English as a Foreign Language

　 Who taught you to speak English? Your parents, while you were a young child? Your teachers at school? Perhaps even the BBC as a grown-up. Whoever it was, somehow you have developed an understanding of what is rapidly becoming a truly global language.

　 There are now about 376 million people who speak English as their first language, and about the same number who have learnt it in addition to their mother tongue. There are said to be one billion people learning English now and about 80% of the information on the Internet is in English.

　 Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? Should we celebrate the fact that more and more of us can communicate, using a common language, across countries and cultures（文化）？Or should we worry about the dangers of ‘mono-centralism’, a world in which we all speak the same language, eat the same food and listen to the same music?

　 Does it matter if an increasing number of people speak the same language? On the contrary（相反），I would have thought－although I have never accepted the argument that if only we all understood each other better, there would be fewer wars. Ask the people of India（where many of them speak at least some English）and Pakistan（the same situation with India）…

　 If we all speak English, will we then all start eating McDonalds burgers? Surely not. If English becomes more dominant（占主導(dǎo)地位的）, it will kill other languages ? I doubt it. When I travel in Africa or Asia, I am always surprised by how many people can speak not only their own language but often one or more other related languages, as well as English and perhaps some French or German as well.

　 When we discussed this on Talking Point a couple of years ago, we received a wonderfully poetic email from a listener in Ireland. “The English language is a beautiful language. Maybe it’s like a rose,” he said. “But who would ever want their garden just full of roses?”

　 Well, I love roses, and I think they make a beautiful addition to any garden. But the way I see it, just by planting a few roses, you don’t necessarily need to pull out everything else. If more and more people want to plant English roses, that’s fine by me.

67．By saying “Ask the people of India…and Pakistan”（in Paragraph 4）, the author is trying to show that _____.

A．speaking the same language doesn’t necessarily bring peace

B．wars can destroy the relationship between two countries

C．English doesn’t kill other languages

D．English is widely used in the world

68．What does “garden” in the last two paragraphs stand for?

A．Language　　　　　　　 B. Family　 　　　　　　　 C. The world　　　　　　　 D. The Earth

69．The author would probably agree that ______.

A．it’s very hard to plant many kinds of flowers in a garden

B．it’s good for people from other countries to learn English

C．more and more people like to plant roses in their gardens

D．English is easier to learn than other languages

70．This passage is mainly about ________.

A．why English has become a global language

B．how many people in the world speak English

C．how people in the world learn English as a foreign language

D．whether we need to worry about English being a world language

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a “cent” in American money is old French. 　　

　　

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　　Suppose you want to study English but you are not sure where there are classes of English. It happens that you see two advertisements in the newspaper. Please read them and then answer questions.

Linelon College of English （LCE）

　　Classes of foreign students at all levels 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year course open all year. Small class（12 students at the most）, library, language lab and listening centre, accommodations（膳宿供應(yīng)）with selected families 25 minutes' ride from London.

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　　State-run（國辦的）English language centre（SELC）Britain's leading state-run English language centre.

　　* Held from June to August for foreigners

　　* Classes at all levels

　　* Preparation for public exams

　　* Accommodation in selected families

　　* Pleasant seaside town

　　* Very full social programme

　　*English through activity e. g. art, photography, etc.

　　* Special English e. g. medical, business, etc.

　　* Advice service for university and college students

　　* Teachers course in July

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B. Only foreign advanced learners

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[　　]

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B. In SELC.
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D. Nowhere.

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[　　]

A. LCE.
B. SELC.
C. Either.
D. Neither.

（5）In which way are these two classes like each other?

[　　]

A. they both have many social activities.

B. There are special English courses.

C. You have to live with families when you study.

D. You can ask advice of English study from either of them.

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Africa

B．

Asia

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Lots of people speaking English traveled around the world．

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A．

English has the most population than any other language．

B．

The main part each variety of English plays is to serve as an international medium of communication．

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　　A sentence she had read somewhere stuck in her mind：if you dream 　　6　　 a foreign language．you have really mastered(掌握)it．Pat repeated this sentence to her students and 　　7　　 that some day she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in 　　8　　．

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because

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while

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if

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first

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at first

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last

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for

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of

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as

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and

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but

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so

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say

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know

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read

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in

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about

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of

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thought

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realized

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wanted

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A．

English

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Spanish

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Russian

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German

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bright

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excellent

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worst

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got up

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gone to bed

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soundly

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badly

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A．

English

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language

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dream

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homework

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A．

surprised

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worried

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pleased

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excited

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A．

yet

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seldom

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also

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still

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study

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class

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work

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dream

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answer

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write

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tell

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ask

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read

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liked

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spoke

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learned

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wonderful

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terrible

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funny

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strange

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A．

how

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why

C．

when

D．

because

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A．

hear

B．

understand

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know

D．

remember

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