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

根据汉语、首字母提示在课文内容语境中写出单词的适当形式
【小题1】Only athletes who have reached the a       standard for their event will be           as competitors
【小题2】After that ,what happened to the Amber Room r       a mystery.
【小题3】After I was p         by an operator who used cards with holes I could “think” logically and p        an answer quicker than any person.
【小题4】Her father said that she must marry, so Atlanta made a b      with him.
【小题5】Do you think Hippomenes d        to win the race ?
【小题6】Make sure that you all get        (同等)turns in talking to the class
【小题7】In this way you will become more          (自信)in speaking English.
【小题8】At that time it was           (认为)a technological revolution and the start of my “artificial         (智能)”.
【小题9】In1936 my real father Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a “universal machine” to s       any difficult mathematical problem.
【小题10】I was able to s      my knowledge with others        (通过)the World Wide Web.
【小题11】I developed very slowly and it took       (将近)two hundred years b        I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage.
【小题12】In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they         (庆祝)the 300th birthday of their city.
【小题13】It was also a treasure d       with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best         (艺术家)about ten years to make.
【小题14】The          (设计)of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days.

根据下列句子中首字母，写出各个单词的完整形式。
【小题1】If we work with a strong will, we can o___________ any difficulty, however great it is.
【小题2】The actress always g_______ her fans with a smile and a nod.
【小题3】Charlie Chaplin, a little homeless tramp in his childhood, wrote, d_______ and starred in many films.
【小题4】After 10 years in prison, he was given f__________ again.
【小题5】Henry was too nervous in the driving test.T      , he was likely to fail to pass it.
【小题6】Nowadays children in larger cities are lucky to have enough choices to enjoy themselves in t________ parks on weekends, like the Disney Land, the Future Paradise, etc.
【小题7】Disneyland offers its visitors v_________ activities.
【小题8】The most universal f____  expression is ,of course ,the smile―its function is to show happiness and put people at ease.
【小题9】His words were so c_________ that we all believed him and followed him.
【小题10】Hangzhou is f_____ for  the  West  Lake .

根据以下各句所给的首字母或汉语提示，用单词的正确形式填空，并将其写在答题卷上。
【小题1】It was quite terrible. It took me some time to c___________ down myself.
【小题2】Parents are always c_____________ much about their children.
【小题3】I'm terribly sorry. I didn't do it on p__________.
【小题4】It took her a long while to r___________ from her heart operation.
【小题5】The children played ____________ (在户外)until it started to rain.
【小题6】After the war, a new g_______________ was set up for that country.
【小题7】The people p__________ at the meeting were all for the suggestion.
【小题8】The ball went in the d_______________ of the man sitting in a boat on the river.
【小题9】At the party a foreign teacher was r______________(要求) to sing some folk songs.
【小题10】He was a young sailor on his first sea v______________.
【小题11】The mother i_________ that he finish his homework first, which made his son very angry.
【小题12】Whether you will succeed or not in doing the work depends on your a________ to it.
【小题13】This song sounds f_____________ to me. I must have heard it sung somewhere before.
【小题14】She ________________ (毕业)from Peking University last year.
【小题15】The speech contest was o______________ well.
【小题16】When she heard the news that her husband was killed in the accident, she b_______ into tears.
【小题17】After the earthquake, the whole city was in r_________.
【小题18】J_______ from his accent, we know he comes from the west.
【小题19】Prices have _____________ (上涨) quickly.
【小题20】The building was completely ______________(摧毁) by fire.

根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母或汉语意思，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词的正确的完全形式（每空限写一词）。
【小题1】There are different t________ of blood, as you know.
【小题2】He seems to be doing nothing , but _____________ ( 实际上 ) he is just waiting for his chance.
【小题3】There was a choice of four prizes, and the winner could s____________ one of them.
【小题4】The two brothers looks the same in a_____________，but they are different in character.
【小题5】The family began to d___________ the Christmas tree with glass balls and lights a week ago.
【小题6】After p_____________ him to give up smoking, Kate was in relief.
【小题7】We can d____________ many songs from the internet nowadays.
【小题8】Since we are short of money, I can’t afford to buy a new car to _________ (取代) my old one.
【小题9】I would be most g__________ if you would send me the book immediately.
【小题10】Ye Shiwen won two gold m____________, which surely makes the “west society" uncomfortable.