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.
【C15】

选项 A、education
B、market
C、college
D、business

答案A

解析 market,business包括在“commerce中;college包括在education中。
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