Question

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项

为多余选项。

The hardest language

People 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.   71 

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.   72   The greater the differences between the second language and our first, the harder it will be for most people to learn.

  73   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 35 forms of a nouns according to whether it is subject, object, etc.

  74   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.   75 

A. In this case, first language can affect learning a second language.

B. Therefore, it is difficult to gain a good knowledge of every language.

C. Some people seem to learn languages readily, while others find it very difficult.

D. This does not mean that Hungarian is the hardest language to learn for everyone.

E. Individuals from different cultures will find different languages more difficult.

F. It is impossible to say that there is one language that is the most difficult language in the world.

G. So the question of how hard a language is to learn is only relevant when learning a second language.

Answer 1

G    A     C    E    F