A young man traveled by train. As it was running across a desert, passengers looked out of window.

When the train went near a turning, it slowed down and then a house came to their eyes. It was so lonely that everybody on the train turned to “admire” it with eyes wide open. Some passengers even began a discussion about it.

The young man was also impressed (给于某人深刻印象) by the scene. On his return he got off the train at the nearest station and found his way to the house. Its owner told him that troubled by the noise of the train he wanted to sell the house but nobody would buy it.

Soon after the young man spent 30,000 dollars for the house, regarding it as favorite place for advertisement. It was facing the railway on the turning where the train had to slow down and passengers would have a look at the house.

He managed to connect with big companies and tried his best to be sure of the advantage of the place for advertisement. Finally, the Coca Cola Company took a lease (租赁) on it to put up signs. The young man was paid 180,000 dollars for three years.

The story is completely true. It proves that discovery may lead to success.

1.There was a lonely house on a desert near a turning when the train passed.

2.The owner of the house wanted to sell it because of the noise of the train.

3.The house cost the young man thirty thousand pounds.

4.Actually, Coca Cola company took a lease for $ 60 thousand for a year.

5.From the passage, we know that we should develop the ability of finding.

Although English is called the “international language",there are quite a few kinds of English around the world .English, of course ,come from England. Soon, it spread to all of Britain and different kinds appeared. Kinds of English that are often taught to language students are British. American,Canadian.Irish. Australian.and New Zealand, Native(本族语的)speakers of English from these countries number more than 380 million.

There is a second group of countries whose histories have been directly touched by one of the English-speaking civilizations(文明).Therefore. they use English in different important ways within their own government and everyday life.India.Malaysia. and Kenya are examples of this group.The total number of speakers in this group is more than 300 million.

In a third group of countries. English is widely used as a foreign language. However,people use their native language within their own government and in everyday life.Some countries in this group are China, Russia, Egypt, Indonesia and the countries of Western Europe. The number of speakers in this group can be as many as 1.000 million and it is growing fast.

The changing situations of English raise many questions. Will another language take the place of English as the international language? Will new kinds of English develop in other countries such as China or Russia?

1.Where did English come from?

A.America. B.Canada. C.England. D.Ireland.

2.One of the English-speaking civilizations once influenced the history of .

A.Egypt B.Kenya C.Indonesia D.France

3.In China and Russia English is widely used .

A.in their everyday life B.by their government

C.as the native language D.as a foreign language

4.What does the underlined word"raise” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A.举起 B.引起 C.抚养 D.筹集

5.What might be the best title for the text?

A.Why do we speak English? B.Where does English come from?

C.Which English will we speak? D.How many people speak English?

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