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

最近，你校有人建议高薪聘请外教担任英语教师，作为经济条件一般的中学，此事在你校引起了争议。现在，请根据下表提示写篇英语短文，介绍讨论情况并发表你的观点。

注意：

1．词数：100左右，短文的开头已为你写出（不计入总词数）

2．不能逐字翻译，但可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；

3．参考词汇：

促进 promote v.  和……攀比 vie with v.

Recently, we’ve had a heated argument about the suggestion that our school should employ a foreign teacher to teach English. Some of us think                                         

最近，你校有人建议高薪聘请外教担任英语教师，作为经济条件一般的中学，此事在你校引起了争议。现在，请根据下表提示写篇英语短文，介绍讨论情况并发表你的观点。

注意：

1．词数：100左右，短文的开头已为你写出（不计入总词数）

2．不能逐字翻译，但可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；

3．参考词汇：

促进 promote v.  和……攀比 vive with v.

Recently, we’ve had a heated argument about the suggestion that our school should employ a foreign teacher to teach English. Some of us think                                         

阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：1）括号内汉语提示；2）该词首字母提示；3）上下文语境提示, 在每个空格内填空入一个适当的英语单词使短文通顺，所填单词要求拼写正确、形式符合英语表达习惯。
Dear Sirs,
My name is Wang Qing. I’m a boy of 18 years old. Right now I’m
【小题1】studying       Anxi No.1 Senior High School, Fujian, China. I hope
【小题2】to go to your university for further study after       (毕业).
【小题3】I’ve a     achieved good scores in all my subjects, especially in
【小题4】physics and I have     (赢得)several prizes in the physics competitions.
【小题5】I am really k   on English and my listening, reading and writing in
【小题6】English are excellent, too. I do       (运动) in my spare time. I’m a
【小题7】member of some clubs in my school,       as the English Club and
【小题8】the Physics Learning Group. I hope to s     physics in your university
【小题9】because I have been very interested in it      I was in the junior middle
【小题10】school. I would be very g     if I could get the chance!
With best wishes.
Yours,
Wang Qing

根据短文内容，从下框的A-F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余项。(注意：答案E涂AB，F涂BC)

【小题1】People have expressed themselves through the movements, steps, and rhythms of dance since the beginning of time. They have prayed and celebrated their victories through dance. People have mourned their dead and healed their sick through dance, the language of the body.
【小题2】Today there are many kinds of dancing. For example, there is folk dancing, ballet dancing, and modern dancing. Modern dance, which began in the early 1900s, is a very expressionistic dance. Modern dancers follow no set pattern. Rather, they create their own movements to match the feeling they are trying to express. But modern dance means more than just self-expression.
【小题3】Martha Graham is one of the world’s greatest modern dancers. As a young dancer, she studied with some of the founders of the modern dance movement. Influenced by many different kinds of dancing, Martha Graham developed her own personal dance style. She later formed her own dance company and school in the New York City. The following are some of her feelings about her art.
【小题4】The modern dancer’s costume is an important part of his or her dance. There is always some reason why a dance costume should be a certain color or an outfit cut in a certain way. The reason comes out of the dance itself. Unlike a ballet costume, a modern dance costume is left of the dancers’ art except the pictures and the memories.
【小题5】Dances come from something deep within a person. That something cannot be expressed with words--- it must be told through movement. Because dance expresses emotions, it affects the mind and the body. Dance should not be taken apart interpreted-dance must be experienced.