More than 3, 000 languages are spoken on Earth today. Many of these languages are spoken _____ small groups of people. On the _____ hand, over 200 languages are spoken by one million or more people. Chinese is the language spoken by the _____ number of people in the world. But English is most _____ spoken in the world.

English is spoken by more than 400 million people _____ their first language. It is _____ by most people in the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. And it is _____ used very widely in many other countries of the world.

Look at the back of your watch. You may see the English words "Made _____ China, or Japan, even Germany". English is the first language in _____ of these countries. Why are English words ______ on it? That is because in the modern world English is widely used for business between different countries.

1.A. as B. by C. for D. with

2.A. other B. others C. another D. second

3.A. biggest B. bigger C. largest D. larger

4.A. wide B. wider C. widest D. widely

5.A. of B. in C. by D. as

6.A. spoke B. spoken C. speak D. speaking

7.A. either B. as well C. also D. too

8.A. at B. of C. with D. in

9.A. no one B. none C. nothing D. no

10.A. written B. wrote C. write D. writing

1.B 2.A 3.C 4.D 5.D 6.B 7.C 8.D 9.B 10.A 【解析】本文敘述了世界上有3000多種語言，漢語是世界上講的人口最多的語言，但是英語是世界上被廣泛使用的語言，許多商品用英語來作說明。 1.考查介詞及語境的理解。A. as作為；B. by在被動語態(tài)里引出動作的執(zhí)行者； C. For因為；D. with...

Nobody knows how many different languages there are in the world. The most widely used language is English. It’s used by business people, airline pilots all over the world. It’s also the first language of sports and science. So it’s very important for us to learn English.

English is most widely spoken in the world, while Chinese has the largest number of speakers. There are not only over one billion people living in China, but also many Chinese people living outside of China. You can find large or small groups of Chinese people living in almost every country in the world.

There are some other important languages in the world, too. Chinese is of course very important, especially in Asia. Arbic is widely spoken in many parts of Asia and Africa. Russian is spoken both in Europe and Asia. French is widely understand, not only in Europe, but also in parts of Canada, Africa and Asia, Spanish has a growing number of speakers all over the world, especially in Central and South Africa.

What language do people speak in the United Nations? There are so many different languages in the world, but they decide to use only six of them. There are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. Everything spoken or written in one language is translated into the other five.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案。

1.What’s the first language of sports and science？

A. Chinese B. English

C. Russian D. French

2.The underlined word in the passage shows _____.

A. English is spoken by the most people

B. Chinese is spoken by the most people

C. English is spoken in most parts of the world

D. Chinese is spoken in very parts of the world.

3.According to the passage, _____has the least speakers in Asia.

A. Russian B. Spanish C. French D. Arabic

4.How many languages are used in the United Nations?

A. Four B. Five C. Six D. Seven

5.The best title for this passage is _____.

A. Different countries, different languages

B. The importance of English

C. The number of languages in the world

D. Languages used in the United Nations

1.B 2.B 3.B 4.C 5.C 【解析】 試題分析：短文大意：沒有人知道世界上有多少種語言。最廣泛使用的語言是英語。世界各地商業(yè)人士使用，飛行員使用。它也是體育和科學(xué)的第一語言。所以我們學(xué)習(xí)英語是非常重要的。 1.The most widely used language is English. It’s used by business peop...

English is spoken as a first language by most people in the USA, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Canada. However,_____. It is the main language in over 60 countries, including India, Singapore and many of the Caribbean and Pacific islands. In these places English is spoken as a second language.

______, like China and Japan. People in these countries use it for business, and travelers to these countries use English when they get there to communicate. Other people may learn English because they enjoy reading books in English, listening to British or American music or watching American films.

_____. It is no longer right to talk about British English or American English if the speakers come or don’t come from those countries. People in Japan and Korea, for example, may use the American spelling but may not sound like Americans.

English will probably be the most widely used language in the world by the end of the 21st century. This language no longer belongs to British, American or Australian speakers. _____. So, as a middle school student of English today, think about how you can use this language.

______.

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容，從下面五個選項中選出能填入文中空缺處的最佳選項，使短文意思通順，內(nèi)容完整，并將其標(biāo)號寫在下面的橫線上。

A. After you leave school, you will almost certainly need it

B. English is spoken all over the world

C. It belongs to anyone in the world

D. English is also an international language in many other countries

E. English has changed a lot over the years and still goes on changing

1._____

2._____

3._____

4._____

5._____

1.B 2.D 3.E 4.C 5.A 【解析】本文介紹了英語在世界各地被使用，有些國家把英語當(dāng)作母語，有些國家把它當(dāng)作外語。 1.B 根據(jù)It is the main language in over 60 countries, including India, Singapore and many of the Caribbean and Pacifi...

My brother often _____ English on the radio.

A. hears B. listens C. listen to D. listens to

D 【解析】句意“我的弟弟通常在收音機里聽英語”。根據(jù)often可知，用一般現(xiàn)在時，主語my brother為單數(shù)，排除C，listen to指聽的動作，hear指聽得結(jié)果，故選D。

It’s six o’clock in the morning. It’s time ________.

A. get up B. for get up C. to get up D. of getting up

C 【解析】句意“早晨六點鐘了，該起床了”。it is time to do sth到該做某事的時間了。根據(jù)句意，故選C。

Look at the clock , It ’ssix fifteen.

A. fifteen to five B. fifteen past six

C. a quarter to six D. a quarter past five

B 【解析】試題分析：句意：看表，時間是6:15.6:15可以用兩種表達方式six fifteen；或fifteen past six故選B。

You can either take a bus ________ go there on foot.

A. and B. or C. but D. so

B 【解析】句意“你可以乘坐公交車或步行到那”。either...or...或者……或者……。根據(jù)句意，故選B。

My mother usually gets up five the morning.

A. in;at B. at;in C. on;in D. around;on

B 【解析】句意“我的母親通常早晨6:00起床”。在早晨、中午、晚上前用in，在具體的時刻前用at。根據(jù)句意，故選B。

What time does Lisa after school?

A. watch TV B. watches TV

C. do her homeworks D. does her homeworks

A 【解析】句意“麗薩放學(xué)后什么時候看電視”。homework為不可數(shù)名詞，后不加s，排除C和D，助動詞后用動詞原形，根據(jù)句意，故選A。

I sometimes play tennis for half hour.

A. a B. an C. / D. the

B 【解析】句意“我有時候打半個小時的網(wǎng)球”。half an hour半小時，根據(jù)句意，故選B。