必修检测题Ⅰ.阅读理解AEnglishasaForeignLanguageWhotaughtyoutospeakEnglish?Yourparents,whileyouwereayoungchild?Yourteachersatschool?PerhapseventheBBCasagrown-up.Whoeveritwas,somehowyouhavedevelopedanunderstandingofwhatisrapidlybecomingatrulygloballanguage.Therearenowabout376millionpeoplewhospeakEnglishastheirfirstlanguage,andaboutthesamenumberwhohavelearntitinadditiontotheirmothertongue.TherearesaidtobeonebillionpeoplelearningEnglishnowandabout80%oftheinformationontheInternetisinEnglish.Isthisagoodthing,orabadthing?Shouldwecelebratethefactthatmoreandmoreofuscancommunicate,usingacommonlanguage,acrosscountriesandcultures?Orshouldweworryaboutthedangersof“mono-culturalism”,aworldinwhichweallspeakthesamelanguage,eatthesamefoodandlistentothesamemusic?Doesitmatterifanincreasingnumberofpeoplespeakthesamelanguage?Onthecontrary,Iwouldhavethought-althoughIhaveneveracceptedtheargumentthatifonlyweallunderstoodeachotherbetter,therewouldbefewerwars.AskthepeopleofIndia(wheremanyofthemspeakatleastsomeEnglish)andPakistan(thesamesituationwithIndia)...IfweallspeakEnglish,willwethenallstarteatingMcDonald’sburgers?Surelynot.IfEnglishbecomesmoredominant(占主导地位的),willitkillotherlanguages?Idoubtit.WhenItravelinAfricaorAsia,Iamalwayssurprisedbyhowmanypeoplecanspeaknotonlytheirownlanguagebutoftenoneormoreotherrelatedlanguages,aswellasEnglishandperhapssomeFrenchorGermanaswell.WhenwediscussedthisonTalkingPointacoupleofyearsago,wereceivedawonderfullypoeticemailfromalistenerinIreland.“TheEnglishlanguageisabeautifullanguage.Maybeit’slikearose,”hesaid.“Butwhowouldeverwanttheirgardenjustfullofrose?”Well,Iloveroses,andIthinktheymakeabeautifuladditiontoanygarden.ButthewayIseeit,justbyplantingafewroses,youdon’tnecessarilyneedtopullouteverythingelse.IfmoreandmorepeoplewanttoplantEnglishroses,that’sfinebyme.【文章大意】作者以独特的视角分析了英语的发展前景和人们的种种顾虑。越来越多的人会讲英语是好事吗?战乱会因此而减少吗?将来人们会只讲一种语言,吃同样的食物,听同样的音乐吗?作者借用一位爱尔兰听众的邮件说:英语好比玫瑰花,它很漂亮,但是我们不能因为它漂亮就把花园全种上玫瑰花,也不能把其他花草都拔掉。1.HowmanypeoplelearnEnglishastheirsecondlanguage?A