2021年度電大英語短文理解

Mega-citiesIn1950,NewYorkwastheonlycitywithmorethan10millioninhabitants.Therearenowllcitieshousingover11millionpeopleeach.Tokyoalonehas17million.In1995,theircombinedpopulationtotaled166million；initisforecasttobeover204million.Theworld'surbanpopulation,increasingatfourtimestherateofruralpopulations,willdoubleintheperiod1990-2025,tooverfivebillion.Consequently,two-thirdsofthepeopleoftheworldwillliveincities,someofwhichwillbehuge.Moreover,about90%ofthegrowthwillbeindevelopingcountries.Thisgrowth,addingaround60millionpeopleperyeartocitypopulation,willbemainlyinSoutheastAsiaandAfrica.Theconsequencesaredramatic.Thisischangeonascaleneverbeforeexperienced,bringingwithitconsiderablechallengesandopportunities.Whydoesthisgrowthhappen?Mostofitresultsfrominternalmigrationratherthantheinternationalmovementofpeople,andiscausedbyavarietyofpushandpullfactors.Onepushfactorisduetopressureonlandavailability.Improvedhealthbringspopulationgrowth,causingpeopletomoveoutofruralareas.Othersmovebecauseofclimatechangeorpoorfarmingmethodswhichoftenresultindeforestationandflooding.Suchchangescanalterthesocialstructure,leadingpeopletomove.Furthermore,civilwarorregionalconflictsalsocausedisruption,drivingpeopleoutofruralareas.Ontheotherhand,therearethepullfactors.Citiesattractpeoplebecauseofthedemandforlaborinthemanufacturingandserviceindustries.Asaresult,theyofferahigherstandardoflivingtotheluckyones.Citiesalsotendtooffergreaterpersonalfreedom.Theworldeconomyhasexpandedfive-foldsince1950,withthecitiesdrivingtheexpansion.MuchofthiseconomicexpansionhasbeeninthedevelopingcountriesofSoutheastAsia.Therefore,mostofthemega-citiesofthefuturewillbefoundthere.題目1Thecombinedtotalpopulationofthese11cities.選取ー項(xiàng):was166millionin1950was17millionin1995is204millionnowwillbeover204millionin答案為D。此題可以運(yùn)用查讀技巧。先在找到第一段中找到包括題中核心信息(Thecombinedtotalpopulation)句子,即第一段最后一句,于是可以直接得出選項(xiàng)D。而其她選項(xiàng)雖都在文中提到,但都不是與題干相相應(yīng),因而可排除A,B,C三項(xiàng)。題目2Theworld'sruralpopulation.選取ー項(xiàng):increasedatonefourththerateofurbanpopulationincreasedatfourtimestherateofurbanpopulationwillbefourtimesbiggerby2025willdoubleintheperiod1990-2025答案為A。此題需要運(yùn)用查讀技巧,并考查計(jì)算能力。先找到文中第二段第一句,“Theworld'surbanpopulation,increasingatfourtimestherateofruralpopulations"城鄉(xiāng)人口正以4倍于農(nóng)村人口速度增長著,即農(nóng)村人口增長速度城鄉(xiāng)人口皿。因而,不要被選項(xiàng)B所困惑而誤選。題目3Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothispassage?.選取ー項(xiàng):Therearenow11citieswithatotalpopulationof11millionpeople.Theworld'surbanpopulationwillbefourtimesbiggerby2025Variouspushandpullfactorscausepeopletomove對的Two-thirdsoftheworld9spopulationwillliveincitiesinSoutheastAsiaandAfrica.答案為Co此題可以運(yùn)用査讀技巧。找出選項(xiàng)A應(yīng)為“Therearenow11citieswithapopulationof11millionpeopleeach.”選項(xiàng)B應(yīng)改為"Itwilldoubleby2025.”選項(xiàng)D應(yīng)將"inSoutheastAsiaandAfricaw改為"allovertheworld”。因而,對的答案為選項(xiàng)C各種內(nèi)、外因引起人口流動。題目4Peoplechoosetoleaveruralareaspartlybecause.