Question

【題目】 Although English is called the “international language",there are quite a few kinds of English around the world .English, of course ,come from England. Soon, it spread to all of Britain and different kinds appeared. Kinds of English that are often taught to language students are British. American，Canadian.Irish. Australian.and New Zealand, Native(本族語的）speakers of English from these countries number more than 380 million.

There is a second group of countries whose histories have been directly touched by one of the English-speaking civilizations（文明）.Therefore. they use English in different important ways within their own government and everyday life.India.Malaysia. and Kenya are examples of this group.The total number of speakers in this group is more than 300 million.

In a third group of countries. English is widely used as a foreign language. However,people use their native language within their own government and in everyday life.Some countries in this group are China, Russia, Egypt, Indonesia and the countries of Western Europe. The number of speakers in this group can be as many as 1.000 million and it is growing fast.

The changing situations of English raise many questions. Will another language take the place of English as the international language? Will new kinds of English develop in other countries such as China or Russia?

【1】Where did English come from?

A.America.B.Canada.C.England.D.Ireland.

【2】One of the English-speaking civilizations once influenced the history of .

A.EgyptB.KenyaC.IndonesiaD.France

【3】In China and Russia English is widely used .

A.in their everyday lifeB.by their government

C.as the native languageD.as a foreign language

【4】What does the underlined word"raise” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A.舉起B.引起C.撫養(yǎng)D.籌集

【5】What might be the best title for the text?

A.Why do we speak English?B.Where does English come from?

C.Which English will we speak?D.How many people speak English?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，主要講述了英語作為一門國際語言，在世界各地也有很多種類。文中分三種情況講述了英語的在各個國家的使用情況以及英語的變化情況所帶來的問題。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據第一段“English, of course ,come from England.”可知英語就是來自英國。故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據第二段“There is a second group of countries whose histories have been directly touched by one of the English-speaking civilizations.…India, Malaysia and Kenya are examples of this group.”可知印度、馬來西亞和肯尼亞的歷史被講英語的文明影響了。根據四個選項可知，只有Kenya符合題意，故選B。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據第三段“In a third group of countries English is widely used as a foreign language.”以及“Some countries in this group are China, Russia, Egypt, Indonesia and the countries of Western Europe.”可知在中國、俄羅斯、埃及、印尼及西歐的一些國家，都把英語作為外語廣泛使用。故選D。

【4】詞句猜測題。根據最后一段“The changing situations of English raise many questions.”中many question提示，可知此處應該是“引起問題“的含義，故raise的含義為“引起”。故選B。

【5】最佳題目題。根據全文文意，本文主要講述了英語在各個國家的使用情況。Why do we speak English? 為什么我們講英語？Where does English come from? 英語從那里起源？Which English will we speak? 我們將要說那種英語？How many people speak English?多少人說英語。結合選項可知，A項符合文意。故選A。