2022年成人高等考试《英语》（专升本）押题密卷

单选题(共165题，共165分)

1.Hewas___firstpersonwhoclimbQomolangma.()

【答案】D

【解析】序数词前要加the,在有名的山脉河流前要加the。句意为：他是第一

个爬珠穆朗玛峰的人。

A.a;the

B.the;/

C.a;/

D.the;the

2.Lilylooks__inredwhileblueclothesareniceyou.()

【答案】D

【解析】well只有在表示“身体好”的时候是形容词；look后加形容词，所以

选good。穿衣服用。n。句意为：Lily穿红色衣服好看，你穿蓝色衣服好看。

A.good;for

B.well;to

C.good;to

D.good;on

3.Nobodyexceptyourparentsforyou.()

【答案】B

【解析】nobody后面的谓语动词要用单数形式。句意为：只有你父母在等你。

A.arewaiting

B.iswaiting

C.wait

D.bewaiting

4.Thenumberofmyapplesisyours.()

【答案】D

【解析】“序数词+asmuchas”表示倍数。句意为：我的苹果数目是你的两

倍。

A.twice

B.twiceasmuch

C.muchtwice

D.twiceasmuchas

5.Heusuallyfeelslonelythoughhe__happy.()

【答案】B

【解析】look做感观动词时，意为“看起来”。句意为：尽管他看起来很高

兴，但他经常感觉孤单。

A.seems

B.looks

C.feels

D.appears

6.Hecomparesmusichislife.()

【答案】B

【解析】compare...with...把...与比较；compare...to...把比

作……。句意为：他把音乐比作生命。

A.with

B.to

C.from

D.like

7.1havedecidedwhichcountry.()

【答案】A

【解析】whichcountrytovisit表示要访问的国家；visit为及物动词，后

面不加to。句意为：我已经决定了要访问哪个国家。

A.tovisit

B.istovisit

C.tovisitto

D.isforvisitingto

8.OnceIwastaken__bytheoldman,becausehelookshonest.

()

【答案】B

【解析】talein欺骗；takeaway拿走；taledown记下。句意为：我曾经被

那个老人骗了，因为他看起来很诚实。

A.away

B.in

C.about

D.down

9.Theschooltookmeasurestoprotectthestudentssafety.()

【答案】D

【解析】fruitful有成果的(表示有结果)；effective有作用的(表示效果

上)；beneficial有益的；valuable可贵的。句意为：学校在保护学生安全方

面采取了有效的措施。

A.beautiful

B.beneficial

C.valuable

D.effective

10.__moretime,Imighthavebeenabroadtospendmyholiday.()

【答案】C

【解析】虚拟语气中，省略了if,用haddone形式，所以选C。句意为：如果

给我更多的时间，我可能会去国外度假。

A.Ihavebeengiven

B.Iweregiven

C.HadIbeengiven

D.HadIgiven

11.Toachievesuccess,___Ineedisyourhelp.()

【答案】C

【解析】在定语从句中，all做先行词，连接词用that。句意为：在成功的路

上，我所需要的就是你的帮助。

A.onlywhat

B.allwhat

C.allthat

D.onlythat

12.It，sagoodadvicebytheteacherthatfoodstothe

classroom.()

【答案】C

【解析】在advice,suggest,request引导的虚拟语气中，从句用should

do,should可省略。句意为：老师说不让把食物带入教室是个好的建议。

A.werenottaken

B.nottotake

C.notbetaken

D.didnottake

13.HadIknownwhathappened,.()

【答案】D

【解析】从句中省略if,用haddone形式，主句中用wo句d/shouldhave

doneo句意为：如果我知道发生了什么，我就告诉你了。

A.Iwilltellyou

B.Iwillnottellyou

C.youwillnotknow

D.Iwouldhavetellyou

14.He，ssoeasytogetangry,therefore,Ican'thim.()

【答案】B

【解析】puton穿上；putupwith忍耐；standwith和...在一起。句意

为：他太容易生气了，所以我忍受不了他了。

A.puton

B.putupwith

C.putonwith

D.standwith

15.Idon'tknowwhenweyou.()