選取ー項(xiàng):climatechangeorpoorfarmingmethodsresultindeforestationandflooding對的thelivingstandardsofcitiesaremuchlowerthepopulationofruralareasincreasedfasterthanthatofurbanareastherearenotenoughspaceforpeopletolivethere答案為Ao此題考查仔細(xì)閱讀和分析能力。文章第四段闡明了人們紛紛離開農(nóng)村某些因素。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,只有選項(xiàng)A談到了氣候變化和落后農(nóng)業(yè)辦法使得山林遭到砍伐,洪水泛濫,這是人們選取離開農(nóng)村因素之一。而其她選項(xiàng)均不是文中列舉出因素。題目5Wecanconcludefromthelastparagraphthat.選取ー項(xiàng):theworldeconomyhasdeclinedsince1950economicexpansionleadstomega-cities對的theexpansionismainlytakingplaceinEuropethereisn'tanyeconomicexpansioninthedevelopingcountries答案為B。此題可以運(yùn)用查讀技巧。題干中己道明此題考查范疇,因而直接在最后一段中進(jìn)行查讀。第一句話講“自1950年以來都市發(fā)展促使世界經(jīng)濟(jì)浮現(xiàn)了五倍擴(kuò)張”,因而選項(xiàng)A經(jīng)濟(jì)下降顯然不對;第二句接著講"大某些經(jīng)濟(jì)擴(kuò)張發(fā)生在東南亞這樣發(fā)展中華人民共和國家”,因而,選項(xiàng)C講經(jīng)濟(jì)擴(kuò)張發(fā)生在歐洲也是錯(cuò)誤:選項(xiàng)D講經(jīng)濟(jì)擴(kuò)張沒發(fā)生在發(fā)展中華人民共和國家顯然也不對的。通過度析可逐個(gè)排除選項(xiàng)A、C、D而得出對的答案BoACaseStudy：DesertificationaroundtheGobiDesertTheProblemsTheGOBIDesert,inthenorthofChina,isnowseventimesbiggerthanBritain.Chinahaslargedesertareasandmuchofitsagriculturallandisbeingthreatenedbydesertification,whichisgettingworse.Inaddition,soilerosionhasledtoahugelossoffarmlandandthedryingupofrivers.Consequently,thelivelihoodsof35millionpeoplearebeingthreatened.Furthermoreitisevenaffectingcities.Thenearestsandduneislessthan100milesfromBeijing,whereunpleasantsandstormsarebecomingmorefrequent.Theworsethesituation,themorepressurethereisonthegovernmenttotakeaction.TheCausesThereasonsforthechangesarecomplex.Itisclearthatpollutionoftheairandwaterbyfactoriesisaffectingtheenvironment.Treesandothervegetationdie,andsosoiliseroded.Themoretreesthatdie,thelesswaterisheldintheearth.Theneedforwoodforfuelandbuildingsleadstofurtherdeforestation,whichcausesfurthersoilerosion.Localfarmersfinditmoreandmoredifficulttomakealiving.Theyendupusinginefficientfarmingmethods,whichagainleadstosoilerosion.TheSolutionsTheGovernmentiscarryingoutanti-desertificationprojects,includingthecreationofaforestbeltarounddeserts.Thetree-plantingcampaign,knownastheGreatGreenWall,ismeanttoprotectBeijingfromsandstorms.Chinahopestocontroltheexpansionofdesertlandbytheyearandplanstoestablishaprotectedeco-systemindesertareasby2050.題目1Accordingtothispassage?theGobidesertis.選取ー項(xiàng):asbigasBritain20%ofthesizeofBritainoneseventhofthesizeofBritainseventimesbiggerthanBritain對的答案為D。題目2ThetotaldesertareaofChinais.選取ー項(xiàng):increasing對的decreasingremainingconstantthelargestoftheworld答案為A。題目3leadstosoilerosion.選取ー項(xiàng):ThegrowthoftreesandothervegetationThedeforestation對的TheefficientfarmingmethodsThepollutionofsomefactories答案為B題目4TheChinesegovernmentisplantingtrees.選取ー項(xiàng):arounddeserts對的aroundBeijingaroundtheborderofChinad.alloverChina答案為A。題目5Theexpansionofdesertland.