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The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare’s time is estimated(估计) to have been about five million. Today it is estimated that some 260 million people speak it as a native language, mainly in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the standard varieties of English found in these areas, there are a great many regional and social varieties of the language as well as various levels of usage that are employed both in its spoken and written forms.
In fact, it is impossible to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate(足够的) working knowledge of English in addition to their own languages. The purpose for English learning and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is difficult to explain and still more difficult to judge what forms an adequate working knowledge for each situation.
The main reason for the widespread demand for English is its present-day importance as a world language. Besides serving the indefinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in which some of important works in science, technology, and other fields are being produced, and not always by native speakers. It is widely used for such purposes as meteorological and airport communications, international conferences, and the spread of information over the radio and television networks of many nations. It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries, especially former British colonies. Many of these countries have multilingual populations and need a language for internal communication in such matters as government, commerce, industry, law and education as well as for international communication and for entrance to the scientific and technological developments in the West.
1.What would be the best title for this passage?
A.The Difficulties of Learning English |
B.International Communications |
C.The Standard Varieties of English |
D.English as a World Language |
2.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.Some 260 million people in the world have an adequate working knowledge of English. |
B.There are some 260 million native speakers of English in the world. |
C.It is almost impossible to estimate the number of people with an adequate working knowledge of English. |
D.People learn English for a variety of reasons. |
3.According to the passage, what is the main reason for the widespread use of English?
A.It was popular during Shakespeare’s time. |
B.It is used in former British colonies. |
C.It serves the needs of its native speakers. |
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D.It is a world language that is used for international communication. |
4.What forms an adequate working knowledge of English?
A.The ability to read a newspaper. |
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B.It is difficult to judge because it differs for each situation. |
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C.Being able to speak several languages. |
D.Being a native speaker. |
5.What type of developing countries would be most likely to use English?
A.Those geographically close to the United States. |
B.Those interested in the culture of the United States. |
C.Former colonies of Great Britain. |
D.Countries where international conferences are held. |
6.C。细节题。根据文章最后一段倒数第2句可推知此题
你将阅读的是一篇关于鲨鱼袭击的文章。有五处段落从文章中被取出了。请从A-F这六个选项中选出正确的选项填入空格中。选项中有一项是多余选项。
When I was eight, my parents, my younger brother, Stewart, and a girl called Margo Edwards, who was at school with us, went on holiday to Mozambique. One day, we took out a small rowing boat with an outboard motor on it, and went fishing on a lagoon at a place called San Martina.
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E. Eventually, people in a fishing boat heard us screaming, and came alongside, and a fisherman tied our boat up to his. He was very careful, or he seemed to be, and he and my father handed first us kids, and then mother, through to his boat, and our rowing boat was towed behind. | ||||
F. This monster started bashing our boat, which began rocking from side to side. We were just terrified because the boat was by now rocking so much we thought we were going to be tipped into the water and bitten up by this thing. I remember assuming that we were going to die. |
第二节、完形填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面的短文,然后从文章后面所给的各个选项中选出一个最佳答案,
使文章内容通顺、正确。
Some years ago, an American policeman found a woman lying near a lonely road.She did not appear to have 16 , but she was trembling and clearly in a state of shock, so he rushed her to the __17 __hospital.She began to tell the doctor on duty a story which was 18__ in all respects.She had been __ 19 along a country road __ 20 she had been stopped by a flying saucer 21 in front of her.She had been forced to leave the car and 22_ the flying saucer by creatures which looked like human beings and which could easily make themselves 23_ although they could not __ 24__ They could read her thoughts and she could read 25 They tested her politely and allowed her to 26 after carrying out a number of tests on her.As she otherwise seemed to be __ 27 , the doctor decided that she was probably suffering from the side effects of some medicine.The woman insisted on being 28 to go home, but when she gave her address, it was in a town over a thousand miles from the _ 29 The police then started to make inquiries(打听)and soon ___30_ that there was already a __ 31_ going on for the woman. 32 _ husband badly reported that she had 33 .Her car had been found with the driver's door open and the engine running. 34__ the car, the surface of the road had been completely destroyed, not by an explosion or anything of that kind, but 35 a large, round, white, hot object had burnt through it.
16.A.a rest B.an accident C.a test D.an idea
17.A.most famous B.most expensive C.best D.nearest
18.A.funny B.sad C.moving D.astonishing
19.A.driving B.walking C.running D.wandering
20.A.as B.since C.when D.if
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