Question

【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】本文是一篇說明文。主要講述了英語被廣泛應用的情況。英語被廣泛傳播到世界各地，成為了世界上應用最廣泛的語言。英語還被許多國家當作第二語言，也被廣泛應用到國際貿(mào)易，航空事業(yè)，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)領域中。

【1】此處指有超過三千種語言被人們說，過去分詞spoken作定語修飾language。故該空填spoken。

【2】widely,廣泛地；此處指英語應用范圍廣，副詞修飾動詞。故該空填widely。

【3】由謂語動詞show可知，為保持主謂一致，主語應填復數(shù)surveys。

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

【5】由“From its roots in England”可知，追溯過去，應用一般過去時態(tài)，故該空填became。

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

【7】由該空前“the”修飾可知，此處為最高級。故該空填largest。

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

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

【10】此處缺少主語且由整句可知缺少形式主語。故該空填it。