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资料：What if you were told there was a way you may strengthen your cognitive skills and heighten your intelligence, and all you had to do was was learn to strike up basic conversations in another language?

It probably sounds great, because if you’re like most you would love to be able to speak a second language. But then, you recall your experience in high school foreign language-boring tote memorization and long hours with little progress-and perhaps it doesn’t sound so good any more.

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You may have experienced all the following EXCEPT ________ while learning a foreign language in high school.

A.hard work with little progress
B.long hours of tiring learning
C.great pronunciation in a sudden
D.boring memorization

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答案： C

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【关键词】You may have experienced; EXCEPT; learning a foreign language in high school

【主题句】第2自然段But then, you recall your experience in high school foreign language-boring tote memorization and long hours with little progress-and perhaps it doesn’t sound so good any more. 但是然后，你回忆起你在高中外语学习中的经验，无聊的死记硬背和长时间的工作却几乎没有进步，也许这听起来再也没有那么好了。

【解析】本题的问题是“在高中学习外语时，你也许经历过以下所有的这些，除了哪一项？”。

选项A意为“努力工作但进展甚微”，选项B意为“长时间的疲劳学习”，选项C意为“突如其来好的发音”，选项D意为“枯燥的识记”根据主题句可知，A、B、D选项均有提及，故选C。