Students in many countries are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teenagers（少年）. Many are adults（成年人）. Some learn at school; others by themselves. A few learn by hearing the language over the radio, on TV, or in films. One must work hard to learn another language.

　　Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects required（要求）for study. They study their own language, maths, and English. Some people learn it because it is useful for their work. Many people learn English for their higher studies, because to college or university students some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines（雜志）in English.

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A．we can learn English easily

B．English is very difficult to learn

C．English is learned by many people in the work

D．English is a useful language but one must work hard to learn

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A．We don't need to learn any foreign languages.

B．We can do well in all our work without English.

C．English is the most important subject in school.

D．We should learn English because we need to face the world.

根據(jù)上表判斷下列語句是否正確，正確的寫T，錯誤的寫F

1．Jane often annoys her classmate in math classes.

2．Jane does best in P.E.

3．Jane is good at writing compositions.

4．She needs to work hard at learning languages ,or she will fail in them.

5．According to the form, we can know Jane has got ten subjects.

　　Students in many countries are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teenagers(少年). Many are adults(成年人). Some learn at school, others by themselves. A few learn English by hearing the language over the radio, on TV, or in films. One must work hard to learn another language.

　　Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects required (要求) for study. They study their own language, maths English. Some people learn it because it is useful far their work. Many people learn English for their higher studies, because at college or university(上大學(xué)) some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers, magazines(雜志) in English.

1．People learn English ________.

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2．It is ________ to answer why so many people want to learn English.

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3．Different kinds of people want to learn English ________.

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A．together with other subject

B．for different reasons

C．for their work

D．for higher studies at colleges

4．From this passage we know that ________.

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A．we can learn English easily

B．English is very difficult to learn

C．English is learned by most people in the world

D．English is a useful language but one must work hard to learn it

5．Which of the following is right?

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A．We don't need to learn any foreign language.

B．We can do well in al our work without English.

C．English is the most important subject in schools.

D．We should learn English because we need to face the world.

“I had a Welsh speaking test. I'd had to memorize a paragraph in front of the whole class. I just couldn’t do it,” says 13-year-old Mary. “I pretended to be ill.” But Mary did not enjoy her day off. “I watched TV all day — it was boring. I wished I had gone to school.”
Mary’s story is not unusual in Britain. According to the latest government figures, pupil absences are rising, despite schools taking a hard line on truancy (逃學(xué))．
Philippa James, a PhD researcher at Cardiff University’s school of social sciences, thinks she knows why: “The more schools improve methods of detection（檢查）, the more children work out better methods of deception.” Teenagers told her it was now harder to skip a single lesson, so they’d miss whole days to avoid being caught.
For several years, James has researched student truancy of 60 teenagers, aged 13 and 14, including Mary, to see how the teenagers truant, for how long, and why.
Through online conversations and face-to-face interviews, she discovered that most truancy was “a response to factors within the school”. Truants are not necessarily less advanced or less intelligent. They complained of teachers who failed to engage them, and of “boring” lessons. “Many truants really enjoy school and believe in education, but drop out when aspects of it were ineffective.” James says.
The views of students like Adam, who believes that skipping lessons has little impact on his schooling, were common. “I only take-off for a lesson, or a couple of days. It doesn’t affect my education,” he told James.
James’ study concludes that schools need to address the question of why pupils want to leave in the first place. “Pupils need help from the start.” she says. “It’s a two-way process – schools must be responsive. We need to look at the reasons for truancy rather than the number, so that instead of walking away from school, students have the skills and chances to talk through problems and make a change.”
【小題1】What is one of the reasons for school truancy according to James’ study?