What are the British like when they learn languages?
is said that the British are the worst language learners in Europe —62 percent of them can’t speak other language except their own! 38 percent of them speak at least one foreign language, only18 percent speak two.
Learning a foreign language is not at school in Britain; children start studying a foreign language at 11 and many completely at 14. So why don’t young people
studying languages at school?
The government is now looking at different ways to language learning. One idea is to start much and introduce foreign languages when kids are five. idea is to give school children more choice—they can choose to study their favorite language.
It may be difficult to people’s attitude(态度) to learning languages but the government has decided to have a try!A. That B. It C. This
A. any B. no C. some
A. As B. When C. While
A. popular B. good C. interesting
A. wake up B. turn up C. give up
A. look for B. go on C. set up
A. stop B. improve C. find
A. younger B. sooner C. slower
A. Other B. One C. Another
A. choose B. take C. change
After the earthquake, many people came to a young house, and they saw her dead body. But her pose (姿势) was very . She knelt (跪下) on her knees, and her body was leaning forward and her two hands were holding . Her back and head were under the broken house.
many difficulties, one person put his hand through a narrow gap（缝隙）to the woman’s body. He was that the woman still be alive. , the body was cold. But he tried to find something. , he shouted, “ A child! There is a child!”
All the people worked together. They moved the things around the woman. There was a little boy under his mother’s dead body. The woman made a sacrifice(牺牲) her son. her house was falling, she used her body to make her son safe.
The doctor came quickly to examine the little boy. He a cell phone inside the boy’s clothes. There was a text on the phone. It , “ Dear baby, if you live, always remember that I love you.”
A．girl’s B．boy’s C．woman’s D．man’s
A．sad B．exciting C．interesting D．strange
A．everything B．something C．anything D．nothing
A．With B．Without C．For D．In
A．catch B．reach C．hold D．put
A．wanting B．thinking C．hoping D．believing
A．So B．But C．And D．However
A．Suddenly B．Surprisingly C．Luckily D．Sadly
A．happy B．dead C．worried D．surprised
A．3-months-old B．3-month-olds C．3-month-old D．3 month old
A．to save B．to catch C．to feed D．to hold
A．When B．As soon as C．But D．Then
A．lost B．picked C．saw D．kept
A．word B．expression C．sentence D．message
A．saw B．written C．read D．says
Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here's a true story of an American girl，Sarah．
________Sarah left university，she began to live in New York City on her own．She ________ a job in a publishing house，but the salary(薪水)was________ $30，000 a year．Her parents thought her life would be hard，but Sarah________live on her salary and still saved $5，000 in a year．How was that ________in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
Cheap living________starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people，that ________housing．So Sarah chose to share a flat（公寓） with three other friends．Her next biggest cost was ．When she ate out，she went to cheap restaurants．________she bought a $9．99 whole chicken at a local restaurant．She then________the chicken bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them．Nowadays young people often ________a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐)．But Sarah said，“I enjoy walking ________in New York City．I love going to museums and parks．”
Did Sarah feel poor________cheap living? Not really．She even managed to take two trips，one to the Netherlands，________to Portland．
“Don't think of saving money as something ________．It's a kind of game，”said Sarah
A．Until B．Because C．After D．Unless
A．found B．tried C．asked for D．looked for
A．more than B．less than C．shorter than D．higher than
A．can B．may C．could D．might
A．difficult B．possible C．useful D．different
A．already B．never C．hardly D．always
A．helps B．becomes C．makes D．means
A．food B．rest C．studying D．playing
A．Soon B．Finally C．Once D．Again
A．prepared B．took C．caught D．picked
A．along B．up C．down D．around
A．by B．up C．at D．between
A．another B．the other C．others D．the others
A．hard B．interesting C．nice D．great
完形填空（共15题，每小题1分，计15分）
阅读下面短文，然后从所给的选项中，选出一个最佳选项.
Last summer we went on an exciting trip to Sarawak in Malaysia, a part of the island of Borneo (婆罗洲). Borneo is famous for its rainforest, which _ 427,500 square kilometers of the island. This rainforest is 130 million years old, making it one of the_ rainforests in the world.
