Question

What are the British like when they learn languages?

       is said that the British are the worst language learners in Europe —62 percent of them can’t speak      other language except their own!      38 percent of them speak at least one foreign language, only18 percent speak two.

Learning a foreign language is not      at school in Britain; children start studying a foreign language at 11 and many      completely at 14. So why don’t young people 

studying languages at school?

The government is now looking at different ways to      language learning. One idea is to start much      and introduce foreign languages when kids are five.      idea is to give school children more choice—they can choose to study their favorite language.

It may be difficult to     people’s attitude(态度) to learning languages but the government has decided to have a try!

1.A. That B. It C. This

2.A. any     B. no C. some

3.A. As     B. WhenC. While

4.A. popular     B. good C. interesting

5.A. wake up    B. turn upC. give up

6.A. look for     B. go on C. set up

7.A. stop B. improveC. find

8.A. youngerB. soonerC. slower

9.A. Other B. One C. Another

10.A. choose B. take C. change

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：这篇短文主要介绍了英国人学习外语的情况，尽管很多学校在孩子11岁时就开设外语课，但是很多在到了14岁就放弃了.因此英国政府为此想了很多办法，但是要想改变英国人学习语言的态度还很难。

1.That那个；It它；This 这个。本句中it指代下文宾语从句内容，做形式主语，this和that无此用法，故选B。

2.

3.As随着，作为；When当……时；While虽然，然而，当……时。联系上下文，可知前后是转折关系，故选C，然而，他们中的38%说最少一门外语。

4.Popular流行的，受欢迎饿；good好的；interesting 有趣的。联系后一句描述，可知在英国学校里面学习外语不受欢迎。故选A。

5.wake up醒来，叫醒；turn up出现，发生，开大；give up放弃，交出。结合语境可知此处指的是，许多人在14岁就完全放弃了。故选C。

6.look for寻找；go on继续，发生；set up 建立，开业。句意：因此，为什么年轻人不继续在学校学习外语呢？故选B。

7.Stop停止，阻止；improve提高；find找到，发现。结合语境可知此处指的是，提高英语学习水平。故选B。

8.Younger更年轻的；sooner较早的；slower更慢的。联系下文when kids are five. 可知此处指的是，更早的开始，故选A。

9.Other其它的，另外的；One 同名不同物的任何一个；Another多个中的另一个。联系前一句描述，可知此处指的是另一个想法，英国政府不可能只有两种想法，故选C。

10.Choose选择；take采取，拿；change改变，变化。结合语境可知此处指的是，改变人们学习语言的态度可能很难。故选C。

考点：考查新闻报道类短文