先通讀短文，掌握其大意，然后從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出一個可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳答案，并將其標(biāo)號填入題前括號內(nèi)。

（一）

There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world.

But ___1___ a few of them are very ___2___. English is one of these. Many， many people use it， not only in England and the U. S. A， but in other parts of the world. About 200， 000， 000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a ___3___ language. Many millions are ___4___ to do so.

Is it easy or difficult to learn English？ Different people may have different ___5___. Have you ever ___6___ the ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines？ “Learn English in six month， or your ___7___ back…” “Easy and funny？ Our records and tapes ___8___ you master your English in a month. ___9___ the first day your ___10___ will be excellent. Just send…” Of course， it never ___11___ quite like this. The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should ___12___ 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. ___14___ 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， and ___15___ in it all the time， just imagine how much ___16___ that gets！

So it is ___17___ to say that learning English is easy， because a good command of English ___18___ upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and ___19___ much time. Good teachers， records， tapes， books， and dictionaries will ___20___. But they cannot do the students work for him.

（ ）1. A. not B. quite C. only D. very

（ ）2. A. difficult B. important C. necessary D. easy

（ ）3. A. native B. foreign C. useful D. mother

（ ）4. A. learning B. enjoying C. trying D. liking

（ ）5. A. questions B. problems C. ideas D. answers

（ ）6. A. found B. watched C. noticed D. known

（ ）7. A. knowledge B. time C. money D. English

（ ）8. A. make B. help C. let D. allow

（ ）9. A. From B. On C. Since D. After

（ ）10. A. spelling B. grammar C. English D. pronunciation

（ ）11. A. happened B. know C. seemed D. felt

（ ）12. A. know B. remember C. understand D. think

（ ）13. A. students B. children C. babies D. grown-ups

（ ）14. A. Imagine B. Mind C. Do D. Think of

（ ）15. A. using B. thinking C. trying D. practicing

（ ）16. A. time B. money C. language D. practice

（ ）17. A. hard B. easy C. funny D. silly

（ ）18. A. depends B. tries C. has D. takes

（ ）19. A. uses B. takes C. gets D. costs

（ ）20. A. do B. work C. help D. master

（二）

One evening， Mr. Green was driving his car along a lonely country road. He had ___1___ $10 000 from the bank in town. Suddenly a man in rags stopped him and asked for ___2___. Mr. Green told him to get on and continued his way. ___3___ he talked to the man， he ___4___ that he had just broken out of prison. Mr. Green was very afraid at the ___5___ of the money. Suddenly he saw a police-car and had a ___6___ idea. He ___7___ speed and drove as quickly as possible. Then he found the police-car running ___8___ him. After a mile ___9___ the police-car passed him and ordered him to stop. A policeman came up. Mr. Green had hoped to tell him about the trouble but the man put a gun to Mr. Greens ___10___.

The policeman said he wanted Mr. Greens name and ___11___ and Mr. Green obeyed. The policeman wrote it down in his notebook and put it in his ___12___. “You ___13___ appear at the police station.” He said. Then he talked to Mr. Green about ___14___ driving. Mr. Green started up his car again. He had ___15___ all hope of his ￡10，000， but as he reached a more lonely part， the robber said he wanted to ___16___. Mr. Green stopped and the man said. “___17___. Youve been ___18___ to me. This is what I can do in ___19___.” And he handed Mr. Green the policemans ___20___， which was stolen while the policeman was talking to Mr. Green.

