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

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.

　　Do you know __(1)__ languages there are in the world? There are about 1 500, but many of them are not very __(2)__. English is one of the most important languages because many people __(3)__ it, not only in England and America, __(4)__ in other countries of the world. About 200 000 000 people speak it __(5)__ their own language, and another 200 000 000 use it as __(6)__ language. It is __(7)__ to say how many people are learning it. __(8)__ boys and girls in schools are trying to do so.

　　Many English children study French. French is also a very important language. __(9)__ children study German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese.

　　Which is the best __(10)__ to learn a language? We know that we all learnt __(11)__ language well when we were __(12)__. If we learn a second language in the __(13)__way, it won't seem so difficult. How does a small child do? It __(14)__ what people say, and it tries to guess what it hears. When it wants something, it has to __(15)__ it. It is using the language, __(16)__ in it and talking in it all the time. If people use a second language __(17)__, they will learn it __(18)__.

　　In school, you learn to read, to write, to hear and to speak, it is best to learn all new words through the __(19)__. You can read them, spell them and __(20)__them later.

      When John Milton , writer of “Paradise Lost” ,entered Cambridge University, in 1625, he was already skilled in Latin after seven years of studying it as his second language at St. Paul’s School, London. Like all English boys who prepared for college in grammar schools ,he had learned not only to read Latin but also to speak and write it smoothly and correctly .His pronunciation of Latin was English ,however ,and seemed to have sounded strange to his friends when he later visited Italy.

      Schoolboys gained their skill in Latin in a bitter way. They kept in mind the rules to make learning by heart easier. They first made a word-for-word translation and then an idiomatic translation into English .As they increased their skill ,they translated their English back into Latin without referring to the book and then compared their translation with the original .The schoolmaster was always at hand to encourage them. All schoolmasters believed Latin should be beaten in.

      After several years of study ,the boys began to write compositions in imitation of the Latin writers they read. And as they began to read Latin poems ,they began to write poems in Latin .Because Milton was already a poet at ten ,his poems were much better than those painfully put together by the other boys. During the seven years Milton spent at university ,he made regular use of his command of Latin. He wrote some excellent Latin poems ,which he published among his works in 1645.

1.What does the passage mainly tell about?

    A．How John Milton wrote “Paradise Lost”.B．How John Milton studied Latin.

    C．How John Milton became famous.   D．How John Milton became a poet.

2.Which of the following is true of John Milton’s pronunciation of Latin?

A. It has a strong Italian accent.         B. It has an uncommon accent.　　

C. It was natural and easy to understand.　D. It was bad and difficult to understand.

3.It can be inferred from the passage that        .

    A．Milton’s training in Latin was similar to that of the other boys

    B．Milton hadn’t learned any foreign language except Latin before going to college

    C．Milton’s Italian friends helped him with Latin when talking

    D．Milton’s classmates learned Latin harder but worse than Milton.

4.Which of the following is suggested in the passage?

    A．The schoolmaster mainly helped those who were bad at Latin.

    B．The schoolmaster usually stood beside the schoolboys with a stick in his hand.

    C．The schoolboys could repeat Latin grammar rules from memory.

    D．Some of the schoolboys were quick at writing compositions in Latin.

5.What is the meaning of the underlined part “Latin should be beaten in” (Para.2)?

    A．Schoolboys should be punished if they were lazy to learn Latin.

    B．Schoolboys should be encouraged if they had difficulty in learning Latin.

    C．Schoolboys were expected to master Latin in a short time.

    D．Schoolboys had to study Latin in a hard way.