题目内容
Learning English may be difficult for beginners. There are two 36 (base) stages to learn English. The first stage of learning this language would be very 37 (interest). Once you have a good command of the alphabets(字母), 38 (gradual) you can learn many words. It would always be better to follow the method of reading first, then writing. When you feel 39 you have understood the words, you can make sentences. This is the most amusing stage to learn. You just think of a sentence in your mother language, and try to set down the same sentence in English. There could be some mistakes, 40 you should not worry about it. You’d better write the same sentence by 41 (make) use of many different words till you are satisfied 42 your sentence. If you follow this way, very soon you can create sentences of your own.
43 second step is learning the grammar. Compared with 44 languages, English is quite simple and very systematic(系统化的). There are certain rules and regulations for each and every topic in grammar of this language. As long as you follow the rules and regulations, 45 would be a difficult task to make mistakes.
36.basic 37. interesting 38.gradually 39.that 40.but
41. making 42.with 43.The 44.other 45.it

Complete the passage with the proper words in the box. Each word can only be used once. One word is not needed.
A. understanding B. industry C. range D. improve E. adopted F. pronounce G. flooding H. valued I. operating J. tend |
The speeches of US President Barack Obama have become the favorite way for Japanese to study the English language. Japanese publishers have been ___1.___ the market with over a dozen language-learning titles. Companies are trying to enter a foreign-language teaching ___2.____ which was ____3.___ at $8.6 billion in 2008 by some research institutes.
Why is there such a huge Japanese market for recordings and books of Obama's speeches? Japanese say that listening to Obama speak is a good way to ____4.__ their English-speaking skills.
Most Japanese, including those studying English, would have difficulty __5._ a speech given by a native English speaker. But “Obama's English is easy to understand because he can ____6.___ words clearly and speaks at a relatively slow speed,” said Professor Tadaharu Nikaido, a communication specialist. “Movies ____7.__ to be the most difficult for Japanese, especially when actors mumble (咕哝) their words.” Obama sets his ____8.___ of vocabulary wide enough to accommodate (迎合) all levels of English speakers, Nikaido added, and at the lower end, it sometimes comes within the range of non-native speakers' comprehension.
The Obama speech phenomenon has given way to more books and magazines that focus on how Obama's communication skills might be ___9.___ in Japan for business and political purposes. At least half a dozen books and magazine covers of this kind have appeared in the past several months in Japan.