【答案】C

【解析】本题为将来时。句意为：我不知道我们什么时候会拜访你。

A.visit

B.visited

C.willvisit

D.visiting

16.ThenumberofspeakersofEnglishinShakespeare,stimeis

estimatedtohavebeenaboutfivemillion.Todayitisestimatedthat

some260millionpeoplespeakitasa(an)21language,mainlyinthe

UnitedStates,Canada,GreatBritain,Ireland,SouthAfrica,

AustraliaandNewZealand.Inadditiontothestandardvarietiesof

Englishfoundintheseareas,22areagreatmanyregionalandsocial

varietiesofthelanguageaswellas23levelsofusagethatare

employedbothinitsspokenandwrittenforms.

【答案】B

【解析】根据下文国家名称的提示可知，是指将英语作为母语的人数。

Infact,itis24toestimatethenumberofpeopleintheworldwho

haveacquiredanadequateworkingknowledgeofEnglishinadditionto

theirownlanguages.The25forEnglishlearningandthesituations

inwhichsuchlearningtakesplacearesovariedthatitis26to

explainandstillmoredifficulttojudge27formsanadequate

workingknowledgeforeachsituation.

Themainreasonforthewidespread28forEnglishisitspresent

dayimportanceasaworldlanguage.Besides29theindefiniteneeds

ofitsnativespeakers,Englishisalanguageinwhichsomeof

importantworksinscience,technology,andother30arebeing

produced,andnotalwaysbynativespeakers.Itiswidelyusedfor31

purposesasmeteorological(气象的)andairportcommunications,

internationalconferences,andthe32ofinformationovertheradio

andtelevisionnetworksofmany33.Itisalanguageofwider

communicationforanumberofdevelopingcountries,speciallyformer

Britishcolonies.Manyofthesecountrieshavemultilingual34and

needalanguageforinternalcommunicationinsuchmattersas

government,commerce,industry,lawand35aswellasfor

internationalcommunicationandforentrancetothescientificand

technologicaldevelopmentsintheWest.

A.third

B.native

C.second

D.foreign

17.ThenumberofspeakersofEnglishinShakespeare'stimeis

estimatedtohavebeenaboutfivemillion.Todayitisestimatedthat

some260millionpeoplespeakitasa(an)21language,mainlyinthe

UnitedStates,Canada,GreatBritain,Ireland,SouthAfrica,

AustraliaandNewZealand.Inadditiontothestandardvarietiesof

Englishfoundintheseareas,22areagreatmanyregionalandsocial

varietiesofthelanguageaswellas23levelsofusagethatare

employedbothinitsspokenandwrittenforms.

【答案】C

【解析】该句前面是inadditionto引导的介词短语，可以确定不是定语从

句，再分析句子结构，可知该句应为therebe句型。

Infact,itis24toestimatethenumberofpeopleintheworldwho

haveacquiredanadequateworkingknowledgeofEnglishinadditionto

theirownlanguages.The25forEnglishlearningandthesituations

inwhichsuchlearningtakesplacearesovariedthatitis26to

explainandstillmoredifficulttojudge27formsanadequate

workingknowledgeforeachsituation.

Themainreasonforthewidespread28forEnglishisitspresent

dayimportanceasaworldlanguage.Besides29theindefiniteneeds

ofitsnativespeakers,Englishisalanguageinwhichsomeof

importantworksinscience,technology,andother30arebeing

produced,andnotalwaysbynativespeakers.Itiswidelyusedfor31

purposesasmeteorological(气象的)andairportcommunications,

internationalconferences,andthe32ofinformationovertheradio

andtelevisionnetworksofmany33.Itisalanguageofwider

communicationforanumberofdevelopingcountries,speciallyformer

Britishcolonies.Manyofthesecountrieshavemultilingual34and

needalanguageforinternalcommunicationinsuchmattersas

government,commerce,industry,lawand35aswellasfor

internationalcommunicationandforentrancetothescientificand

technologicaldevelopmentsintheWest.

