What are the British like when they learn languages?
____ is said that the British are the worst language learners in Europe —62 percent of them can’t speak
____ other language except their own!
____ 38 percent of them speak at least one foreign language, only18 percent speak two.
Learning a foreign language is not
____ at school in Britain; children start studying a foreign language at 11 and many
____ completely at 14. So why don’t young people
____studying languages at school?
The government is now looking at different ways to
____ language learning. One idea is to start much
____ and introduce foreign languages when kids are five.
____ idea is to give school children more choice—they can choose to study their favorite language.
It may be difficult to
____ people’s attitude(态度) to learning languages but the government has decided to have a try!
4. | A.popular | B.good | C.interesting |
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5. | A.wake up | B.turn up | C.give up |
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6. | A.look for | B.go on | C.set up |
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8. | A.younger | B.sooner | C.slower |
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