選取ー項(xiàng):a.won'tbecontrolledbyb.willdefinitelybecontrolledbyc.shouldbecontrolledafterisexpectedtobecontrolledby對的答案為DTheworld*surbanpopulationy(世界都市人口)(l)jncreasingatfourtimestherateofruralpopulations*willdoubleintheperiod1990-2025*tooverfivebillion.Consequently,⑵two-thirdsofthepeopleoftheworldwillliveincities*someof(3)whichwillbehuge.Moreover,about90%ofthegrowthwillbeindevelopingcountries.Thisgrowth,addingaround60millionpeopleperyear(4)to_citypopulations*willbemainlyinSoutheastAsiaandAfrica.Theconsequencesaredramatic.Thisischangeonascaleneverbefore⑸experienced*bringingwithitconsiderablechallengesandopportunities.Whydoesthisgrowthhappen?Mostofitresults(6)frominternalmigrationratherthantheinternationalmovementofpeople,andiscausedbyavarietyofpushandpullfactors.Onepushfactorisduetopressure(7)onlandavailability.Improvedhealthbringspopulationgrowth,causingpeopletomoveoutofruralareas.Othersmovebecauseofclimatechangeorpoorfarmingmethodswhichoftenresultindeforestationandflooding.Suchchangescanalterthesocialstructure,leadingpeople(8)tomove.Furthermore,civilwarorregionalconflictsalsocausedisruption,drivingpeopleoutofruralareas.Ontheotherhand*therearethepullfactors.Citiesattractpeoplebecauseofthedemand(9)forlabourinthemanufacturingandserviceindustries.Asaresult*theyofferahigherstandardofliving(10)totheluckyones.Citiesalsotendtooffergreaterpersonalfreedom.GlobalFood全球食品“媽媽,咱們?nèi)湲?dāng)勞,好嗎?“Mum,canwegotoMcDonald,s,please?vSomepeoplemightask,uWherewouldwebetodayifwedidnothavefastfood?"and"Wherewouldparentstaketheirchildrenouttoeat?,Ithasbeenreportedthatapproximately30%ofmealsconsumedbyfamiliesintheUSAareeatenatoneofthebigchainslikeBurgerKingandTacoBell,thoughprobablynoneismorefamousthanMcDonald's.Thedistinctive"goldenarch“cannowbeseeninmostmajorcitiesintheworld.In,McDonaldshadapproximately25,000restaurantsinover120countriesandserved29millionpeopleaday.Apparently*thesecretoftheirsuccessisamarketingstrategyof"thinkglobal,actlocal”.McDonald'slearntthatiftheyadaptedtheir"Mac"mealstodifferentcultures,itwasmoresuccessfulthanhavingastandardizedsetofproductsthattastethesameeverywhere.Sonow,around80%ofMcDonald,srestaurantsarefranchisedtolocalpeoplewhoservefoodwitha"local"flavor.Forexample,inHongKong,foodcalled"ShakeShakeFries"and"RedBeanSunday"canbefoundonthemenu,whileinSwitzerland,"VegiMacs"areserved.However,fastfoodisnotpopularwitheveryone.Itisoftencalled"junk"foodbecauseitissaidtobeunhealthyandfulloffat.Furthermore,manypeopleclaimthatfastfoodchainsproduceenormousamountsofwaste,whilemillionsofpeopleindevelopingcountriesgohungry.Atthesametime,moreandmorepeoplenolongercookfreshfoodathome."Convenience"foodisjusttooconvenient!ItissoeasyforpeoplewithbusyworkinglivestocallintotheirlocalbranchofMarksandSpencer,orsomeothersupermarketchain,tobuyready-mademealsontheirwayhomefromwork.Itiseveneasiertobuya"take-away"fromalocalrestaurantorpickupthephoneandorderapizzatobedeliveredtoyourhome.題目1Thesecretoffastfoodchains'successis.選取ー項(xiàng):franchisingtolocalpeoplehavingastandardizedsetofproductsthemarketingstrategyofuthinkglobal*actlocalM對的havingalotofrestaurantscoveringmanycountries答案為C題目2Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat.