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There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But   36  a few of them are very   37  .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  38  language. Many millions are   39   to do so. Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different   40   Have you ever   41  ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? "Learn English in six weeks, or your   42  back..." "Easy and funny! Our records and tapes   43  you master your English in a month.   44   the first day your   45  will be excellent. Just send …"Of course, it never    46  quite like this.
The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should   47  that we all learned our own language well when we were    48  . If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult.   49   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,   50  in it all the time. Just imagine how much   51  that gets!
So it is  52  to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English   53  upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and   54  much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will   55  . But they cannot do the student's work for him.（词数278）

小题1:	A．not B．quite C．only D．very

小题2:	A．difficult B．important C．necessary D．easy

小题3:	A．native B．foreign C．useful D．mother

小题4:	A．learning B．enjoying C．trying D．liking

小题5:	A．questions B．problems C．ideas D．answers

小题6:	A．found B．watched C．noticed D．known

小题7:	A．knowledge B．time C．money D．English

小题8:	A．make B．help C．let D．allow

小题9:	A．From B．On C．Since D．After

小题10:

A．spelling B．grammar C．English D．pronunciation

小题11:

A．happened B．looked C．seemed D．felt

小题12:

A．know B．remember C．understand D．think

小题13:

A．students B．children C．babies D．grown-ups

小题14:

A．Imagine B．Mind C．Do D．Think of

小题15:

A．using B．thinking C．trying D．practicing

小题16:

A．time B．money C．language D．practice

小题17:

A．hard B．easy C．funny D．silly

小题18:

A．depends B．tries C．has D．takes

小题19:

A．uses B．takes C．gets D．costs

小题20:

A．do B．work C．help D．master