江苏省2016年高考英语二轮专题复习：第三部分 专题二 阅读理解

专题二 阅读理解 第5课时

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下面文章中有5个段落需要添加首句(第1～5题)。请从以下选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中选出适合各段落的首句，选项中有一项是多余选项。

A．You can land a scholarship easily.

B．You will acquire a new way.

C．Your mind will be sharpened.

D．You may be promoted in your work.

E．You will have better travel experience.

F．Your first language will be improved.

Reasons for Learning a Foreign Language

In the United States，many high schools require at least two years of foreign language study for graduation.Actually，becoming fairly fluent in a foreign language provides many more benefits.As our world becomes increasingly international，the importance of learning a second (or third) language will only continue to grow.

1．________Learning a second language will have a powerful effect on your success in business.The ability to transform freely in multiple languages is so important，in fact，that many companies actually offer financial benefits to employees who can achieve fluency.If you are working with the general US population，you will probably see the greatest professional gain by learning Spanish，but almost every language is spoken somewhere in the melting pot.Whether you are a doctor learning to communicate directly with more of your patients or a customer service representative learning to solve more customers' problems，expanding your language abilities will help your work greatly.

2．________Because learning a second language requires such a basic change in ideas，it will provide many intellectual(智力的) benefits as well.Much like studying a musical instrument，learning a foreign language will provide a mental challenge that will increase your intellectual strength in both school and business.This effect is so strong that researchers have found each year of language study results in measurable gains on both college and graduate school exams.

3．________Because we are used to speaking，reading，and even thinking in our native language since birth，we can't often pay attention to various grammatical errors.When you learn a second language，your study of the foreign language will force you to draw comparisons and reevaluate your understanding of English grammar.Not only will you learn a second language，but you will actually learn to communicate more clearly in your first language!

4．________Traveling either on your own or in a study abroad program provides many opportunities to study a foreign culture and learn to think outside of your own culture's assumptions.As an English speaker in a foreign country，however，your ability to actually experience the country's real culture will be fairly limited.By learning a foreign language before traveling，however，you will actually be able to get past the tourist experience to see what the country is really like on the inside.As an added bonus(意外的好处)，you can also perfect your language skills during your stays.

5．________Not only will language learning benefit you in the long term，but it can also help you pay for college.Many scholarships are available for students who speak a certain language or understand a particular culture.Because these scholarships are offered to a limited group，you will actually have a much higher chance of winning these scholarships than you would in some of the more well-known programs.

答案 1.D 2.C 3.F 4.E 5.A

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下面文章中有5个段落需要添加小标题(第1～5题)。请从以下选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中选出适合各段落的小标题，选项中有一项是多余选项。

A．Seek advice and help.

B．Understand how phobias arise.

C．Learn to reduce your tension when at the wheel.

D．Make changes to the car to improve the safety of your driving.

E．Avoid black and white，or absolutist thinking.

F．Seek to recognize symptoms of a phobia in yourself.

A phobia (恐惧症) is a fear of an activity，object，or situation that is in excess to the inherent dangerousness of the feared thing.A driving phobia is likely to be enormously harmful to your life because it will stop you from going to places you need to be and can even interfere with jobs