Question

【小题1】许多动物都处于灭绝的边缘。
Many animals are ___________________ extinction(灭绝).
【小题2】学生把英语用来作为第一外语来学习。
English ___________ by the students as the first foreign language.
【小题3】众所周知，政府鼓励人们用布袋去购物。
It is well-known that the government ___________________ go shopping with the cloth bags.
【小题4】在过去，人们的衣服都是用手工做的，一次只能做一件。
In the past people’s clothes were made one at a time ____________.
【小题5】据我所知，他们将在下个月回来。
___________________, they will come back next month.

Answer 1

【小题1】 on the edge of
【小题2】 is studied/learned
【小题3】encourages people to
【小题4】 by hand
【小题5】 As far as I know

解析试题分析：
【小题1】处于……边缘 on the edge of...，固定短语。
【小题2】缺学习这个意思没有翻译，而学习和英语之间的关系是被动，基本结构be + done. 故填is studied/learned。
【小题3】鼓励人们做某事 encourage sb. to do sth. ,这里是鼓励人们去购物，encourage people to.
【小题4】手工制作 by hand 固定短语。
【小题5】据我所知，固定短语As far as I know
考点：翻译。
点评：先找出有什么中文意思没有翻译出来，再填入适当的词组或所缺内容，注意被动语态的使用。