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1、Unit 2 English around the world.阅读理解(2016江南十校联考)The number of American students who learned a language other than English decreased by about 100,000 between 2009 and 2013. For many, taking a class in economics might seem more beneficial than a French course. But is it real?The Chinese dialects combi
2、ned already have more native speakers than any other language, followed by Hindi and Urdu. English comes next with 527 million native speakers. Arabic is spoken by nearly 100 million more native speakers than Spanish, which has 389 million speakers.Which languages will dominate the future? Predictio
3、ns vary, depending on your location and purpose.You want to make money in growth markets? These will be your languages.A recent UK.focused report features languages spoken in the socalled BRIC countriesBrazil, Russia, India, Chinathat are usually known as the worlds biggest emerging economies. Hindi
4、, Bengali, Urdu and Indonesian will control much of the business world by 2050, followed by Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and Russian. If you want to get the most money out of your language course, studying one of the languages listed above is probably a safe bet.You want to speak to as many people as
5、 possible? How about Chinese, Spanish or French?1Chinese. Although Chinese has three times more native speakers than English, its still not as evenly spread over the world. Moreover, Chinese is rarely used in sciences and difficult to read and write.2. Spanish. Spanish makes up for a lack of native
6、speakerscompared with Chinaby being particularly popular as a second language, taught in schools around the world.3. French. French has lost grounds in some regions and especially in Europe in the last decades. French, however, could gain influence again if west Africa where it is frequently spoken
7、were to become more politically stable and economically attractive.文章大意：本文介绍12种语言在世界拥有的人数以及它们的主要地位和作用。1How many native speakers of Arabic are there?A100 million.B389 million.C489 million.D527 million.答案：C细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句话“Arabic is spoken by nearly 100 million more native speakers than Spanish, which
8、 has 389 million speakers.”可知，选C。2Those who want to make money in growth market might be more interested in _.ASpanish, Arabic and ChineseBBengali, Urdu and IndonesianCPortuguese, German and FrenchDJapanese, Italian and Chinese答案：B推理判断题。根据第四段第二句话可知，选B。3What do we know about Spanish from the passage?
9、AIt is learnt mostly by themselves.BIts popular as a second language.CIt is widely spoken by native speakers.DIt will be spoken most in the business world答案：B细节理解题。根据倒数第二段对Spanish的介绍可知，选B。4Whats the authors attitude towards foreign language learning?AFavorable.BNegative.CDoubtful.DNeutral.答案：A作者态度题。
10、通过作者对各种语言的地位和作用的描述可以看出作者持赞同的态度。.完形填空(2015兰州实战考试)Many students often say that they dont have “enough time” to do all their schoolwork.My _1_ is often brief, “You have as much time as the president.” I usually carry on a bit about _2_ twentyfour hours in the day for everyone, and suggest that “not eno
11、ugh time” is not an _3_ explanation of _4_ something done._5_ in graduate school, I tried to prove to one of my professors _6_ saying that I was working hard. His answer to me was, “Thats irrelevant (无关紧要的). _7_ is important is the _8_ of your work.” Since then I have had time to think carefully abo
12、ut the trick (诀窍) of “_9_”， and I have come to some _10_all relevant to the problem of how much time we have.If you analyze the matter, you can identify two parts of the problem: There is, _11_， the matter of “time”， which we can think of _12_. Then there is the problem of “work” during that time. B
13、ut, as my professor suggested, its not how hard one works _13_ the quality of the product thats important.That led me to a new idea: the quality of the work. That _14_ is perhaps best explained by a sign I once saw on the wall in someones office: “Dont work harder. _15_.” There is a lot of sense in
14、that idea.If you cant get more time, and few of us can, the only solution is to improve the quality of the work. That means thinking of ways to get more out of _16_ time than we might otherwise get. That should lead us to an analysis of our work habits. Since “work” for students usually means “homew
15、ork”， the expression “work habits” should be read as “_17_ habits”Then, as a smart student, you will _18_ those skills that you use in study, _19_ reading and writing. If you learn to read better and write better, there are big benefits that _20_ in all your studies.文章大意：本文是一篇议论文。每个人每天拥有的时间都是相同的，那么想把事情做好就要有一定的技巧。作者认为：不要苦干，而要巧干。1A.questionBideaCreplyDkey答案：C根据上文的内容可知，此处是对上文很多同学说没有足够的时间做功课这一问题的答复(reply)。2A.there beingBthere areCthere beDthere to be答案：A介词后面应该用动名词，因此此处用there being的形式。3A.strangeBacceptableCsurprisingDdemanding答案：B每个人都是一天拥有24小时，因此“没有足够的时间”是一个不可接受的解释
