Question

小题1:许多动物都处于灭绝的边缘。
Many animals are ___________________ extinction(灭绝).
小题2:学生把英语用来作为第一外语来学习。
English ___________ by the students as the first foreign language.
小题3:众所周知，政府鼓励人们用布袋去购物。
It is well-known that the government ___________________ go shopping with the cloth bags.
小题4:在过去，人们的衣服都是用手工做的，一次只能做一件。
In the past people’s clothes were made one at a time ____________.
小题5:据我所知，他们将在下个月回来。
___________________, they will come back next month.

Answer 1

小题1: on the edge of
小题2: is studied/learned
小题3:encourages people to
小题4: by hand
小题5: As far as I know

试题分析：
小题1:处于……边缘 on the edge of...，固定短语。
小题2:缺学习这个意思没有翻译，而学习和英语之间的关系是被动，基本结构be + done. 故填is studied/learned。
小题3:鼓励人们做某事 encourage sb. to do sth. ,这里是鼓励人们去购物，encourage people to.
小题4:手工制作 by hand 固定短语。
小题5:据我所知，固定短语As far as I know
点评：先找出有什么中文意思没有翻译出来，再填入适当的词组或所缺内容，注意被动语态的使用。