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【題目】English Around the World

There are more than 3,000 languages 【1】（speak）in the world. Of all these languages, English is the most 【2】(wide) used. Recent 【3】(survey) show that more than 500 million people speak English as their mother tongue.

From its roots in England, the language was spread around the world 【4】English traders and English governments in new lands. One of these new lands 【5】(become) the United States of America. The population of the United States is 309 million, 【6】(make) it the country with the 【7】(large) number of native English speakers.

About 300 million people speak English as their second language. There are even more people, like some in Europe as well as in China and Japan, 【8】 study English as a foreign language.

English has become the base language for international business, for the world’s airlines and even for the Internet. Whatever language people speak, they need 【9】(know) some English if they work in these fields. 【10】 is clear that the English language is becoming more important.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】spoken

【2】widely

【3】surveys

【4】by

【5】became

【6】making

【7】largest

【8】who

【9】(to) know

【10】It

【解析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文。主要講述了英語(yǔ)被廣泛應(yīng)用的情況。英語(yǔ)被廣泛傳播到世界各地，成為了世界上應(yīng)用最廣泛的語(yǔ)言。英語(yǔ)還被許多國(guó)家當(dāng)作第二語(yǔ)言，也被廣泛應(yīng)用到國(guó)際貿(mào)易，航空事業(yè)，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)領(lǐng)域中。

【1】此處指有超過(guò)三千種語(yǔ)言被人們說(shuō)，過(guò)去分詞spoken作定語(yǔ)修飾language。故該空填spoken。

【2】widely,廣泛地；此處指英語(yǔ)應(yīng)用范圍廣，副詞修飾動(dòng)詞。故該空填widely。

【3】由謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞show可知，為保持主謂一致，主語(yǔ)應(yīng)填復(fù)數(shù)surveys。

【4】此處指英語(yǔ)被英語(yǔ)國(guó)家商人與英語(yǔ)國(guó)家政府帶到了新大陸。by通過(guò)，經(jīng)由，符合題意。故該空填by。

【5】由“From its roots in England”可知，追溯過(guò)去，應(yīng)用一般過(guò)去時(shí)態(tài)，故該空填became。

【6】由于該處與前一分句統(tǒng)一主語(yǔ)且缺少連接詞，故該空應(yīng)填現(xiàn)在分詞形式做狀語(yǔ)。故該空填making。

【7】由該空前“the”修飾可知，此處為最高級(jí)。故該空填largest。

【8】該句為定語(yǔ)從句，由先行詞“more people”可知，該空填who修飾。

【9】need可作為實(shí)意動(dòng)詞，即為need to do sth.; need也為情態(tài)動(dòng)詞，即為need do sth。故該空填（to）know。

【10】此處缺少主語(yǔ)且由整句可知缺少形式主語(yǔ)。故該空填it。