Many people hope that the whole world will one day speak a common language. Over the years, people have made up new languages wi

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问题     Many people hope that the whole world will one day speak a common language. Over the years, people have made up new languages with this aim.(72)At least six hundred languages have been developed in the search for a language which all human beings would be able to speak. The most famous one, Esperanto(世界语), was the idea of Ludwig Zamenhof, a doctor in Warsaw. He published a book about his new language in 1887.
    To encourage people to learn the language, he made it as simple as possible.
    Esperanto has never been accepted as an official world language, but it has been suggested as an auxiliary language. By 1950 it had been taught to one and a half million speakers, and it was spoken in six hundred schools. Today Esperanto is spoken by about eight million people, and more than one hundred newspapers and magazines in the language are published regularly throughout the world. Thousands of books have been written in Esperanto, including those translated from other languages.
    Today the need for a new auxiliary language like Esperanto seems less obvious.(73)Throughout this century English has grown more and more important. It has become a second language for many millions of people. The fact that more are learning English shows that the use of English is still growing worldwide. No one would deny the usefulness of a world language, but not many people think that Esperanto is likely to play such a role.
Which of the following is NOT true of Esperanto?

选项 A、It is widely taught in schools.
B、It has become a second language for many millions of people.
C、Many books have been written in Esperanto.
D、It is spoken by many people.

答案B

解析 事实细节题。根据文章第三段第二、三句“By 1950 it had been taught to one and a half million speakers,and it was spoken in six hundred schools.Today Esperanto is spoken by about eight million people…”可知,A、D项正确。根据第三段最后一句“Thousands of books have been written in Esperanto...”可知C项正确。根据文章第四段第三句“It has become a second language for many millions of people.”可知It指English,因此B项错误。故选B。
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