Question

People always say that the earlier one learns a language, the       it is to do so, in theory it is that,      , in my opinion, that refers to spoken language. Capability(能力) to practice some essential(基本的)      of a language and read between the lines can only be trained through proper reading ways and hard work      .So spending money to help       learn English may      up with disappointment. It is likely that the more you      ,the more you are let down.

The daughter of one of my friends      English in primary school,      her foreign teacher’s blindness      psychology. She did not want to go on       English until middle school,      a college student studying English slowly      her interest in the language.

It is better to have the child learn Chinese than to have some difficulty      learning English for several years. Having been engaged in English education,      find that despite(尽管) their excellent      , many students have      mand of English words and phrases. So I suggest that children

      classical Chinese prose(散文),rather than       them to learn English hurriedly. Otherwise, they may let go the best time to

      the language ability of their mother tongue.

1.A. easy       B. difficult    C. easier       D. more difficult

2.A. but       B. however      C. though       D. yet

3.A. opinions   B. regards     C. requests     D. expressions

4.A. directly   B. orally       C. properly     D. indirectly

5.A. people     B. girls        C. children     D. boys

6.A. begin     B. start        C. finish       D. end

7.A. pay        B. get          C. buy          D. take

8.A. loved     B. liked        C. disliked     D. learned

9.A. because of  B. because     C. instead of   D. instead

10.A. of         B. at          C. in           D. to

11.A. learning   B. to learn    C. with learning  D. for learning

12.A. while      B. where       C. when           D. as

13.A. introduced B. practiced   C. explained      D. developed

14.A. in         B. to          C. at             D. of

15.A. He         B. I           C. She            D. They

16.A. pronunciation B. phrase   C. language      D. writing

17.A. few        B. less        C. little         D. fewer

18.A. write     B. do          C. remember       D. memorize

19.A. have       B. let         C. cause          D. make

20.A. study     B. improve     C. learn          D. master

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.A

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】

1.考查形容词比较级。根据固定句型：the more…the more…，越来越，由此可知答案C符合文意。

2.考查副词。根据in theory和in my opinion之间的逻辑上的关系，可以判断出此处表示对比关系，故答案B符合语境。But转折，though表示遗憾；yet经常用于否定句，均不符合语境，故排除。

3.考查名词。与前句的spoken language，可知答案D：表达，符合文意。Opinion观点；regard问候；request要求，均不符合语境，故排除。

4.考查副词。与本句中only的提示相呼应，可知答案A：直接地，符合文意。Orally口头上地；properly恰当地；indirectly间接地，均不符合语境，故排除。

5.考查名词。与下文小题19空后：the child相呼应，可知此处表示孩子们的概念，故答案C符合文意。

6.考查动词。根据固定搭配：end up with+不好的结果，符合语境，故答案D正确。

7.考查动词。与小题10空前的spending money相呼应，可知答案A符合文意。

8.考查动词。根据下句She did not want to go on小题6 English的提示和呼应，可知小女孩不喜欢英语，故答案C符合文意。

9.考查介词短语。根据本句间的逻辑关系判断，不难看出表示逻辑上的因果关系，且此处空格后是名词短语，故空格处应该是介词短语，故答案A符合文意。B是连词，后跟句子，不符合语境，故排除。

10.考查介词。根据固定搭配：be bind to对…视而不见，可知此处答案

D符合文意。

11.考查动词搭配。根据固定搭配：go on doing sth继续做某事，故答案A符合文意。

12.考查连词。When引导定语从句，在从句中做时间状语，修饰先行词middle school，故答案C符合文意。

13.考查动词。根据固定搭配：develop one’s interest in sth开发某人在某方面的兴趣，符合语境，故答案D正确。

14.考查介词。根据固定搭配：have difficulty in doing sth做某事有困难，符合语境，故答案A正确。

15.考查代词。根据下句So I suggest…的呼应和提示，可知此处答案Ｂ符合文意。

16.考查名词。根据文章第一段的第一句：People always say that the earlier one learns a language, the 小题1it is to do so, in theory it is that,小题2 , in my opinion, that refers to spoken language.的提示和呼应，可知此处指孩子们的发音，故答案A符合文意。

17.考查形容词。根据despite转折意义的提示，可知此空应该是与excellent形成对比和呼应的，且command不可数名词，故答案C符合文意。

18.考查动词。与固定短语have command of掌握，相呼应，可知此处答案D：记忆，符合文意。

19.考查动词。本题可用排除法，其他三项都是使役动词，即：后跟省to的不定式做宾语，如：let sb do，由此可知答案C符合文意。

20.考查动词。很明显，能力是要提高的，故答案B符合文意。Study学习、研究；learn学习；master掌握，均不符合语境，故排除。