Alex Rawlings, from Oxford University, Has been named the UK’s most multilingual(说多种语言的)person. The 21-year-old British student can speak 11 language and is learning a 12th, He knows English, Greek, German, French, Dutch, Afrikaans, Spanish,Catalan,ltalian, Russian and Hebrew.Rawlings’ mother, who is half Greek, spoke to him in English, Greek and some French when he was growing up. Rawlings is studying German and Russian at university now. He taught himself other languages like Dutch because he wanted to talk to people on his travels or simply because he thought the language was interesting or beautiful.“When I was a kid, I always wanted to speak different languages,” Rawlings said. “My parents often took me to my mom’s family in Greece. My dad worked in Japan for four years. I was always frustrated that I couldn’t talk to other kids in those countries because of the language. ”
Thanks to his talent for languages, Rawliings has made many friends. He also thinks that picking up new languages getseasier over time.Rawlings plans to perfect his Russian while studying in the small Russian city of Yaroslavi and the next language he plans to learn is Arabic.“No matter how many languages I Iearn, my favorite language is always Greek because I have spoken it since childhood,” he said.
小题1:Where does Alex Rawlings come from?
A. The UK. B. The USA. C. Germany. D. Italy.
小题2:Alex Rwlings’ mother spoke to him in the following languages EXCEPT when he was young.
A．Greek
B．Dutch
C．French
D．English小题3:How is Alex Rawlings going to improve his Russian?
A．By getting a Russian tutor.
B．By reading Russian books.
C．By watching Russian movies.
D．By studying in a Russian city.小题4:Alex Rawlings likes Greek best because .
A．his parents speak it
B．he thinks it’s interesting
C．he thinks it’s easy to learn
D．he has spoken it since childhood小题5:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Alex Rawlings’ father’s family is in Japan.
B．Chinese is the next language Alex Rawlings plans to learn.
C．Alex Rawlings showed great interest in learning languages from a young age.
D．Learning new languages becomes more and more difficult for Alex Rawlings.
