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【题目】用方框所给出的单词完成短文填空。

speak emails her scientist discussion after at together foreign many

Why is it important for Lee to study English? After Chinese, the language that is most in the world is English. It is said that 300,000,000 people speak English as a first language and another 500,000,000 people speak it as a language. English is used by almost a 1 ,000,000，000 people in the world and 83% of the world’s are written in English. But people think that there will be emails in Chinese than in English.
Lee is studying English because he wants to be a , and he knows most scientists write in English. Lee's father, a scientist, is going to an important science meeting in Shanghai. All the will be in English.
Lee's cousin Wei wants to work for an airport she leaves school. Wei is going on an English course this summer to improve English.
Michael lived in the USA. His family came back to live in China last year, and he is Lee's school now. Michael speaks English perfectly, but his Chinese isn't very good. In the summer holidays，Michael and Lee are planning to spend time speaking English on Monday, Chinese on Tuesday, and so on.

Answer 1

【答案】spoken；foreign；emails；more；scientist；discussions；after；her；at；together
【解析】speak讲话； emails邮件； her她；她的； scientist科学家； discussion讨论； after在…之后； at在； together一起； foreign外国的； many许多。
⑴句意：除了中文，在世界上被最多人讲的语言是英语。that指the language，与speak构成被动关系，故填spoken。
⑵句意：据说有3亿人把英语当作第一语言，还有5亿人把英语作为外语讲。与前面的first相对，填foreign。
⑶句意：将近有10亿人使用英语，世界上83%的邮件是用英语写的。被写的东西只有emails。
⑷句意：但是人们认为将来用中文写的邮件比用英语的要多。由than可知用比较级，many的比较级是more。
⑸句意：Lee在学英语是因为他想当科学家，他知道大部分科学家用英语写东西。根据下文可知填scientist。
⑹句意：Lee的父亲是一名科学家，他要去上海参加一个重要会议。所有的讨论都将用英语。故填discussions。
⑺句意：Lee的表姐Wei想在毕业后去一家机场工作。引导时间状语从句，表示“在……之后”，故用after。
⑻句意：Wei今年夏天要上英语课来提高她的英语，故填her。
⑼句意：Michael住在美国，他的家人去年回到中国居住，他在Lee的学校。at school在上学，故填at。
⑽句意：Michael和Lee计划一起度过时间，星期一讲英语，星期二将中文，以此类推。根据句意可知一起学习，故填together。