There are about fif 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 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.（词数278） 小题1: A．not B．quite C．only D．very 小题2: A．difficult B．important C．necessary D．easy 小题3: A．native B．foreign C．useful D．mother 小题4: A．learning B．enjoying C．trying D．liking 小题5: A．questions B．problems C．ideas D．answers 小题6: A．found B．watched C．noticed D．known 小题7: A．knowledge B．time C．money D．English 小题8: A．make B．help C．let D．allow 小题9: A．From B．On C．Since D．After 小题10: A．spelling B．grammar C．English D．pronunciation 小题11: A．happened B．looked C．seemed D．felt 小题12: A．know B．remember C．understand D．think 小题13: A．students B．children C．babies D．grown-ups 小题14: A．Imagine B．Mind C．Do D．Think of 小题15: A．using B．thinking C．trying D．practicing 小题16: A．time B．money C．language D．practice 小题17: A．hard B．easy C．funny D．silly 小题18: A．depends B．tries C．has D．takes 小题19: A．uses B．takes C．gets D．costs 小题20: A．do B．work C．help D．