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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。     Years after graduation, I tried to maintain the little bit of French I learned in school, but eventually I was 1 that new languages are best learned when young and our ability to learn 2 with age.     However, before my 50th birthday, I signed up for French classes and was 3 in the class for basic level. Contrary to my 4 that learning a new language was tough, I was 5 by the number of students learning French as a third, or even fourth language when I first 6 my class.     Still, I found it was really 7 that certain linguistic（语言学的）abilities decline with age. 8 I'd always regarded myself as a quick learner, that was no longer the 9.     I absorbed new vocabulary very10. What I learned one week before seemed to 11 away as soon as I learned the next skill. I 12 the same words and language structures in the dictionary again and again. Despite the 13, I make it and can listen to the news in French and catch 90 percent of it on the first 14. I can catch up a conversation that doesn't go too fast.     Who knows what I might still 15? I've learned so much beyond grammar and vocabulary. I meet people from around the world and all walks of life（各行各业的）who have the 16to make fools of themselves to learn something new. I've been taught by inspirational teachers from many corners of the world. Listening to the news as it is 17 to the people of France, I have a newer understanding of how something can look 18 different from another perspective. I've learned a language is not just a set of 19, but a way of thinking. But above all, I've learned it is never too 20 to learn something. （1） A . afraid B . aware C . annoyed D . amazed （2） A . declines B . improves C . disappears D . expands （3） A . invited B . praised C . placed D . appointed （4） A . doubt B . thought C . demand D . experience （5） A . inspired B . attracted C . frightened D . surprised （6） A . enjoyed B . left C . missed D . attended （7） A . true B . easy C . impossible D . reasonable （8） A . If B . As C . While D . When （9） A . reason B . choice C . challenge D . case （10） A . deliberately B . slowly C . quickly D . unwillingly （11） A . slip B . took C . put D . melt （12） A . turned to B . referred to C . took up D . looked up （13） A . failure B . effort C . difficulty D . progress （14） A . try B . point C . term D . glance （15） A . need B . wonder C . lose D . accomplish （16） A . patience B . choice C . courage D . right （17） A . found B . chosen C . presented D . understood （18） A . slightly B . completely C . hardly D . merely （19） A . words B . sentences C . principles D . concepts （20） A . weak B . late C . busy D . awkward 答案：（1）B；（2）A；（3）C；（4）B；（5）D；（6）D；（7）A；（8）C；（9）D；（10）B；（11）A；（12）D；（13）C；（14）A；（15）D；（16）C；（17）C；（18）B；（19）A；（20）B；

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