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.
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选项 A、cities
B、stations
C、states
D、nations

答案D

解析 根据前面句子中的networks“网络”可知应选择nations,指“国家”。其他选项只是国家的部分地区。
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