A.where

B.those

C.there

D.this

18.ThenumberofspeakersofEnglishinShakespeare'stimeis

estimatedtohavebeenaboutfivemillion.Todayitisestimatedthat

some260millionpeoplespeakitasa(an)21language,mainlyinthe

UnitedStates,Canada,GreatBritain,Ireland,SouthAfrica,

AustraliaandNewZealand.Inadditiontothestandardvarietiesof

Englishfoundintheseareas,22areagreatmanyregionalandsocial

varietiesofthelanguageaswellas23levelsofusagethatare

employedbothinitsspokenandwrittenforms.

【答案】A

【解析】由前面的varietiesofthelanguage提示，以及aswellas应连接

并列成分可知A项正确。

Infact,itis24toestimatethenumberofpeopleintheworldwho

haveacquiredanadequateworkingknowledgeofEnglishinadditionto

theirownlanguages.The25forEnglishlearningandthesituations

inwhichsuchlearningtakesplacearesovariedthatitis26to

explainandstillmoredifficulttojudge27formsanadequate

workingknowledgeforeachsituation.

Themainreasonforthewidespread28forEnglishisitspresent

dayimportanceasaworldlanguage.Besides29theindefiniteneeds

ofitsnativespeakers,Englishisalanguageinwhichsomeof

importantworksinscience,technology,andother30arebeing

produced,andnotalwaysbynativespeakers.Itiswidelyusedfor31

purposesasmeteorological(气象的)andairportcommunications,

internationalconferences,andthe32ofinformationovertheradio

andtelevisionnetworksofmany33.Itisalanguageofwider

communicationforanumberofdevelopingcountries,speciallyformer

Britishcolonies.Manyofthesecountrieshavemultilingual34and

needalanguageforinternalcommunicationinsuchmattersas

government,commerce,industry,lawand35aswellasfor

internationalcommunicationandforentrancetothescientificand

technologicaldevelopmentsintheWest.

A.various

B.kind

C.two

D.four

19.ThenumberofspeakersofEnglishinShakespeare'stimeis

estimatedtohavebeenaboutfivemillion.Todayitisestimatedthat

some260millionpeoplespeakitasa(an)21language,mainlyinthe

UnitedStates,Canada,GreatBritain,Ireland,SouthAfrica,

AustraliaandNewZealand.Inadditiontothestandardvarietiesof

Englishfoundintheseareas,22areagreatmanyregionalandsocial

varietiesofthelanguageaswellas23levelsofusagethatare

employedbothinitsspokenandwrittenforms.

【答案】D

【解析】说某种语言的人数可以估计，但人们掌握语言的程度就很难估计了,

所以用impossible。

Infact,itis24toestimatethenumberofpeopleintheworldwho

haveacquiredanadequateworkingknowledgeofEnglishinadditionto

theirownlanguages.The25forEnglishlearningandthesituations

inwhichsuchlearningtakesplacearesovariedthatitis26to

explainandstillmoredifficulttojudge27formsanadequate

workingknowledgeforeachsituation.

Themainreasonforthewidespread28forEnglishisitspresent

dayimportanceasaworldlanguage.Besides29theindefiniteneeds

ofitsnativespeakers,Englishisalanguageinwhichsomeof

importantworksinscience,technology,andother30arebeing

produced,andnotalwaysbynativespeakers.Itiswidelyusedfor31

purposesasmeteorological(气象的)andairportcommunications,

internationalconferences,andthe32ofinformationovertheradio

andtelevisionnetworksofmany33.Itisalanguageofwider

communicationforanumberofdevelopingcountries,speciallyformer

Britishcolonies.Manyofthesecountrieshavemultilingual34and

needalanguageforinternalcommunicationinsuchmattersas

government,commerce,industry,lawand35aswellasfor

internationalcommunicationandforentrancetothescientificand

technologicaldevelopmentsintheWest.

A.needed

B.important

C.unnecessary

D.impossible

20.ThenumberofspeakersofEnglishinShakespeare'stimeis

estimatedtohavebeenaboutfivemillion.Todayitisestimatedthat

some260millionpeoplespeakitasa(an)21language,mainlyinthe

UnitedStates,Canada,GreatBritain,Ireland,SouthAfrica,

AustraliaandNewZealand.Inadditiontothestandardvarietiesof

Englishfoundintheseareas,22areagreatmanyregionalandsocial

varietiesofthelanguageaswellas23levelsofusagethatare

employedbothinitsspokenandwrittenforms.

