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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 learning it in high school.
I went to university and then moved across the country to seek a 21 job, married and raised children. I made an effort to 22 the little bit of French I learned in school, but eventually I realized that this was really 23 . I was quite aware that new languages are best learned when young, and that our abilities in that regard decline with 24 .
However, just before my 50th birthday, I 25 French classes. After I was tested to see which group I belonged to, I was placed at almost the introductory 26 . When I looked around at my first class, I was 27 that many of the students were learning French as a third, fourth or even fifth language.
Contrary to my 28 that learning a new language was impossibly difficult, there were people who learned new languages as a matter of course. While I had always thought of myself as a 29 learner, that was no longer the case. I 30 new vocabulary rather slowly. What I learned one week seemed to 31 as soon as I learned the next skill. I had to look up the 32 words and language structures over and over. Now, after several years of learning, I can listen to the news in French and 33 90% of it on the first try, read a novel if the language isn't too 34 and hold up my end of a conversation if it doesn't go too fast. I've learned so much beyond grammar and vocabulary. I've met people from around the world and all walks of life who have the 35 to make fools of themselves in order to learn something new. I've been taught by 36 and inspirational teachers from many comers of the worlD. Listening to the news as it is 37 to the people of France, I have a renewed understanding of how something can look 38 different from another viewpoint. I've learned that a language is not just a set of words, but a way of 39 . But most of all, I've learned that it is never too 40 to learn something new.
21. A. demanding B. temporary C. meaningful D. popular
22. A. understand B. review C. keep D. master
23. A. helpful B. pointless C. worthwhile D. necessary
24. A. health B. concern C. interest D. age
25. A. got ready for B. got on with C. signed up for D. fell in love with
26. A. level B. position C. attempt D. test
27. A. disappointed B. amazed C. annoyed D. excited
28. A. agreement B. research C. assumption D. conclusion
29. A. clumsy B. confident C. serious D. quick
30. A. absorbed B. consulted C. created D. recognized
31. A. go down B. pay off C. slip away D. build up
32. A. key B. same C. fresh D. complex
33. A. catch B. recite C. guess D. hear
34. A. changeable B. international C. difficult D. native
35. A. chance B. trick C. courage D. desire
36. A. energetic B. patient C. polite D. simple
37. A. announced B. sent C. returned D. presented
38. A. completely B. equally C. roughly D. slightly
39. A. challenging B. thinking C. living D. learning
40. A. slow B. impossible C. late D. inconvenient
★文中我不认识的词汇有：_______________________________________________
★文中我不理解的句子有：（在文中用横线划出）
【文章大意】这是一篇夹叙夹议类的文章。文章介绍了作者在50岁学习法语，历经几年的努力，终于大概掌握这门语言的过程。同时，作者还介绍了自己一些感想和体会。
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 learning it in high school.
I went to university and then moved across the country to seek a 21 job, married and raised children. I made an effort to 22 the little bit of French I learned in school, but eventually I realized that this was really 23 . I was quite aware that new languages are best learned when young, and that our abilities in that regard decline with 24 .
However, just before my 50th birthday, I 25 French classes. After I was tested to see which group I belonged to, I was placed at almost the introductory 26 . When I looked around at my first class, I was 27 that many of the students were learning French as a third, fourth or even fifth language.
Contrary to my 28 that learning a new language was impossibly difficult, there were people who learned new languages as a matter of course. While I had always thought of myself as a 29 learner, that was no longer the case. I 30 new vocabulary rather slowly. What I learned one week seemed to 31 as soon as I learned the next skill. I had to look up the 32 words and language structures over and over. Now, after several years of learning, I can listen to the news in French and 33 90% of it on the first try, read a novel if the language isn't too 34 and hold up my end of a conversation if it doesn't go too fast. I've learned so much beyond grammar and vocabulary. I've met people from around the world and all walks of life who have the 35 to make fools of themselves in order to learn something new. I've been taught by 36 and inspirational teachers from many comers of the worlD. Listening to the news as it is 37 to the people of France, I have a renewed understanding of how something can look 38 different from another viewpoint. I've learned that a language is not just a set of words, but a way of 39 . But most of all, I've learned that it is never too 40 to learn something new.
21. A. demanding B. temporary C. meaningful D. popular
22. A. understand B. review C. keep D. master
23. A. helpful B. pointless C. worthwhile D. necessary
24. A. health B. concern C. interest D. age
25. A. got ready for B. got on with C. signed up for D. fell in love with
26. A. level B. position C. attempt D. test
27. A. disappointed B. amazed C. annoyed D. excited
28. A. agreement B. research C. assumption D. conclusion
29. A. clumsy B. confident C. serious D. quick
30. A. absorbed B. consulted C. created D. recognized
31. A. go down B. pay off C. slip away D. build up
32. A. key B. same C. fresh D. complex
33. A. catch B. recite C. guess D. hear
34. A. changeable B. international C. difficult D. native
35. A. chance B. trick C. courage D. desire
36. A. energetic B. patient C. polite D. simple
37. A. announced B. sent C. returned D. presented
38. A. completely B. equally C. roughly D. slightly
39. A. challenging B. thinking C. living D. learning
40. A. slow B. impossible C. late D. inconvenient
★文中我不认识的词汇有：_______________________________________________
★文中我不理解的句子有：（在文中用横线划出）
【文章大意】这是一篇夹叙夹议类的文章。文章介绍了作者在50岁学习法语，历经几年的努力，终于大概掌握这门语言的过程。同时，作者还介绍了自己一些感想和体会。
