Question

In schools all over the world boys and girls are learning foreign languages. Everyone knows his own language , but knowing another one is very useful. If we go to England or the USA, we must be able to speak English. And in Japan people will expect us to understand Japanese. How many languages are there in the world? There are thousands of languages, but most of them are not very important, English is one of the most important languages because so many people use it, not only in England and the USA, but also in other parts of the world. About 300 million people speak it as their own language and another 200 million use it as a second language. It's difficult to say how many people are learning it. Million upon million of school children are trying to learn it.

1.There are _____ of languages in the world.

A. thousands B. hundreds

C. millions D. billion

2._____ is one of the most important languages in the world.

A. Japanese B. English

C. Spanish D. Russian

3.About 200 million people use English as _____.

A. their own language B. a second language

C. mother tongue D. first language

4.If you go to Japan, you must be able to speak _____.

A. French B. Chinese

C. Japanese D. English

5.This passage may be from _____.

A. diary B. dictionary

C. workbook D. newspaper

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了全世界的孩子都在學(xué)習(xí)外語。每個(gè)人都懂得自己的語言，但學(xué)習(xí)一門外語也是很有用的。全世界有幾千種語言，英語是最重要的語言之一。

1.There are thousands of languages,可知答案選A

2.English is one of the most important languages because so many people use it,可知英語是最重要的語言之一，故答案選B

3.another 200 million use it as a second language.可知，大約有兩億人把英語作為第二語言來使用，故答案選B

4.4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)And in Japan people will expect us to understand Japanese.可知，如果你去日本，你必須會(huì)將日語，故答案選C

5.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章分析語言學(xué)習(xí)現(xiàn)狀的內(nèi)容可推斷，這篇文章很可能來自報(bào)紙，故答案選D

考點(diǎn)：科教類短文閱讀。