When we were in Sarawak, we were lucky enough to go hiking __ the jungle. In the jungle we came across many wild __ . Our favorite animals were orangutans (猩猩). We watched them swing __ tree to tree. The graceful and gentle animals made us feel even closer to __ .
The __ told us many stories of fantastic spitting cobras (啐毒眼镜蛇). He said that they were more __ of us than we were of them! Another interesting feature of Sarawak is that there are many tribes (部落), which still __ in the rainforest today.
___ we visited one of these tribes, people there told us about their long history. We were really __ in their stories and traditions. Besides, we also enjoyed their __ , such as pansoh, which was chicken cooked in bamboo.
In Sarawak, there are also rivers and many different birds. __ , we didn’t have time to visit Turtle Island. It’s a wonderful place __ you can swim in with the turtles.
This holiday has been a life-changing __- that we will never forget.
A．stands B．comes C．covers D．turns
A．largest B．oldest C．longest D．biggest
A．to B．on C．through D．above
A．plants B．animals C．flowers D．insects
A．from B．between C．under D．in
A．trees B．life C．nature D．people
A．teacher B．driver C．guide D．girl
A．fond (喜欢的) B．tired C．scared D．worried
A．live B．work C．study D．lives
A．If B．Why C．When D．Whether
A．bored B．surprised C．interested D．interesting
A．food B．clothes C．houses D．fruit.
A．Luckily B．Sadly C．Happily D．Sad
A．what B．which C．when D．in that
A．story B．place C．experience D．visiting
完形填空 阅读短文，从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(15分)
Years ago, while I lived in England, part of my college task was to help the children with special needs. I was chosen to __ in a school with disabled children. The teacher asked me to ___ Nancy, a ten-year-old girl. One of___ hands could not move. At her school the teachers would think it was an achievement(成就，成绩) ___ she was able to put on her own coat. But I saw more in her. She had always wanted to put a string ____ the hole of a key.
For the 5 years Nancy was in the school, the teachers always ____ to help her, but always ended up doing all the work for her. I knew Nancy could do ____ , so I encouraged her to do something herself. At first Nancy often failed and got very ____ . Sometimes I wanted to give up too. ____ , after a week Nancy was able to do 45 she had wanted to alone for so many years. Her teachers cried ____ when they saw the thing she was able to do with just some encouragement.
Disabled people should ____ be told they can’t do this or that. With just some encouragement they can do it. The look ____ that girl’s face when she was able to do it herself meant _____ to me. I hope everyone will encourage people to do all they want by themselves ____ telling them they can’t do it.
A．read B．study C．work D．visit
A．look after B．look for C．look at D．look over
A．his B．her C．my D．your
A．before B．through C．if D．until
A．through B．across C．over D．into
A．failed B．refused C．agreed D．tried
A．less B．more C．nothing D．anything
A．excited B．pleased C．unsafe D．unhappy
A．And B．However C．But D．So
A．which B．that C．what D．how
A．in danger B．in fear C．with care D．with joy
A．never B．always C．often D．sometimes
A．of B．in C．on D．at
A．the earth B．the sun C．the moon D．the world
A．instead of B．because C．together with D．more than
完型填空
Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe their family members. especially their___, don’t know them ___their friends. In big families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters ___with eache other and then they can only go to their friends for _____
It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a circle of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend ___time talking among themselves ___the phon. This conversation is very important in children’s growing up. ____friends can discuss -___to say to their family members.
______, parents often try ____their children’s friends for them. Some parents don’t agree they meet their good friends. The question of “choice” is an interesting one .Have you ever thought of the following question?
Who chooses your friends?
Do you choose your friends or do your friends choose you?
Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like?
Your answers are welcome.
A．brother B．sister C．parents D．uncles
A．as well B．as well as C．as good as D．as better as
A．to fight B．fighting C．fight D．fights
A．advices B．many advices C．an advice D．some advice
A．too many B．too much C．enough D．a lot of
A．in B．with C．on D．for
A．Although B．Though C．Because D．So
A．nothing difficult B．something difficult C．important something D．interesting everything
A．Also B．However C．Then D．And
A．to choose B．chosen C．choosing D．will choose.