先通讀短文，掌握其大意，然后從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一個(gè)可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳答案，并將其標(biāo)號(hào)填入題前括號(hào)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(yǔ)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(yǔ)被廣泛使用，說(shuō)明了這幾種語(yǔ)言是重要的。故不宜選其他形容詞。

3. B。as a foreign language（外語(yǔ)）與前句中的as their own language相對(duì)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(yǔ)”。

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

6. C。notice 意為“注意到”，根據(jù)不同的動(dòng)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(qián)，故選money。or your money back意為：否則退錢(qián)。

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(yǔ)語(yǔ)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(yǔ)這樣事情是決不會(huì)發(fā)生的”。

12. B。remember 意為“記得”。 摘自高考英語(yǔ)網(wǎng)

13. B。children與后面的a small child相對(duì)應(yīng)，指小孩學(xué)說(shuō)母語(yǔ)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(yǔ)，思考用母語(yǔ)。

16. D。practice 意為“練習(xí)”。這里說(shuō)明了孩子學(xué)說(shuō)母語(yǔ)好是因?yàn)檫M(jìn)行上述大量的練習(xí)的結(jié)果。

17. A。句意為：說(shuō)學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)容易就難說(shuō)了。

18. A。demand“需要”，句意為：掌握好英語(yǔ)需要大量練習(xí)。

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

20. C。這里是說(shuō)：好教師、錄音磁帶、書(shū)和詞典將對(duì)學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)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(shí)”。

4. B。learn 意為“獲悉、認(rèn)識(shí)到”。此句意為：當(dāng)司機(jī)和那搭車人談話時(shí)，意識(shí)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(qián)司機(jī)就非常害怕。

6. B。a bright idea 意為“一個(gè)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(shí)的情景分析可知：警察在詢問(wèn)司機(jī)時(shí)，逃犯為了避免被警察發(fā)現(xiàn)，只能用槍對(duì)準(zhǔn)司機(jī)的背部（back）隱蔽處，不可能對(duì)準(zhǔn)警察看得到的部位。

11. D。警察記錄的是司機(jī)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(yǔ)氣。

14. D。dangerous 意為“危險(xiǎn)的”，這里有兩個(gè)意思：一是開(kāi)快車危險(xiǎn)；二是有逃犯在車上開(kāi)車危險(xiǎn)。

15. C。give up 意為“放棄”，顯然司機(jī)只理解了警察的話的第一個(gè)意思，所以他對(duì)他的錢(qián)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(jī)很友好，沒(méi)有告密，所以十分感謝他（Thank you）。

18. A。司機(jī)沒(méi)有告密，在逃犯看來(lái)司機(jī)是很友好的（kind）。

19. C。既然司機(jī)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(jī)）作為回報(bào)（in return）。

20. D。由后面的定語(yǔ)從句可知：交給司機(jī)的東西是警察的記錄本。