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1、2014高考英语完形填空巩固练习精品题（10）及答案【北京市2013预测】DThenumberofspeakersofEnglishinShakespeare'stimeisestimated(估计)tohavebeenaboutfivemillion.Todayitisestimatedthatsome260millionpeoplespeakitasanativelanguage,mainlyintheUnitedStates,Canada,GreatBritain,Ireland,SouthAfrica,
2、AustraliaandNewZealand.InadditiontothestandardvarietiesofEnglishfoundintheseareas,thereareagreatmanyregionalandsocialvarietiesofthelanguageaswellasvariouslevelsofusagethatareemployedbothinitsspokenandwrittenforms.Infact,itisimpossibletoestimatethenumberofpeo
3、pleintheworldwhohaveacquiredanadequate(足够的)workingknowledgeofEnglishinadditiontotheirownlanguages.ThepurposeforEnglishlearningandthesituationsinwhichsuchlearningtakesplacearesovariedthatitisdifficulttoexplainandstillmoredifficulttojudgewhatformsanadequatewor
4、kingknowledgeforeachsituation.ThemainreasonforthewidespreaddemandforEnglishisitspresent dayimportanceasaworldlanguage.Besidesservingtheindefiniteneedsofitsnativespeakers,Englishisalanguageinwhichsomeofimportantworksinscience,technology,andotherfieldsarebeing
5、produced,andnotalwaysbynativespeakers.Itiswidelyusedforsuchpurposesasmeteorologicalandairportcommunications,internationalconferences,andthespreadofinformationovertheradioandtelevisionnetworksofmanynations.Itisalanguageofwidercommunicationforanumberofdevelopi
6、ngcountries,especiallyformerBritishcolonies.Manyofthesecountrieshavemultilingualpopulationsandneedalanguageforinternalcommunicationinsuchmattersasgovernment,commerce,industry,lawandeducationaswellasforinternationalcommunicationandforentrancetothescientifican
7、dtechnologicaldevelopmentsintheWest.51．Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthispassage?A．TheDifficultiesofLearningEnglishB．InternationalCommunicationsC．TheStandardVarietiesofEnglishD．EnglishasaWorldLanguage52．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?A．Some260millionpeop
8、leintheworldhaveanadequateworkingknowledgeof-12-English.B．Therearesome260millionnativespeakersofEnglishintheworld.C．Itisalmostimpossibletoestimatethenumberofpeoplewithanadequateworkingknowledgeo
