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　English is widely 　1　　 　It 　2　　 　by people in England, Australia and the United States. In Sweden, France and many 　3　　 　, a lot of people understand English, too. It is one of the 　4　　 　languages 　5　　 　international meetings. 　6　　 　international business letters are 　7　　 　in English. Many books and magazines are printed in English, too. English 　8　　 　be difficult, but it is very useful.It is a 　9　　 　to so musch knowledge. If you know English, you'll find you can 　10　　 　the world better, so we should study it hard.

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　　Beijing will 1 the Olympic Games in 2008. So, we need to 2 our English to get ready for that. In order to do this, the government and local people are thinking 3 many good ideas to encourage people to learn English. Songs TV contest. People from 4 China come to Beijing to 5 the contest. They all want to show that they are the 6 singers in English.

　　All the young singers have good English pronunciation. And their stage 7 are good. They act naturally in front of 8 audience. Their performances are really 9 . People see the performances think the singers can sing as 10 as native speakers.

　　The winners tell people that they sing English songs to study English. They find it easier to learn the English words 11 heart if they sing them out.

　　It is said the contest helps the speaking of English in China. It increases people's enthusiasm for English learning. And their 12 English are better than before.

　　But if you want to speak fluent English, there is 13 work to be done beside that. You have to look 14 the new word in the dictionary. And you have to read more books. Of course singing can make people have 15 with English.

　　The contest is only part of the “Beijing Speaks English Program”. People in Beijing will do more to support the Olympic Games.

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　　Albert Selmer, a German businessman who speaks good English, was surprised during his latest trip to Beijing. When he got into a taxi, the driver greeted him and asked where he would like to go in English. “This couldn't be imagined eight years ago when I first visited Beijing,” said Selmer. He wouldn't be so surprised when he knew so many people were learning English in this city.

　　Beijing failed in its bid(申办)for the 2000 Games. One of the reasons was that foreigners find it hard to communicate(交流) with Beijing citizens(市民). Most of them spoke only Chinese. Today the city is working to improve communication.

　　One great change has happened during Beijing's preparations(准备). Now Beijing citizens are looking forward to the 2008 Games by actively learning English. Free classes held in a number of Beijing communities are enjoying high attendance(出席). Citizens are learning useful expressions, greetings, how to give directions and how to introduce themselves to foreigners.

　　Shop assistants, bus and taxi drivers and even policemen are learning English to welcome the 2008 Olympic Games. The young taxi driver who surprised the German visitor is probably one of those learners.

　　The first-stage aim(目标) of the “Beijing Citizens' English Speaking Plan” started by city goverment in August, 2002, is to popularize(普及) English among the goverment officer, taxi drivers, hotel staff and shop, assistants. In five years the percentage(比例) of Beijing citizens who can speak English will be raised to around 30 percent from 15 percent.

1．Albert Selmer was surprised when he got into the taxi, because ________.

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A．he found the driver served him better

B．the car didn't look the same as it did eight years ago

C．the driver could speak English

D．the driver was very polite to him

2．Today more and more Beijingers are learning English in order to ________.

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A．support the bid for the 2008 Olympics

B．make English the official language in China

C．make themselves understood easily while talking to foreigners

D．catch up with the modern development

3．From this passage we know that________.

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A．spoken English is very important in our daily life

B．Albert Selmer often came to China these years

C．Beijingers are taking an active part in learning English

D．the main reason why Beijing failed in its bid for the 2000 Games was that very few people could speak English

4．If more and more Beijingers can communicate with the foreigners in English, ________.

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A．they will learn more about the Olympic Games

B．it will help Beijing's 2008 Games

C．they will be treated strangely

D．they will be given a hand while in trouble

5．If the population of Beijing will be fifteen million in 2008, about ________ people will probably be able to speak English.

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