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    Very few of us become fluent in another language by learning it in high school.

I went to university and then moved across the country to seek a_______ job, married and raised children. I made an effort to_______ the little bit of French I learned in school, but eventually I realized that this was really_______. I was quite aware that new languages are best learned when young, and that our abilities in that regard decline with _______.

However, just before my 50th birthday, I _______French classes. After I was tested to see which group I belonged to, I was placed at almost the introductory _______. When I looked around at my first class, I was _______that many of the students were learning French as a third, fourth or even fifth language.

Contrary to my _______ that learning a new language was impossibly difficult, there were people who learned new languages as a matter of course.While I had always thought of myself as a _______ learner, that was no longer the case. I ________ new vocabulary rather slowly.What I learned one week seemed to ________ as soon as I learned the next skill. I had to look up the________words and language structures over and over. Now, after several years of learning, I can listen to the news in French and ________90% of it on the first try, read a novel if the language isn't too ________ and hold up my end of a conversation if it doesn't go loo fast. I've learned so much beyond grammar and vocabulary. I've met people from around the world and all walks of life who have the ________to make fools of themselves in order to learn something new. I've been taught by________ and inspirational teachers from many comers of the world. Listening to the news as it is ________ to the people of France, I have a renewed understanding of how something can look ________different from another viewpoint. I've learned that a language is not just a set of words, but a way of________. But most of all, I've learned that it is never too________to learn something new.

1.A.demanding B.temporary C.meaningful D.popular

2.A.understand B.review C.keep D.master

3.A.helpful B.pointless C.worthwhile D.necessary

4.A.health B.concern C.interest D.age

5.A.got ready for B.got on with C.signed up for D.fell in love with

6.A.level B.position C.attempt D.test

7.A.disappointed B.amazed C.annoyed D.excited

8.A.agreement B.research C.assumption D.conclusion

9.A.clumsy B.confident C.serious D.quick

10.A.absorbed B.consulted C.created D.recognized

11.A.go down B.pay off C.slip away D.build up

12.A.key B.same C.fresh D.complex

13.A.catch B.recite C.guess D.hear

14.A.changeable B.international C.difficult D.native

15.A.chance B.trick C.courage D.desire

16.A.energetic B.patient C.polite D.simple

17.A.announced B.sent C.returned D.presented

18.A.completely B.equally C.roughly D.slightly

19.A.challenging B.thinking C.living D.learning

20.A.slow B.impossible C.late D.inconvenient

 