【答案】A

【解析】根据上下文的意思可知，人们学习英语的目的不同，掌握语言的程度

也不同。

Infact,itis24toestimatethenumberofpeopleintheworldwho

haveacquiredanadequateworkingknowledgeofEnglishinadditionto

theirownlanguages.The25forEnglishlearningandthesituations

inwhichsuchlearningtakesplacearesovariedthatitis26to

explainandstillmoredifficulttojudge27formsanadequate

workingknowledgeforeachsituation.

Themainreasonforthewidespread28forEnglishisitspresent

dayimportanceasaworldlanguage.Besides29theindefiniteneeds

ofitsnativespeakers,Englishisalanguageinwhichsomeof

importantworksinscience,technology,andother30arebeing

produced,andnotalwaysbynativespeakers.Itiswidelyusedfor31

purposesasmeteorological（气象的）andairportcommunications,

internationalconferences,andthe32ofinformationovertheradio

andtelevisionnetworksofmany33.Itisalanguageofwider

communicationforanumberofdevelopingcountries,speciallyformer

Britishcolonies.Manyofthesecountrieshavemultilingual34and

needalanguageforinternalcommunicationinsuchmattersas

government,commerce,industry,lawand35aswellasfor

internationalcommunicationandforentrancetothescientificand

technologicaldevelopmentsintheWest.

A.purpose

B.way

C.result

D.skill

21.ThenumberofspeakersofEnglishinShakespeare，stimeis

estimatedtohavebeenaboutfivemillion.Todayitisestimatedthat

some260millionpeoplespeakitasa(an)21language,mainlyinthe

UnitedStates,Canada,GreatBritain,Ireland,SouthAfrica,

AustraliaandNewZealand.Inadditiontothestandardvarietiesof

Englishfoundintheseareas,22areagreatmanyregionalandsocial

varietiesofthelanguageaswellas23levelsofusagethatare

employedbothinitsspokenandwrittenforms.

【答案】D

【解析】该空后面的s后面moredifficult提示此处应填difficult。

Infact,itis24toestimatethenumberofpeopleintheworldwho

haveacquiredanadequateworkingknowledgeofEnglishinadditionto

theirownlanguages.The25forEnglishlearningandthesituations

inwhichsuchlearningtakesplacearesovariedthatitis26to

explainandstillmoredifficulttojudge27formsanadequate

workingknowledgeforeachsituation.

Themainreasonforthewidespread28forEnglishisitspresent

dayimportanceasaworldlanguage.Besides29theindefiniteneeds

ofitsnativespeakers,Englishisalanguageinwhichsomeof

importantworksinscience,technology,andother30arebeing

produced,andnotalwaysbynativespeakers.Itiswidelyusedfor31

purposesasmeteorological(气象的)andairportcommunications,

internationalconferences,andthe32ofinformationovertheradio

andtelevisionnetworksofmany33.Itisalanguageofwider

communicationforanumberofdevelopingcountries,speciallyformer

Britishcolonies.Manyofthesecountrieshavemultilingual34and

needalanguageforinternalcommunicationinsuchmattersas

government,commerce,industry,lawand35aswellasfor

internationalcommunicationandforentrancetothescientificand

technologicaldevelopmentsintheWest.

A.pure

B.native

C.special

D.difficult

22.ThenumberofspeakersofEnglishinShakespeare，stimeis

estimatedtohavebeenaboutfivemillion.Todayitisestimatedthat

some260millionpeoplespeakitasa(an)21language,mainlyinthe

UnitedStates,Canada,GreatBritain,Ireland,SouthAfrica,

AustraliaandNewZealand.Inadditiontothestandardvarietiesof

Englishfoundintheseareas,22areagreatmanyregionalandsocial

varietiesofthelanguageaswellas23levelsofusagethatare

employedbothinitsspokenandwrittenforms.

