There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But   36  a few of them are very   37  .English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U.S.A., but in other parts of the world. About 200,000,000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a  38  language. Many millions are   39   to do so. Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different   40   Have you ever   41   ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? "Learn English in six weeks, or your   42   back..." "Easy and funny! Our records and tapes   43   you master your English in a month.   44   the first day your   45   will be excellent. Just send …"Of course, it never    46   quite like this.
The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should   47   that we all learned our own language well when we were   48  . If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult.   49    what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it,   50  in it all the time. Just imagine how much   51   that gets!
So it is  52  to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English   53   upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and   54   much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will   55  . But they cannot do the student's work for him.

A．not B．quite C．only D．very

A．difficult B．important C．helpful D．easy

A．native B．foreign C．useful D．mother

A．learning B．enjoying C．trying D．liking

A．questions B．problems C．ideas D．answers

A．found B．watched C．noticed D．known

A．knowledge B．time C．money D．English

A．make B．help C．let D．allow

A．From B．On C．Since D．After

A．spelling B．grammar C．English D．pronunciation

A．happened B．looked C．seemed D．felt

A．know B．remember C．understand D．think

A．students B．children C．babies D．grown-ups

A．Imagine B．Mind C．Do D．Think of

A．using B．thinking C．trying D．practicing

A．time B．money C．language D．practice

A．hard B．easy C．funny D．silly

A．depends B．tries C．has D．takes

A．uses B．takes C．gets D．costs

A．do B．work C．help D．master