Question

Many students in China are learning English. Some of these students are small

children. Others are teenagers(十几岁的青少年). Many are adults. Some learn at school, others study by themselves. A few learn English language (语言)over the radio, on television, or in films. One must work hard to learn another language.Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language and maths and English ... Some people learn English because it is useful for their work. Many people often learn English for their higher sutdies, because at college or university(大学) some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspaper and magazines in English.

1. Many students in China are learning English, aren't they? ____.

A. No, they aren't      B. No, they are

C. Yes, they are       D. Yes, they aren't

2.If one wants to learn another language well, he must ____.

A. learn at school      B. study by himself

C. work hard           D. study hard

3.The sentence "It is difficult to answer that question" means ____.

A. that question is not difficult to answer

B. that question is difficult to answer it

C. it is difficultly to answer that question

D. it is hard to answer that question

4."Their own language" means ____.

A. Chinese   B. English   C. French   D. Japanese

5.What's the Chinese of "study by themselves"?

A. 和他们一起学习      B. 自学

C. 向他们学习          D. 通过学习

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：许多中国学生在学习英语。这些学生中有些是儿童。有些是十几岁的青少年。许多成年人。一些人通过电台，电视，或者电影学习英语。

1.C细节理解题。根据Many students in China are learning English可知许多中国学生在学习英语。所以选C。

2.C细节理解题。根据第一段的句子：One must work hard to learn another language.可知要学习语言必须努力，所以选C。

3.D词义猜测题。difficult的含义是hard，故选C。

4.A 推理判断题。They study their own(自己的) language本句中的they指的是中国学生，他们的母语是中文，所以选A。

5.词义猜测题。by在本句的含义是通过某种方式，反身代词themselves是自己的意思，通过自己学习，即自学，故选B。

考点：社会现象类阅读。