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Have you ever noticed an advertisement which says "Learn a foreign language in six weeks, or your money
back! From the first day your pronunciation will be excellent. Just send …" and so on? Of course, it never
happens quite like that. The only language that is easy to learn is the mother tongue. And think how much
practice that gets! Before the Second World War people usually learned a foreign language in order to read the
literature (文学) of the country. Now speaking the foreign language is what most people want. Every year many
millions of people start learning one. How do they do it? Some people try at home, with books and tapes; some
use radio or television programmes; others go to evening classes. If they use the language only two or three
times a week, learning it will take a long time, like language learning at school. A few people try to learn a
language fast by studying for six or more hours a day. It is clearly easier to learn the language in the country
where it is spoken. However, most people cannot afford this, and for many it is not necessary. They need the
language in order to do their work better. For example, scientists and doctors mainly need to be able to read
books and reports in the foreign language. Whether the language is learned quickly or slowly, it is hard work.
Machines and good books will help, but they cannot do the students work for him.
1. In the advertisement it is possible for a person to learn a foreign language _______. [ ]
A. more than two month
B. half a year
C. six months
D. less than two month
2. Before the Second World War people learned a foreign language in order to ______. [ ]
A. speak to each other
B. listen to the radio
C. read something they didn't know
D. write the literature of the other country
3. The easiest way for us to learn a foreign language is _______.[ ]
A. using the language six or more hours a day
B. learning the language at school
C. studying the language in the foreign country
D. reading the foreign stories as many as possible
4. Most people now learn a foreign language to ________.[ ]
A. read books and reports in a foreign language
B. talk to foreign friends
C. go to the other country to learn a language well
D. try their best to work better
5. The passage tells us that _______. [ ]
A. the more you spend, the quicker you'll learn the language
B. it is possible for you to learn a foreign language in six weeks
C. it is not good for you to learn a foreign language by yourself
D. the quicker you learn a foreign language, the more you must pay for it
