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 (数据) from the survey done by the European Commission (欧盟委员会) 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 (态度) to learning foreign languages may be a hard task but the government decides to try!

1.Which country does the writer come from?

A.America. . B.China. . C.Britain. . D.Egypt.

2.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.

3.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

4.In Paragraph 4, “an option” means _____.

A.a choice . B.a game . C.a mistake . D.a conversation

5.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

Every day cars kill or hurt many people on roads. Sometimes the drivers drive too fast or do not drive carefully enough. Some of them_______the traffic rules and cause accidents.

According to some researches, it is usually the pedestrians (行人) who cause the accidents.A lot of road users are very careless. They walk or run across the roads_______the cars. They walk in the roads but not on the walkways. They get into or out of cars in the middle of the road. Some do not take the trouble to_______the green lights and simply cross the roads against the red lights.

Many people think accidents often happen on busy roads in large cities, but this is not always true. For example, Tokyo is one of the busiest cities; however, there are_______accidents to pedestrians. The reason is that the police there are very strict and the pedestrians are very careful.Pedestrians never cross against a red light and they_______ follow traffic rules.

Do you know alcohol (酒精) is another main cause of traffic accidents? It delays people's response. Those who have drunk alcohol are_______ in making decisions. They need a few more seconds to react (反应) . Alcohol drinking is especially dangerous for motor car drivers. It's not only drivers who may have accidents after drinking, drunken pedestrians may put their lives in danger as well.

1.A.make B.break C.follow D.remember

2.A.at the end of B.in the centre of C.on top of D.in front of

3.A.turn on B.worry about C.wait for D.point out

4.A.few B.many C.enough D.some

5.A.even B.never C.almost D.always

6.A.slow B.active C.interested D.excited

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