There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But 21 a few of them are very 22 . English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in
The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should 32 that we all learned our own language well when we were 13 . If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. 34 what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it, 35 in it all the time. Just imagine how much 36 that gets!
So it is 37 to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English 38 upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and 39 much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will 40 . But they cannot do the student's work for him.
21. A. not | B. quite | C. only | D. very |
22. A. difficult | B. important | C. necessary | D. easy |
23. A. native | B. foreign | C. useful | D. mother |
24. A. learning | B. enjoying | C. trying | D. liking |
25. A. questions | B. problems | C. ideas | D. answers |
26. A. found | B. watched | C. noticed | D. known |
27. A. knowledge | B. time | C. money | D. English |
28. A. make | B. help | C. let | D. allow |
29. A. From | B. On | C. Since | D. After |
30. A. spelling | B. grammar | C. English | D. pronunciation |
31. A. happened | B. looked | C. seemed | D. felt |
32. A. know | B. remember | C. understand | D. think |
33. A. students | B. children | C. babies | D. grown-ups |
34. A. Imagine | B. Mind | C. Do | D. Think of |
35. A. using | B. thinking | C. trying | D. practicing |
36. A. time | B. money | C. language | D. practice |
37. A. hard | B. easy | C. funny | D. silly |
38. A. depends | B. tries | C. has | D. takes |
39. A. uses | B. takes | C. gets | D. costs |
40. A. do | B. work | C. help | D. master |