必修一Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldⅠ.完形填空(2021·郑州市质检)Veryfewofusbecomefluentinanotherlanguagebylearningitinhighschool.Iwenttouniversityandthenmovedacrossthecountrytoseeka1.Ajobforahighsalary,marriedandraisedchildren.Imadeaneffortto2.CthelittlebitofFrenchIlearnedinschool,buteventuallyIrealizedthatthiswasreally3.B.Iwasquiteawarethatnewlanguagesarebestlearnedwhenyoung,andthatourabilitiesinthatregarddeclinewith4.D.However,justbeforemy50thbirthday,I5.CFrenchclasses.AfterIwastestedtoseewhichgroupIbelongedto,Iwasplacedatalmosttheintroductory6.A.WhenIlookedaroundatmyfirstclass,Iwas7.BthatmanyofthestudentswerelearningFrenchasathird，fourthorevenfifthlanguage.Contrarytomy8.Cthatlearninganewlanguagewasimpossiblydifficult,therewerepeoplewholearnednewlanguagesasamatterofcourse.WhileIhadalwaysthoughtofmyselfasa9.Dlearner，thatwasnolongerthecase.I10.Anewvocabularyratherslowly.WhatIlearnedoneweekseemedto11.CassoonasIlearnedthenextskill.Ihadtolookupthe12.Bwordsandlanguagestructuresoverandover.Now,afterseveralyearsoflearning,IcanlistentothenewsinFrenchand13.A90%ofitonthefirsttry,readanovelifthelanguageisn'ttoo14.Canddowellinaconversationifitdoesn'tgotoofast.I'velearnedsomuchbeyondgrammarandvocabulary.I'vemetpeoplefromaroundtheworldandallwalksoflifewhohavethe15.Ctomakefoolsofthemselvesinordertolearnsomethingnew.I'vebeentaughtby16.Bandinspirationalteachersfrommanycornersoftheworld.Listeningtothenewsasitis17.DtothepeopleofFrance,Ihavearenewedunderstandingofhowsomethingcanlook18.Adifferentfromanotherviewpoint.I'velearnedthatalanguageisnotjustasetofwords,butawayof19.B.Butmostofall,I'velearnedthatitisnevertoo20.Ctolearnsomethingnew.文章大意：作者以前认为学习新语言的最佳时候是年轻的时候，随着年龄的增长，我们的语言学习能力会下降。但是作者在50岁之前却报了法语班去学法语，其当时只有初级水平，但经过几年学习后，作者的法语水平有了很大的提高。从而，作者意识到，学习新事物什么时候都不晚。1．A.demandingB．temporaryC．meaningfulD．steady解析：根据该句中的“forahighsalary”和生活常识可推知，作者找的工作应该是要求高的，一般来说做这样的工作才能拿到高工资。demanding“要求高的”。2．A.understandB．reviewC．keepD．master解析：根据该句中的定语从句“Ilearnedinschool”和语境可推知，作者想留住在学校里学的那一点点法语，但是作者最终发现那实