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    D.细节题.根据最后一段 The government is taking steps to ease the problem of limited income. They are building new housing, offering discounts in stores and museums and on buses, and providing other services such as free courses, food service, and help with housework 可知作者列举了 3 个例子.故选 D. (19)Large companies need a way to reach the savings of the public at large. The same problem, on a smaller scale, faces practically every company trying to develop new products and create new jobs. There can be little hope of raising the money needed from friends and people we know, and while banks may agree to provide short-term finance, they are generally unwilling to provide money, for long-term projects. So companies turn to the public, inviting people to lend them money, or take a share in the business in exchange for a share in future interests. This they do by issuing and shares in the business through the Stock Exchange. By doing so they can put into circulation the savings of single persons and institutions, both at home and abroad.When the saver needs his money back, he does not have to go to the company with whom he originally placed it. Instead he sells his shares through a stockbroker to some other saver who is seeking to invest his money.Many of the services needed both by industry and by each of us are provided by the government or by local organizations. Without hospitals, roads, electricity, telephones and railways, this country could not work. All these require continuous spending on new equipment and new development if they are to serve us properly, requiring more money than it is raised through taxes alone. The government, local organizations and nationalized industries therefore frequently need to borrow money to finance major capital spending, and they, too, come to the Stock Exchange.There is hardly a man or woman in this country whose standard of living does not depend on the ability of his or her employers to raise money to finance new development. In one way or another his new money must come from the savings of the country. The Stock Exchange exists to provide a channel through which these savings can reach those who need finance. 【查看更多】

     

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    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?

    A．The Difficulties of Learning English

    B．International Communications

    C．The Standard Varieties of English

    D．English as a World Language

    2.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

    A．Some 260 million people in the world have an adequate working knowledge of English.

    B．There are some 260 million native speakers of English in the world.

    C．It is almost impossible to estimate the number of people with an adequate working knowledge of English.

    D．People learn English for a variety of reasons.

    3.According to the passage, what is the main reason for the widespread use of English?

    A．It was popular during Shakespeare’s time.

    B．It is used in former British colonies.

    C．It serves the needs of its native speakers.

    D．It is a world language that is used for international communication.

    4.What forms an adequate working knowledge of English?

    A．The ability to read a newspaper.

     

    B．It is difficult to judge because it differs for each situation.

     

    C．Being able to speak several languages.

    D．Being a native speaker.

    5.What type of developing countries would be most likely to use English?

    A．Those geographically close to the United States.

    B．Those interested in the culture of the United States.

    C．Former colonies of Great Britain.

    D．Countries where international conferences are held.

    6.C。细节题。根据文章最后一段倒数第2句可推知此题

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