Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
Have you ever noticed advertisements which say “Learn a foreign language in 6 weeks, or your money back. From the first day your pronunciation will be excellent. Just send....” and so on? Of course, it never happens quite like that. One’s mother language is easier to learn, but it also requires a lot of practice to be fluent. And think how much practice that gets! Before the Second World War, people usually learned a foreign language in order to read the literature of that country.
Now speaking a foreign language is what most people want. Every year many millions of people start learning one. How do they do it? Some people try it at home, with books and records of tapes; some use radio for television programmes; some use computers and network; others go to evening classes. If they use the language only 2 or 3 times a week, it will take a long time, like learning a foreign language at school. A few people try to learn the language fast by studying for 6 or more hours a day. It is clearly easier to learn the language in the country where it is spoken. However, most people cannot afford this, and for many it is not necessary. They need the language in order to do their work better. For example, scientists and doctors chiefly need to be able to read books and reports in the foreign language. Whether the language is learned quickly or slowly, it is hard work. Machines and good books will help, but they cannot do the student’s work for him.
Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
Language is ___(27)___ people ___(28)___ with one another. It is a terrific tool. Language is spoken, but it is also ___(29)___ down. Sign language used by many people who are ___(30)___ is the communication with gestures. We do ___(31)___ our communication ___(32)___ speaking.
English is ___(33)___ international language in the world, but it is not the world’s most ___(34)___ spoken language. There are more than 1.2 billion people ___(35)___ Chinese. Arabic is second, and then Hindi, with English in the fourth place. ___(36)___ languages in the top ten are Spanish, Bengali, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, and German.
Choose the best rewritten sentences for the given ones.