How _______ you ________ on with your work recently?

A. do; get        B. have; get         C. are; getting         D. were; getting

 There ________ an English evening next Saturday.

A. will have      B. is to have     C. is going to do     D. is going to be

 Forests _______ and burned at such a speed that they will disappear from the earth in the near future.

A. cut         B. are cut         C. are being cut      D. had been cut

 It will not be long before the house ________ her.

A. belongs to        B. will belong to      C. is going to belong   D. is belonging to

 Hundreds of jobs will be lost if the factory _______ down.

A. close         B. closes         C. will close       D. is going to close

 Because the shop ______, all the T-shirts are sold at half price.

A. has closed down   B. closed down     C. is closing down    D. had closed down

 I have won a holiday for two weeks to London next month and I _______ my mother.

A. have taken       B. am about to take    C. am taking         D. was taking

 随着社会的发展，越来越多的人认识到了英语的重要性，但是有些人担心自己方言太重，英语口语不够标准，不能够很好地和外宾交流。请你就此现象，利用本单元的词汇，写一篇100词的短文并发表自己的看法。

参考词汇：

play a role ;international ; however; standard; communication; native ; culture

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 Manhattan is the heart of New York City. It is really an island, which is only 13 miles long and 2 miles wide. Seen from the air, it look like a long finger. From the sea it is just like a picture we often see.

Manhattan has some wonderful sights. What is the easiest way to see them?  First, get a map of New York City, which is often supplied free at gas stations and tourists offices. You can take a bus tour, but a better way to see the sights is to walk, and you’ll walk with your head thrown back so that you can look at the tall buildings rising like steep cliff(悬崖) on__________ of the streets.

It is not easy to get lost here. The streets of New York from squares called blocks. Nearly all the streets are in the straight lines, running from east to west. Those from north to south are called avenues. Most of the avenues and streets have only numbers. The famous fifth Avenue is the dividing line between the east and west in Manhattan. Here you’ll see the Empire State Building. On the 102^nd floor, over 1,400 feet above the ground, it is possible for you to see the area in which one in ten of all the people in America live. You can also look down at the other huge skyscrapers, the United Nations’ buildings, the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) in the harbor, Broadway---the longest street in the world but not the straightest, and the greatest ships in the world’s biggest port.

1. What is the best title of the passage?  (Please answer within 10 words.)

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2.  Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

A street known as the Fifth Avenue divides Manhattan into two parts---the east and the west.

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3. Please fill in the blank in the second paragraph with proper words and phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words)

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4. Which is the better way to see the sights in Manhattan---to take a bus or to walk?  Why?

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5. Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.

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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.

36. 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

37. 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.

38. 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.

D. It is a world language that is used for international communication.

39. What forms an adequate working knowledge of English?

A. The ability to read a newspaper.

B. It is difficult to judge because it differs for each situation.

C. Being a multilingual.

D. Being a native speaker.

40. 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.