三、Ⅲ. Cloze ( 30 points)
Thenumber of speakers of English in Shakespeare´s time is estimated to have beenabout five million. Today it is estimated that some 260 million people speak itas a (an) 21 language, mainlyin the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australiaand New Zealand. In addition to the standard varieties of English found inthese areas,22 are a greatmany regional and social varieties of the language as well as 23 levels of usage that are employedboth in its spoken and written forms.
In fact, it is 24 to estimate the numberof people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge ofEnglish in addition to their own languages. The 25 for English learningand the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that itis 26 to explain and still moredifficult to judge 27 forms an adequateworking knowledge for each situation.
The main reason forthe widespread 28 for English is its present dayimportance as a world language. Besides 29 the indefinite needs of its nativespeakers, English is a language in which some of important works inscience,technology,and other 30 are beingproduced,and not always by native speakers. It is widely used for 31 purposes as meteorological( 气象的)and airport communications,international conferences,and the 32 of information over the radio andtelevision networks of many 33. It is a language of widercommunication for a number of developing countries, specially former Britishcolonies. Many of these countries have multilingual 34. and need a language for internalcommunication in such matters as government, commerce, industry,, law and 35 as well as for internationalcommunication and for entrance to the scientific and techno- logicaldevelopments in the West.
第21题单选 第21题答案是( )
A.foreign B.native C.second D.official
第22题单选 第22题答案是( )
A.they B.which C.there D.that
第23题单选 第23题答案是( )
A.various B.similar C.familiar D.same
第24题单选 第24题答案是( )
A.possible B.necessary C.unnecessary D.impossible
第25题单选 第25题答案是( )
A.purpose B.cause C.effect D.method
第26题单选 第26题答案是( )
A.simple B.natural C.practical D.difficult
第27题单选 第27题答案是( )
A.what B.how C.why D.where
第28题单选 第28题答案是( )
A.require B.request C.supply D.demand
第29题单选 第29题答案是( )
A.providing B.serving C.supposing D.leaving
第30题单选 第30题答案是( )
A.areas B.courses C.races D.fields
第31题单选 第31题答案是( )
A.such B.all C.many D.those
第32题单选 第32题答案是( )
A.use B.spread C.cover D.connection
第33题单选 第33题答案是( )
A.cities B.stations C.states D.nations
第34题单选 第34题答案是( )
A.languages B.populations C.accents D.customs
第35题单选 第35题答案是( )
A.education B.market C.college D.business
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