About 800 million people in the world speak English, about 15% of the world’s population.

About 400 million people speak   1   as their first language in the United States, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and so on.

About 300 million people speak English as a   2   language, for example, in many parts of India and Africa people speak one language   3   with their family and friends but use English for work. The children study their lessons in English at school.

About 100 million people speak English as a foreign language. For example, in Germany people don’t use English   4   and they don’t speak it at home. In school they study most of their lessons in their native language, German, and English is an extra (单独设置的) lesson. At work they use English for business with people from   5  .

Why do so many people speak English in the world? That’s because America is very

  6   in business all over the world. American culture is very popular too. In most countries people can   7   English through Hollywood films, TV programs and pop music. English is especially important for the world’s   8  , for science and technology; for pop music and for air travel.

However, the language spoken by the greatest number of people is  9 , which is spoken by over one   10  people; the amazing thing is that they are all nation speakers.

1A. Chinese        B. German       C. France         D. English

2A. second                B. first            C. native          D. new

3A. in public       B. at school        C. at home        D. at work

4A. all the time       B. for ever        C. in the future   D. at a time

5A. other countries  B. America          C. Canada       D. Australia

6A. strong           B. weak            C. popular       D. welcome

7A. read             B. hear             C. speak                D. watch

8A. population         B. history           C. environment     D. business

9A. English          B. Chinese         C. Japanese         D. Russian

10A. million          B. hundred thousand  C. billion         D. hundred million

MOVIE GUIDE THURSDAY

Rush Hour   15:00   23:00    Action Movie          

Do you like Jackie Chan? Rush Hour is another movie of his.

It’s so exciting. Come and have fun! My Life as Mcdull    8:40    13:00    Cartoon        

Mcddull is a little pig. He’s kind of silly but he’s very cute. Do you want to enjoy the happiness with him? Be sure to see it!

Mr. Bean    10:40    19:00      Comedy

Rowan is a great actor. His movie Mr. Bean is coming. It’s very funny. Don’t miss it!

Harry Potter     13:30    17:00    Magic Fiction      

Now Harry Potter has been in the wizardry school (魔法学校) for three years. He begins a new life. How is everything going?

    根据上文内容,选择正确答案。

1The main character in the movie “My Life as Mcdull” is a ________.

   A. bird        B. pig        C. dog       D. cat

2. “Mr. Bean” is a very interesting ________.

   A. action movie    B. science fiction    C. comedy    D. cartoon

3Jackie Chan is an actor in the movie “________”.

   A. Mr. Bean   B. Harry Potter    C. My Life as Mcdull   D. Rush Hour

4On Thursday morning you can watch ________.

   A. “Mr Bean” and “My Life as Mcdull       B.“Harry Potter ” and “Rush Hour”

C. “My Life as Mcdull” and “Harry Potter ”     D. “Rush Hour” and “Mr. Bean”

5You can see “Harry Potter ” at ________.

  A. 8:40 am.      B. 3:00 pm      C. 5:00 pm      D. 11:00 pm

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