Question

Twenty-two-year-old Timothy Doner from New York City has been able to speak 23 different languages, including some rare African ones.

Timothy began his foreign language education at the age of 13. Attracted by in Israeli(以色列) musical band. Timothy listened to their album every morning. A month Later, he kept about 20 of their songs in his mind, though he didn't know what the Hebrew(希伯來(lái)語(yǔ)) words mean. But once he learned the translation. it was like he had a dictionary in his head.

Then Timothy moved on to Arabic (阿拉伯語(yǔ)) which he studied every morning by reading newspapers with a dictionary and by talking to street vendors (小販). After that he learned Persian, then Russian, then Mandarin... and about twenty others and developed a crazy low for languages.

Now, Timothy is still teaching himself new languages. With the help of language books and word-learning Apps on his iPhone. He can master a language in a few weeks or months.

What has Timothy got from learning so many languages? "By learning languages, you are learning a lot more. You are learning about culture, everything from cooking to TV，poetry and whatever it may be. That helps you better understand the language,” he said.

1.How old is Timothy Doner?

A. 13 B. 20 C. 22 D. 23

2.The first foreign language Timothy Doner learned was

A. Hebrew B. Arabic C. Russian D. Mandarin

3.The underlined word “others” refers to .

A. other newspaper B. other street vendors

C. other dictionaries D. other foreign languages

4.According to the passage. Timothy Doner learns so many languages by _____

①reading news papers ② joining in language clubs ③listening to foreign music

④using apps and dictionaries ⑤ travelling around the world ⑥keeping diaries in different languages

A. ①②⑥ B. ①③④ C. ②③⑤ D. ④⑤⑥

5.From the passage, we can know Timothy Doner ________.

A. is good at singing B. has a dictionary in his head

C. comes from Africa D. learns a lot beyond languages

Answer 1