People always say that the earlier one learns a language, the ___1___ it is to do so, in theory it is that, ___2___, in my opinion, that refers to spoken language. Capability(能力) to practise some essential(基本的) ___3___ of a language and read between the lines can only be trained through proper reading ways and hard work ___4___. So spending money to help ___5___ learn English may ___6___ with disappointment. It is likely that the more you ___7___, the more you are let down.
The daughter of one of my friends ___8___ English in primary school, ___9___ her foreign teacher’s blindness ___10___ psychology(心理學(xué)). She did not want to go on ___11___ English until middle school, ___12___ a college student studying in English slowly ___13___ her interest in the language.
It is better to have the child learn Chinese, than to have some difficulty ___14___ learning English for several years. Having been engaged in English education, ___15___ find that despite(不管) their excellent ___16___, many students have ___17___ command(掌握) of English words and phrases. So I suggest that children ___18___ classical Chinese prose(散文), rather than ___19___ them to learn English hurriedly. Otherwise, they may ___20___ the best time to improve 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. practised    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.get back B. let go  C. bring in      D. go away
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1. C 由上文暗示可預(yù)期：理論上說(shuō)，一個(gè)人越早學(xué)語(yǔ)言，他(她)會(huì)越容易學(xué)好�！癟he +比較級(jí)，the+比較級(jí)”表示“越來(lái)越……”。C、D為可選項(xiàng)，而D意不符，故選C。
2. B 考查轉(zhuǎn)折連詞的使用區(qū)別。but連接句子時(shí)其后不可用逗號(hào)；however前后可用逗號(hào)隔開(kāi)；though常放于句末；yet與but相似，故選however。
3.D 根據(jù)上下文暗示可預(yù)期：練習(xí)語(yǔ)言的基本表達(dá)能力……，A、B、C都不符和句意，故選expressions表達(dá)。
4.A 由上下文提示可預(yù)期：直接通過(guò)合適的閱讀方法和努力，才能形成能力，而orally意為“口頭”；properly意為“合適地”，因上文已出現(xiàn)proper reading ways,故有重復(fù)之嫌；indirectly意為“間接地”；故選directly(直接地)。
5. C 由上下文可預(yù)期，談?wù)摰膶?duì)象即是children孩子。
6.D 由上下文可預(yù)期：先是花錢(qián)去學(xué)，而后是失望收?qǐng)�。A、B與句意不合，finish不與up with搭配，end up with意為“以……結(jié)束”。
7. A 根據(jù)句意可預(yù)期：付(花)錢(qián)多，失望大。take常用在結(jié)構(gòu)：it takes sb  some time / money to do sth 花某人時(shí)間或錢(qián)做某事；B、C與句意不符。
8.C 由上下文暗示可預(yù)期：因?yàn)椴幌矚g才來(lái)了一位學(xué)英語(yǔ)的大學(xué)生，從而開(kāi)發(fā)了她的興趣；故選disliked不喜歡。其他不符。
9.A 因?yàn)橥饧處煂?duì)心理學(xué)的盲點(diǎn)，才導(dǎo)致她厭學(xué)。because和because均表示“因?yàn)椤�，但前者為連詞，后者為介詞；instead of是介詞；instead是副詞。故用because of。
10.D 介詞to 意為“對(duì)……而言(來(lái)說(shuō))”。
11.A. go on doing指繼續(xù)不停地做同一件事；go on to do指繼續(xù)去做另一件事；go on with sth 指停頓后接著去做同一件事；D為干擾項(xiàng)，故選learning。
12.C. when表示“當(dāng)時(shí)”，相當(dāng)于and at that time；while表示“在……時(shí)候”；where表示“在……地方”；as表示“因?yàn)椤�、“在……時(shí)候”。
13.D. introduced意為“介紹”；practised意為“練習(xí)”；explained意為“解釋”，均不合句意，而developed(開(kāi)發(fā))正合語(yǔ)境。
14.A  have some difficulty / trouble (in)doing sth意為“做某事遇到困難”。
15. B 由上下文可判斷。
16.A 根據(jù)上下文可預(yù)期：發(fā)音好但詞匯量不夠——缺陷，故選pronunciation。
17.C 根據(jù)上文可知，表否定但無(wú)比較，可知選項(xiàng)為A、C；而few修飾可數(shù)名詞，故選little修飾不可數(shù)名詞。
18. D 根據(jù)文意，文章顯然為記散文，可知選項(xiàng)為C、D，相比之處，remember(追憶，記得)不如memorize(記住)恰當(dāng)。
19.C 因在四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中只有cause后接不定式的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)時(shí)不定式要帶to。
20. B  get back意為“回來(lái)，返回”；let go意為“放開(kāi)，錯(cuò)過(guò)”；bring in意為“引來(lái)，吸收”；go away意為“走開(kāi)，離開(kāi)”。
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