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問題詳情：
As an English, I can speak three languages—English, German and French, so do you think the British people are very good language learners? The fact is that they aren’t.
Some statistics (數據) from the survey done by the European Commission (歐盟委員會) showed that 62% of the British people only speak English. 38% speak at least one foreign language and 18% speak two or more. Compared with the British people, 56% of the people in other European countries speak at least one foreign language and 28% speak two or more. From this you can see that the British people are famous for not speaking foreign languages and that they are not good language learners in Europe.
And the survey also showed that English is the most widely-spoken foreign language. Many European people can have a conversation in English. That’s why my people don’t think it is necessary to learn a foreign language.
In Britain, students are not required to learn a foreign language. That means learning a foreign language is only an option at school. In UK schools it is common for children to start learning a foreign language at 11 and many of them give it up at 14. So why don’t students continue learning foreign languages at school? Because they think it is more difficult to get good marks in languages than in other subjects such as science or history.
To solve this situation, the British government is looking for different ways to improve language learning at school. One way is to start learning it at a much younger age. Another one is to give school children more choices.
Changing the British attitude (態度) to learning foreign languages may be a hard task but the government decides to try!
36．Which country does the writer come from?
A．America. . B．China. . C．Britain. . D．Egypt.
37．Which of the following about the British people is true?
A．They are good language learners.
B．62% of them speak two or more languages.
C．They are famous for speaking foreign languages.
D．More than half of them only speak English.
38．According to the passage, students in Britain prefer to learn _____.
A．science or German . B．history or German
C．science or history . D．German or French
39．In Paragraph 4, “an option” means _____.
A．a choice . B．a game . C．a mistake . D．a conversation
40．What is the best title of the passage?
A．Speaking English . B．Foreign Language Learning in UK
C．Schools in UK . D．Young English Learners
【回答】
36．C
37．D
38．C
39．A
40．B
【分析】
本文是議論文。文章從一份調查結果的分析開始，介紹了英國的學生並不強制學外語；文章最後指出：改變英國人學外語的態度是一項艱鉅的任務，但*決定去嘗試了。
36．句意：作者來自哪個國家？細節理解題。 A. America.美國；B. China.*；C. Britain.英國；D. Egypt.埃及。由文章第一段第一行“As an English”可知作者是一個英國人。故選C。
37．句意：關於英國人下面哪一個是正確的？細節理解題。A. They are good language learners. 他們是好的語言學習者；B. 62% of them speak two or more languages. 他們中的百分之六十二説兩種或更多種語言；C. They are famous for speaking foreign languages. 他們以説外語而著名；
D. More than half of them only speak English.他們中超過半數只説英語。根據文章第二段第二行“62% of the British people only speak English”可知超過一半的人只説英語。故選D。
38．句意：根據短文，英國的學生更喜歡學習______________。推理判斷題。A. science or German 科學或德語；B. history or German歷史或德語；C. science or history科學或歷史；D. German or French德語或法語。根據文章第四段中的“Because they think it is more difficult to get good marks in languages than in other subjects such as science or history.”可知他們認為在語言學科上去的好成績比像科學和歷史這樣的學科更難，可判斷出他們更喜歡科學和歷史。故選C。
39．句意：在第四段中，“an option”是什麼意思？猜測詞義題。A. a choice 選擇；B. a game 比賽，遊戲；C. a mistake錯誤；D. a conversation對話。由文章第四段中的“In Britain, students are not required to learn a foreign language. That means learning a foreign language is only an option at school.”可知在英國，學生並不強制學習外語。這意味着學習外語只是一種選擇。故選A。
40．句意：這篇文章最好的題目是什麼？主旨大意題。A. Speaking English .説英語；B. Foreign Language Learning in UK英國的外語學習；C. Schools in UK .英國的學校；D. Young English Learners年輕的英語學習者。由文章第一段中的“do you think the British people are very good language learners?”和最後一段中的“Changing the British attitude(態度) to learning foreign languages may be a hard task but the government decides to try!”主要圍繞英國人學習外語的介紹和態度展開，且每一段中都出現了foreign language的關鍵詞。故選B。
知識點：議論文
題型：閲讀理解
