English is an important international language,but that doesn't mean it's easy to learn.①Many ex?perts have tried to make English easier to learn一but they weren't always successful.

In 1930,Professor   C. K. Ogden of Cambridge University invented Basic English. It had only 850 words (and just eighteen verbs) and Ogden said most people could learn it in just thirty hours. The problem was that people who learned Basic English could write and say simple messages,but they couldn't understand the answers in ' real⁷ English!It was also impossible to explain a word if it wasn't in the Basic English word list.

R. E. Zachrisson, a university professor inSweden, decided that 2.对于英语学习者最大的问题是发音,so he invented a language withthe name Anglic. Anglic was similar③      English,but with much simpler spelling. ' Father,became faad-her” new,became nue ' and ' years ' became 'yeerz'. Unluckily,Anglic never became popular.

In the age of international communication through the Internet? who knows what will happen? ...a new form of English might appear. A large number of the world's emails are in English and in?clude (包括) examples of 'NetLingo' like OIC (Oh,I see) and TTYL (Talk to you later) . In another fif?ty years,English might not be used. We might all speak fluent Internetish！

1. 将①处画线句子翻译成汉语。

2. 判断正误 (T/F) 。

Ogden said most people could learn Basic English in just thirteen hours.(   )

3. 将②处画线句子翻译成英语。

4. 在③处填入适当的介词。

Anglic was similar③        English,but with much simpler spelling.‘ Father' became ' faad-her ， new became， nue .

5. 根据短文内容回答问题。

What might happen to English in another fifty years?

  Today many Chinese people want to improve their English in different ways. 1.       (recent) ， twenty-four young singers from all over China 2.        (enter) a competition by singing popular English songs. Nearly all the singers sang very clearly and looked 3.       ( comfort) on the stage. Although some of them took part in the com- petition for the 4.       (one) time,they were able 5.       (sing) English songs just as well as native speakers.

The winner of the 6.       (men) competition was a 40-year-old man from Xi'an and winner of the women's competition was a 19-year-old girl from Dalian. Both of 7.        (they) were very modest and they didn't think they were8.       (good) than the other singers. Jiangmei the winner of the women's said studying English helped her win the prize and she would have to study hard.

This kind of competition encourages people 9.        (speak) English. Many people agree that they make progress by singing English songs and that it's a good idea to have fun with English.

Maybe you 10.       (hear) of TheChinese SpeakEnglishprogramme before. If not,why don't you find out about it? It suggests lots of ways for us to take an interest in 11.       (learn) English.

Besides singing English songs,there are many other fun ways to learn English. If you look hard enough,you 12.      (find) a good way to learn English better.

5. 知道英语从其他语言中借用了很多词语也是很重要的。

It's also               know that English has        many words       other languages.

4. 到处都在讲英语的原因是19世纪英语成了世界贸易语言。

                 English is spoken everywhere                 in the nineteenth      ，English became the language of world trade.

3. 到21世纪中期，汉语将会变得和英语一样普遍。

Chinese will become       common       English       the middle of the 21st century.

2. 英语现在被将近世界人口四分之一的人使用。

English is now            nearly a       of the world's       .

1. 英语被用作工作语言。例如在医生和病人之间。

English                           a working language,for example,      doctors and patients.

(   ) 10. You know the reason        he didn't finish the work on schedule.

   A. because   B. what

   C. that   D. why

(   ) 9. I'm going to start a club to help students       are not interested in schoolwork.

   A. whose   B. who

   C. whom   D. which

(   ) 8. George is an English teacher       loves fishing.

   A. who   B. whom

   C. he   D. which