Unit2Englisharoundtheworld语篇领悟阅读本单元课文，完成下列各题：细枝末节1．HowmanypeoplelearnEnglishasasecondlanguage?A.37500000.B.375000000.C.750000000.D.75000000.答案：B2.PeoplefromthefollowingcountriesEXCEPTuseEnglishastheirmotherlanguage.A.NewZealandB.SouthAfricaC.thePhilippinesD.theRepublicofIreland答案：C3.WhichistrueaboutthosewhouseEnglishasasecondlanguage?A.Englishisalsotheirmothertongue.B.Morethantwoofficiallanguagesareusedintheircountry.C.TheylearnEnglishforfiveorsixyearsathighschool.D.Theyprefertotalkwithfamilymembersathomeintheirnativelanguage.答案：D4.TherewasnodifferencebetweenthelanguageinBritainandAmericabefore.A.1828B.1838C.1796D.1776答案：D5.What’sthesituationofEnglishusedinChina?A.AllChinesestudentsspeakEnglishasaforeignlanguage.B.MostChinesestudentslearnEnglishatschoolasaforeignlanguage.C.ThemajorityofChinesespeakEnglishatschoolasasecondlanguage.D.ThemajorityofpeopleinHongKonguseEnglishastheirmothertongue.答案：B6.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothetext?A.ThedifferencesinwrittenEnglisharegreaterthaninspokenEnglish.B.AmericansandtheBritishspeaksodifferentlythatit’shardforthemtounderstandoneanother.C.NoahWebsterhelpedtodividethelanguageintoBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.D.200yearsagoBritishdictionariesandAmericandictionarieswerenotquitedifferent.答案：C主旨大意7.WhichofthefollowingbestexpressesthemainideaofPassage1?A.Therearemorethan42countrieswherethemajorityofthepeoplespeakEnglish.B.ThenumberofpeoplewholearnEnglishasaforeignlanguageismorethan750million.C.EnglishisthelanguageofglobalculturesuchaspopularmusicandtheInternet.D.Englishisthemostimportantandwidelyusedlanguageintheworld.答案：D8.Passage2mainlytellsusthat.A.AmericanEnglishandBritishEnglishareinfacttwodialects(方言）ofthesamelanguagewithsomeunimportantdifferencesB.AmericanEnglishandBritishEnglisharetwodifferentlanguagesC.AmericanEnglishandBritishEnglisharesodifferentthatwecanhardlysaytheyarestillthesamelanguageD.theEnglishlanguagebegantochangeafterAmericabe