Question

Nobody knows how many different languages there are in the world. The most widely used language is English. It’s used by business people, airline pilots all over the world. It’s also the first language of sports and science. So it’s very important for us to learn English.

English is most widely spoken in the world, while Chinese has the largest number of speakers. There are not only over one billion people living in China, but also many Chinese people living outside of China. You can find large or small groups of Chinese people living in almost every country in the world.

There are some other important languages in the world, too. Chinese is of course very important, especially in Asia. Arbic is widely spoken in many parts of Asia and Africa. Russian is spoken both in Europe and Asia. French is widely understand, not only in Europe, but also in parts of Canada, Africa and Asia, Spanish has a growing number of speakers all over the world, especially in Central and South Africa.

What language do people speak in the United Nations? There are so many different languages in the world, but they decide to use only six of them. There are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. Everything spoken or written in one language is translated into the other five.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案。

1.What’s the first language of sports and science？

A. Chinese B. English

C. Russian D. French

2.The underlined word in the passage shows _____.

A. English is spoken by the most people

B. Chinese is spoken by the most people

C. English is spoken in most parts of the world

D. Chinese is spoken in very parts of the world.

3.According to the passage, _____has the least speakers in Asia.

A. Russian B. Spanish C. French D. Arabic

4.How many languages are used in the United Nations?

A. Four B. Five C. Six D. Seven

5.The best title for this passage is _____.

A. Different countries, different languages

B. The importance of English

C. The number of languages in the world

D. Languages used in the United Nations

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：沒有人知道世界上有多少種語言。最廣泛使用的語言是英語。世界各地商業(yè)人士使用，飛行員使用。它也是體育和科學(xué)的第一語言。所以我們學(xué)習(xí)英語是非常重要的。

1.The most widely used language is English. It’s used by business people, airline pilots all over the world. It’s also the first language of sports and science.可知最廣泛使用的語言是英語，英語也是體育和科學(xué)的第一語言，所以該選B。

2.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文中Chinese has the largest number of speakers.可知劃線詞while表明說漢語的人最多，所以該選B。

3.Chinese is of course very important, especially in Asia. Arbic is widely spoken in many parts of Asia and Africa. Russian is spoken both in Europe and Asia. French is widely understand, not only in Europe, but also in parts of Canada, Africa and Asia, Spanish has a growing number of speakers all over the world, especially in Central and South Africa.可知在亞洲說西班牙語的人最少，所以該選B。

4.There are so many different languages in the world, but they decide to use only six of them.可知在世界上有那么多不同的語言，但他們決定只使用六種。所以該選C。

5.本文介紹了世界上的各種語言，所以該選C。

考點：科普類閱讀。