公共英语考试

【单选题】The number of speakers ofEnglish in Shakespeare’s time is estimated to have been about five million. Today it is estimated that some 2600 million people speak it as a native language, mainly in the United States,Canada, GreatBritain, Ireland, SouthAfrica,Australia and New Zealan
D、In addition to the standard varieties ofEnglish found in these areas, there are a great many regional and social varieties of the language, as well as various levels of usage that are employed both in its spoken and written forms.
It is virtually impossible to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge ofEnglish in addition to their own languages. The purposes for whichEnglish is learned and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is difficult to define and still more difficult to assess what constitutes an adequate working knowledge for each situation.
The main reason for the widespread demand forEnglish is its present - day importance as a world language.Besides serving the infinite needs of its native speakers,English is a language in which some of the most important works in science, technology, and other fields are being produced and not always by native speakers. It is widely used for such purposes as meteorological and airport communications, international conferences, and the dissemination of information over the radio and television networks of many nations. It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries, especially formerBritish colonies. Many of these countries have multi - lingual populations and, need a language for internal communication in such matters as government, commerce industry, law and education as well as for international communication and for access to the scientific and technological developments in the West.
What type of developing countries would be most likely to useEnglish

A、Those geographically close to the United States.
B、Those interested in the culture of the United States.
C、Former colonies of GreatBritain.

D、Countries where international conferences are hel
D、
网考网参考答案：C
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[解析] 文章第三段倒数第二句话说“英语在一些发展中国家，尤其是英国以前的殖民地国家中得到更广泛的使用”，可见，[C]是正确答案。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>