2014 届高考英语二轮完形填空与书面表达专题极限突破测试卷 (42) <br />完形填空（本大题共 1 小题，共 30 分） <br />1. There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. <br />But ___1___ a few of them are very ___2___. English is one of these. Many, many people <br />use it, not only in England and the U. S. A, but in other parts of the world. About <br />200, 000, 000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people <br />are learning it as a ___3___ language. Many millions are ___4___ to do so. <br />Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different ___5___. <br />Have you ever ___6___ the ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? <br />&ldquo;Learn English in six month, or your ___7___ back ...&rdquo; &ldquo;Easy and funny? Our records <br />and tapes ___8___ you master your English in a month. ___9___ the first day your <br />___10___ will be excellent. Just send ...&rdquo; Of course, it never ___11___ quite like <br />this. <br />The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should ___12___ <br />that we all learned our own language well when we were ___13___. If we could learn <br />English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. ___14___ what a small child <br />does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the <br />language, talking in it, and ___15___ in it all the time, just imagine how much <br />___16___ that gets! <br />So it is ___17___ to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of <br />English ___18___ upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and ___19___ <br />much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will ___20___. <br />But they cannot do the student’s work for him. <br />1. A. not B. quite C. only D. very <br />2. A. difficult B. important C. necessary D. easy <br />3. A. native B. foreign C. useful D. mother <br />4. A. learning B. enjoying C. trying D. liking <br />5. A. questions B. problems C. ideas D. answers <br />6. A. found B. watched C. noticed D. known <br />7. A. knowledge B. time C. money D. English <br />8. A. make B. help C. let D. allow <br />9. A. From B. On C. Since D. After <br />10. A. spelling B. grammar C. English D. <br />pronunciation <br />11. A. happened B. know C. seemed D. felt <br />12. A. know B. remember C. understand D. think <br />13. A. students B. children C. babies D. grown-ups <br />14. A. Imagine B. Mind ...