People in many countries are learning English. Some of them are small children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others by themselves. A few learn English by hearing the language over the radio, on TV or in films. One must work hard to learn another language.

　　Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects required (要求) for study. They study their own language and math and English. Some people learn it because it is useful for their work. Many people learn English for their higher studies, because at colleges or universities some of their books are in English. Some people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.

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　　1. Teenagers, adults and ___________learn English.

　　A. workers B. farmersC. childrenD. people

　　2. People learn English________.

　　A. at schools

　　C. on TVB. over the radio

　　D. not all in the same way

　　3. Different kinds of people learn English ________.

　　A. together with other subjects

　　C. for their work B. for different reasons

　　D. for higher studies at college

　　4. From this passage we know that________.

　　A. we can learn English easily

　　B. English is very difficult to learn

　　C. English is learned by all people in the world

　　D. English is a useful language but one must work hard to learn it

　　5. Which of the following is right?________.

　　A. We don't need to learn any foreign languages

　　B. We can do well in all our work without English

　　C. English is the most important subject in schools

　　D. We should learn English because we need to face the world

　　There lived a little deer in the forest. He had beautiful antlers(鹿角), so he was very happy. But when he saw his ugly legs, he was very sad. One day. he was looking at his beautiful antlers reflected(映射) in the river when a tiger came up. The deer ran away. The tiger ran after him. Suddenly the deer had to stop, because his antlers caught in the branches(枝) of a tree. He did his best to get clear of the branches and began to run again. When he stopped at a safe place, he said, “The beautiful antlers almost(几乎) took his life, but the ugly legs saved my life.”

　　6. The deer was sad because________.

　　A. he couldn’t run fast. B. he had ugly legs.C. he had beautiful antlers.

　　7. When the deer saw his antlers, he was_________.

　　A. sad B. afraidC. happy

　　8. The tiger_______.

　　A. wanted to eat the deer B. did not run after the deerC. did not want to eat the deer

　　9. The deer did his best to________.

　　A. run after the tiger B. get clear of the branchesC. save his antlers

　　10. The story tells us_______.

　　A. Don’t judge things by appearances

　　B. We shouldn’t like ugly things

　　C. Don’t love beautiful things

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