中学英语

单选题根据以下材料,回答题
I've been obsessed(困扰) with languages for as long as I can remember. My dad could talk to everyonewith ease, confidently 10 between languages. His abilities made a big impression on me,but he didn't11 me to follow his lead.
 I wasn't a(n) 12 language learner. I made slow progress with French at school and almost gave itup. But things felt different when I 13 German at university--loving many German writers in translation,I wanted to read them in their 14 tongue, and that's been my main 15 for learning new ones since.Once I got German, I was 16 ; French, Latin, Greek and Sanskrit quickly followed. The idea of having a 17 overview of the world has always fascinated me, and 18 languages seemed a good way ofachieving that. By my 20s, I'd set my heart on 19 the rest of my life to learning as many as I could.
 I'm often asked what the 20 is, and whether some people have a gift for absorbing words andphrases. The truth is that it's down to endless hours of 21 --reading, studying and practicing grammar. 22 , all these wonderful languages start to swim into focus, and ever increasing numbers of great worksbecome 23
 It's hard, but the 2 4 can be thrilling. When I started studying Spanish, there was a moment whenthe living language suddenly 25  itself to me. Something 26 happened when I heard Swedish spokenaround me. It seemed to 27  elements of languages I was familiar with. The more of them I know, themore I see how interrelated they are. All it took was three weeks and I was able to 28 effectively incomplex conversations.
 Now, I can read about three dozen languages and speak most of them fluently. I think I'm much richerfor that--it makes me more  29 .
第10题的答案是(  )

A. distinguishing
B. switching
C. comparing
D. dividing

参考答案:B进入在线模考
distinguish“区别”;switch“转换”;compare“比较”;divide“分开”。根据前文“Mydad could talk to everyone with ease”可知,“我”爸爸能轻松地和别人交谈,且掌握多种语言,应是在各种语言间转换。

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