Exercise 

1 Have you ever seen the advertisement: Learn a foreign language in six weeks, __1__we will give your money back? Of course,it _2__ happens quite like that. The only language that is __3__ to learn is the mother language. And think __4__ exercises are needed for that. Before the Second World War people had usually learned a foreign language___5_the literature of the country, Now most people want to ___6__a foreign language. Every year millions _7__people start learning it. How do they do it? Some people try at home _8__ books and tapes,and others go to evening classes or watch TV programs. _9__they use the language only 2 or 3 times a week,learning it will__10__ a long time, like language learning at school. A few people try to learn a language fast by studying for 6 or __11____ hours a day. It' much easier to learn the language in the country where it ___12___ . But most people are ___13____ to do this,and many people don't have to do so. Machines and good books will be very ___14___but they can not do the students work. Whether the language is learned quickly or ___15_ ,it is hard work.  

1.A.so B.or C.and D.but 

2.A.nearly B. impossible C.never D.often  

3.A.easily B.difficult C.able D.easy 

4.A.how much B.how long C.how fast D.how many  

5.A. studied B.to study C.studying D.study  

Exercise 1 Have you ever seen the advertisement: Learn a foreign language in six weeks, __1__we will give your money back? Of course,it _2__ happens quite like that. The only language that is __3__ to learn is the mother language. And think __4__ exercises are needed for that. Before the Second World War people had usually learned a foreign language___5_the literature of the country, Now most people want to ___6__a foreign language. Every year millions _7__people start learning it. How do they do it? Some people try at home _8__ books and tapes,and others go to evening classes or watch TV programs. _9__they use the language only 2 or 3 times a week,learning it will__10__ a long time, like language learning at school. A few people try to learn a language fast by studying for 6 or __11____ hours a day. It' much easier to learn the language in the country where it ___12___ . But most people are ___13____ to do this,and many people don't have to do so. Machines and good books will be very ___14___but they can not do the students work. Whether the language is learned quickly or ___15_ ,it is hard work.

6.A.state   B.tell     C.speak    D.say  

7.A.to        B.on                C.with           D.of 

8.A.without       B.with       C.in      D.on

9.A. If                 B. When                C. Since               D. Until  

10.A.spend           B.use               C.take           D.cost 

Exercise 1 

Have you ever seen the advertisement: Learn a foreign language in six weeks, __1__we will give your money back? Of course,it _2__ happens quite like that. The only language that is __3__ to learn is the mother language. And think __4__ exercises are needed for that. Before the Second World War people had usually learned a foreign language___5_the literature of the country, Now most people want to ___6__a foreign language. Every year millions _7__people start learning it. How do they do it? Some people try at home _8__ books and tapes,and others go to evening classes or watch TV programs. _9__they use the language only 2 or 3 times a week,learning it will__10__ a long time, like language learning at school. A few people try to learn a language fast by studying for 6 or __11____ hours a day. It' much easier to learn the language in the country where it ___12___ . But most people are ___13____ to do this,and many people don't have to do so. Machines and good books will be very ___14___but they can not do the students work. Whether the language is learned quickly or ___15_ ,it is hard work.

11.A.some B.more C.other D.less 

12.A.peaks B.is speaking C. spoke D. is spoken  

13.A.able B.possible C.unable D.incapable 

14.A.careful B.forgetful C.wonderful D.helpful 

15.A. earnestly B.slowly C. carelessly D.fast 

 Exercise 2 Though different educational systems have different purposes,one thing is certain:all students should take part_1___examinations. In the English educational system,students take three very important _2__. The first is the eleven-plus.__3__ is taken at the age of eleven. At one time the ability _4___in the eleven-plus would _5__which type of secondary school a child should go to. __6____however,all children continue in"comprehensive"schools,and the eleven-plus determines which courses of study the child will follow. At the age of fifteen or sixteen, the students are for the Ordinary Level of the General Certificate of Education. This examination covers a wide__7____of subjects .One students have passed this _8__ to specialize in some subject. And two-thirds e ___9__of their courses will ___10___physics,chemistry,or ___11___they wish to study at great length. The __12___ examination,at eighteen,covers only the __13___of the special subjects. ___14____their concentrated area.and __15____ student e venture(冒险）outside that subject again

 1.A.off B.in C.at D.on 

2.A.subjects B.languages C.courses D.examinations 

3.A.which B.that C.it D.what 

4.A.hidden B.heard C.shown D.known 

5.A.select B.determine C.urge D.imagine 

 Exercise 2 Though different educational systems have different purposes,one thing is certain:all students should take part_1___examinations. In the English educational system,students take three very important _2__. The first is the eleven-plus.__3__ is taken at the age of eleven. At one time the ability _4___in the eleven-plus would _5__which type of secondary school a child should go to. __6____however,all children continue in"comprehensive"schools,and the eleven-plus determines which courses of study the child will follow. At the age of fifteen or sixteen, the students are for the Ordinary Level of the General Certificate of Education. This examination covers a wide__7____of subjects .One students have passed this _8__ to specialize in some subject. And two-thirds e ___9__of their courses will ___10___physics,chemistry,or ___11___they wish to study at great length. The __12___ examination,at eighteen,covers only the __13___of the special subjects. ___14____their concentrated area.and __15____ student e venture(冒险）outside that subject again

6.A.But B.Then C.so D. Now 

7.A.number B.part C.range D.collection

8.A.allowed B.passed C.forbidden D.persuaded  

9.A.much B.many C.more D.most  

10.A.include B.condemn C.separate D.impose