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.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。What’s the first language of sports and science？
| A．Chinese | B．English |
| C．Russian | D．French |
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. |
According to the passage, _____has the least speakers in Asia.
| A．Russian | B．Spanish | C．French | D．Arabic |
How many languages are used in the United Nations?
| A．Four | B．Five | C．Six | D．Seven |
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 |
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Mr. Brad wants to see a film. After lunch, he goes to a cinema, buys a ticket(票) and goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out again and buys a second ticket and then walks in again.
After a few minutes he comes out again and buys a third ticket. Two or three minutes after that, he comes out a third time and asks for another ticket. But the girl says to him, “Why are you buying all these tickets? Are you meeting your friends in the cinema all the time?” “No, I’m not doing that.” Mr. Brad says, “But a big woman always stops me at the gate of the cinema and she tears(撕) all my tickets.” The girl has a good laugh and says, “One ticket is enough. She is on duty.”After lunch, Mr. Brad __________.
| A．goes shopping | B．goes fishing |
| C．goes to the supermarket | D．goes to a cinema |
Mr. Brad _____ goes to the cinema after lunch.
| A．himself | B．and his wife |
| C．and his friends | D．a girl |
Mr. Brad comes out of the cinema ______.
| A．once | B．twice |
| C．three times | D．four times |
Mr. Brad buys _____ tickets altogether (一共).
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
The woman tears his tickets because she _____.
| A．likes to do that |
| B．doesn’t like Mr. Brad |
| C．thinks they’re false(假的) tickets |
| D．is checking up(检查) all the tickets |
Steven drives a school bus, but his bus isn’t the same as other school buses because there aren’t any children on it. There are only dogs. Steven’s bus takes dogs to school at 8:00 in the morning and brings them back home at 5:30 in the afternoon. Steven takes the dogs to a dog school. There he teaches the dogs to do many things: sit down, stand up, bring the shoes to the master, keep the master from danger (危险). Many dogs go to Steven’s school—big dogs, small dogs, old dogs, young dogs. Steven says that young dogs can learn more quickly.What do you know about Steven?
| A．He drives children to school. |
| B．He teaches dogs in a school. |
| C．He has a school for young children. |
| D．He teaches children in a school. |
What does Steven teach the dogs to do?
| A．Eat. | B．Sleep. |
| C．Run. | D．Do things for their masters. |
Where do the dogs sleep?
| A．In the school. | B．On the bus. |
| C．In the street. | D．In their own homes. |
Which kind of dogs is easy to teach?
| A．Young dogs. | B．Old dogs. |
| C．Strong dogs | D．Big dogs. |
The best title (标题) for the passage is “_________”.
| A．How to Keep Dogs | B．How to Drive a Bus |
| C．A School for Dogs | D．Taking Children to School |
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In Australia, different people have different ways to e______ themselves. They also have their own i___
__ about how to pass time.
M____ children, about 80%, work hard in school because they have to t___
__ lots of exams. After school, they don’t want to stay at home reading books any more. I_
____ ,they put aside(到一边) their school bags and go out to play.
Some old people get up early in the morning. Then they go to park to read newspapers. It helps them know what is h______ around the world. In the evening they would like to stay at home watching TV better.
Young people enjoy having relaxing trip on weekends. They go to mountains to have a p____ or go to the forest to camp. They usually start on Friday and spend one or two days o__
____. Then on Sunday evening, they start their way b__
__ home. Nobody seems to be in a hurry, although(虽然) a b__
___ week is waiting for them again.
We each have a memory. That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day.
At school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too. But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.Some people can easily learn many things by heart because _______________.
| A．they always sleep very well |
| B．they often eat good food |
| C．they read a lot of books |
| D．they have very good memories |
Everybody learns his mother language _______________.
| A．at the age of six | B．when he is a small child |
| C．after he goes to school | D．when he can read and write |
Before a child can speak, he must ______________.
| A．read and write | B．make sentences |
| C．hear and remember the sounds | D．think hard |
At school the pupil can’t learn a foreign language well because _______________.
| A．they have no good memories |
| B．they have too much time for it |
| C．they have no recorders |
| D．they are busy with other subjects |
Your memory will become better and better _______________.
| A．if you have lots of good food |
| B．if you do more and more exercises |
| C．if you get up early |
| D．if you do morning exercises every day |
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