2.English is fast becoming the language of science around the world,but what is its future among everyday speakers?One expert points out that the percentage(比率) of native English speakers is declining(降低) while the languages of other rapidly growing regions are being spoken by increasing numbers of people.But English will continue to remain widespread and important.
However,British language scholar David Graddol says English will probably drop in dominance(主導(dǎo)) by the middle of this century to rank after Chinese,about equally with Arabic,Hindi,and Urdu."The number of people speaking English as a first language continues to rise,but it isn't rising nearly as fast as the numbers of many other languages around the world,simply because the main population group has been largely in the less developed countries where languages other than English have been spoken,"he says.
In a recent article in the journal Science,Mr.Graddol noted that three languages that are not near the top of the list of the most widely spoken now might be there soon.These are Bengali,Tamil,and Malay,spoken in south and southeast Asia.
David Crystal,the author of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language,says about 1.5billion of the world's six billion people speak it as a second language compared to the 400million native speakers.But another expert on the English language says Mr.Graddol underestimates (低估) the future of its dominance."All the evidence suggests that the English language snowball is rolling down a hill and is getting faster,but nobody quite knows what's going to happen because no language has been in this position before."he said.

8.In David Graddol's opinion,English willC.
A.remain widespread and important
B.be more important than any other language
C.lose its dominant position
D.die away in the near future
9.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph implies thatA.
A.more and more language users will choose English
B.the English language snowball is rolling down faster than any time in the past
C.English language will soon drop in dominance
D.snowballs will roll down faster than language balls
10.How many experts does the passage mention who express their ideas about the future of English?B
A.2.    B.3.
C.4.    D.5.
11.What should be the best title for the passage?B
A.English Remaining in the Dominant Position
B.The Future of English?Who Knows?
C.Opinions from Different Experts
D.The English Language Snowball Rolling Down.

分析 本文屬于議論文,討論了未來英語是否仍然還是第一語言,不同的人表示來了不同的觀點(diǎn),有專家認(rèn)為英語仍然占統(tǒng)治地位,其他的專家認(rèn)為英語的位置將下降.

解答 8.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段第一句However,British language scholar David Graddol says English will probably drop in dominance(主導(dǎo)) by the middle of this century to rank after Chinese,about equally with Arabic,Hindi,and Urdu.可知David Graddol認(rèn)為未來英語的主導(dǎo)地位會下降,到下世紀(jì)中期會排在漢語之后,和Arabic,Hindi以及Urdu一樣重要.也就是說英語的主導(dǎo)地位會喪失.故C正確.
9.A 句意理解題.根據(jù)橫線前句But another expert on the English language says Mr.Graddol underestimates (低估) the future of its dominance.另外一個專家認(rèn)為David Graddol低估了英語的統(tǒng)治地位,他認(rèn)為英語還會繼續(xù)是世界第一語言.所以劃線句意為:越來越多的人會選擇英語.故A項正確.
10.B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段One expert points out that the percentage(比率) of native English speakers is declining(降低) while the languages of other rapidly growing regions第二段However,British language scholar David Graddol says English will probably drop in dominance(主導(dǎo)) by the middle of this century和最后一段But another expert on the English language says Mr.Graddol underestimates (低估) the future of its dominance.可知一共有三名專家對英語的未來發(fā)表了個人觀點(diǎn).故B正確.
11.B 標(biāo)題概括題.根據(jù)文章第一句English is fast becoming the language of science around the world,but what is its future among everyday speakers?可知本文討論的是未來英語是否仍然還是第一語言,不同的人表示來了不同的觀點(diǎn),有專家認(rèn)為英語仍然占統(tǒng)治地位,其他的專家認(rèn)為英語的位置將下降.故B正確.

點(diǎn)評 本文是歷史文化類閱讀理解.做這類題材閱讀理解時要求考生對文章通讀一遍,做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù)

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