Question

 How many kinds of languages are there on earth in the world ？ Maybe no one can 1 this question surely. Generally speaking,there are 2 kinds of languages in the world. One is your mother language. You learn 3 at home with your family when you are small. The second kind is foreign language that is 4 abroad and that you can learn at school. The third kind is the official language of your country. It is used in official papers and spoken 5 the radio and official television. The fourth kind is the dead language. It is not spoken any more 6 still exists (存在)in written papers. For example,Latin.

  English is the most popular language in the world now. It has large number of 7 and users. And it 8 an important part in the government and education of India ， South Africa,Canada,Australia,New Zealand,and most parts of America. It is used all over the world. Though English is 9 spoken,there are more people speaking Chinese than those who speak English. The only 10 is that there are more than one billion Chinese people in the world ！

(   ) 1. A. solve    B. accept

       C. answer    D. ask

(  ) 2. A. two    B. three

        C. four    D. five

(   ) 3. A. this    B. him

       C. it    D. them

(   ) 4. A. talked    B. told

       C. spoken    D. taught

(   ) 5. A. for    B. at

      C. in    D. on

(   ) 6. A. and    B. but

      C. or    D. so

(   ) 7. A. students    B. teachers

       C. speakers    D. traders

(   ) 8. A. lays    B. plays

       C. takes    D. forms

(   ) 9. A. widely    B. nearly

       C. certainly    D. hardly

(   ) 10. A. way    B. fact

       C. problem    D. reason

Answer 1

1. C

2. C 短文第一段共提到四种类型的语言。

3. C  用it指代上文的foreign language。

4. C

5. D

6. B  由句意可知上下文为转折关系。

7. C本句意为"有大量的说英语和使用英语的人。"speaker ，"说（某种语言）的人"符合句意。

8. B

9. A

10. D reason意为"原因"。上下文大意为:尽管英语使用广泛，但说汉语的人却更多。唯一的原因是……