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Once I was traveling on a __26__ to London. I was in a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man on the __27__ side to me had his briefcase on the table. There was no __28__ on my side of the table at all. I was made rather __29__, I thought he thought that he owned the __30__ table. I took various papers out of my bag and put them on __31 __! When I did this he stiffened and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. I had __32__ his space! A few minutes later I took my papers __33__ his case in order to read them. He immediately __34__ his case to his side of the table. (Of course , it is __35__ that he just wanted to be helped to me ! ) 16. A. helpful B. personal C. necessary D. useful 17. A. rather than B. as well as C. as a result of D. or rather 18. A. buy B. leave C. paint D. offer 19. A. make B. clear C. like D. prepare 20. A. only B. already C. ever D. even 21. A. unwanted B. close C. sick D. invited 22. A. mark B. decide C. choose D. keep 23. A. towels B. sands C. papers D. flags 24. A. find B. give C. put D. store 25. A. book B. corner C. companion D. meal 26. A. plane B. train C. way D. street 27. A. opposite B. back C. wrong D. good 28. A. matter B. weight C. light D. space 29. A. angry B. hurt C. fearful D. busy 30. A. right B. only C. small D. whole 31. A. the table B. his case C. the seat D. his side 32. A. invaded B. shut C. separated D. shared 33. A. into B. for C. off D. out of 34. A. hid B. set C. moved D. kept 35. A. possible B. true C. wonderful D. ordinary 三. 阅读理解(共10小题;每小题2分,共20分) A 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) globally 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(主导) 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 1.5 billion of the world’s six billion people speak it as a second tongue compared to the 400 million native speakers. But another expert on the English language says Mr. Graddol underestimates (低估) the future of its dominance. “Nobody quite knows what’s going to happen because no language has been in this position before. But all the evidence (证据) suggests that the English language snowball is rolling down a hill and is getting faster,” he said. 36. In David Graddol’s opinion, English will _______. 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 37. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph implies that ______. A. snowballs will roll down faster than language balls B. the English language snowball is rolling down faster than any time in the past C. English language will soon drop in dominance D. more and more language users will choose English 38. How many experts does the passage mention who express their ideas about the future of English? A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. D. 5. 39. According to David Graddol, which of the following will possibly be one of the languages that will be most widely spoken? (责任编辑：admin) |