選取ー項(xiàng):aroundone-thirdofAmericanfamilieseatatoneofthebigchains對的therewereabout25,000McDonald'sRestaurantsintheUSAinin，McDonald*sserved29millionpeopleadayinEuropethepercentageoffamilieseatingatMcDonald'sishigherintheUKthanintheUSA答案為A。題目3Allthefollowingarecorrectexceptthat.選取ー項(xiàng):mostchildrenlikegoingtoMcDonald'smostcountrieshavedifferentkindsofMcDonald'smealsabout20%ofMcDonald'srestaurantsarenotfranchisedthe“ShakeShakeFries”canbefoundbothinHongKongandinSwitzerland對的答案為D。題目4Whichofthefollowingisnotthereasonformoreandmorepeoplepreferringfastfoodtocookingathome?.選取ー項(xiàng):BecausetheyaremoreconvenientIt'seasyforpeopletobuya"take-away“ontheirwayhomePeoplecanpickupaphoneandorderwhattheywanttobedeliveredtotheirhomeItischeapertobuyfastfoodthantocookathome對的答案為D。題目5Peoplecallfastfood“junkfood“because.選取ー項(xiàng):theyaretooconvenienttheyaresaidtobeunhealthyandfulloffat對的theyarepopularamongchildrentheyproducemuchwaste答案為BWhataWaste!(真是揮霍!解決廢物是一種巨大全球性問題。)Dealingwithwasteisahugeglobalproblem.Unfortunately,manypeopledon'tusuallythinkmuchaboutwhathappens(1)_totheiroldfridgewhentheyupdatetothelatestmodel.Afewjustdumpit(2)inthestreetwithoutanotherthought.Asaresult,Britaincurrentlyhasoveramillionoldfridges(3)rottingindumpsinfieldsandinwarehousesbecausethecountrydoesnothaveenoughequipmenttodispose(4)ofthem.NewEuropeanUnionregulationssaythatfrom1January,allmaterialthatdepletestheozonelayer,suchasCFCcoolants,(5)mustberemovedfromfridgesbeforetheyareputinlandfillsites.Itis(6)likelytotakequiteawhiletosolvetheproblem.Butitisnotonlyfridges(7)thataredifficulttogetridof.Whataboutoldcomputers,TVsandotherhi-techjunk?Forexample,GuangdongProvince,inthesoutheastofChina,hasbeensufferingfromproblems(8)causedbyimportedwasteelectricalgoodslikecomputers.Workersthere(9)havebeenbreakingupoldcomputerstoextracttherecyclablepartslikechips,andpreciousmetals(10)likegoldandplatinum.Unfortunately,unsaferecyclingmethodshavecausedhealthandenvironmentaldamageinthearea.ThereforethegovernmenthasbannedtheimportofitemslikeoldTVsets,computers,photocopyingmachines,videocamerasandtelephones.Somerecyclingfactorieshavealsobeenshutdownbecausetheywerepollutingtheairandwaterwithtoxicchemicals.Peopleshouldthinktwicebeforetheythrowawaytheiroldfridgeorcomputer.Itismorethanlikelytocausedamagetootherpeopleortheenvironment.題目1Fromthetitle“WhataWaste!”andthefirstsentence,wecouldanticipatewhichofthefollowingwillnotbeincludedinthepassage?.選取ー項(xiàng):DealingwithwasteisahugeglobalproblemItisdifficulttogetridofhi-techjunkUnsaferecyclingmethodshavecausedsomehealthandenvironmentaldamagePeopleshouldnoteatfoodthathasn'tbeendealtwithcarefully對的答案為D。題目2oldfridgesrottingindumpsinfieldsandwarehousesbecauseofthelackofequipmenttodisposeofthem.選取ー項(xiàng):OnemillionMorethanonemillion對的OnebillionMorethanonebillion答案為B。題目3對的Whenpeoplewanttobuyanewfridgetheyusually.選取ー項(xiàng):thinktwicebeforetheygetridoftheoldonedonatetheoldonetothepoorerpeopledumptheoldoneinthestreetwithoutanotherthought對的justleavetheoldoneinthesameplaceathome答案為。