六、完形填空(共10分，每小题1分)

先通读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从下面四个选项中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

Many Chinese students find it difficult to learn English, but not Chinese, because Chinese is their mother language. In fact Chinese is much more difficult to   31   than English.

Still some students in other countries can speak Chinese very     32   . If you don’t see them, you will take them for Chinese. What    33   them successful?

“For me, conversation is the most helpful. I try to speak in   34  . If you only listen to what others speak , you will be good at    35   , but if you talk as much as you can, you will find you can speak   36  ,” says Jenny Brown, an English girl now   37   Chinese at Beijing University.   38   is interested in Chinese and its history. She thinks that to learn a language, one must try to know   39   about the country.

Chinese is different from English,   40   we can use the same way in learning it. It is conversation.

31. A. talk                  B. say          C. learn       D. know

32. A. well                  B. good        C. bad          D. badly

33. A. makes             B. make       C. let           D. lets

34. A. English          B. Japan      C. French  D. Chinese

35. A. listen               B. talk         C. listening   D. talking

36. A. good English   B. good Chinese                 C. bad English D. Bad Chinese

37. A. picking up      B. catching up                  C. studying     D. teaching

38. A. He                   B. She         C. Her         D. His

39. A. something       B. anything                       C. nothing      D. everything

40. A. so                   B. and         C. also         D. but