What is language for? Some people seem to think it’s for practicing grammar rules and learning lists of words — the longer the lists, the better. That’s wrong. Language is for the exchange (交流) of ideas and information. It’s meaningless knowing all about a language if you can’t use it freely. Many students I have met know hundreds of grammar rules, but they can ’t speak correctly or fluently(流利地). They are afraid of making mistakes. One shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes when speaking a foreign language. Native speakers make mistakes and break rules, too. Bernard Shaw once wrote, “Foreigners often speak English too correctly.” But the mistakes that native speakers make are different from those that Chinese students make. They are English mistakes in the English language. And if enough native speakers break a rule, it is no longer a rule. What used to be wrong bees right. People not only make history, but they make language. But people can only make its own language. It can’t make another people’s language. So Chinese students of English should pay attention to grammar, but they shouldn’t overdo it. They should put munication first.
【小题1】Language is used to .A．express oneselfB．practice grammar rulesC．talk with foreigners onlyD．learn lists of words【小题2】 Generally, when an American or an Englishman speaks English, he .A．never makes mistakesB．often makes mistakesC．can’t avoid（避免）making mistakesD．always makes mistakes【小题3】“Foreigners often speak English too correctly.” The sentence means that .A．foreigners speak correct English.B．foreigners speak incorrect English.C．foreigners speak English according to the grammar rules.D．foreigners never make mistakes when they speak English.【小题4】If too many native speakers break a rule, .A．what they will bee rightB．they are against the lawC．they should say sorry to othersD．they will bee heroes【小题5】When we speak a foreign language, we should .A．speak in Chinese wayB．speak by the rulesC．speak to native speakersD．not be afraid of making mistakesA
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