[originaltext]W: Hi Leo, why do you say English would become the world language

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问题  
W: Hi Leo, why do you say English would become the world language?
M: Well, for one thing, it’s so commonly used. The only language that is used by more people is Chinese.
W: Why is English spoken by so many people?
M: It’s spoken in many countries of the world because of the British Empire. And now of course there is the influence of America as well.
W: Many students find English a difficult language to learn.
M: Oh, all languages are difficult to learn. But English does have two great advantages.
W: What are they?
M: Well, first of all, it has a very international vocabulary. It has many German, Dutch, French, Spanish and Italian words in it, so speakers of those languages will find many familiar words in English. In fact, English has words from many other languages as well.
W: Why is that?
M: Well, partly because English speakers have travelled a lot, they bring back words with them. So English really does have an international vocabulary.
W: And what is the other advantage of English?
M: It’s that English grammar is really quite easy. For example, it doesn’t have dozens of different endings for its nouns, adjectives and verbs, not like Latin, Russian and German for example.
W: Why is that?
M: Well, it’s quite interesting actually. It’s because of the French. When the French ruled England, French was the official language, and only the common people spoke English. They tried to make their language as simple as possible. So they made the grammar easier.
9. What does the man say about Chinese?
10. What made English a widely used language?
11. What is said to be special about English vocabulary?

选项 A、It has a growing number of newly coined words.
B、It includes a lot of words from other languages.
C、It is the largest among all languages in the world.
D、It can be easily picked up by overseas travellers.

答案 B

解析 对话中女士说许多学生认为英语难学,男士表示赞同,但同时认为英语有两大优势,其一就是词汇的国际化,英语中含有德语、荷兰语、法语、西班牙语、意大利语等多国语言的词汇。由此可知,英语词汇的特点是国际化,它包含了许多其他语言的词汇,故答案为B)。
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