Question

  About one hundred years ago,many  educated people spoke French when they met people from other | countries. Today most people speak English when they | meet foreigners. It has become the new international f language. There are more people who speak English as a second language than people who speak English as a first | language. Why?

 There are many reasons why English has  become so f popular. One of them is that English has become the language of business. Another important reason is that | popular American culture,like movies,music,and j McDonald’s，has quickly spread throughout the world. It t has brought its language with it.

  Is it good that English has spread to all parts of the world so quickly? I don’t know. It’s important to have a  language  that everyone  has in  common.  Our world has become global and we  need to communicate with one  another.  On the other hand,English is  a rather hard  language  to learn and it  brings  its culture  with it. Do we  really need that?

   Scientists have already tried to make an artificial (人造的）language that isn’t too difficult and isn’t from  any group’s culture. It is called Esperanto. But it hasn’t become popular. Maybe the popularity of English won’t last that long,either. Who knows? There are more!people in the world who speak Chinese than any other  language. Maybe someday Chinese will be the new f international language.

  根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

 (   ) 1. What was the world language a century ago?

A. English.  B. French.

C. Chinese.  D. Esperanto.

(   ) 2. Why has English become an international  language today?

 A. English as the language of business.

B. Popular American culture.

C. Traditional Chinese culture.

 D. Both A and B.

(   ) 3. Which of the following is NOT true about Esperanto?

  A. It’s an artificial language.

  B. It’s not too difficult,

  C. It’s not from any group’s  culture.

  D. It has become very popular.

(   ) 4. Which language will be the new international language according to the passage?

A. Esperanto.  B. English.

C. Chinese.  D. French.

(   ) 5. What’s the passage mainly about?

A. Movie.  B. Music.

C. Fast food.  D. Language.

Answer 1

1.B根據(jù)第一段第一句話可知一個(gè)世紀(jì)前的國(guó)際語(yǔ)言是法語(yǔ)。

2.D根據(jù)第二段可知英語(yǔ)成為了商務(wù)用語(yǔ)而且美國(guó)文化受到世界的普遍歡迎，故答案為D。

3. D根據(jù)最后一段第三句話可知Esperanto現(xiàn)在還不流行。

4.C根據(jù)最后一句話可知，漢語(yǔ)成為新的國(guó)際語(yǔ)言。

5.D全文主要講語(yǔ)言。