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

阅读下面短文，根据第1至第3小题的具体要求，简要回答问题。

A long time ago，Milton S．Hershey，the creator of the popular chocolate bars，was dipped in warm chocolate．I know all about it．My grandfather was there!

At nineteen，Hershey established a candy business in Philadelphia．Although it failed，he tried again in several other cities and succeeded with Crystal A Caramels．But Hershey was not content．He began experimenting with chocolate and managed to sell his first chocolate bars in 1900．They were an instant success．In 1903，Hershey built a factory．

Hershey was usually pleasant and kind and enjoyed a good joke．However，in his chocolate factory，he held high standards for all the workers．He was both respected and feared．His anger would burst out when things didn't go as he'd expected，and workers were fired for mistakes．

My grandfather began working in the factory as a young man．His job was to push the vats（大桶）of warm chocolate to a storage area．To do this，he had to push the heavy vats up a ramp（斜坡）and across the walkway．One day，Hershey was walking backward on the walkway while my grandfather was pushing a vat of chocolate up the ramp．Bump．Clunk．Ker-plop! Hershey fell backward into the vat．Everyone else held their breath and ran up to pull him out．Grandfather froze in fear．Was he going to lose his job?

Hershey stood stiffly with his hands on his hips．Color rose in his face．He said something in a low voice．Then he smiled．“It's not your fault，son，” he said．“I need to watch where I’m going．” He put some chocolate in his mouth．“Mmm，that's good，” he said．Everyone laughed．The tour continued，with Hershey dripping chocolate as he went．And Grandfather kept his job．

1．What did Grandfather do in Hershey's factory? （回答词数不超过12个）

2．Why didn’t Hershey fire Grandfather? （回答词数不超过10个）

3．What does the incident show us about Hershey? （回答词数不超过15个）

第Ⅱ卷 (共35分)

第四部分 写作(共两节。满分35分)

第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上划(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Dear George,

Thank you so much for your photo taken by the                76.________

Kenston Lake. They are very beautiful and highly praised        77. ________

by whoever sees them. I’m going to send one to                78. ________

Mr.Harris to see if any can be choosing for the photo            79. ________

exhibition. I’m going on holiday the next month. I’d             80. ________

like to visit you in Kenston. I had an aunt there, so              81. ________

I can stay with him. Then we can meet and spend a              82. ________

3 day holiday together. I’ll go by train. There’s so many          83. ________

traffic on the roads that driving is no more pleasure. Of           84. ________

course, I’ll take my fishing tools so that we do some fishing.       85. ________

Hope to join you soon.

                                                    Yours,

                                                     Tom

第II卷（非选择题，共35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断。如无错误，在该行右边横线上划一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
Now I’d like to tell you something about my part-time
job this summer vacation, in which I worked      76. __________
like a guide in a travel agency. The work was interesting    77. __________
but tired. I think it was helpful to work this holiday. It was 78. __________
the first time that I have earned money on my own. I’ve    79. __________
come to understand how hard my parents work to support for   80. __________
The family. I used to keep on ask them for money. But now
I’ll never waste money and learn to share worry with my   81. __________
parent. I’ve learned how to get along well with others. What’s
worse, I’ve gained some working and social experience and I    82. __________
83. __________
have learnt something can’t be learnt from textbooks. All 84. __________
these will be good for my future. In a word, I had the 85. __________
wonderful and valuable summer vacation.