D．English teachers should be held responsible for the students' poor command of English

答案　D

解析　细节理解题。由第一段的"High school English teachers are not doing their jobs."可知作者提到的说话人认为，英语老师应该为学生的英语不好负责。故选D。

A．gave a correct judgment of the English level of the students

B．had exaggerated (夸张)the language problems of the students

C．was right in saying that English teachers were not doing their jobs

D．could think and speak intelligently

答案　B

解析　细节理解题。由第四段的"As their own command of the language improves，they notice that young people do not have this same ability.Unaware that their own ability has developed through the years，they assume the new generation of young people must be hopeless in this respect."可知作者认为发言者夸张了学生的语言问题。故选B。

5．It can be concluded from the passage that ________.

A．it is justifiable to include English as a school subject

B．the author disagrees with the speaker over the standard of English at Grade 9 level

C．English language teaching is by no means an easy job

D．language improvement needs time and effort

答案　C

解析　细节理解题。由第四段的"Unaware that their own ability has developed through the years，..."说明成年人的语言能力是经过了多年的发展的，所以语言教学绝不是一项简单的工作。故选C。

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