Task 3

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People always say that the earlier one learns a language， the easier it is to do so， and in theory it is that. In my opinion， ? 1?， that refers to spoken language. Capability to practice some essential

2?of a language and read between the lines can only be trained through proper reading ways and hard work step by step. So spending money helping children learn English may 3? up with disappointment. It is likely that the more you? 4?， the more you are let down.

The daughter of one of my friends? 5?English in primary school， 6?her foreign teacher's blindness 7psychology. She did not want to go on learning English until middle school， 8a college student studying English slowly 9? her interest in the language.

It is better to have the child learn Chinese than to have some difficulty10?learning English for several years. Having been engaged in English education， I find that despite their excellent 11? ， many students have 12?command of English words and phrases. So I suggest that children? 13? ?

classical Chinese prose （散文），14?cause them to learn English hurriedly. Otherwise， they may

15? ? the best time to improve the language ability of their mother tongue.

1. A. but? ? B. however C. though? ? ? ? D. yet

2. A. opinions? ? ? B. regards C. requests? ? ? ? D. expressions

3. A. put? ? ? B. start? ? C. finish? ? ? ? ? D. end

4. A. pay? ? ? B. get? C. buy? ? ? ? ? D. take

5. A. loved? ? ? B. seized? C. disliked? ? ? D. learned

6. A. because of? ? B. regardless of C. instead of? ? D. in case of

7. A. of? ? ? ? B. at C. on? ? ? ? ? ? D. to

8. A. while? ? ? B. where? C. when? ? ? ? ? D. though

9. A. introduced? ? ? B. practised C. explained? ? ? D. developed

10. A. in? ? ? ? B. with? ? C. at? ? ? ? ? ? D. for

11. A. pronunciation? ? B. phrase C. language? ? D. writing

12. A. few? ? ? ? B. less? C. little? ? ? ? ? D. fewer

13. A. write? ? ? B. do? C. remember? ? ? D. memorize

14. A. other than? ? ? ? B. better than? ? C. rather than? ? ? ? ? D. more than

15. A. get back? ? ? ? B. let go C. bring in? ? ? ? D. go away