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  3. The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare’s time is estimated to have been about five million. Today it is estimated that

The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare’s time is estimated to have been about five million. Today it is estimated that

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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 260 million people speak it as a(an) 【C1】______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, 【C2】______are a great many regional and social varieties of the language as well as【C3】______levels of usage that are employed both in its spoken and written forms.
    In fact, it is【C4】______to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge of English in addition to their own languages. The【C5】______for English learning and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is【C6】______to explain and still more difficult to judge【C7】______forms an adequate working knowledge for each situation.
    The main reason for the widespread【C8】______for English is its present day importance as a world language. Besides【C9】______the indefinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in which some of important works in science, technology, and other【C10】______are being produced, and not always by native speakers. It is widely used for【C11】______purposes as meteorological(气象的)and airport communications, international conferences, and the【C12】______of information over the radio and television networks of many【C13】______It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries, specially former British colonies. Many of these countries have multi-lingual【C14】______and need a language for internal communication in such matters as government, commerce, industry, law and【C15】______as well as for international communication and for entrance to the scientific and technological developments in the West.
【C5】
选项 A、purpose
B、cause
C、effect
D、method
答案A
解析 根据上下文的意思可知，人们学习英语的目的不同，掌握语言的程度也不同。
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