My most favourite subject is English, which is today one of the most important languagea and it is spoken and understood in all parts of the world.
English has become an international language for a variety of reasons. One of the most important of those is that the English people have been well-known for their knowledge of science, medicine, engineering, goverment and all other matters that are useful for the progress of the human race. It is thanks to the scientists of England that the motor-engine has become the most important machine in the world today.
The thirst for knowledge of English scholars has contributed to progress of man in almost all fields of his activity. Thousands of books have been written by such scholars on almost every subject that one can think of. Thus, people whose mother tongue is not English have learnt English with great interest as a means of acquiring knowledge of all human affairs.
As a result of this interest, English is used almost everywhere in the world. It it used in all the important meetings and conferences in the United Nations. It is also used in all leading universities in the world and in international trade and commerce. As it is used sowidely, English has inded become a very rich language. People of all the countries of the world have contributed new ideas and thoughts to this language. Thus, more and more new words are being created to make this language more and more useful for the communication of ideas and information among the people of the world.
1. English is the most important language in the world because ...
A. It is spoken and understood in all parts of the world
B. It is my favourite subject
C. it is used in meetings
D. it is used in all leading universities
2. The motor-engine has become the most important machine in the world today thanks to .....
A. the people all over the world
B. the scientists of England
C. the United Nations
D. The Americans
3. Thousands of books .....
A. have been sold by English scholars on almost every subject
B. were written in English
C. were read by English scholars
D. have been written by English scholarson almost every subject that one can think of
4. Because English is used so widely, ............
A. it has bacome a very rich language
B. it has bacome a very interesting language
C. it has indeed become a very poor language
D. it has become a very useless language
5. Why do people whose mother tongue is not English have learnt English with great interest ?
A. Beacause it is a means of doing rything for all human affairs
B. Because it is an international language
C. Because it is a means of acquiring knowledge of all human affairs
D. Because it is a means of practising what people have achived in their jobs.
One of the most important parts of this method of language learning is telling of stories. Twice every day, at the end of the morning and afternoon ses-sions, the teacher read us a boring story about the Familie Gartner. We were given the text: German on the left-hand side, the translation on the right-hand again, and the music played in the background. Afterwards, we could remember most of the details-and the vocabulary
1. What does the word " boring " in line 3 mean ?
A uninteresting B interesting C happy D unhappy
2. What does the word " she " in line 5 refer to ?
A one of the student B one of the author's friends
C Gartner D the teacher
3. We can replace the word " again " in line 6 with.....
A one more time B loudly
C quitely D many times
4. Which language did the author learn ?
A French B German
C English D Chinese
5. Which of the following is not true ?
A This new method seems to be successful
B While the students were lying , the teacher read the text again
C The students copy down the text as the music was playing .
D The students had the translation of the story on the right - hand side
One of the most important parts of this method of language learning is telling of stories. Twice every day, at the end of the morning and afternoon ses-sions, the teacher read us a boring story about the Familie Gartner. We were given the text: German on the left-hand side, the translation on the right-hand again, and the music played in the background. Afterwards, we could remember most of the details-and the vocabulary
1. What does the word " boring " in line 3 mean ?
A uninteresting B interesting C happy D unhappy
2. What does the word " she " in line 5 refer to ?
A one of the student B one of the author's friends
C Gartner D the teacher
3. We can replace the word " again " in line 6 with.....
A one more time B loudly
C quitely D many times
4. Which language did the author learn ?
A French B German
C English D Chinese
5. Which of the following is not true ?
A This new method seems to be successful
B While the students were lying , the teacher read the text again
C The students copy down the text as the music was playing .
D The students had the translation of the story on the right - hand side