第一节(共20小题； 每小题1.5分， 满分30分)
阅读下面短文， 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Very few of us become fluent in another language by studying it in high school. I made an effort to keep up the little bit of French that I learned in school, but eventually I realized that this was __21__. I was well aware that new languages are best learned when __22__， and that our abilities in that regard decline with age. __23__， just before my 50th birthday, I __24__ for French classes.[]
After I was __25__ to see which group I belonged in, I was __26__ at almost the introductory level. I found that it really was true that certain linguistic(语言的) abilities __27__ with age. While I’d always thought of myself as a(n) __28__ learner, that was no longer the case. I absorbed new vocabulary very __29__. What I learned one week ago seemed to __30__ as soon as I learned the next skill.
Now, a couple of years later, I can listen to the news in French and __31__ 90 percent of it on the first try and read a novel if it’s not too difficult.
Who knows what I might still __32__？
I’ve learned so much __33__ grammar and vocabulary. I’ve met people from around the world and all walks of life who have the __34__ to make fools of themselves in order to __35__ something new. I’ve been taught by patient and inspirational teachers from many __36__ of the world, including France, Eastern Europe, the Caribbean and Africa.
Listening to the news as it is __37__ to the people of France, I have a renewed __38__ of how something can look completely different from another __39__. I’ve learned that a language is not just a set of words, but a way of __40__. But most of all, I’ve learned that it really is never too late to learn something new.
21. A. unbelievable B．pointless
C. unbearable D．valueless
22．A. energetic B．curious
C. young D．old
23．A. However B．Therefore
C. Besides D．Meanwhile
24．A. sought B．registered
C. fought D．prepared
25．A. interviewed B．challenged
C. asked D．tested
26．A. restricted B．withdrawn
C. appointed D．placed
27．A. fade B．remain
C. disappear D．improve
28．A. autonomous B．average
C. quick D．dull[]
29．A. easily B．slowly
C. steadily D．rapidly
30．A. crowd in B．make sense
C. slip away D．build up
31．A. catch B．recite
C. share D．repeat
32．A. complete B．overlook
C. perform D．accomplish
33．A. except B．beyond
C. through D．including
34．A. confidence B．ability
C. patience D．courage
35．A. learn B．experience
C. explore D．possess
36．A. organizations B．corners
C. classes D．races
37．A. updated B．spread
C. presented D．conveyed[
38．A. understanding B．attitude
C. knowledge D．judgment
39．A. manner B．aspect
C. angle D．direction
40．A. studying B．working
C. living D．Thinking
第一节 完形填空
阅读下面短文， 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Very few of us become fluent in another language by studying it in high school. I made an effort to keep up the little bit of French that I learned in school, but eventually I realized that this was __21__. I was well aware that new languages are best learned when __22__， and that our abilities in that regard decline with age. __23__， just before my 50th birthday, I __24__ for French classes.[]
After I was __25__ to see which group I belonged in, I was __26__ at almost the introductory level. I found that it really was true that certain linguistic(语言的) abilities __27__ with age. While I’d always thought of myself as a(n) __28__ learner, that was no longer the case. I absorbed new vocabulary very __29__. What I learned one week ago seemed to __30__ as soon as I learned the next skill.
Now, a couple of years later, I can listen to the news in French and __31__ 90 percent of it on the first try and read a novel if it’s not too difficult.
Who knows what I might still __32__？
I’ve learned so much __33__ grammar and vocabulary. I’ve met people from around the world and all walks of life who have the __34__ to make fools of themselves in order to __35__ something new. I’ve been taught by patient and inspirational teachers from many __36__ of the world, including France, Eastern Europe, the Caribbean and Africa.
Listening to the news as it is __37__ to the people of France, I have a renewed __38__ of how something can look completely different from another __39__. I’ve learned that a language is not just a set of words, but a way of __40__. But most of all, I’ve learned that it really is never too late to learn something new.
21. A. unbelievable B．pointless
C. unbearable D．valueless
22．A. energetic B．curious
C. young D．old
23．A. However B．Therefore
C. Besides D．Meanwhile
24．A. sought B．registered
C. fought D．prepared
25．A. interviewed B．challenged
C. asked D．tested
26．A. restricted B．withdrawn
C. appointed D．placed
27．A. fade B．remain
C. disappear D．improve
28．A. autonomous B．average
C. quick D．dull[]
29．A. easily B．slowly
C. steadily D．rapidly
30．A. crowd in B．make sense
C. slip away D．build up
31．A. catch B．recite
C. share D．repeat
32．A. complete B．overlook
C. perform D．accomplish
33．A. except B．beyond
C. through D．including
34．A. confidence B．ability
C. patience D．courage
35．A. learn B．experience
C. explore D．possess
36．A. organizations B．corners
C. classes D．races
37．A. updated B．spread
C. presented D．conveyed[
38．A. understanding B．attitude
C. knowledge D．judgment
39．A. manner B．aspect
C. angle D．direction
40．A. studying B．working
C. living D．Thinking
第一节 完形填空
