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Direction: After reading the passage below. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct
My parents moved from New Jersey to Germany when I was a child. After a few weeks of playing with neighbors of the same age. I was speaking fluent German. That' s probably not an option if you want to learn a language _____1_____ your next international trip. However, there are some new ways to learn key words and phrases before your departure.
_____2_____ playground immersion(沉浸), the best way to learn a language used to be in a classroom. Today, there are many more options. With the help of technology, you can easily get a linguistic edge, and perhaps even a cultural one, too.
The last few years _____3_____ (see) a lot of language-learning software hitting the market .These programs, many of _____4_____ have popular mobile apps, help beginners learn language basics.
Take Memrise for example. This language-learning platform uses flashcards(教学卡片) as memory aids. Memrise offers instruction in 25 languages, and its basic level is free, _____5_____ some advanced features available at $4.99 per month.
There are so many language apps, all claiming to be the best, ____6____ there are even sites to help you sort if out. You can find detailed reports on these programs on Compare Language Apps: _____7_____ independent testing site run by Professor Roumen Vesselinov at Queens College in New York.
I’ve had access to most of these apps over the years. However, I found that they were _____8_____ too complicated or too time-consuming to help me learn a language before an international trip. Perhaps my experience of acquiring a language early in life and then trying to acquire _____9_____ in a classroom(three years of French, which didn’t really stick)also contributed to my skepticism (怀疑).
The language experts I spoke with say you shouldn’t allow the promises of a course or an app _____10_____ (convince)you that learning a language is easy. Experts agree that there is no substitute for "on-the-ground" experience practicing a new language with native speakers.
【答案】1. on 2. Besides
3. has seen
4. which 5. with
6. and 7. an
8. either 9. it
10. to convince
【解析】
本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，作者结合自己早年学习外语的经历发表了对现在的语言学习平台和软件的看法。
【1题详解】
考查介词。句意：如果你想在下一次国际旅行中学习一门语言，这可能不是一个选择。on the trip表示“在旅行、在旅途中”，故填on。
【2题详解】
考查介词。句意：除了在沉浸于操场上，学习语言的最好方法是在教室里。分析句子结构可知此处需要填介词，根据句意可知此处表示“除……之外（还）”，故填Besides。
【3题详解】
考查时态。句意：在过去的几年里，有很多语言学习软件投放市场。此处强调过去的动作对现在造成的影响，用现在完成时，表示时间的复数名词做主语时作为整体看待，谓语动词用第三人称单数，故填has seen。
4题详解】
考查非限定性定语从句。句意：这些程序中许多都有流行的移动应用程序，帮助初学者学习语言基础知识。此处为非限定性定语从句，关系词指代先行词programs（指物）并在从句中做介词of的宾语，故填which。
【5题详解】
考查介词。句意：Memrise提供25种语言的教学，基本级别是免费的，还有一些高级功能，每月4.99美元。分析句子结构可知此处使用“with+名词+形容词”的复合结构，表示一种伴随情况，故填with。
【6题详解】
考查连词。句意：有这么多的语言应用程序，都声称是最好的，甚至有网站帮助你整理。根据与意可知前后是递进关系，应该用and连接，故填and。
【7题详解】
考查冠词。句意：纽约皇后学院 鲁门·维塞利诺夫教授运营的一个独立测试网站。site是可数名词，此处用不定冠词表泛指，independent的发音以元音音素开头，故填an。
【8题详解】
考查固定搭配。句意：这些年来，我已经访问了这些应用程序中的大部分。然而，我发现在国际旅行之前，它们要么太复杂，要么太耗时，无法帮助我学习一门语言。结合句意并根据空后的or判断此处与之构成either…or…的固定搭配，表示“要么……要么……”，故填either。
【9题详解】
考查代词。句意：也许我早年学习一门语言，然后在课堂上学习它的经历(三年的法语学习，并没有真正坚持下来)也助长了我的怀疑。此处指代前面的 a language，在句中做acquire的宾语，故填it。
【10题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：我采访过的语言专家说，你不应该让课程或应用程序的承诺让你相信学习一门语言很容易。allow sb to do表示“允许某人做某事”，故填to convince。
