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完形填空 Very few of us become fluent in another language by studying it in high school. I made a (an) 1 to maintain (保持) the little bit of French that I learned in school, but eventually realized that this was useless. I knew well that new languages are2 learned when young, and that our abilities3 with age. However, just before my 50th birthday, I4French classes. After I was5to see which group I belonged to, I was put at almost the basic learning group. When I looked around at my first Saturday morning class, I was6by how many of the students were learning French as a third, fourth, or7fifth language. While I'd always considered myself as a quick8 ， that was no longer the case. I absorbed new vocabulary very slowly. What I learned one week seemed to9as soon as I learned the next skill. I looked up the same10and phrases over and over again. Now, a couple of years in, I can listen to the news in French and catch 90 percent of it on the first try, read a novel if the language is not too difficult, and hold up my end of a conversation if it doesn't go too11. Who knows what I might still achieve？I've learned so much beyond grammar and vocabulary. I've met people from around the world who have the12 to make fools of themselves to learn something new. I have a13 understanding of how something can look14different from another perspective (角度). I've learned that a language is not just a set of words, but a way of 15. But most of all, I've learned that it really is never too late to learn something new. （1） A . effort B . offer C . mistake D . appointment （2） A . worst B . hardest C . least D . best （3） A . stay B . improve C . decline D . disappear （4） A . dropped in at B . date back to C . paid attention to D . signed up for （5） A . tested B . expected C . identified D . forced （6） A . worried B . shocked C . moved D . satisfied （7） A . ever B . even C . also D . still （8） A . listener B . trainer C . learner D . interviewer （9） A . come back B . show up C . break out D . slip away （10） A . passages B . words C . meanings D . tips （11） A . fast B . slow C . helpful D . boring （12） A . courage B . time C . money D . chance （13） A . limited B . new C . poor D . familiar （14） A . hardly B . occasionally C . suddenly D . completely （15） A . listening B . relaxing C . thinking D . doubting 答案：（1）A；（2）D；（3）C；（4）D；（5）A；（6）B；（7）B；（8）C；（9）D；（10）B；（11）A；（12）A；（13）B；（14）D；（15）C；

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