Question

What’s language for？Some people seem to think it’s for practicing grammar rules（規則） and learning lists of words --the longer the lists, the better. That’s wrong. Language is for the exchange of ideas and information. It’s meaningless if you can’t use it freely. Many students I have met know hundreds of grammar rules, but they can’t speak correctly or fluently(流利地). They are afraid of making mistakes. One shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes when speaking a foreign language. Native（本土的） speakers make mistakes and break rules, too. Bernard Saw once wrote, “Foreigners often speak English too correctly.” But the mistakes that native speakers make are different from those that Chinese students make. They’re English mistakes in the English language. And if enough native speakers break a rule, it is no longer a rule. What used to be wrong becomes right. So Chinese students should pay attention to grammar, but they shouldn’t overdo(做過頭)it. They should put communication(交際)first.

1. Language is used to __________ .

A．express oneself

B．practise grammar rules.

C．talk with foreigners only

D．learn lists of words

2. If too many native speakers break a rule,________ .

A．what they use will become right.

B．they are against the law

C．they should say sorry to others.

D．they will become heroes

3. When we speak a foreign language, we should________ .

A．speak in Chinese way

B．speak by the rules

C．speak to native speakers

D．not be afraid of making mistakes

4.What should Chinese students put first?

A．Language         B．Communication     C．Rules             D．Grammar

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.A

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了語言是干什么的，應該怎樣學習外語以及本民族的人學習本族語時是怎樣的。

1.根據Language is for the exchange of ideas and information.可知，語言是用來表述思想和信息的，也就是表達自己的觀點的。所以本題選A。

2.根據What used to be wrong becomes right可知，如果本族人說語言時犯的錯誤較多，慢慢的就會成正確的了。所以本題選A。

3.根據One shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes when speaking a foreign language可知，當說外語時不應該害怕犯錯，所以本題選D。

4.根據最后一句They should put communication(交際)first.可知，本題應該選B。

考點：本題考查說明文體。

點評：由于本文是有關學外語的，故閱讀時可以結合我們平時學習英語的感受進行理解。做題時，應該根據題干內容在文中找出相同或相近的內容，有時可以根據內容加以推測。這些題目往往是孤立的，所以一定應該注意每句話的內容。