Have you ever noticed advertisements which say “Learn a foreign language in six weeks,

or your money back! From the first day your pronunciation will be excellent.Just send...” and so on？ Of course, it never happens quite like that.The only language that is easy to learn is the mother tongue.Think how much practice that gets! Before the Second World War people usually learnt a foreign language in order to read the literature of the country.Now speaking a foreign language is what most people want.Every year many millions of people start learning one.

Some people try at home, with books and records or tapes; some use radio or television programmes; others go to evening classes.If they use the language only twice or three times a week, learning it will take a long time.A few people try to learn a language fast by studying for six or more hours a day.It is clearly easier to learn the language in the country

where it is spoken.However, most people cannot afford this, and for many it is not necessary.They need the language in order to do their work better.For example, scientists and doctors chiefly need to be able to read books and reports in the foreign language.Whether the language is learnt quickly or slowly, it is hard work.Machines and good books will help, but they cannot do the student's work for him.

36.The advertisements say it would be easy to().

A.speak your native language better

B.keep in mind any foreign language

C.learn a foreign language within several weeks

D.learn by heart a foreign language

37.Nowadays most people want to learn()according to the text.

A.about the country where a language is spoken

B.to speak a foreign language

C.to read essays in the foreign language

D.to write in the foreign language

38.Before the World War people usually learnt a foreign language in order to()

A.communicate with their foreign friends

B.read the foreign newspaper

C.read the literacy works of the country

D.work in that foreign country

39.If you only use the language twice or three times a week,().

A.it is easy to learn it well

B.it will take a long time to learn the foreign language

C.you will never learn the language well

D.perhaps you will learn harsh language

40.No matter how quickly or slowly you want to learn a foreign language, you need to ().

A.read books

B.read reports

C.visit the country

D.work hard