【高一阅读】高一英语阅读理解：教育类

高一阅读理解

教育类

(1)

Students in many countries are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others by themselves.

A few learn English by learning the language over the radio, on TV, or in film. One must work hard to learn another language.

Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects required for study. They study their own language and maths and English: Some people learn it because it is useful for their work. Many people learn English for their work. Many people learn English for their higher studies, because at college or university some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.

1. People learn English _______.

A. at school

B. over the radio

C. on TV

D. not all in the same way

2. Different kinds of people want to learn English _______.

A. together with other subjects

B. for different reasons

C. for their work

D. for higher studies at colleges

3. From this passage we know that _______.

A. we can learn English easily

B. English is very difficult to learn

C. English is learned by most people in the world

D. English is a useful language but one must work hard to learn

4. Which of the following is right?

A. We don’t need to learn any foreign languages.

B. We can do well in all our work without English.

C. English is the most important subject in schools.

D. We should learn English because we need to face the world.

(2)

Japanese students work very bard but many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressures (压力) from their parents. Most students are always told by their parents to study harder and better so that they can have a wonderful life in the future. Though this may be a good idea for those very bright students, it can have terrible results for many students who are not gifted (有天赋的) enough. Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have their parents lose hope. Such students felt that they are hated by everyone else they meet and they don’t want to go to school any lon ger. They become dropouts.

It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children, they do not help them in any way. Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and that it is the teachers’ work to help their children. To make matters worse, a lot