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完形填空(共20题，每小题0.5分，满分10分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。
I've been obsessed (困扰) with languages for as long as I can remember. My dad could talk to everyone with ease, confidently 10 between languages. His abilities made a big
impression on me, but he didn't 11 me to follow his lead.
I wasn't a(n) 12 language learner. I made slow progress with French at school and almost gave it up. But things felt different when I 13 German at university — loving many German writers in translation, I wanted to read them in their 14 tongue, and that's been my main 15 for learning new ones since. Once I got German, I was 16 French, Latin, Greek and Sanskrit quickly followed. The idea of having a 17 overview of the world has always fascinated me, and 18 languages seemed a good way of achieving that. By my 20s, I'd set my heart on 19 the rest of my life to learning as many as I could.
I'm often asked what the 20 is, and whether some people have a gift for absorbing words and phrases. The truth is that it's down to endless hours of 21 —reading,studying
and practicing grammar. 22 all these wonderful languages start to swim into focus, and ever increasing numbers of great works become 23
It's hard, but the 24 can be thrilling. When I started studying Spanish, there was a moment when the living language suddenly 25 itself to me. Something 26 happened when I heard Swedish spoken around me. It seemed to 27 elements of languages I was familiar with. The more of them I know, the more I see how inter-related they are. All it took was three weeks and I was able to 28 effectively in complex conversations.
Now, I can read about three dozen languages and speak most of them fluently. I think I'm
much richer for that—it makes me more 29
11.A.threaten B.encourage C.promise D.trust
12.A.sensitive B.average C.individual D.natural
13.A.took on B. put down C. made up D.went over
14.A.simple B.sharp C.native D.polite
15.A.advantage B.appreciation C.foundation D.motivation
16.A.shocked B.relieved C.depressed D.hooked
17.A.comprehensive B. historical C.scientific D.skeptical
18.A.speaking B.selecting C.imitating D.acquiring
19.A.adjusting B.devoting C.reducing D.attaching
20.A.secret B.purpose C.benefit D.puzzle
21.A.expectation B.admiration C.concentration D.evaluation
22.A.Gradually B.Suddenly C.Regularly D.Usually
23.A.affordable B.accessible C.invisible D.assessable
24.A.circle B.beginning C.options D.rewards
25.A.revealed B.explained C.limited D.recommended
26.A.reasonable B.significant C.similar D.funny
27.A.substitute B.combine C.promote D.transform
28.A.compromise B.compete C.communicate D.compensate
29.A.arbitrary B.objective C.considerate D.confident
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