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    English is an important global language, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to learn. Many experts have tried to make English easier for students to learn―but they weren’t always successful.
    In 1930, Professor CK 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 “real” English! It was also impossible to explain a word if it wasn’t in the Basic English word list. For example, if you wanted a watermelon, you asked for “a large green fruit with the form of an egg, which has a sweet red inside and a good taste”!
    RE Zachrisson, a university professor in Sweden, decided that the biggest problem for learners of English was spelling, so he invented a language called Anglic. Anglic was similar to English, but with much simpler spelling. “Father” became “faadher”, “new” became “nue’ and “years” became “yeerz”. Unfortunately for some students of English, Anglic never became popular.
    Even easier is the language which ships’ captains use: it’s called “Seaspeak”. Seaspeak uses a few simple phrases for every possible situation. In Seaspeak, for example, you don’t say, “I’m sorry what did you say?” or “I didn’t understand, can you repeat that?” It’s just “Say again.” No more grammar!
    In the age of international communication through the Internet who knows? ... a new form of English might appear. A large number of the world’s e-mails are in English and include examples of “NetLingo” like OIC (Oh, I see) and TTYL (Talk to you later). In another fifty years, English might not exist ... we will probably all speak fluent Internetish!
    小题1:The best title for the passage would be ______.
    A．SeaspeakB．Basic English
    C．InternetishD．Easy English
    小题2:It will take a person about ______ weeks to learn Basic English if he spends two hours
    learning it every day.
    A．sixB．fourC．twoD．three
    小题3:According to Professor Zachrisson, what was the biggest problem for learners of English?
    A．Grammar.B．Vocabulary.
    C．Speaking.D．Spelling.
    小题4:Which of the following is likely to be Anglic?
    A．IOUB．A graet batl.
    C．Long time no see.D．Two five, no lights.
    小题5:What might happen to English in another fifty years?
    A．It might be replaced by Internetish.
    B．It might become a global language.
    C．It might take the place of all other languages.
    D．It might become more and more difficult.

    小题1:D
    小题2:C
    小题3:D
    小题4:B
    小题5:A

    试题分析：文章大意：英语是全球性的语言。为了让更多的学生掌握英语，许多专家试图让英语变得更容易学习——但是并不是很成功。
    小题1:标题归纳题。根据Many experts have tried to make English easier for students to learn 文章开头就指 出主题怎样把英语变得更加简单，下文叙述了人们的不同做法。故D正确。
    小题2:细节理解题。根据Ogden said most people could learn it in just thirty hours.花30 个小时，一天两个 小时所以总共花两周的时间。故C正确。
    小题3:细节理解题。根据RE Zachrisson,a university professor in Sweden, decided that the biggest problem for learners of English was spelling, Zachrisson 教授说最大的问题是拼写。故D正确。
    小题4:细节理解题。根据Anglic was similar to English,可推出选项B的单词拼写上看出近似于英语但又 不是英语。故B正确。
    小题5:细节理解题。根据In another fifty years, English as we know it might not exist ... we will probably all speak fluent Internetish!再过50年有可能出现Internetish语言。故A正确。
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    B．The writer thinks highly of the old city transport symbols.
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    D．Tourist cities will lose their attraction without the symbols.

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