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
V. Read the text and choose the correct word for each space:
English around the world English is the first language of many people in countries outside the United Kingdom. When you...1... speakers of English from around the world, you ...2.... notice that they do not all speak in the same way. There are also some ......3...... in the words they use, including the names of ...4.... objects that are part of everyone’s daily life. But although pronunciation and ...5... are not the same everywhere, it is interesting that English speakers...6.... opposite sides of the world can understand ...7... other quite easily. It does not seem to ...8... where they learnt the language. And of course this is one reason why speakers of other languages are keen ...9... learning English too. If you know English, you are more...10... to be able to study or work in all sorts of exciting places, such as the United States or Australia
1. A- recognise B- meet C- find D- attend
2. A- originally B- strangely C- curiously D- immediately
3. A- mistakes B- corrections C- changes D- differences
4. A- common B- popular C- favourite D- general
5. A- reading B- composition C- dictation D- vocabulary
6. A- of B- in C- from D- at
7. A- each B- one C- the D- some
8. A- mine B- care C- matter D- worry
9. A- by B- on C- to D- for
10. A- likely B- probably C- possibly D- luckily