听一段对话，回答第6—7小题。
() 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.

6.C 7.B

听一篇短文，回答第8—10小题，完成信息记录表。

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() 8. A. right
B. quickly
C. wrong
() 9. A. gets bored
B. has fun
C. feels happy
() 10. A. classroom
B. home
C. school

8.C 9.B 10.A

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 (1) (hard) it is to learn a new language. (2) 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?
(3) (science) did plenty of research studies which show a different opinion. One report on 2,000 (4) (Italy) studying Swedish showed that quite a few adults (成年人) learnt more but they used less time (5) the younger children. There are several possible explanations (解释) for these findings. For one thing, adults can understand the (6) (mean) of different words better than children. Moreover, adults can use logical (逻辑的) thinking to help (7) (they) see the patterns in the language. Third, adults have more self - discipline (自律) than children. They deeply understand the (8) (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.

1. harder
2. In
3. Scientists
4. Italians
5. than
6. meanings
7. them/themselves
8. importance

【分析】
本题为英语语法填空题，需结合语法规则、固定搭配、词性转换等知识解题。具体思路：1. 第1空考查“the + 比较级，the + 比较级”结构，表“越……越……”，故填hard的比较级harder；2. 第2空是固定搭配in this way，意为“用这种方式”，故填In；3. 第3空作主语，需用名词，且谓语动词did为原形，主语为复数，故填Scientist的复数Scientists；4. 第4空指“意大利人”，前面有数词2000，故填Italians；5. 第5空前面是比较级标志词more，需用than构成比较句式，故填than；6. 第6空前有定冠词the，后接名词，mean的名词为meaning，且different后接复数，故填meanings；7. 第7空考查help的用法，help sb (to) do sth，故用they的宾格them或反身代词themselves；8. 第8空前有定冠词the，后接名词，important的名词为importance，故填importance。
【解析】
1. 第1空：“the + 比较级，the + 比较级”是固定结构，表程度变化，故将形容词hard变为比较级harder；
2. 第2空：固定搭配in this way，意为“用这种方式”，故填介词In；
3. 第3空：此处作主语，需用名词，且谓语动词did为原形，主语为复数概念，故填Scientist的复数形式Scientists；
4. 第4空：指“意大利人”，前面有数词2000，需用复数形式Italians；
5. 第5空：句中出现比较级more，需用than构成比较结构，故填than；
6. 第6空：定冠词the后接名词，different修饰可数名词复数，故将动词mean变为名词meaning的复数形式meanings；
7. 第7空：help的用法为help sb (to) do sth，此处作help的宾语，故用they的宾格them或反身代词themselves；
8. 第8空：定冠词the后接名词，故将形容词important变为名词importance。
【答案】
1. harder
2. In
3. Scientists
4. Italians
5. than
6. meanings
7. them/themselves
8. importance
【知识点】
形容词比较级、固定搭配、词性转换
【点评】
本题考查英语基础语法与词汇运用，涵盖核心语法结构和常见词汇变形，是初中英语典型题型，需学生掌握基础规则即可解答。
【难度系数】
0.6