Question

【题目】English Around the World

There are more than 3,000 languages 【1】（speak）in the world. Of all these languages, English is the most 【2】(wide) used. Recent 【3】(survey) show that more than 500 million people speak English as their mother tongue.

From its roots in England, the language was spread around the world 【4】English traders and English governments in new lands. One of these new lands 【5】(become) the United States of America. The population of the United States is 309 million, 【6】(make) it the country with the 【7】(large) number of native English speakers.

About 300 million people speak English as their second language. There are even more people, like some in Europe as well as in China and Japan, 【8】 study English as a foreign language.

English has become the base language for international business, for the world’s airlines and even for the Internet. Whatever language people speak, they need 【9】(know) some English if they work in these fields. 【10】 is clear that the English language is becoming more important.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】spoken

【2】widely

【3】surveys

【4】by

【5】became

【6】making

【7】largest

【8】who

【9】(to) know

【10】It

【解析】本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述了英语被广泛应用的情况。英语被广泛传播到世界各地，成为了世界上应用最广泛的语言。英语还被许多国家当作第二语言，也被广泛应用到国际贸易，航空事业，互联网领域中。

【1】此处指有超过三千种语言被人们说，过去分词spoken作定语修饰language。故该空填spoken。

【2】widely,广泛地；此处指英语应用范围广，副词修饰动词。故该空填widely。

【3】由谓语动词show可知，为保持主谓一致，主语应填复数surveys。

【4】此处指英语被英语国家商人与英语国家政府带到了新大陆。by通过，经由，符合题意。故该空填by。

【5】由“From its roots in England”可知，追溯过去，应用一般过去时态，故该空填became。

【6】由于该处与前一分句统一主语且缺少连接词，故该空应填现在分词形式做状语。故该空填making。

【7】由该空前“the”修饰可知，此处为最高级。故该空填largest。

【8】该句为定语从句，由先行词“more people”可知，该空填who修饰。

【9】need可作为实意动词，即为need to do sth.; need也为情态动词，即为need do sth。故该空填（to）know。

【10】此处缺少主语且由整句可知缺少形式主语。故该空填it。