【答案】A

【解析】缺少宾语从句的主语。

Infact,itis24toestimatethenumberofpeopleintheworldwho

haveacquiredanadequateworkingknowledgeofEnglishinadditionto

theirownlanguages.The25forEnglishlearningandthesituations

inwhichsuchlearningtakesplacearesovariedthatitis26to

explainandstillmoredifficulttojudge27formsanadequate

workingknowledgeforeachsituation.

Themainreasonforthewidespread28forEnglishisitspresent

dayimportanceasaworldlanguage.Besides29theindefiniteneeds

ofitsnativespeakers,Englishisalanguageinwhichsomeof

importantworksinscience,technology,andother30arebeing

produced,andnotalwaysbynativespeakers.Itiswidelyusedfor31

purposesasmeteorological(气象的)andairportcommunications,

internationalconferences,andthe32ofinformationovertheradio

andtelevisionnetworksofmany33.Itisalanguageofwider

communicationforanumberofdevelopingcountries,speciallyformer

Britishcolonies.Manyofthesecountrieshavemultilingual34and

needalanguageforinternalcommunicationinsuchmattersas

government,commerce,industry,lawand35aswellasfor

internationalcommunicationandforentrancetothescientificand

technologicaldevelopmentsintheWest.

A.what

B.which

C.that

D.where

23.ThenumberofspeakersofEnglishinShakespeare，stimeis

estimatedtohavebeenaboutfivemillion.Todayitisestimatedthat

some260millionpeoplespeakitasa(an)21language,mainlyinthe

UnitedStates,Canada,GreatBritain,Ireland,SouthAfrica,

AustraliaandNewZealand.Inadditiontothestandardvarietiesof

Englishfoundintheseareas,22areagreatmanyregionalandsocial

varietiesofthelanguageaswellas23levelsofusagethatare

employedbothinitsspokenandwrittenforms.

【答案】D

【解析】根据后一句中的aworldlanguage可知，应选择demand表示对英语

的需求。

Infact,itis24toestimatethenumberofpeopleintheworldwho

haveacquiredanadequateworkingknowledgeofEnglishinadditionto

theirownlanguages.The25forEnglishlearningandthesituations

inwhichsuchlearningtakesplacearesovariedthatitis26to

explainandstillmoredifficulttojudge27formsanadequate

workingknowledgeforeachsituation.

Themainreasonforthewidespread28forEnglishisitspresent

dayimportanceasaworldlanguage.Besides29theindefiniteneeds

ofitsnativespeakers,Englishisalanguageinwhichsomeof

importantworksinscience,technology,andother30arebeing

produced,andnotalwaysbynativespeakers.Itiswidelyusedfor31

purposesasmeteorological(气象的)andairportcommunications,

internationalconferences,andthe32ofinformationovertheradio

andtelevisionnetworksofmany33.Itisalanguageofwider

communicationforanumberofdevelopingcountries,speciallyformer

Britishcolonies.Manyofthesecountrieshavemultilingual34and

needalanguageforinternalcommunicationinsuchmattersas

government,commerce,industry,lawand35aswellasfor

internationalcommunicationandforentrancetothescientificand

technologicaldevelopmentsintheWest.

A.advice

B.suggestion

C.offer

D.demand

24.ThenumberofspeakersofEnglishinShakespeare'stimeis

estimatedtohavebeenaboutfivemillion.Todayitisestimatedthat

some260millionpeoplespeakitasa(an)21language,mainlyinthe

UnitedStates,Canada,GreatBritain,Ireland,SouthAfrica,

AustraliaandNewZealand.Inadditiontothestandardvarietiesof

Englishfoundintheseareas,22areagreatmanyregionalandsocial

varietiesofthelanguageaswellas23levelsofusagethatare

employedbothinitsspokenandwrittenforms.

【答案】B

【解析】根据theindefiniteneeds可知,应选择serving,意为“满足不同

的需要”。

Infact,itis24toestimatethenumberofpeopleintheworldwho

haveacquiredanadequateworkingknowledgeofEnglishinadditionto

theirownlanguages.The25forEnglishlearningandthesituations

inwhichsuchlearningtakesplacearesovariedthatitis26to

explainandstillmoredifficulttojudge27formsanadequate

workingknowledgeforeachsituation.

