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【題目】What is language for? Some people seem to think it's for practicing grammar rules and earning lists of words—the longer the list, the better. That's wrong．Language is for the exchange（交流）of ideas and information．It's meaningless knowing all about a language if you can't use it freely. Many students I have met know hundreds of grammar rules, but they can't speak correctly or fluently（流利地）．They are afraid of making mistakes．One shouldn't be afraid of making mistakes when speaking a foreign language. Native speakers make mistakes and break rules, too．Bernard saw once wrote, "Foreigners often speak English too correctly．"But the mistakes that native speakers make are different from those that Chinese students make. They're English mistakes in the English language．And if enough native speakers break a rule, it is no longer a rule. What used to be wrong becomes right．People not only make history, they make language．But a people can only make its own language．It can't make another people's language. So Chinese students of English should pay attention to grammar, but they shouldn't overdo（做過(guò)頭）it. They should put communication first.

【1】Language is used to ________.

A. express oneself B. practise grammar rules

C. talk with foreigners only D. learn lists of words

【2】Generally, when an American or an Englishman speaks English, he ________.

A. never makes mistakes B. often makes mistakes

C. can't avoid making mistakes D. always makes mistakes

【3】"Foreigners often speak English too correctly．"This sentence means that ________.

A. foreigners speak correct English

B. foreigners speak incorrect English

C. foreigners speak English according to the grammar rules

D. foreigners never make mistakes when they speak English

【4】When we speak a foreign language, we should ________.

A. speak in Chinese way

B. speak by the rules

C. speak to native speakers

D. not be afraid of making mistakes

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】試題解析：本文意在勸解；我們雖然要注意語(yǔ)法，但是不能過(guò)于擔(dān)心語(yǔ)法錯(cuò)誤而不去交流。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)分析題。第四句話Language is for the exchange of ideas and information.語(yǔ)言就是為我們交流觀點(diǎn)信息而存在的。交流當(dāng)然需要表達(dá)。所以語(yǔ)言就是用于表達(dá)自己的。故選A

【2】細(xì)節(jié)分析題。第十句話Native speakers make mistakes and break rules, too.就是當(dāng)?shù)厝艘矔?huì)犯一些語(yǔ)法錯(cuò)誤，所以當(dāng)做外語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)的我們，犯錯(cuò)是無(wú)法避免的。故選C

【3】推測(cè)題。這里聯(lián)系上文，可推測(cè)外國(guó)人講英語(yǔ)都太恪守語(yǔ)法規(guī)則。故選C

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第九句One shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes when speaking a foreign language.

意為當(dāng)一個(gè)人講外語(yǔ)的時(shí)候，不應(yīng)該害怕會(huì)犯錯(cuò)誤。故選D