题目内容
18．The hardest languagePeople often ask which is the most difficult language to learn，and it is not easy to answer because there are many factors to take into consideration．Firstly，in a first language the differences are unimportant as people learn their mother tongue naturally．（55）E．
A native speaker of Spanish，for example，will find Portuguese much easier to learn than a native speaker of Chinese，for example，because Portuguese is very similar to Spanish，while Chinese is very different．（56）A．The greater the differences between the second language and our first，the harder it will be for most people to learn．
（57）B．Teachers and the circumstances in which the language is learned also play an important role，as well as each learner's motivation for learning．If people learn a language because they need to use it professionally，they often learn it faster than people studying a language that has no direct use in their day to day life．
Apparently，British diplomats and other embassy staff have found that the second hardest language is Japanese，which will probably come as no surprise to many，but the language that they have found to be the most problematic is Hungarian，which has 35cases forms of a nouns according to whether it is subject，object，etc．
（58）D In the case of Hungarian for British learners，it is not a question of the writing system，which uses a similar alphabet，but the grammatical complexity，though native speakers of related languages may find it easier，while struggling with languages that the British find relatively easy．
No language is easy to learn well，though languages which are related to our first language are easier．Learning a completely different writing system is a huge challenge，but that does not necessarily make a language more difficult than another．In the end，it is impossible to say that there is one language that is the most difficult language in the world．
A．In this case，first language can affect learning a second language
B．Some people seem to learn languages readily，while others find it very difficult．
C．Regardless of this，it is difficult to gain a good knowledge of every language．
D．Individuals from different cultures will find different languages more difficult．
E．So the question of how hard a language is to learn is only relevant when learning a second language．
分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了哪一种语言最难学的影响因素很多，比如第二语言，不同的文化，不同的个性等．
解答 55．E．推理判断题．根据后文A native speaker of Spanish，for example，will find Portuguese much easier to learn than a native speaker of Chinese，for example，可知因此，学习一门语言的难度与学习第二语言有关；故选E．
56．A．推理判断题．根据后文The greater the differences between the second language and our first，the harder it will be for most people to learn可知在这种情况下，第一语言会影响学习第二语言；故选A．
57．B．推理判断题．根据后文If people learn a language because they need to use it professionally，they often learn it faster than people studying a language that has no direct use in their day to day life可知有些人似乎很容易学语言，而另一些人觉得很难；故选B．
58．D．推理判断题．根据后文In the case of Hungarian for British learners，it is not a question of the writing system，which uses a similar alphabet，but the grammatical complexity可知．来自不同文化的人会发现不同的语言更难；故选D．
点评 此种阅读是完成性阅读，和完形填空很类似，不同的是一个选词，一个选句子．解题时，要注意上下文语境，充分考虑信息词（选项中和空格前后句子中相同或相近的词），选出最符合语境的句子．
