C

The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare’s time is estimated (估計) 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 (足夠的) 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.

65. 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

66. 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.

67. 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 a multilingual.                                  

D. Being a native speaker.

68. 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.

第Ⅱ卷 （ 非選擇題，共35分）

第四部分：寫作（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）

第一節(jié)：短文改錯（共10小題：每小題1分，滿分10分）

以下標有題號的每一行均有一個錯誤，請找出，并按下列情況改正：

（1）此行多一個詞：把多余的詞用斜線（﹨）劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，

并用斜線劃掉。

   （2）此行缺一個詞：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧, 在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加詞。

   （3）此行錯一個詞：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

22. Is this factory _____ you visited the other day？ 

A. where              B. that                C. the one                 D. when

30．The coach, because of the driver’s carelessness, was __________ and crashed over the cliff on such a cold December morning.

A．in support　　  B．out of control     C．in charge　　 D．a(chǎn)t the mercy

Mr．Smith is one of the ____ customers to our restaurant．

A．ordinary   B．regular    C．normal         D．common

—Hi, Li Ming. Where are you going?

—Oh, it’s you—Xiaohui. I ______ you.

A. didn’t recognise                B. hadn’t recognised

C. haven’t recognised              D. don’t recognise

The doctor told him to take a fat-free ________.

A. food            B. diet           C. health              D. vegetable

Having received ________ training of the MS. Company, he was offered ________ important position in management.

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

Cleaning women in big cities usually get _______ by the hour.

A. pay            B. paying             C. paid         D. to pay

He was __ twenty when he was gone.

A. hardly  B.scarecely    C. badly    D. almost