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 State, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In【C2】______to the standard varieties of English found in these areas, 【C3】______are a great many regional and social varieties of the languages as well as【C4】______levels of usage that are employed both in its spoken and written forms.
    In fact, it is【C5】______to estimate the number of people in the world who have【C6】______an adequate working knowledge of English in addition to their own languages. The【C7】______for English learning and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is【C8】______to explain and still more difficult to judge【C9】______forms an adequate working knowledge for each situation.
    The main reason for the widespread【C10】______for English is its present day importance as a world language. Besides【C11】______the indefinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in【C12】______some of important works in science, technology, and other【C13】______are being produced, and not always by native speakers.
    It is widely used for【C14】______purposes as meteorological(气象的)and airport communications, international conferences, arid the【C15】______of information over the radio and television networks of many【C16】______. It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries, specially【C17】______British colonies. Many of these countries have multi - lingual【C18】______and need a language for internal communication in such matters as government, commerce, industry, law and【C19】______as well as for international communication and for entrance【C20】______the scientific and technological developments in the West.
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选项 A、simple
B、natural
C、practical
D、difficult

答案D

解析 由后文still more difficult可知,此题意为解释是很困难的。故选D。
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