Question

People always say that the earlier one learns a language, the ___1___ it is to do so, in theory it is that, ___2___, in my opinion, that refers to spoken language. Capability(能力) to practice some essential(基本的) ___3___ of a language and read between the lines can only be trained through proper reading ways and hard work ___4___. So spending money to help ___5___ learn English may ___6___ with disappointment. It is likely that the more you ___7___, the more you are let down. 

The daughter of one of my friends ___8___ English in primary school, ___9___ her foreign teacher’s blindness ___10___ psychology(心理学). She did not want to go on ___11___ English until middle school, ___12___ a college student studying in English slowly ___13___ her interest in the language.

It is better to have the child learn Chinese, than to have some difficulty ___14___ learning English for several years. Having been engaged in English education, ___15___ find that despite(不管) their excellent ___16___, many students have ___17___ command(掌握) of English words and phrases. So I suggest that children ___18___ classical Chinese prose(散文), rather than ___19___ them to learn English hurriedly. Otherwise, they may ___20___ the best time to improve the language ability of their mother tongue.

1. A. easy                 B. difficult        C. easier              D. more difficult

2. A. but            B. however       C. though             D. yet

3. A. opinions       B. regards         C. requests           D. expressions

4. A. directly        B. orally           C. properly          D. indirectly

5. A. people          B. girls                 C. children           D. boys

6. A. begin           B. start                 C. finish              D. end

7. A. pay           B. get            C. buy              D. take

8. A. loved           B. liked            C. disliked           D. learned

9. A. because of     B. because         C. instead of            D. instead

10. A. of           B. at              C. in                 D. to

11. A. learning             B. to learn         C. with learning       D. for learning

12. A. while          B. where           C. when               D. as

13. A. introduced     B. practiced       C. explained            D. developed

14. A. in            B. to              C. at                 D. of

15. A. He                 B.I                C. She              D. They

16. A. pronunciation  B. phrase         C. language          D. writing

17. A. few            B. less           C. little                D. fewer

18. A. write          B. do             C. remember           D. memorize

19. A. have           B. let             C. cause               D. make

20. A. get back         B. let go           C. bring in           D. go away

Answer 1

1-5 CBDAC 6-10 DACAD 11-15 ACDAB 16-20 ACDCB

解析:

1. C  由上文暗示可预期：理论上说，一个人越早学语言，他(她)会越容易学好。“The +比较级，the+比较级”表示“越来越……”。C、D为可选项，而D意不符，故选C。

2. B  考查转折连词的使用区别。but连接句子时其后不可用逗号；however前后可用逗号隔开；though常放于句末；yet与but相似，故选however。

3.D  根据上下文暗示可预期：练习语言的基本表达能力……，A、B、C都不符和句意，故选expressions表达。

4.A  由上下文提示可预期：直接通过合适的阅读方法和努力，才能形成能力，而orally意为“口头”；properly意为“合适地”，因上文已出现proper reading ways,故有重复之嫌；indirectly意为“间接地”；故选directly(直接地)。

5. C  由上下文可预期，谈论的对象即是children孩子。

6.D  由上下文可预期：先是花钱去学，而后是失望收场。A、B与句意不合，finish不与up with搭配，end up with意为“以……结束”。

7. A  根据句意可预期：付(花)钱多，失望大。take常用在结构：it takes sb  some time / money to do sth 花某人时间或钱做某事；B、C与句意不符。

8.C  由上下文暗示可预期：因为不喜欢才来了一位学英语的大学生，从而开发了她的兴趣；故选disliked不喜欢。其他不符。

9.A  因为外籍教师对心理学的盲点，才导致她厌学。because和because均表示“因为”，但前者为连词，后者为介词；instead of是介词；instead是副词。故用because of。

10.D  介词to 意为“对……而言(来说)”。

11.A. go on doing指继续不停地做同一件事；go on to do指继续去做另一件事；go on with sth 指停顿后接着去做同一件事；D为干扰项，故选learning。

12.C. when表示“当时”，相当于and at that time；while表示“在……时候”；where表示“在……地方”；as表示“因为”、“在……时候”。

13.D. introduced意为“介绍”；practised意为“练习”；explained意为“解释”，均不合句意，而developed(开发)正合语境。

14.A  have some difficulty / trouble (in)doing sth意为“做某事遇到困难”。

15. B  由上下文可判断。

16.A  根据上下文可预期：发音好但词汇量不够——缺陷，故选pronunciation。

17.C  根据上文可知，表否定但无比较，可知选项为A、C；而few修饰可数名词，故选little修饰不可数名词。

18. D  根据文意，文章显然为记散文，可知选项为C、D，相比之处，remember(追忆，记得)不如memorize(记住)恰当。

19.C  因在四个选项中只有cause后接不定式的复合结构时不定式要带to。

20. B  get back意为“回来，返回”；let go意为“放开，错过”；bring in意为“引来，吸收”；go away意为“走开，离开”。