Question

More than 3, 000 languages are spoken on Earth today. Many of these languages are spoken _____ small groups of people. On the _____ hand, over 200 languages are spoken by one million or more people. Chinese is the language spoken by the _____ number of people in the world. But English is most _____ spoken in the world.

English is spoken by more than 400 million people _____ their first language. It is _____ by most people in the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. And it is _____ used very widely in many other countries of the world.

Look at the back of your watch. You may see the English words "Made _____ China, or Japan, even Germany". English is the first language in _____ of these countries. Why are English words ______ on it? That is because in the modern world English is widely used for business between different countries.

1.A. as B. by C. for D. with

2.A. other B. others C. another D. second

3.A. biggest B. bigger C. largest D. larger

4.A. wide B. wider C. widest D. widely

5.A. of B. in C. by D. as

6.A. spoke B. spoken C. speak D. speaking

7.A. either B. as well C. also D. too

8.A. at B. of C. with D. in

9.A. no one B. none C. nothing D. no

10.A. written B. wrote C. write D. writing

1.B 2.A 3.C 4.D 5.D 6.B 7.C 8.D 9.B 10.A 【解析】本文叙述了世界上有3000多种语言，汉语是世界上讲的人口最多的语言，但是英语是世界上被广泛使用的语言，许多商品用英语来作说明。 1.考查介词及语境的理解。A. as作为；B. by在被动语态里引出动作的执行者； C. For因为；D. with...

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