Everyone knows that English is spoken as the first language in the United Kingdom，the United States of America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. But few people may know that English is also the mother tongue in countries such as the Republic of Ireland(愛爾蘭)，Barbados，Jamaica，Trinidad，and Guyana. Among these countries, the Irish(愛爾蘭人)have made the greatest contributions to the English language in both its words and literature(文學).

  English literature has become more colorful because of the writings of the Irish. Many great "English" writers were born and often raised in Ireland, though many moved to the United Kingdom at some point in their lives. George Bernard Shaw, and Edmund Burke were among them.

  A giant(巨人)of English theater was George Bernard Shaw ( 1856-1950). Shaw was born in Dublin the capital of Ireland, and moved to England with his family when he was 20 and stayed there for most of the rest of his long life. Among Shaw's plays, one of the best well-known plays is Pygmalion( 1916). It was later filmed,winning an Oscar(奧斯卡獎)for Shaw. A good story never dies. Now Pygmalion has been made into a new movie named Pretty Woman(1990).

  Though English literature written by the British is rich and colorful, it would be dimmer (暗淡的)without the Irish contributions.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。

(   ) 1. According to the passage，in how many countries is English spoken as their first language?

A.4.    B.5.

C. 10.    D. We don't know.

(   ) 2. Which country has made the greatest contributions to the English language？

A. Ireland. B. Barbados.

C. Jamaica. D. Guyana.

(   ) 3. How long did Shaw lived in England?

A.   About 20 years.

B.   About 74 years.

C.   About 43 years.

D.   About 94 years.

(   ) 4. Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A.    Writings of the Irish has made English literature more colorful.

B.    Not too many people know English is the mother tongue in Jamaica.

C.    Shaw was born in the Republic of Ireland.

D.    The story in Pygmalion and Pretty Woman wasn't the same.

(   ) 5. What's the main idea of this passage?

A.      Ireland's contributions to English.

B.      England's contributions to English.

C.      The colorful English literature.

D.      The colorful Irish literature.

1. c由第一段第一、二句可知，將英語作為母語的國家在文中有十個。

2. A    由第一段最后一句可知，在后面這幾個國家中，愛爾蘭人在英語詞匯和文學上的貢獻是最大的。

3. B由第三段第一、二句可知，喬治.蕭伯納生于1856死于1950年，而他在二十歲搬到英國，故在英國生活了 74年。

4. D 由第三段最后一句可知， Woman是Pygmalion的電影版。

5. A本文主要講述了愛爾蘭對英語的貢獻。

題目來源：仁愛英語同步練習冊九年級上冊下冊合訂本 > Topic1 English is widely spoken throughout the world.

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