Question

V .完形填空(2014 •江西抚州) 

Why is it important for Lee to study English? After Chinese,the language that is most spoken in the world is 1 . Experts say that 300 million people speak English as a 2 language and another 500 million people speak it as a second language. English 3 by almost a billion people in the world and 83% of the world's 4 are written in English. But people think that there will be 5 emails in Chinese than in English.

Lee is studying English because he wants to be a 6 ,and he knows that English is the international language of science. Most scientists write in English. Lee's father is a scientist,and 7 Lee's father is going to an important scientific meeting in Hong Kong. All the discussions will be 8 English.

Lee's cousin Wei Ling wants to work for an airline when she 9 school. She needs English for this because English is the 10 language used on airlines and all pilots speak English. Wei Ling is going on an English course this summer to 11 English. David Zhang was born and lived in the US. That's 12 he has an English name. His family 13 to live in China last year and David is at Lee's school. David speaks English 14 ,but his Chinese isn’t very good. In the summer holidays,David and Lee are planning to spend time together so that they can help each 15 . Their plan is this：On Monday they speak English,on Tuesday they speak Chinese,and so on. Their teacher says it is a very good plan.

1. A. German   B. French

   C. Russian   D. English

2. A. first   B. second

   C. third   D. fourth 3 .A. uses   B. used

   C. is used   D. was used

4. A. letters   B. emails

   C. articles   D. postcards 5 .A. more   B. fewer

   C. better   D. worse

6. A. pilot   B. doctor

   C. scientist   D. secretary

7. A. last year   B. last week

   C. last month   D. next month

8. A. with   B. in

   C. by   D. of

9. A. left   B. leaves

   C. is leaving   D. has left

10. A. national   B. natural

   C. local   D. international

11. A. improve   B. translate

   C. read   D. write

12. A. where   B. when

   C. why   D. what

13. A. came back   B. wrote back

   C. gave back   D. took back

14. A. badly   B. slowly

   C. perfectly   D. carefully

15. A. another   B. other

   C. others   D. the other

Answer 1

V. 1. D解析:根据常识可知，英语是继汉语之后，说的人数最多的语言。

2. A 解析：根据后面关键信息a second language可知与之相对应 的是 a first language。

3. C 解析：由 by almost a billion people可知用一般现在时的被动语态。故选   C.

4. B 解析：根运后面的emails in Chinese than in English 可推测选   B.

5. A解析：根据上文“……世界上83%的电子邮件是用英语写的”和 But表示转折可知“用汉语写的邮件将比用英语写的(邮件) 多”，故选A.

6. C 解析：根据下文“Most scientists write in English. Lee's father is a scientist...”可推测是 scientist。

7 . D 解析：根据 Lee's father is going to an important scientific meeting用的是一般将来时可知选   D.

8. B解析：in English用英语。

⁹. B解析：when引时旬权语从 句，主句用一般现在时，从句也应 用一般现在时。

10. D解析:英语是一种“国际性的” 语言析：上英语课是为了提高英语。

12. C解析:句意为“那就是为什么 他有一个英文名字”。

why引导 的是表语从句。

13. A解析:根据上下文可知选A.

14. C 解析：由“but his Chinese isn’t very good”可知上文表达的是“他 英语说得很好”。

15 . B 解析：each other为固定短 语，意为“相互”。