Many of you are studying English and you may be 1 why it is so difficult to learn. Its actually not too difficult to learn 2 you know some 3 about the language and culture that it reflects (反映). Perhaps the first thing you need to know about English is that it is made up of several other languages 4 French, German, Latin, Greek and AngloSaxon. In addition, there are words 5 Spanish in English and many American Indian words and names, even some Chinese and Japanese 6 can be found in the English language. This borrowing of words 7 other languages is 8 of the key reasons 9 some of the difficulties that people meet with (遇到) 10 they are learning English.
1. A. knowing B. wondering C. earning D. hearing
2. A. but B. and C. if D. unless
3. A. news B. facts C. truth D. information
4. A. such as B. the same as C. so as D. for example
5. A. in B. off C. of D. from
6. A. words B. culture C. language D. letters
7. A. for B. to C. from D. out
8. A. that B. something C. one D. this
9. A. why B. if C. what D. for
10. A. when B. before C. after D. while
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这是一段论述英语词汇是由哪几方面的因素构成的说明文。文中介绍英语词汇和哪些语言有联系。
1. B。想知道原因。
2. C。用if表示假设。
3. D。some information 为一些语言信息。information是不可数名词。
4. A。对组成部分的列举用such as。
5. D。from表示来自于, 选自于。
6. A。句意理解题.中文和日文是English and Japanese words。
7. C。同5。
8. C 。one of 表示之一。
9. A。此句是定语从句，连接词是why。
10. D。由于此句用的是进行时，故用while。