different country or region, learning the local language will help you to communicate with the local community. Even if many local people speak your language, it’s important to learn their language. It will also give you a better understanding of their culture and way of thinking.

Work

If your work is about languages, talking to them in their own languages will help you to communicate with them. Knowing languages may also increase your chances of finding a new job, getting a promotion or a transfer overseas, or of going on foreign business trips.

Many English-speaking business people don’t bother to learn other languages because they believe that most of the people they do business with in foreign countries can speak English. The lack of foreign language knowledge puts the English speakers at a disadvantage.

Travel

When you go on holiday you can get more information by speaking English. If people don’t understand you, all you have to do is speak slowly and turn up the voice.

Food

Perhaps you enjoy the food and drink of a country or region and make trips there. It is very useful to learn a foreign language.

【1】The underlined word “chance” means .

A. opportunity B. interest C. instruction D. explanation

【2】There are reasons to learn a language in the passage.

A. three B. four C. five D. six

【3】What is NOT true according to the passage ?

A. It’s important to learn a foreign language when moving to a different country.

B. Learning a language can give you a better understanding of their culture.

C. If people don’t understand you , you can speak slowly and turn up the voice.

D. It’s not necessary to learn a foreign language if you are English-speaking business people.

【4】What’s the main idea of the passage ?

A. Where to learn a language. B. Why to learn to learn a language.

C. How to learn a language. D. How many languages to learn.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

【1】詞義猜測(cè)題。這篇短文給我們講述的是學(xué)習(xí)語(yǔ)言的幾個(gè)理由，劃線的單詞在第二個(gè)理由中，如果你的工作跟語(yǔ)言相關(guān)，那么會(huì)說那種語(yǔ)言對(duì)你就是很有幫助的。它可以增加你找到新工作的機(jī)會(huì)。chance的意思是機(jī)會(huì)，跟opportunity同義，故選A。

【2】主旨大意題。短文第一段提出了整篇文章的主題，即學(xué)習(xí)語(yǔ)言的幾個(gè)理由，從第二段開始，作者分別從emigration, work, travel, food四個(gè)方面介紹了學(xué)習(xí)語(yǔ)言的理由，一共是四個(gè)，故應(yīng)選B。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文中Many English-speaking business people don’t bother to learn other languages because they believe that most of the people they do business with in foreign countries can speak English可知，說英語(yǔ)的商人也會(huì)學(xué)習(xí)其他的語(yǔ)言，故D選項(xiàng)表述與原文不符。根據(jù)短文中When you move to a different country or region, learning the local language will help you to communicate with the local community.、It will also give you a better understanding of their culture and way of thinking.、If people don’t understand you, all you have to do is speak slowly and turn up the voice可知其他三項(xiàng)都是符合文意的。

【4】主旨大意題。短文的第一段即點(diǎn)明了文章的主題，根據(jù)It takes much time to learn a language. There are many reasons to learn a language可知，這篇文章介紹的是學(xué)習(xí)語(yǔ)言的幾個(gè)理由。故應(yīng)選B。