III. Cloze ( 30 points)

　　Directions:For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, Cand D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corres-ponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

　　根據(jù)下面內(nèi)容，回答題：

　　The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare's time is estimated to have been about fivemillion. Today it is estimated that some 260 million people speak it as a (an) 21language,mainly in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.In addition to the standard varieties of English found in these areas,22 are a great many regionaland social varieties of the language as well as 23 levels of usage that are employed both in itsspoken and written forms.

　　In fact,it is 24 to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge of English in addition to their own languages. The 25 for Englishlearning and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is 26 to explainand still more difficult to judge 27 forms an adequate working knowledge~~for each situation.

　　The main reason for the widespread 28 for English is its present day importance as a worldlanguage. Besides 29 the indefinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in whichsome of important works in science, technology, and other 30 are being produced, and not alwaysby native speakers. It is widely used for 31 purposes as meteorological ( 氣象的 ) and airportcommunications, international conferences, and the 32of information over the radio and televi-sion networks of many 33. It is a language of wider communication for a number of developingcountries, specially former British colonies. Many of these countries have multi-lingual 34 andneed a language for internal communication in such matters as government, commerce, industry, lawand 35 as well as for international communication and for entrance to the scientific and techno-logical developments in the West.

　　21第21題應選( )

　　A.foreignB.nativeC.secondD.Official

　　參考答案：B

　　參考解析：

　　隨著科技的發(fā)展，英語已成為我們?nèi)粘Ｉ�活中不可缺少的語言工具，并被全球各國廣泛接受。

　　根據(jù)緊接著的國家名稱的提示可知是指將英語作為母語的人數(shù)。

　　22第22題應選( )

　　A.theyB.whichC.thereD.that

　　參考答案：C

　　參考解析：

　　該句前面是in addition t0引導的介詞短語，可以確定不是定語從句，再分析句子結構，可知該句應為there be句型。

　　23第23題應選( )

　　A.variousB.similarC.FhaniliarD.same

　　參考答案：A

　　參考解析：

　　由前面的varicries of the language提示，以及as well as應連接并列成分可知A項正確。

　　24第24題應選( )

　　A.possibleB.necessaryC.unnecessaryD.Impossible

　　參考答案：D

　　參考解析：

　　操持語言的人數(shù)可以估計，但人們掌握語言的程度就很難估計了，所以用impossible。

　　25第25題應選( )

　　A.purposeB.causeC.effectD.method

　　參考答案：A

　　參考解析：

　　根據(jù)上下文的意思可知，人們學習英語的目的不同，掌握語言的程度也不同。

　　26第26題應選( )

　　A.simpleB.naturalC.practicalD.Difficult

　　參考答案：D

　　參考解析：

　　該空后面的still more difficult就是提示。

　　27第27題應選( )

　　A.whatB.howC.whyD.where

　　參考答案：A

　　參考解析：

　　分析句子，judge是動詞，后面應該接從句且所填詞應作賓語從句的主語。

　　28第28題應選( )

　　A.requireB.requestC.supplyD.Demand

　　參考答案：D

　　參考解析：

　　根據(jù)后一句中的a world language可知應選擇demand表示對英語的需求。

　　29第29題應選( )

　　A.providingB.servingC.supposingD.Leaving

　　參考答案：B

　　參考解析：

　　根據(jù)the indefinite needs可知應選擇servin9，意思為“滿足不同的需要”。

　　30第30題應選( )

　　A.areasB.coursesC.racesD.Fields

　　參考答案：D

　　參考解析：

　　分析四個選項areas，courses，races，fields的意思、，fields的意思最準確，意思為“領域”，與前面的other搭配構成意義完整的句子。