15.C。break为及物动词, 与主语构成动宾关系,所以用被动语态形式was broken。
Have you ever seen the advertisement: Learn a foreign language in
six weeks, 1 give your money back? Of course,
it 2 happens quite like that. The only
language 3 to learn is the mother language. And
think 4 practice is needed for that. Before the Second
World War people usually learned a foreign language 5
the literature(文学) of the
country. Now most people want to 6 a foreign language.
Every year millions of people start learning 7 .
How do they do it? Some people try at home 8
books and tapes, others go to evening classes or watch TV programs.
9 they use the language only 2 or 3 times a week, learning it
will 10 a long time, like language learning at school.
A few people try to learn a language fast by studying for 6 or
11 hours a day. It’s much easier to learn the language in the
country where it 12 . But most people are
13 to do this, and many people don’t have to do so. Machines
and good books will be very 14 , but they can not do
the students’ work. 15 the language is learned quickly
or slowly, it is hard work.