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English is a language_________ all around the world and is the ________ language of most international organizations.

A. to speak, working　　　　

B. spoken, working

C. speaking, worked　　　　　

D. spoken, worked

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　　English is a language spoken all around the world．There are more than 42 countries where the majority① of the people speak English．Most native speakers of English are found in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland and New Zealand．In total, for more than 375 million people, English is their mother tongue．An equal number of people learn English as a second language．These people will perhaps speak the language of their own country at home with their family, but the language of the government, schools, newspapers and TV is English．This situation is found in countries such as India, Pakistan, Nigeria and the Philippines．

　　However, the number of people who learn English as a foreign language is more than 750 million．Everywhere in the world, children go to school to learn English．Most people learn English for five or six years at high school．In China students learn English at school as a foreign language, except for those in Hong Kong, where many people speak English as a first or a second language．

　　In only fifty years, English has developed into the language most widely spoken and used in the world．English is the working language of most international organizations, international trade② and tourism③．Businessmen and tourists often come to China without being able to speak Chinese．Chinese businessmen, taxi drivers and students talk with them using English．English is also the language of global culture, such as popular music and the Internet．You can listen to English songs on the radio or use English to communicate with people around the world through the Internet．With so many people communicating in English every day, it will become more and more important to have a good knowledge of English．

(1)

In China we are learning English as a ________．
[　　]
A．	first language
B．	second language
C．	foreign language
D．	mother tongue

(2)

Most international organizations use ________ as their working language．
[　　]
A．	English
B．	French
C．	Chinese
D．	Japanese

(3)

Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?
[　　]
A．	There are more than 42 countries where the majority of the people speak English．
B．	The number of people who learn English as a foreign language is more than 750 million．
C．	English is the language of global culture such as popular music and the Internet．
D．	English is the most important and widely used language in the world．

(4)

From the passage we can infer that ________．
[　　]
A．	English will be the only language to be used in the world
B．	native speakers of English might find it unnecessary for them to learn a foreign language
C．	the number of learners of English will become smaller in the future
D．	with the development of China’s economy, Chinese will become more important than English

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English is fast becoming the language of science around the world, but what is its future among everyday speakers? One expert points out that the percentage(比率) of native English speakers is declining(降低) while the languages of other rapidly growing regions are being spoken by increasing numbers of people. But English will continue to remain widespread and important.

However, British language scholar David Graddol says English will probably drop in dominance(主导) by the middle of this century to rank, after Chinese, about equally with Arabic, Hindi, and Urdu. “The number of people speaking English as a first language continues to rise, but it isn’t rising nearly as fast as the numbers of many other languages around the world, simply because the main population group has been largely in the less developed countries where languages other than English have been spoken,” he says.

In a recent article in the journal Science, Mr. Graddol noted that three languages that are not near the top of the list of the most widely spoken now might be there soon. These are Bengali, Tamil, and Malay, spoken in south and southeast Asia.

David Crystal, the author of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, says about 1.5 billion of the world’s six billion people speak it as a second tongue compared to the 400 million native speakers. But another expert on the English language says Mr. Graddol underestimates (低估) the future of its dominance. “All the evidence (证据) suggests that the English language snowball is rolling down a hill and is getting faster, but nobody quite knows what’s going to happen because no language has been in this position before.” he said.

51．In David Graddol’ s opinion, English will _______.

A．remain widespread and important

B．be more important than any other language

C．lose its dominant position

D．die away in the near future

52．The underlined sentence in the last paragraph implies that ______.

A．snowballs will roll down faster than language balls

B．the English language snowball is rolling down faster than any time in the past

C．English language will soon drop in dominance

D．more and more language users will choose English

53．How many experts does the passage mention who express their ideas about the future of English?

A．2. B．3. C．4. D．5.

54．According to David Graddol, which of the following will possibly be one of the languages that will be most widely spoken?

A．Malay. B．Arabic. C．Urdu. D．German.

55．What should be the best title for the passage?

A．English Remaining the Dominant Position

B．The Future of English? Who Knows?

C．Opinions from Different Experts

D．The English Language Snowball Rolling Down

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English is fast becoming the language of science around the world, but what is its future among everyday speakers? One expert points out that the percentage of native English speakers is declining globally while the languages of other rapidly growing regions are being spoken by increasing numbers of people. But English will continue to remain widespread and important.

　　 However, British language scholar David Graddol says English will probably drop in dominance(主导) by the middle of this century to rank, after Chinese, about equally with Arabic, Hindi, and Urdu. “The number of people speaking English as a first language continues to rise, but it isn’t rising nearly as fast as the numbers of many other languages around the world, simply because the main population group has been largely in the less developed countries where languages other than English have been spoken,” he says.

　　 In a recent article in the journal Science, Mr. Graddol noted that three languages that are not near the top of the list of the most widely spoken now might be there soon. These are Bengali, Tamil, and Malay, spoken in south and Southeast Asia.

　　 David Crystal, the author of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, says about 1.5 billion of the world’s six billion people speak it as a second tongue compared to the 400 million native speakers. But another expert on the English language says Mr. Graddol underestimates (低估) the future of its dominance. “Nobody quite knows what’s going to happen because no language has been in this position before. But all the evidence suggests that the English language snowball is rolling down a hill and is getting faster,” he said.

71. In David Graddol’s opinion, English will _______.

　　 A. remain widespread and important　

B. be more important than any other language

　　 C. lose its dominant position　　　　　　

D. die away in the near future

72. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph implies that ______.

　　 A. snowballs will roll down faster than language balls

　　 B. the English language snowball is rolling down faster than any time in the past

　　 C. English language will soon drop in dominance

　　 D. more and more language users will choose English

73. How many experts does the passage mention who express their ideas about the future of English?

　　 A. 2.　　　　　　B. 3.　　　　　 C. 4.　　　　　　 D. 5.