（ ）1. A. taken B. held C. brought D. drawn

（ ）2. A. money B. help C. a lift D. a ride

（ ）3. A. As B. Since C. Then D. Because

（ ）4. A. recognized B. learned C. supposed D. expected

（ ）5. A. sight B. idea C. touch D. thought

（ ）6. A. fast B. bright C. strange D. bad

（ ）7. A. put on B. got on C. took on D. had on

（ ）8. A. behind B. with C. after D. beside

（ ）9. A. and so B. or so C. and so on D. or so on

（ ）10. A. head B. shoulder C. back D. neck

（ ）11. A. number B. home C. place D. address

（ ）12. A. car B. pocket C. hand D. trousers

（ ）13. A. shall B. will C. would D. need

（ ）14. A. careful B. normal C. drunk D. dangerous

（ ）15. A. held out B. build up C. given up D. turn over

（ ）16. A. run away B. break away C. set out D. get out

（ ）17. A. Im sorry B. Youre welcome

C. Thats all right D. Thank you

（ ）18. A. kind B. polite C. known D. necessary

（ ）19. A. all B. fact C. return D. the end

（ ）20. A. gun B. pen C. money D. notebook

參考答案與解析

（一）

1. C。only 意為“僅僅、只有”。句意為：世界上約有五百種語言，但只有記種是重要的。

2. B。important 意為“重要的”，根據(jù)下文提到的像英語被廣泛使用，說明了這幾種語言是重要的。故不宜選其他形容詞。

3. B。as a foreign language（外語）與前句中的as their own language相對應(yīng)。

4. C。are trying to do so = are trying to learn English 意為“在盡力學(xué)習(xí)英語”。

5. D。answer 意為“答案”，指回答前面的答案。句意為：學(xué)習(xí)英語容易還是困難，不同的人有不同的答案。摘自高考英語網(wǎng)

6. C。notice 意為“注意到”，根據(jù)不同的動詞意義，只有notice切合句意。指注意到這些廣告。

7. C。這些廣告的目的是為了收錢，故選money。or your money back意為：否則退錢。

8. B。help sb do sth 意為“幫助某人做某事”。而make / let sb do

sth意為“使/讓某人做某事”。allow不合該句句型。

9. A。from first day 意為“從第一天起”。

10. D。由于是指學(xué)習(xí)英語語言，應(yīng)該是先學(xué)習(xí)發(fā)音，故選pronunciation（發(fā)音）。

11. A。happen 意為“發(fā)生”，這里指上面廣告中提到的“快速學(xué)好英語這樣事情是決不會發(fā)生的”。

12. B。remember 意為“記得”。 摘自高考英語網(wǎng)

13. B。children與后面的a small child相對應(yīng)，指小孩學(xué)說母語好。

14. D。think of 意為“想象、想一想”。

15. B。think 意為“思考”，此句意為：談話用母語，思考用母語。

16. D。practice 意為“練習(xí)”。這里說明了孩子學(xué)說母語好是因為進行上述大量的練習(xí)的結(jié)果。

17. A。句意為：說學(xué)習(xí)英語容易就難說了。

18. A。demand“需要”，句意為：掌握好英語需要大量練習(xí)。

19. B。take 意為“花費（時間）”。此句意為：而練習(xí)需要付出極大的努力和花費大量的時間。

20. C。這里是說：好教師、錄音磁帶、書和詞典將對學(xué)習(xí)英語有幫助。但這些都不能代替學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)。

（二）

1. D。take 意為“拿走，帶去”，與句意不符；draw 意為“提取、領(lǐng)取”，可用于在銀行取款。

2. C。a lift 意為“搭便車”，與題意吻合。

3. A。as 意為“當(dāng)…時”。

4. B。learn 意為“獲悉、認(rèn)識到”。此句意為：當(dāng)司機和那搭車人談話時，意識到此人是從監(jiān)獄逃跑的。

5. D。at the thought of 意為“一想到”。此句意為：一想到錢司機就非常害怕。

6. B。a bright idea 意為“一個巧主意”。

7. A。put on speech 意為“加速”，與后面drove as quickly as possible相一致。

8. C。run after 意為“跟隨、跟蹤”。

9. B。or so 意為“大約、左右”。表示警察大約跟蹤了一英里左右。

10. C。從當(dāng)時的情景分析可知：警察在詢問司機時，逃犯為了避免被警察發(fā)現(xiàn)，只能用槍對準(zhǔn)司機的背部（back）隱蔽處，不可能對準(zhǔn)警察看得到的部位。

11. D。警察記錄的是司機的姓名和住址（address）。

12. B。記錄本應(yīng)放在警察的衣袋里，逃犯才可能偷得到。

13. A。shall用于第二人稱，有命令的語氣。

14. D。dangerous 意為“危險的”，這里有兩個意思：一是開快車危險；二是有逃犯在車上開車危險。

15. C。give up 意為“放棄”，顯然司機只理解了警察的話的第一個意思，所以他對他的錢的安全失望了。

16. D。由下文可知：逃犯要下車（get out）。

17. D。由于上下文可知：逃犯認(rèn)為司機很友好，沒有告密，所以十分感謝他（Thank you）。

18. A。司機沒有告密，在逃犯看來司機是很友好的（kind）。

19. C。既然司機救了逃犯，逃犯十分感激，所以想做件好事（把警察的記錄本還給司機）作為回報（in return）。

20. D。由后面的定語從句可知：交給司機的東西是警察的記錄本。