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Learning to speak English well may be the best thing you can do to improve your life. That’s right. If you can communicate in English, you can do the following things:

Contact (聯(lián)系) people from all over the world. Talk about your ideas and opinions on Internet discussion groups. Send e-mails to interesting people. Learn about their life and culture.

Travel more easily. Communicate with people wherever you go—English is spoken in more than 100 countries. Ask directions, have a conversation, or ask for help. Maybe English will save your life some day!

Push your career forward. If you want a good job in business, technology, or science, get out of that armchair and start learning English now! If you already have a good job, start learning before you lose it! Knowing English will let you do the following things:

Put “excellent knowledge of English” on your CV (履歷). Get your dream job, and earn more money.

Gain technical knowledge. English is the language of technology, especially high technology like computer science, and medicine. If you’re going to read about technology, you’ll probably have to do it in English.

Be a world-class businessman or woman. It’s simple. International business is done in English. And all business today is international. So if you want to play, you have to know English—to contact other business people, go to conferences, and read international business newspapers and magazines, ect.

Become a better scientist. Contact scientists from other countries, go to international conferences, and visit research centers abroad. Learn about new scientific discoveries by reading papers, books, and magazines.

Use your computer more effectively. Most computer applications are in English, so you will understand them better—and become a better employee.

【1】According to the passage, which one is NOT the advantage of knowing English well?

A. Contacting people more easily.

B. Expressing your ideas clearly.

C. Traveling by spending less money.

D. Learning people’s life or culture.

【2】 Why does the author say English may save your life some day?

A. Because it enables you to get help from others.

B. Because it helps you gain more knowledge.

C. Because it enables you to tell directions to others.

D. Because it helps you lead a better life.

【3】 What’s the structure (結(jié)構(gòu)) of the passage?

【4】What does the passage mainly convey?

A. Ways to learn English.

B. Ways to contact people.

C. Importance of gaining knowledge.

D. Benefits of learning English well.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】

本文論述了“如果你學(xué)好了英語，你就能改變你的生活”的觀點(diǎn)。

【1】C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段內(nèi)容和第三段Travel more easily可知，C項(xiàng)不屬于懂英語的好處。

【2】A 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段第三句話可知，掌握了英語可以在旅途中問路，與人交談，或者尋求幫助。英語可以讓你得到別人的幫助，解決自己的困難，答案為A。

【3】B 篇章結(jié)構(gòu)題。本文第一段總述學(xué)好英語的好處，第二段至第九段分別論述，而第五段至第九段詳細(xì)分述第四段的好處，故答案為B。

【4】D 主旨大意題。本文從多個(gè)角度論述了學(xué)好英語的好處，故答案為D。