Question

完形填空 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择能填入相应空白处的最佳答案。(10分)

What are the British like when they learn languages?

______ is said that the British are the worst language learners in Europe(欧洲) —62 percent of them can’t speak _____ other language except(除了) 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!

1.A. That B. It C. This

2.A. any B. no C. some

3.A. As B. When C. While

4.A. popular B. good C. interesting

5.A. wake up B. turn up C. give up

6.A. look for B. go on C. set up

7.A. stop B. improve C. find

8.A. younger B. sooner C. slower

9.A. Other B. One C. Another

10.A. choose B. take C. change

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了英国人学习外语的情况，尽管很多学校在孩子11岁时就开设外语课，但是很多在到了14岁就放弃了外语，.因此英国政府为此想了很多办法，但是要想改变英国人学习语言的态度还是很难。

1. 这个。本句中it指代下文宾语从句内容，做形式主语，this和that无此用法，故选B。

2.

3.

4.的；good好的；interesting 有趣的。联系后一句描述，可知在英国学校里面学习外语不受欢迎。故选A。

5. up醒来，叫醒；turn up出现，发生，开大；give up放弃，交出。结合语境可知此处指的是，许多人在14岁就完全放弃了。故选C。

6. for寻找；go on继续，发生；set up 建立，开业。句意：因此，为什么年轻人不继续在学校学习外语呢？故选B。

7.

8. kids are five. 可知此处指的是，更早的开始，故选A。

9. 同名不同物的任何一个；Another多个中的另一个。联系前一句描述，可知此处指的是另一个想法，英国政府不可能只有两种想法，故选C。

10.

考点：考查新闻报道类短文