Question

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. The popularity of English.

B. The study pressure on students.

C. Attitudes towards learning foreign languages.

2.What percentage of students are forced to learn a foreign language?

A. About 21%.    B. About 27%.    C. About 35%.

Answer

1. C

2. A

【解析】

W: I read a report on the people who can use a foreign language, mainly English. M: Really? What’s it about?

W: It’s mainly about the different attitudes people have towards the foreign language learning. About 27% of the people think a foreign language is a must in their daily life.

M: I can’t agree more. There are more and more people learning foreign languages.

W: That’s true. About 35% of the people are learning or willing to learn a foreign language.

M: As far as I’m concerned, many people, especially students, are forced to do so because of exams.

W: Yes, that accounts for 21%. there are also about 15% of the people who take foreign languages to be useless and they take no interest in them at all.

1.本题为听力题，解析略。

2.本题为听力题，解析略。