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  3. Three factors contribute to the miraculous spread of English 【C1】______ an international language: English usage in science, te

Three factors contribute to the miraculous spread of English 【C1】______ an international language: English usage in science, te

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问题      Three factors contribute to the miraculous spread of English 【C1】______ an international language: English usage in science,  technology and commerce;  the ability to 【C2】______ vocabulary from other languages; and the acceptability of various English dialects.
      In science, English【C3】______  German after World War II. With this technical and scientific dominance  【C4】______  the beginning of overall dominance by the language, 【C5】______  in Europe and then globally.
     Today, the information  【C6】______ has replaced the industrial age and has 【C7】______  time and distance. This is transforming world economies from industrial production to information-based goods and services. 【C8】 ______ geography and borders, the information revolution is reflecting our world.  In less than twenty years, information processing, 【C9】______  limited to the printed work, has given way to computers and the Internet. Computer-aided communication is closing the gap between spoken and written English. It encourages more 【C10】______  conversational language and a tolerance for diversity and individual style.
     English, 【C11】______  many languages, uses a phonetic alphabet and fairly basic grammar. But most importantly, it has a large and extensive vocabulary, 【C12】______  about 80% is foreign.  It has borrowed and continues to borrow words from Spanish and French, Hebrew and Arabic, Hindi Urdu and Bengali, Malay and Chinese, 【C13】______  from languages from West Africa and Polynesia.  This language characteristic makes it unique 【C14】______ history. Finally,  【C15】______  English language central authority guards the standards of the language:  therefore, many 【C16】______   have developed: American, British, Canadian, Indian, and Australian, 【C17】______  a few. There is no standard pronunciation. But within this diversity is a  【C18】______  of grammar and one set of core vocabulary. 【C19】______  . each country that speaks the language can introduce  【C20】______   of its own culture into the usage and vocabulary.
【C20】
选项 A、aspects
B、standards
C、essences
D、varieties
答案A
解析 此题考查篇章理解。本句意为“讲英语的每个国家都可以把自己国家文化的方方面面引入英语的用法和词汇当中”，其他各项均不合题意。
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