题目内容
【题目】What is language for? Some people seem to think it's for practicing grammar rules and earning lists of words—the longer the list, the better. That's wrong.Language is for the exchange(交流)of ideas and information.It's meaningless knowing all about a language if you can't use it freely. Many students I have met know hundreds of grammar rules, but they can't speak correctly or fluently(流利地).They are afraid of making mistakes.One shouldn't be afraid of making mistakes when speaking a foreign language. Native speakers make mistakes and break rules, too.Bernard saw once wrote, "Foreigners often speak English too correctly."But the mistakes that native speakers make are different from those that Chinese students make. They're English mistakes in the English language.And if enough native speakers break a rule, it is no longer a rule. What used to be wrong becomes right.People not only make history, they make language.But a people can only make its own language.It can't make another people's language. So Chinese students of English should pay attention to grammar, but they shouldn't overdo(做过头)it. They should put communication first.
【1】Language is used to ________.
A. express oneself B. practise grammar rules
C. talk with foreigners only D. learn lists of words
【2】Generally, when an American or an Englishman speaks English, he ________.
A. never makes mistakes B. often makes mistakes
C. can't avoid making mistakes D. always makes mistakes
【3】"Foreigners often speak English too correctly."This sentence means that ________.
A. foreigners speak correct English
B. foreigners speak incorrect English
C. foreigners speak English according to the grammar rules
D. foreigners never make mistakes when they speak English
【4】When we speak a foreign language, we should ________.
A. speak in Chinese way
B. speak by the rules
C. speak to native speakers
D. not be afraid of making mistakes
【答案】
【1】A
【2】C
【3】C
【4】D
【解析】试题解析:本文意在劝解;我们虽然要注意语法,但是不能过于担心语法错误而不去交流。
【1】细节分析题。第四句话Language is for the exchange of ideas and information.语言就是为我们交流观点信息而存在的。交流当然需要表达。所以语言就是用于表达自己的。故选A
【2】细节分析题。第十句话Native speakers make mistakes and break rules, too.就是当地人也会犯一些语法错误,所以当做外语学习的我们,犯错是无法避免的。故选C
【3】推测题。这里联系上文,可推测外国人讲英语都太恪守语法规则。故选C
【4】细节理解题。第九句One shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes when speaking a foreign language.
意为当一个人讲外语的时候,不应该害怕会犯错误。故选D