( ) 6. What language is Jack going to learn?
A. Japanese.
B. English.
C. Chinese.
( ) 7. How long are the lessons for young learners?
A. Three months.
B. Half a year.
C. One year.

听一篇短文,回答第8—10小题,完成信息记录表。
| Tips on how to learn a foreign language well | |
| Don't be afraid of making mistakes. | People sometimes get things 8 . |
| Enjoy learning the language. | A good learner 9 with the language. |
| Keep learning the language outside the 10 . | You can pick up useful words and phrases in a street, or read some materials out loud at home. |
() 8. A. right
B. quickly
C. wrong
() 9. A. gets bored
B. has fun
C. feels happy
() 10. A. classroom
B. home
C. school

二、短文填空
阅读短文,在空格处填入一个适当的单词或括号中单词的正确形式。
People get started to learn languages young or old. Most people think that the older you get, the ⑴ (hard) it is to learn a new language. ⑵ this way, at some point in our lives, maybe around age 12 or 13, we lose the ability to learn languages well. Is this idea a fact?
⑶ (science) did plenty of research studies which show a different opinion. One report on 2,000 ⑷ (Italy) studying Swedish showed that quite a few adults (成年人) learnt more but they used less time ⑸ the younger children. There are several possible explanations (解释) for these findings. For one thing, adults can understand the ⑹ (mean) of different words better than children. Moreover, adults can use logical (逻辑的) thinking to help ⑺ (they) see the patterns in the language. Third, adults have more self-discipline (自律) than children. They deeply understand the ⑻ (important) of learning a new language.
All in all, it seems that the common (普遍的) idea that children are better language learners than adults may not be true.