阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But 1a few of them are very 2.English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U.S.A., but in other parts of the world. About 200,000,000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a 3language. Many millions are 4to do so. Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different 5Have you ever 6ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? "Learn English in six weeks, or your 7back..." "Easy and funny! Our records and tapes 8you master your English in a month. 9the first day your 10will be excellent. Just send …"Of course, it never 11quite like this.
The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should 12that we all learned our own language well when we were 13. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. 14what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it, 15in it all the time. Just imagine how much 16that gets!
So it is 17to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English 18upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and 19much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will 20. But they cannot do the student's work for him.（词数278）
1.A. not B. quite C. only D. very
2.A. difficult B. important C. necessary D. easy
3.A. native B. foreign C. useful D. mother
4.A. learning B. enjoying C. trying D. liking
5.A. questions B. problems C. ideas D. answers
6.A. found B. watched C. noticed D. known
7.A. knowledge B. time C. money D. English
8.A. make B. help C. let D. allow
9.A. From B. On C. Since D. After
10.A. spelling B. grammar C. English D. pronunciation
11.A. happened B. looked C. seemed D. felt
12.A. know B. remember C. understand D. think
13.A. students B. children C. babies D. grown-ups
14.A. Imagine B. Mind C. Do D. Think of
15.A. using B. thinking C. trying D. practicing
16.A. time B. money C. language D. practice
17.A. hard B. easy C. funny D. silly
18.A. depends B. tries C. has D. takes
19.A. uses B. takes C. gets D. costs
20.A. do B. work C. help D. master
My friends and I are making an area to encourage birds _________.
A. come and feed and lay their eggs safely
B. to come and feed and lie their eggs safely
C. to come and feed and lay their eggs safety
D. to come and feed and lay their eggs safely
_________that we will _______free computer training during the holidays.
A. It has been decided…be given B. It has decided…be given
C. That has been decided…be given D. It has been decided… give
Sadly a woman was discovered, _______brought a serious problem to the Games.
A. who B. what C. that D. which
Digging down into the earth is like reading _______of a book.
A. a page after a page B. a page after page
C. page after page D. the page after the page
Have you ever dreamed _______ in front of thousands of people at a concert, with everyone ________ your singing.
A. of…clapping and joining B. of being…clapping and joined
C. of being…clapping and joining D. of being…clapped and joined
