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How many people can speak English？Some experts estimate that 1.5 billion people—around one-quarter of the world's population—can communicate reasonably well in English.
   Never in recorded history has a language been as （1）
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spoken as English is today.The reason why millions are learning it is simple：it is the language of international business and （2）
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，the key to prosperity.It is not just that multinational companies conduct their business in English；it is the language in which Germans speak to Indonesians.
   David Graddol，the author of English Next，says it is tempting to view the story of English simply as a victory for is native speakers in North America，Britain and Ireland，and Australia—but that would be a （3）
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.Global English has entered a more complex stage，changing in ways that the English-speaking countries cannot control and might （4）
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.
   An important question one might ask is：whose English will it be in the future？Non-native speakers now （5）
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native English speakers by three to one.The majority of （6）
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in English today take place between non-native speakers.According to David Graddol，many business meetings held in English appear to run more （7）
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when there are no native English speakers present.This is because native speakers are often （8）
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at ensuring that they are understood in international discussions.They tend to think they need to avoid longer Latin-based words，but in fact （9）
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problems are more often caused by their use of idioms，metaphors，and phrasal verbs.On one occasion，at an international student conference in Amsterdan，conducted in English，the only British representative was asked to be "less （10）
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" so that the others could understand her.
   Professor Barbara Seidlhofer，Professor of English at the University of Vienna，records spoken English （11）
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between speakers of the language around the world.She says her team has noticed that non-native speakers are （12）
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standard English grammar in several ways.Even the most experienced speakers sometimes omit the "s" in the third person singular.Many omit definite and indefinite articles where they are （13）
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in standard English，or put them in where standard English does not use them.Nouns that are not plural in native-speaker English are used as plurals by non-native speakers （e.g.， "informations"， "knowledges"， "advices" ）.Other variations include "make a discussion"， "discuss about something"，or "phone to somebody".
   Many native English speakers will insist that these are not variations，they are mistakes. "Knowledges" and "phone to somebody" are simply （14）
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.Many non-native speakers who teach English around the world would agree.But language changes，and so do ideas of grammatical （15）
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.

（1）A.well B.widely C.fully D.regularly
（2）A.besides B.therefore C.otherwise D.however
（3）A.mistake B.success C.challenge D.competition
（4）A.forget B.undergo C.justify D.dislike
（5）A.understand B.envy C.outnumber D.overload
（6）A.encounters B.instructions C.negotiation D.treatments
（7）A.roughly B.slowly C.swiftly D.smoothly
（8）A.poor B.angry C.clever D.skillful
（9）A.equipment B.economy C.comprehension D.culture
（10）A.visible B.considerate C.English D.foreign
（11）A.grammar B.interaction C.courses D.vocabulary
（12）A.studying B.explaining C.checking D.varying
（13）A.required B.deleted C.judged D.stressed
（14）A.harmful B.impolite C.wrong D.illogical
（15）A.phenomenon B.research C.structure D.correctness

【考點】說明文；跨文化交際．
【答案】B；B；A；D；C；A；D；A；C；C；B；D；A；C；D
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