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More than three thousand languages are spoken in the world today . Many
of these languages are spoken& _36&&&& small
groups of people . On the 37&& ,hand , over two hundred
languages are spoken by one million or more people . Chinese is the language
spoken by the ___38 ___number of people in the world . But English is
most &&39& spoken in the world .
English is spoken by more than four hundred million people &40
&their first language . It is &&41 by most people in
the U.S.A. , Great Britain , Canada , Australia and New Zealand . And it is &&42
&used very widely in many other countries of the world . Look at the
back of your watch . You may see the English words “Made &&43 &China”
, or “Japan” , even “Germany” .
English is the first language in &44& &of these .
Why are English words &&45&& 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. the 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
There are about 5,000 different languages. Nearly 900 languages are spoken in India.&&&小题1:& .Chinese is the language spoken by the most number of people in the world. But the most widely spoken language in the world is English. 330，000，000 people speak English as the first language. &小题2:&&&as a foreign language. Travelers and business people all over the world use English. And two thirds of the world’s scientists read in English. About 200 million users of the Internet communicate in English, too. It is one of the most important& language in the world.&&小题3:&&& .How many words are there in the English language? There are about 490,000. Also, there are about 300,000 words used in science. There are more words in English than in any other language. But most people use no more than 60,000 words.It’s true that English is changing with the development of the world. Since the 1990s, English learning has been very popular with Chinese people. Many of them have done well in English and have made great progress.&Now,&&&小题4:&&and the study of English is regarded as a very important industry in China as well as in the rest of the world. Children leaving school at the age of 16 know about 15,000 words.
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　　Generally speaking, there are four kinds of languages in the world．One is your native language 　　1　　 you learned at home with your family when you were young．The 　　2　　 is a foreign language that 　　3　　 abroad and that you can learn at school．The third is the official(官方的)language of your 　　4　　, which is used in official papers or spoken 　　5　　 the radio and TV．
　　The fourth is the 　　6　　 language which is not spoken any more but still exists in written papers．For example, Latin．
　　　　7　　 language in the world is English．About 800 million people in the world speak English, over 50％ of the world's 　　8　　 About 400 million people speak English as their 　　9　　 language in the United States, England, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and some islands in the world．About 300 million people speak English as a second language．For example, in many parts of India and Africa people speak English as a 　　10　　 language．　　11　　 people are one of these examples．
　　　　12　　 is the language of government and education in parts of India, South Africa, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and most importantly, America．
　　It 　　13　　 all over the world, and about 75％ of the world's 　　14　　 letters are written in English．Though English is widely spoken, there are more people speaking Chinese than those who speak English．The only reason is that there are 　　15　　 than one billion Chinese people in the world．
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