阅读理解

　　There are thousands of different languages in the world. Everyone seems to think that his native(本族的)language is the most important one, as it is their first language. For many people it is even their own language all their life. Beet English is the world’s most widely used language.

　　As a native language, nearly three hundred million people speak English: in the USA, England, Australia and some other countries.

　　For people in India and many other countries, English is of necessary for business, education(教育),information and other activities. So English is the second language there.

　　As a foreign language, no other language is more widely studied or used that English. We use it to listen to the radio, to read books or to travel. It is also one of the working languages in the United Nations and is more used than the others.

1．The native language is a person’s ________ language.

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2．People in ________ use English as their second language.

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3．English is mainly used in ________ ways by people in many non-English-speaking

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4．English is the world’s most widely used language because ________.

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A．it has the largest number of speakers in the world

B．it is the first important language

C．it is one of the working languages in the UN

D．it is used as the native language in many countries

5．What is the main idea about this passage?

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A．people are learning English as their native languages.

B．English is widely used throughout the world．

C．English is the most important working language in the world．

D．English is quite necessary in business, education, information and other activities.