1.A 2.C 3.B 4.D 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.C 9.D 10.A 11.C 12.B 13.A 14.C 15.C 16.B 17.D 18.A 19.B 20.C 【解析】 这是一篇夹叙夹议类的文章。文章介绍了作者在50岁学习法语,历经几年的努力,终于大概掌握这门语言的过程。同时,作者还介绍了自己一些感想和体会。 1.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:我上了大学,然后到全国各地寻找一份要求很高的工作,结婚,养育孩子。A. demanding要求高的;B. temporary暂时的;C. meaningful有意义的;D. popular流行的,受欢迎的。根据前面“moved across the country”可知,作者大学毕业之后,到全国各地去找工作,由此推知,作者应该是想找一份好工作,根据常识可知,好工作往往“要求比较高”。故选A。 2.考查动词词义辨析。句意:我努力保持在学校学的那一点法语,但最终我意识到这是毫无意义的。A. understand理解;B. review复习;C. keep保持;D. master精通,掌握。根据常识可知,一个人在结婚有了孩子之后,如果日常生活中不再接触使用在学校里学的某种语言,那么这门语言就会被慢慢遗忘。由此可知,该句想表达的意思是:作者在结婚之后想努力“保持”在学校学到的那点法语,但最后失败了。故选C。 3.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:我努力保持在学校学的那一点法语,但最终我意识到这是毫无意义的。 A. helpful有帮助的;B. pointless无意义的;C. worthwhile值得的;D. necessary必要的。根据but转折可知,作者想保持在学校学的那一点法语,但最终失败了。所以他意识到自己的努力是“没有意义的”。故选B。 4.考查名词词义辨析。句意:我很清楚,学习新语言最好是在年轻的时候,而我们在这方面的能力会随着年龄的增长而衰退。A. health健康;B. concern关心;C. interest兴趣;D. age年龄。根据前一句“new languages are best learned when young(学习新语言最好是在年轻的时候)”可以推知,语言学习能力会随着年龄的增长而衰退。故选D。 5.考查动词短语辨析。句意:然而,就在我50岁生日前夕,我报了法语班。A. got ready for为……做好准备;B. got on with和……相处;C. signed up for报名参加; D. fell in love with爱上。根据下一句“After I was tested to see which group I belonged to, I was placed at almost the introductory ___6___”可知,作者经过测试被放到了入门级别。由此推知,作者报名参加法语班。故选C。 6.考查名词词义辨析。句意:在测试我属于哪一组之后,我几乎被放在了入门级别。A. level水平,级别;B. position职位,位置;C. attempt企图;D. test检测,测试。测试结果表明作者属于入门级别。故选A。 7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:当我在第一堂课上环顾四周时,我惊讶地发现,许多学生都在把法语作为第三、第四甚至第五种语言来学习。A. disappointed失望的;B. amazed惊奇的;C. annoyed恼怒的,生气的;D. excited兴奋的。许多学生都在把法语作为第三、第四甚至第五种语言来学习,这是出乎作者意料的,因此作者非常“惊讶”。故选B。 8.考查名词词义辨析。句意:与我的设想(学习一门新语言是非常困难的)相反,有一些人把新语言作为一件理所当然的事情来学习。A. agreement协议,一致;B. research研究;C. assumption假定,设想;D. conclusion结论。学习一门新语言是非常困难的,这是作者初学这门语言时的“设想”。故选C。 9.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:虽然我一直认为自己是一个快速的学习者,但情况不再是这样。A. clumsy笨拙的;B. confident有信心的;C. serious严肃的;D. quick快速的。根据下文中的“that was no longer the case ”和“rather slowly”可知,作者学习新词汇相当地慢。由此推知,他原本认为自己是个学东西很快的人,实际情况并非如此。故选D。 10.考查动词词义辨析。句意:我吸收新词汇的速度相当慢。A. absorbed吸收;B. consulted咨询;C. created创造;D. recognized认出。作者学习新词汇的速度相当慢,即:作者“吸收”新词汇的速度慢。故选A。 11.考查动词短语辨析。句意:当我学会了下一项技能时,我一周所学到的似乎就消失了。A. go down下降;B. pay off还清;C. slip away逃走,悄悄溜走;D. build up建造。根据前一句作者吸收新词汇速度慢可知,作者学会下一个技能,前一周刚学的东西就会被忘记,即:前一周学的东西“溜走”了。故选C。 12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:我不得不一遍又一遍地查找相同的单词和语言结构。A. key关键的;B. same同样的;C. fresh新鲜的;D. complex复杂的。前一句提到,作者很快就会忘记一周内学习的东西,所以他不得不反复的查找之前学过的“相同的”的单词和语言结构。故选B。 13.考查动词词义辨析。句意:现在,经过几年的学习,我可以听法语新闻,一次就能理解90%的内容。A. catch理解,抓住;B. recite背诵;C. guess猜测;D. hear听见。该句展示的作者数年的学习结果。因此,该处指作者听法语新闻时,一次可以“理解,听懂”90%的内容。故选A。 14.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:如果一本小说的法语不是特别难,我可以读懂这本小说。A. changeable可改变的; B. international国际的;C. difficult困难的;D. native本地的,本国的。该句表达作者经过数年的学习,已经初步掌握了法语。如果一本小说的法语不是过于的难,作者也能看懂。也就是说,作者能够看懂一般的法语。故选C。 15.考查名词词义辨析。句意:我遇到过来自世界各地和各行各业的人,他们为了学习新东西,敢于出丑。A. chance机会;B. trick诡计,恶作剧;C. courage勇气;D. desire欲望,要求。人们为了学习新东西,有敢于出丑的“勇气”,不怕在别人面前丢脸。故选C。 16.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:我曾被来自世界各地有耐心并且鼓舞人心的老师教导。A. energetic精力充沛的;B. patient有耐心的;C. polite有礼貌的;D. simple简单的。该空和inspirational并列,修饰teachers,应用褒义词,且表示老师教学生,那么,“有耐心”更符合。故选B。 17.考查动词词义辨析。句意:听着向法国人民播出的新闻,我对一个事物从另一个角度看起来如何会完全不同有了新的理解。 A. announced 宣布;B. sent派;C. returned返回;D. presented播出。根据listening可知,当新闻被播出时,作者听这些新闻。故选D。 18.考查副词词义辨析。句意:听着向法国人民播出的新闻,我对一个事物从另一个角度看起来如何会完全不同有了新的理解。A. completely完全地;B. equally平等地;C. roughly粗略地;D. slightly稍微地。根据前面的“renewed understanding”可知,从另一个角度,我们对事物会有“完全”不同的新的理解。故选A。 19.考查动词词义辨析。句意:我明白了语言不仅仅是一套单词,而且是一种思维方式。A. challenging挑战;B. thinking思考,认为,想;C. living生活,居住;D. learning学习。根据常识可知,语言不仅仅是一套单词,而且是一种思维方式。故选B。 20.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:但最重要的是,我懂得了什么时候学习新东西都不晚。A. slow慢的;B. impossible不可能的;C. late晚的,迟到的;D. inconvenient不方便的。作者在50多岁开始学习法语,经过几年的学习,不仅初通法语,而且还有很多感悟。由此可知,作者认为:学习新东西什么时候都不“晚”。故选C。
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