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1. A. ease B. easy C. easily D. all a, b, c.
2. A. itself B. yourself C. himself D. herself
3. A. ease B. easy C. easily D. easier
4. A. Be B. Being C. To be D. Been
5. A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something
6. A. write B. writing C. to write D. written
7. A. In addition B. Addition C. Additional D. By addition
8. A. of side B. outside C. beside D. by side
9. A. some B. each C. all D. few
10. A. correct B. correction C. correctly D. corrective

22. Reading the following passage and choose the best answers

LEARNING A LANGUAGE

Speech is one of the most important (1)_________of communicating. It consists of far more than
just making noises. To talk and also to (2)_________by other people, we have to speak a language, that is,
we have to use combinations of (3)_________that everyone agrees stand for a particular object or idea.
Communication would be impossible if everyone made up their own language.
Learning a language properly is very (4)_________. The basic (6)_________ of English is not
very large, and only about 2000 words are needed to speak it quite …56…. But the more words you know,
the more ideas you can (7)_________and the more precise you can be about their exact meaning.
Words are the (8)_________ thing we use in communicating what we want to say. The way we
(9)_________ the words is also very important. Our tone of voice can express many emotions and
(10)_________whether we are pleased of angry, for instance.

1. A. ways B. reasons C. rules D. tests
2. A. be examined B. be talked C. be understood D. be spoken
3. A. sounds B. languages C. systems D. talks
4. A. important B. expensive C. simple D. easy
5. A. word B. vocabulary C. grammar D. structure
6. A. good B. fluent C. well D. perfect
7. A. grow B. need C. pass D. express
8. A. most B. main C. certain D. full
9. A. send B. talk C. say D. pass
10. A. asks B. understands C. knows D. shows

23. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following passage.

There are at least 2,000 different languages in the world. Of all these languages, English is the
most (1) ……………….used. It is used by business people, airline pilots and sea captains all over the
world. It is also the first language (2) …………………sports and science. So it is very (3) ………….to
learn English.
Chinese is also an important language because it has the (4) ……………numbers of speakers.
There are not only one billion people living in China today, but also many Chinese people (5)
………………outside China. Chinese is widely (6) …………….. in many parts of Asia and Africa.
Russian is spoken in both Europe and Asia. French is widely (7) ………………in Europe and in parts of
Canada, Africa and Asia.
From more than 2,000 languages, the United Nations has (8) ……………six of them for business.
They are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.