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.

1.What would be the best title for this passage?

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

3.According to the passage, what is the main reason for the widespread use of English?

4.What forms an adequate working knowledge of English?

5.What type of developing countries would be most likely to use English?

6.C。细节题。根据文章最后一段倒数第2句可推知此题

完成句子。（共20空，每空为0.5,满分10分）

1.一旦他拿定主意，他将不再改变主意。

Once he ____ _____ _____ _____, he’ ll never ____ _____ _____ .

2.他明知会激怒她，却故意那么做。

He did it _____ ______, knowing it would annoy her.

3.他们全部突然哭了起来。

All of them ____ _____ _____.

4.他对你所说的话感到震惊。

He was____ ____ what you said .

5.他的假期即将结束。

His holiday will be ____ _____ ______ .

6.I met Li Ming at the railway station yesterday. (改为强调句)

____ _____ at the railway station ____ I met Li Ming yesterday .

假如你是我校广播站的一位通讯员，请以an unforgettable experience为题，参照如下的内容，并结合自己的感想写一篇短文。

三月是学雷锋活动月，学校里涌现了许多好人好事，譬如，一3班的同学帮食堂运煤，还有的同学捡到钱包上交老师等等。给我留下深刻印象的是我校的一位同学在一个大雨天里,看到一位老人没带雨具,在雨中行走。热心肠的他得知他要去公交车站,毫不犹豫地把老人送了过去，直到老人上了车。老人从他穿的校服知道他是我们白云中学的学生。

参考词汇：学雷锋活动月“Leifeng month”  煤：coal

要求：词数100左右；可适当增加细节，使行文连贯，表述准确。（尽可能使用所学的词汇和句式、如强调句、倒装、非谓语、定语从句等等）

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1.当你和以英语为母语的人士面对面交流时，不要害怕犯语法错误。(native English speakers, grammatical )

2．正是孩子们要求父母给他们更多的时间来做自己喜欢做的事。(request, 强调句)

3．尽管我们学过“even if”,但我们发现运用它还很难。(even if，it做形式宾语 )

4．当朋友生气时,你应劝劝她并好好相处。(calm down, get along )

5．这位老人苦于失去记忆因而无法记录下自己的经历。(suffer from, set down, because of)

6． 我到达伦敦时，碰巧下雨。(happen)

当前不少文学作品被改编成电影。有人选择看电影，有人则喜欢读原著。请你以“Film or book, which do you prefer?”为题，按照下列要点写一篇英文短文：

1.看电影的好处

2.读原著的好处

3.我的看法及理由

注意：1.词数100～120，文章题目和开头已给出（不计词数）

2.参考词汇：(the) original work 或(the) book in the original（原著）

重要要求：

1.注意书法，书法分4分；

2.句式要求：文中要有一句话使用从句、倒装或者强调句；有一句话使用非谓语。每句话3分，共计6分，请考生在自己作文中的这两句话下面下划线，如果全文无下划线的句子，则以0分记入作文总分；

3.作文内容分：15分。

Film or book, which do you prefer

Some of us think that it is better to see the film than to read the book in the original.