題目CFCcoolantsmustberemovedfromfridgesbecause,選取ー項(xiàng):itisakindofpreciousmetallikegoldandplatinumitwoulddepletetheozonelayerifnotremoved對的itcanbeusedagainwhenputintonewfridgessomepeoplecollectitasahobby答案為。〇題目Whatproblemshasn'tGuangdongProvincebeensufferingfrom?.選取ー項(xiàng):Somefactoriesexplodedinanaccident對的SomefactorieswerepollutingtheairandwaterwithtoxicchemicalsIthasbeensufferingfromproblemscausedbyimportedwasteelectricalgoodsTheirunsaferecyclingmethodshavecausedhealthandenvironmentaldamage答案為。GreenpeaceLaunchesRenewableEnergyGlobalTour（綠色和平組織啟動可再生能源全球旅游）Wednesday,June26,HornsRev,Denmark：IntheleaduptotheEarthSummitinJohannesburginAugust,theGreenpeaceship,theRainbowWarrior,todaybeganthefirstpartofaglobaljourneytosupportthedevelopmentofrenewableenergyaroundtheworld.OffshorewindintheNorthSeaalonecanproducenearlytwicetheelectricityneedsoftheNorthSeacountries.Usingonly20%ofthatwouldsupplyone-thirdofthesecountries'electricity.Greenpeacearegoingtochallengegovernmentsandindustrytomakethishappen.TheRainbowWarriorsailedtodaytoHornsRev,theworld9slargestoffshorewindpark,whichisbeingbuiltoffthecoastofDenmark.AnotherGreenpeaceship,theArcticSunrise,willbeginthesecondpartoftheglobaltourinSoutheastAsianextmonth.“Duringtheseweeks,Greenpeacewillbeconductingthisglobaltourwithtwoshipstoshowthatrenewableenergyisreadyandabletoreplacedirtycoaboil,gasandnuclearpower-notonlyinthefuture,buttoday”,saidaGreenpeacespokesperson.Windenergyisreportedtobecompetitivewithcoalandgaspowergenerationandclearlybeatscostlynuclearpower.TheUKgovernment*senergyreviewclaimedthatwindenergywillbethecheapestenergysourceby.Nextmonth,theArcticSunrisewillbevisitingthePhilippinesandThailand,wherecommunitiesarerejectingdirty,old-fashionedenergytechnologylikecoal-firedpowerstationsanddemandingclean,renewableenergy.題目1Thepurposeoftheglobaltourwas.選取——項(xiàng):toproduceelectricityneedsoftheNorthSeacountriestosupportthedevelopmentofrenewableenergyaroundtheworld對的tovisitthePhilippinesandThailandtoproduceclearandfashionedenergy答案為B題目2Thedestinationoftheship,theRainbowWarriorwas?選取ー項(xiàng):DenmarkthePhilippinesThailandHornsRev對的答案為D題目3Accordingtothepassage,willbethecheapestformofenergyby.選取ー項(xiàng):windenergy對的nuclearpowercoal-firedpowersolarenergy答案為A題目4ThepowerproducedbytheoffshorewindintheNorthSeacanbe.選取ー項(xiàng):one-thirdoftheelectricityneedsoftheNorthSeacountries20%oftheelectricityneedsoftheNorthSeacountriesnearlytwicetheelectricityneedsoftheNorthSeacountries對的exactlythesameamountoftheelectricityneedsoftheNorthSeacountriesWecaninferfromthispassagethat.選取ー項(xiàng):offshorewindintheNorthSeahasalreadyproducedenoughelectricityfortheNorthSeacountriesthepurposeoftheGreenpeaceshipistotransportrenewableenergyc.nuclearpoweristhecheapestpoweratpresentd.Greenpeacehavemorethanoneship對的答案為DCETACEANS：FACTFILE鯨類動物:事實(shí)文獻(xiàn)Thereareover80speciesofwhales,dolphinsandporpoises,(1)knowncollectivelyas“cetaceans”,throughouttheworld.Theycomeinallshapesandsizes.Herearesomefactsandfiguresabouttheseincredibleanimals?