Themainreasonforthewidespread28forEnglishisitspresent

dayimportanceasaworldlanguage.Besides29theindefiniteneeds

ofitsnativespeakers,Englishisalanguageinwhichsomeof

importantworksinscience,technology,andother30arebeing

produced,andnotalwaysbynativespeakers.Itiswidelyusedfor31

purposesasmeteorological(气象的)andairportcommunications,

internationalconferences,andthe32ofinformationovertheradio

andtelevisionnetworksofmany33.Itisalanguageofwider

communicationforanumberofdevelopingcountries,speciallyformer

Britishcolonies.Manyofthesecountrieshavemultilingual34and

needalanguageforinternalcommunicationinsuchmattersas

government,commerce,industry,lawand35aswellasfor

internationalcommunicationandforentrancetothescientificand

technologicaldevelopmentsintheWest.

A.offering

B.serving

C.giving

D.making

25.ThenumberofspeakersofEnglishinShakespeare'stimeis

estimatedtohavebeenaboutfivemillion.Todayitisestimatedthat

some260millionpeoplespeakitasa(an)21language,mainlyinthe

UnitedStates,Canada,GreatBritain,Ireland,SouthAfrica,

AustraliaandNewZealand.Inadditiontothestandardvarietiesof

Englishfoundintheseareas,22areagreatmanyregionalandsocial

varietiesofthelanguageaswellas23levelsofusagethatare

employedbothinitsspokenandwrittenforms.

【答案】D

【解析】分析四个选项areas,courses,races,fields的意思，fields的意

思最准确，意思为“领域”，与前面的other搭配构成意义完整的句子。

Infact,itis24toestimatethenumberofpeopleintheworldwho

haveacquiredanadequateworkingknowledgeofEnglishinadditionto

theirownlanguages.The25forEnglishlearningandthesituations

inwhichsuchlearningtakesplacearesovariedthatitis26to

explainandstillmoredifficulttojudge27formsanadequate

workingknowledgeforeachsituation.

Themainreasonforthewidespread28forEnglishisitspresent

dayimportanceasaworldlanguage.Besides29theindefiniteneeds

ofitsnativespeakers,Englishisalanguageinwhichsomeof

importantworksinscience,technology,andother30arebeing

produced,andnotalwaysbynativespeakers.Itiswidelyusedfor31

purposesasmeteorological(气象的)andairportcommunications,

internationalconferences,andthe32ofinformationovertheradio

andtelevisionnetworksofmany33.Itisalanguageofwider

communicationforanumberofdevelopingcountries,speciallyformer

Britishcolonies.Manyofthesecountrieshavemultilingual34and

needalanguageforinternalcommunicationinsuchmattersas

government,commerce,industry,lawand35aswellasfor

internationalcommunicationandforentrancetothescientificand

technologicaldevelopmentsintheWest.

A.areas

B.courses

C.races

D.fields

26.ThenumberofspeakersofEnglishinShakespeare'stimeis

estimatedtohavebeenaboutfivemillion.Todayitisestimatedthat

some260millionpeoplespeakitasa(an)21language,mainlyinthe

UnitedStates,Canada,GreatBritain,Ireland,SouthAfrica,

AustraliaandNewZealand.Inadditiontothestandardvarietiesof

Englishfoundintheseareas,22areagreatmanyregionalandsocial

varietiesofthelanguageaswellas23levelsofusagethatare

employedbothinitsspokenandwrittenforms.

【答案】A

【解析】such…as表示"诸如……之类的”。

Infact,itis24toestimatethenumberofpeopleintheworldwho

haveacquiredanadequateworkingknowledgeofEnglishinadditionto

theirownlanguages.The25forEnglishlearningandthesituations

inwhichsuchlearningtakesplacearesovariedthatitis26to

explainandstillmoredifficulttojudge27formsanadequate

workingknowledgeforeachsituation.

