Every year students in many countries learn English . Some of them are young children . Others are teenagers. Many are adults . Some learn at school, others study by themselves. A few learn the language just by hearing the language in films, on television , in office, or among their friends . But not many are lucky enough to do that . Most people must work hard to learn the language .
Learning other language! Learning English !Why do all these people learn English ? It isn’t difficult to answer this question . Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects . They study their own language, and Math…and English . (In England, or in America or Australia, many boys and girls study their own language, which is English, and Math…and other language , perhaps French, or German, or Spanish)
Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work . Teenagers often learn English for their higher studies, because some of their books are in English at college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.
1. According to the writer, ………
A.English is popular in much of the world B . no children like learning English
C. English is only useful to teenagers D.only adults learn English
2. Many people learn English by ….
A. watching videos only B. Hearing the language in the office
C. talking with the film stars D. working hard on their lesson
3. Many boys and girls learn English because….
A. English can give them a job B English is one of their subjects
C. their parents make them D. they have to study their own language
4. In America or Australia , many schoolchildren study …
A. English as a foreign language B. English and Math only
C. such foreign languages as French, German and Spanish D no foreign language
5. Many adults learn English because …
A. their work is useful B they want to go abroad
C. most of their books are in English D. it helps them in their work
D. it helps them in their work
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A carpet of many colours
England is not a _____big_______(1) country. No town in England is very far __from______(2) the sea and many __other_______ (3) families spend their summer holidays __in________(4) the seaside. There are no high mountains in England, no very long rivers, __and_______(5) no very large forests. There’re many towns in England. No town is very far from ___the capital_________(6). The English countryside between the towns is _______ (7) the carpet of many colours. _____In__________(8) spring and summer, the fields, meadows and forests are light green ________(9) dark green. And the gardens are green, red, blue, yellow and white _______ (10) flowers.