有超過80種鯨魚、海豚和鼠海豚,統(tǒng)稱為“鯨魚”,整個(gè)世界。它們有各種形狀和大小。下面是某些關(guān)于這些令人難以置信動物事實(shí)和數(shù)字。1.LargestThebluewhaleis(2)theheaviestandlongestanimalonEarth.Theaverageadultlengthis25mformalesand26.2mforfemales,(3)withbodyweightsof90-120tonnes.2.SmallestHector,sdolphinistheworld,sshortestcetacean.Theymaybeonly1.2mlongwhenfully(4)grown..LargestAppetiteAbluewhaleeatsupto4tonnesofkrilldaily.Thisisequivalent(5)toeatingafullygrownAfricanelephanteveryday..DeepestDiveThespermwhale(6)\sbelievedtodivedeeperthananyothercetacean.Theyhavebeenknowntodiveasdeepasm..LongestLivedOnebowheadwhaleisreportedto(7)havebeen130yearsoldwhenitdied..HeaviestBrainThespermwhalehastheworld*sheaviestbrain(8)whichcanweighupto9.2kg.Thiscompares(9)withtheaverage1.4kgforthebrainofanadulthuman..MostEndangeredThebaijidolphin,orChineseriverdolphin,istherarestdolphinintheworldandisreportedtobeendangered.ItlivesintheYangtzeRiverinChina.Conservationmeasures(10)arebein^takenbvtheChinesetosaveit.題目1Thisarticleismainlyabout.選取ー項(xiàng):thespeciesofcetaceanssomespecialtypesofcetaceans對的theageofdifferentwhalesthebluewhale答案為B題目2livesintheYangtzeRiverinChinaandisreportedtobeendangered.選取ー項(xiàng):ThespermwhaleThebluewhaleHector*sdolphinThebaijidolphin對的答案為D題目3Thelongestlivedwhaleis.選取ー項(xiàng):thebowheadwhale對的hector,sdolphinthespermwhalethebluewhale答案為A題目4Thebrainofaspermwhalecanbethanahumanone.選取ー項(xiàng):over3timesheavierover4timesheavierover5timesheavierover6timesheavier對的答案為D題目5Usuallyadultmalebluewhalesarethanfemaleones.選取ー項(xiàng):muchlongermuchshorter對的thesamemuchheavier答案為BInterviewer一WhyisEnglishsoimportant?成功英語為什么這樣重要David—welLEnglishissoimportantprimarilybecausesomanypeoplespeakitanduseit,soithasnowbecomethelinguafrancaintheworld(1)inawaythatwe'veneverseenbefore.We'(2)veneverhadaworldlanguageofthiskindbefore.Sopeoplearelearningitnotjusttobeabletocommunicate(3)withnativespeakers,butalsowithspeakersofotherlanguagesaroundtheworld.Interviewer—Andwhyhasitbecomethatdominantlanguage?David——Ithinkthereason(4)forthatisactuallyverycomplicated,althoughinthetwentiethcentury,wecanjustseethatit'stheriseoftheUSmilitaryandconsumerpower.Imeanthetechnology；allthebigdevelopmentsintechnologylargelycamefromtheUS.Soallofthesedevelopmentsactually(5)wereproducedwithintheEnglishlanguage,andpeoplehadtolearnEnglishinordertounderstandthem,ortobenefit(6)fromthem.TheInternetisonlyoneexampleofthatkind.Oncealanguagehas(7)gotintothatpositionofdominance,it'sactuallyverydifficult(8)toshiftit.Sowecouldbeseeingtheemergenceofotherbiglanguagesintheworld(9)becomingmoreimportantthantheyhavebeen,likeSpanish,butit'sunlikely(10)thatthey"regoingtoshiftEnglishfromitspositionofdominance.題目1AccordingtoDavid,Englishisimportantbecause.選取ー項(xiàng):ithasbecomeaworldlanguagesomanypeoplespeakanduseit對的c.alotofpeoplearelearningitd.thenumberofpeoplewhospeakitisthelargest答案為BEnglishhasbecomethedominantlanguageintheworld.選取ー項(xiàng):becauseithasalwaysbeenthatwayonlyinthe20thcenturyforareasonthatisverycomplicated對的onlybecauseoftheriseoftheUSmilitary答案為c題目3PeoplehadtolearnEnglish.