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　　Who taught you to speak English? Your parents, while you were a young child. Perhaps even the BBC as a grown-up. Whoever it was, somehow you have developed an understanding of what is rapidly becoming a truly global language.

　　There are now about 376 million people who speak English as their first language, and about the same number who have learnt it in addition to their mother tongue. There are said to be one billion people learning English now and about 80％ of the information on the internet is in English.

　　Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? Should we celebrate(庆贺) the fact that more and more of us can communicate(交流), using a common language, across countries and cultures? Or should we worry about the dangers of “mono-cultureness”, a world in which we all speak the same language, eat the same food and listen to the same music?

　　Does it matter if an increasing number of people speak the same language? On the contrary(相反), I would have thought－although I have never accepted the argument that if only we all understood each other better, there would be fewer wars. Ask the people of India (where many of them speak at least some English) and Pakistan (the same situation with India)…

　　If we all speak English, will we then all start eating McDonalds burgers? Surely not. If English becomes more dominant(占主导地位的), it will kill other languages? I doubt it. When I travel in Africa or Asia, I am always surprised by how many people can speak not only their own language but often one or more other related languages, as well as English and perhaps some French or German as well.

　　When we discussed this on Talking Point a couple of years ago, we received a wonderful poetic email from a listener in Ireland. “The English language is a beautiful language. Maybe it's like a rose,” he said. “But who would ever want their garden just full of roses?”

　　Well, I love roses, and I think they make a beautiful addition to any garden. But the way I see it, just by planting a few roses, you don't necessarily need to pull out everything else. If more and more people want to plant English roses, that's fine by me.

1．By saying “Ask the people of India…and Pakistan”(in paragraph 4), the author is trying to show that ________.

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A．speaking the same language doesn't necessarily bring peace

B．wars can destroy the relationship between two countries

C．English doesn't kill other languages

D．English is widely used in the world

2．The author would probably agree that ________.

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A．it's very hard to plant many kinds of flowers in a garden

B．it's good for people from other countries to learn English

C．more and more people like to plant roses in their gardens

D．English will kill other languages

3．This passage is mainly about ________.

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A．why English has become a global language

B．how people in the world learn English as a foreign language

C．how many people in the world speak English

D．whether we need worry about English being a world language

1　 there, don’t try to speak English perfectly, 　2 if you do so, no one will understand you. In London ninety-nine in every hundred people speak 　3 English. You may say that 　4 they don’t speak English well themselves, they can 　5 understand it when it is well spoken. They　 6 when the speaker is English. But when the speaker is a 　7 , the better he speaks, the 　8 it is to understand him.

No foreigner can 　9 stress(重读) the syllables(音节) and make the tone(声调) 　10 and fall in question and 　11 exactly as a 　12 does. 　13 the first thing you have to do is to speak with a strong 　14 accent, and speak broken, that is, English without any 　15 . Then every English person you 　16 will at once know you are a foreigner, and try to understand you and be ready to 　17 you. He will not 　18 you to be polite and use grammatical phrases. He will be 　19 by his cleverness in making out(弄清) your 　20 and being able to tell what you want to know.

1. A. settled　　　 B. heard　　　 C. understood　 D. known

2. A. because　　　 B. unless　　　 C. whatever　　 D. for

3. A. American　　 B. bad　　　　 C. standard　　 D. no

4. A. because　　　 B. since　　　 C. when　　　　 D. even if

5. A. hardly　　　 B. really　　　 C. at least　　 D. at most

6. A. say　　　　　 B. can　　　　 C. think　　　　 D. hope

7. A. foreigner　　 B. native　　　 C. Londoner　　 D. traveler

8. A. better　　　 B. easier　　　 C. harder　　　 D. clearer

9. A. never　　　　 B. even　　　　 C. ever　　　　 D. only

10. A. right　　　 B. exact　　　 C. raise　　　　 D. rise

11. A. request　　 B. answer　　　 C. sentence　　 D. phrase

12. A. native　　　 B. foreigner　 C. child　　　　 D. reporter

13. A. While　　　 B. Although　　 C. Because　　　 D. Therefore

14. A. London　　　 B. British　　 C. foreign　　　 D. country

15. A. grammar　　 B. mistake　　 C. expression　 D. word

16. A. know　　　　 B. see　　　　 C. look for　　 D. speak with

17. A. welcome　　 B. help　　　　 C. teach　　　　 D. praise

18. A. expect　　　 B. scold　　　 C. show　　　　 D. think

19. A. strict　　　 B. surprised　 C. pleased　　　 D. praised

20. A. way　　　　 B. meaning　　 C. mistake　　　 D. country

　 English as a Foreign Language

　 Who taught you to speak English? Your parents, while you were a young child? Your teachers at school? Perhaps even the BBC as a grown-up. Whoever it was, somehow you have developed an understanding of what is rapidly becoming a truly global language.

　 There are now about 376 million people who speak English as their first language, and about the same number who have learnt it in addition to their mother tongue. There are said to be one billion people learning English now and about 80% of the information on the Internet is in English.

　 Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? Should we celebrate the fact that more and more of us can communicate, using a common language, across countries and cultures（文化）？Or should we worry about the dangers of ‘mono-centralism’, a world in which we all speak the same language, eat the same food and listen to the same music?

　 Does it matter if an increasing number of people speak the same language? On the contrary（相反），I would have thought－although I have never accepted the argument that if only we all understood each other better, there would be fewer wars. Ask the people of India（where many of them speak at least some English）and Pakistan（the same situation with India）…

　 If we all speak English, will we then all start eating McDonalds burgers? Surely not. If English becomes more dominant（占主导地位的）, it will kill other languages ? I doubt it. When I travel in Africa or Asia, I am always surprised by how many people can speak not only their own language but often one or more other related languages, as well as English and perhaps some French or German as well.

　 When we discussed this on Talking Point a couple of years ago, we received a wonderfully poetic email from a listener in Ireland. “The English language is a beautiful language. Maybe it’s like a rose,” he said. “But who would ever want their garden just full of roses?”

　 Well, I love roses, and I think they make a beautiful addition to any garden. But the way I see it, just by planting a few roses, you don’t necessarily need to pull out everything else. If more and more people want to plant English roses, that’s fine by me.

67．By saying “Ask the people of India…and Pakistan”（in Paragraph 4）, the author is trying to show that _____.

A．speaking the same language doesn’t necessarily bring peace

B．wars can destroy the relationship between two countries

C．English doesn’t kill other languages

D．English is widely used in the world

68．What does “garden” in the last two paragraphs stand for?

A．Language　　　　　　　 B. Family　 　　　　　　　 C. The world　　　　　　　 D. The Earth

69．The author would probably agree that ______.

A．it’s very hard to plant many kinds of flowers in a garden

B．it’s good for people from other countries to learn English

C．more and more people like to plant roses in their gardens

D．English is easier to learn than other languages

70．This passage is mainly about ________.

A．why English has become a global language

B．how many people in the world speak English

C．how people in the world learn English as a foreign language

D．whether we need to worry about English being a world language