首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare’s time is es
[originaltext] The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare’s time is es
游客
2024-04-11
21
管理
问题
The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare’s time is estimated to have been about five million. Today it is estimated that some 300 million people speak it as a native language, mainly in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the standard varieties of English found in these areas, there are a great many regional and social varieties of the language as well as various levels of usage that are employed both in its spoken and written forms. In fact, it is impossible to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge of English in addition to their own language. The purpose for English learning and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is difficult to explain and still more difficult to judge what forms an adequate working knowledge for each situation.
The main reason for the widespread demand for English is its present importance as a world language. Besides serving the indefinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in which some of important works in science, technology and other fields are being produced, and not always by native speakers. It is widely used for such purposes as airport communications, international conferences, and the spread of information over the radio and television networks of many nations. It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries, especially former British colonies. Many of these countries have multilingual populations and need a language for internal communication in such matters as government, commerce, industry, law and education as well as for international communication and for entrance to the scientific and technological developments in the West.
9. What is the speaker mainly talking about?
10. According to the passage, what is hard to estimate about English?
11. What is one of the situations when English is widely used?
12. Why do some former British colonies widely use English?
选项
A、How many native speakers it had in Shakespeare’s time.
B、The number of people with an adequate working knowledge of it.
C、The situations where a common language is needed.
D、The purposes for people to learn a second language.
答案
B
解析
考点是一个结构较复杂的长句,形式主语it以及真实主语部分的定语从句都会给理解带来难度。但B基本上是原文内容的照搬,听到即能作答。符合“听到什么选什么”的原则。长句的听力理解技巧是抓结构。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3550924.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]M:Hello.W:Hello.ThisisDr.Gray’soffice.We’recallingtorem
[originaltext]M:Hello.W:Hello.ThisisDr.Gray’soffice.We’recallingtorem
[originaltext]M:AllIcanturnintodayismychemistryhomework.W:Iseverythi
[originaltext]M:AllIcanturnintodayismychemistryhomework.W:Iseverythi
[originaltext]M:AllIcanturnintodayismychemistryhomework.W:Iseverythi
[originaltext]M:AllIcanturnintodayismychemistryhomework.W:Iseverythi
[originaltext]M:AllIcanturnintodayismychemistryhomework.W:Iseverythi
[originaltext]M:AllIcanturnintodayismychemistryhomework.W:Iseverythi
[originaltext]W:Areyousureyoucan’tjoinusforthepicnic?It’llbealoto
[originaltext]W:Areyousureyoucan’tjoinusforthepicnic?It’llbealoto
随机试题
HowtoBuildYourVocabularyEffectivelyVocabularyist
[originaltext]M:Hello,Amy.Areyoucomingtomybirthdayparty?W:Yes,lam.
Allthetrees(plant)______lastsummer.wereplanted本题考查被动语态。根据句意应该是“树被种”,而且其中含
在著作权贸易中引进选题时,主要应考虑的因素包括( )等。A.原作品在原市场的反
劳务纠纷发生后,双方当事人都可以自知道或应当知道其权利被侵害之日起的()日内,
以下哪一种先天性畸形用B超检查难以显示A.先天性肾缺如 B.腹壁缺损 C.小
男性,37岁。间断性腹泻10余年,加重1个月,大便每日近10次,不成形,近日食欲
变压器的哪些保护装置应投信号()本体轻瓦斯$;$突发压力继电器$;$压力释放阀$
=5.6X10-12,则Mg(OH)2在0.01mol*L-1NaOH溶
引起药源性疾病的因素包括A.遗传因素 B.药物因素 C.性别因素 D.年龄
最新回复
(
0
)