Themainreasonforthewidespread28forEnglishisitspresent

dayimportanceasaworldlanguage.Besides29theindefiniteneeds

ofitsnativespeakers,Englishisalanguageinwhichsomeof

importantworksinscience,technology,andother30arebeing

produced,andnotalwaysbynativespeakers.Itiswidelyusedfor31

purposesasmeteorological(气象的)andairportcommunications,

internationalconferences,andthe32ofinformationovertheradio

andtelevisionnetworksofmany33•Itisalanguageofwider

communicationforanumberofdevelopingcountries,speciallyformer

Britishcolonies.Manyofthesecountrieshavemultilingual34and

needalanguageforinternalcommunicationinsuchmattersas

government,commerce,industry,lawand35aswellasfor

internationalcommunicationandforentrancetothescientificand

technologicaldevelopmentsintheWest.

A.such

B.so

C.much

D.various

27.ThenumberofspeakersofEnglishinShakespeare'stimeis

estimatedtohavebeenaboutfivemillion.Todayitisestimatedthat

some260millionpeoplespeakitasa(an)21language,mainlyinthe

UnitedStates,Canada,GreatBritain,Ireland,SouthAfrica,

AustraliaandNewZealand.Inadditiontothestandardvarietiesof

Englishfoundintheseareas,22areagreatmanyregionalandsocial

varietiesofthelanguageaswellas23levelsofusagethatare

employedbothinitsspokenandwrittenforms.

【答案】B

【解析】根据overtheradioandtelevisionnet-works可以确定答案为

spread,意思为“语言的传播”。

Infact,itis24toestimatethenumberofpeopleintheworldwho

haveacquiredanadequateworkingknowledgeofEnglishinadditionto

theirownlanguages.The25forEnglishlearningandthesituations

inwhichsuchlearningtakesplacearesovariedthatitis26to

explainandstillmoredifficulttojudge27formsanadequate

workingknowledgeforeachsituation.

Themainreasonforthewidespread28forEnglishisitspresent

dayimportanceasaworldlanguage.Besides29theindefiniteneeds

ofitsnativespeakers,Englishisalanguageinwhichsomeof

importantworksinscience,technology,andother30arebeing

produced,andnotalwaysbynativespeakers.Itiswidelyusedfor31

purposesasmeteorological(气象的)andairportcommunications,

internationalconferences,andthe32ofinformationovertheradio

andtelevisionnetworksofmany33.Itisalanguageofwider

communicationforanumberofdevelopingcountries,speciallyformer

Britishcolonies.Manyofthesecountrieshavemultilingual34and

needalanguageforinternalcommunicationinsuchmattersas

government,commerce,industry,lawand35aswellasfor

internationalcommunicationandforentrancetothescientificand

technologicaldevelopmentsintheWest.

A.difference

B.spread

C.various

D.combination

28.ThenumberofspeakersofEnglishinShakespeare'stimeis

estimatedtohavebeenaboutfivemillion.Todayitisestimatedthat

some260millionpeoplespeakitasa(an)21language,mainlyinthe

UnitedStates,Canada,GreatBritain,Ireland,SouthAfrica,

AustraliaandNewZealand.Inadditiontothestandardvarietiesof

Englishfoundintheseareas,22areagreatmanyregionalandsocial

varietiesofthelanguageaswellas23levelsofusagethatare

employedbothinitsspokenandwrittenforms.

【答案】D

【解析】根据下文developingcountries的提示，此处应为nations。

Infact,itis24toestimatethenumberofpeopleintheworldwho

haveacquiredanadequateworkingknowledgeofEnglishinadditionto

theirownlanguages.The25forEnglishlearningandthesituations

inwhichsuchlearningtakesplacearesovariedthatitis26to

explainandstillmoredifficulttojudge27formsanadequate

workingknowledgeforeachsituation.

Themainreasonforthewidespread28forEnglishisitspresent

dayimportanceasaworldlanguage.Besides29theindefiniteneeds

ofitsnativespeakers,Englishisalanguageinwhichsomeof

importantworksinscience,technology,andother30arebeing

produced,andnotalwaysbynativespeakers.Itiswidelyusedfor31

purposesasmeteorological(气象的)andairportcommunications,

internationalconferences,andthe32ofinformationovertheradio

andtelevisionnetworksofmany33•Itisalanguageofwider

communicationforanumberofdevelopin