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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.
【C1】
选项 A、foreign
B、native
C、second
D、official
答案B
解析 根据紧接着的国家名称的提示可知是指将英语作为母语的人数。
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