選取ー項(xiàng):tobeabletocommunicatewithnativespeakerstousetheInternetbecausedevelopmentsintechnologyweremadebyEnglishspeakersbecausetheyneededtounderstandthenewdevelopmentsintechnology對的答案為D題目4Davidthinksthatotherbiglanguagesintheworld.選取ー項(xiàng):willbecomemoreimportantthantheyarenow對的willbecomemoreimportantthanEnglishwillshiftEnglishfromitspositionofdominancewillneverbemoreimportantthanEnglish答案為A題目5Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothispassage?選取ー項(xiàng):Englishhasalwaysbeenthedominantlanguageintheworld.Englishbecamethedominantlanguageintheworldin20thcentury.對的Englishbecamedominantbecausemanypeopleallovertheworldspeakit.Oncealanguagehasgotintothepositionofdominance,itwillneverbeshifted.答案為BWillEnglishAlwaysBetheMainInternetLanguage?英語永遠(yuǎn)是重要網(wǎng)絡(luò)語言嗎TheInternet1sabilitytoconnectawiderangeofculturesencouragesvariety.However,forthetimebeing,Englishdominatesonlinebecausefromthestartitwasthelinguafrancaofcyberspace.Willthisalwaysbethecase?Currentlyabout70%oftheInternetisinEnglish,butonlyabout44%ofInternetusersarenativeEnglishspeakers.Worldwide,nativeSpanishspeakersoutnumbernativespeakersofEnglishonline,andthenumberofnativeChinesespeakersisgreaterthanboththosegroupsputtogether.Statisticsshowthatthesituationischanging.Forinstance,threeyearsago75%ofwebpageswereinEnglish,butthatnumberhasdroppedto50%today.Furthermore,Internetuseamongnon-nativespeakersofEnglishisgrowingatafasterratethanthatofnativeEnglishspeakers.By,thenumberofnativeEnglish-speakingwebuserswillhavedroppedto29%,accordingtooneestimate.Asaresult,someresearcherssaythattheearlypredominanceofEnglishisgoingtodecline.TheysaythatEnglishwillkeepaspecialroleinconnectingcommunitieswhosenativelanguagesaredifferent,butinabout20years*time,Spanish,French,ArabicandChinesewillalsohavetakenonthisconnectingrole.Ifthisistrue,thenmonolingualnativeEnglishspeakersmaybemorelikelytolearnanotherlanguageandalsobecomebilingual,orevenmultilingual.EnglishbecamethedominantInternetlanguagebecause.選取ー項(xiàng):itisspokenincyberspacefromthestartitwasthelinguafrancaofcyberspace對的alltheInternetcontentisinEnglishit'smostconvenientforpeopletouseEnglishonline答案為B題目2WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?選取ー項(xiàng):OverhalfofInternetcontentisinEnglish.LessthanhalfofInternetusershaveEnglishastheirfirstlanguage.MorethanhalfofInternetusersarenativeEnglishspeakers.對的TherearemorenativeSpanishspeakersthannativeEnglishspeakersonline.答案為c題目3ThenumberofEnglishwebpageshasintherecent3years.選取ー項(xiàng):risendropped對的notchangedchangedonlyalittle答案為B題目4isNOTmentionedinthepassagetohavethepossibilitytotakeontheconnectingroleofEnglish.選取ー項(xiàng):a.Spanishb.Frenchc.Chinesed.Japanese對的答案為D題目5Accordingtothispassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaboutthefutureofEnglish?選取ー項(xiàng):ThenumberofnativeEnglish-speakingwebuserswillriseinthenearfuture.TheearlypredominanceofEnglishisnotgoingtodeclineinthenearfuture.Englishwillkeepaspecialroleinconnectingcommunitie