شرکت در آزمون آنلاین زبان انگلیسی 1 - زبان انگلیسی 1 | آزمون شماره 12660

Bilingual is a person who is able to speak two languages with the facility of a native speaker in everyday life. Only a few people whom we would call bilingual can speak, read or write both languages equally well. We call those who can do this “balanced bilinguals”. But most bilinguals have a preferred language, which they use most of the time, and then a second language, the level and use of which will vary considerably from one person to another. Children raised bilingually from a very early age are most likely to have an equal command of both.

There are bilingual communities in many parts of the world. Members of these communities use two (or more) languages as a matter of course. South Africa, Belgium, Wales, Ireland and Canada are some examples of countries where such communities exist. (This does not mean that everyone living in these countries is bilingual.) Bilingualism also occurs in other areas of the world where immigrant groups have settled but have remained not fully absorbed into the society around them. They keep up many of their own customs and continue to speak their own language at home. The following examples are taken from a long list: Chinese and Italians in Australia, Turkish migrant workers in Germany, Asians in Great Britain, and Spanish speakers in the United States. In many cases, the bilinguals are not themselves immigrants, but people whose parents or even grandparents, moved to the country in question and have continued to speak to their children in their own mother tongue.

According to the passage, a balanced bilingual is a person who … .

If you want your children to keep their feet on the ground, put some … on their shoulders.

The underlined word “at last” in the passage means … .

John … a story to explain why he was late again, but nobody believed a word of what he said.