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阅读理解 　　A study of English learning problems was carried out among a total of 106 foreign students．It shows that most students considered understanding spoken English to be their biggest problem on arrival．This was followed by speaking．Writing increased as a problem as students discovered difficulties in writing papers that they were now expected to hand in．Reading remained as a significant(显著的)problem． 　　The information gained helped us in determining where special attention should be paid in our course．Although many students have chosen to join the course with a reasonable motivation(动机), we considered it important to note what seemed to encourage interest．Nearly all the students have experienced some kind of grammar based English teaching in their own country．To use the same method would be self defeating because it might reduce motivation, especially if it has failed in the past．Therefore a different method may help because it is different． 　　Variety of activity was also seen as a way of maintaining(保持)or increasing motivation．Several years ago we had one timetable that operated throughout, but we soon found that both the students and the teachers lost interest by about halfway through the ten weeks．This led us to a major re-think, so finally we brought it into line with the expressed language needs of the students． (1) What is the text mainly about? [　　] A． Foreign students have more problems． B． There are many ways to improve English． C． Teaching should meet students’ needs． D． English learning problems should be studied again． (2) Writing became a bigger problem when foreign students ________． [　　] A． had to write their papers B． became better at speaking C． became less interested in reading D． had fewer problems with listening (3) We may infer from the last two paragraphs that ________． [　　] A． different teaching methods should be used B． grammar-based teaching seems to be encouraging C． English courses are necessary for foreign students D． teaching content should be changed halfway (4) The word “it” underlined in the last paragraph refers to “________”． [　　] A． re-think B． activity C． motivation D． timetable

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．A;3．A;4．D;
解析：

(1)	主旨大意题，D项最合适，其他三项只涉及文章谈论的一些现象或做法，太片面。
(2)	细节题。由文章第一段中的“Writing increased as a problem as students discovered difficulties in writing papers…”可知答案。
(3)	推理题。由文章后两段中的“To use the same method would be self defeating…Therefore a different method may help because it is different…Variety of activity was also seen as a way of maintaining(保持)or increasing motivation．”等可推断出答案。
(4)	分析“This led us to a major re-think, so finally we brought it into line…”可知，it指代的前一分句中的this，再联系上文，这里的this指代的是上一句中的timetable。