Do you know  21  languages there are in the world? There are about 1500, but many of them aren’t very  22  . English is one of the most important languages because many people  23  it, not only in England and America,  24  in other countries of world. About 375000000 people speak it  25  their own language, and another 375000000 use it as  26  language. It is  27  to say how many people are learning it.  28  boys and girls in schools are trying to do so.

Many English children study French. French is also a very important language.  29  children study German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese.

What is the best  30  to learn a language? We know that we all learnt  31  language well when we were  32  . If  we learn a second language in the  33  way, it won’t seem so difficult. What does a small child do? It  34  what people say, and it tries to guess what it hears. When it wants something, it has to  35  it. It is using the language, 36  in it and talking in it all the time. If people use a second language   37  , they will learn it  38  .

In school, you learn to read, to write, to hear and to speak. It is best to learn all new words

through the  39  .You can read them, spell them and  40  them later.

A. how many             B. what number            C. a lot of                            D. so many

A. useful                    B. necessary                  C. important                 D. good

A. like                       B. use                          C. learn                        D. speak

A. but                        B. and                          C. also                         D. so

A. like                       B. with                         C. for                           D. as

A. foreign                  B. a second                   C. the second                D. a special

A. easy                   B. again                       C. difficult                   D. best

A. Millions of            B. Million of           C. Millions                D. Several million of

A. Some                    B. Other                       C. All                           D. Few

A. time                    B. way                         C. thing                        D. place

A. a foreign              B. our mothers’             C. other’s                            D. our own

A. born                    B. children                   C. grown                      D. boys

A. same                   B. different                   C. useful                      D. good

A. does                    B. says                         C. listens to                  D. follows

A. ask                      B. want                        C. get                           D. ask for

speaking                   B. writing                     C. thinking                   D. doing

A. some time            B. sometimes                C. all the same                     D. for the time

A. quickly                B. soon                        C. freely                       D. hardly

A. mouth                 B. hands                       C. ears                         D. mind

A. listen to               B. use                          C. love                         D. write

Canada is a very large country. It is the second largest country in the world. By contrast it has a very small population. There are slightly over 30 million people there. Most Canadians are of British or French origin, and French is an official language of Canada as well as English. About 45% of the people are of British origin, that is, they or their parents or grandparents, etc., come from Britain. Nearly 30% are of French origin. Most of the French-Canadians live in the province of Quebec.

Over the years, people have come to live in Canada from many countries in the world. They are from most European countries and also from China, besides other Asian countries.

However, Canada was not an empty country when the Europeans began to arrive. Canadian Indians lived along the coast, by the rivers and lakes and in forests. Today there are only about 350 000 Indians in the whole country, with their own languages. In the far north live the Inuit. There are only 27 000 Canadian-Inuit. Their life is hard in such a difficult climate.

56. About       live in Quebec.

A. 30% of the French-Canadians

B. 45% of the Canadians

C. 29 000 000 people

D. 9 000 000 French-Canadians

57. The underlined word “origin” in Paragraph One means      .

A. 血统         B. 后裔

C. 先驱         D. 猿人

58. About 23% of people came from      .

A. China         B. England        C. France

D. some other countries except France and Britain

59. Which of the following is true according to this passage?

A. There are 27 000 Canadian-Indians in Canada.

B. More than 13 million people have come from Britain and France in recent years.

C. There are nearly 30% of the populations whose parents or grandparents come from France.

D. There are no people when the Europeans began to arrive in Canada.

 

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