Beforethe17thcentury,mostofthenativeEnglishspeakerslivedinEngland.Afterthe17thcentury,Britishpeoplebegantomovetoother___66___(country).Gradually,Englishwasspokenthere.Atpresent___67___(many)peoplespeakEnglishastheirfirst,secondoraforeignlanguagethaneverbefore.___68___(luck),nativeEnglishspeakerscanunderstandeachothereveniftheydon’tspeakthesamekindofEnglish.English___69___(change)anddevelopedwhenculturesmetandcommunicatedwitheachotheroverthepastcenturies.TheEnglish___70___(speak)inEnglandbetweenaboutAD450and1150wasverydifferent___71___themodernEnglishwespeaktoday.ItwasthenewsettlersthatenrichedtheEnglishlanguageand___72___(especial)itsvocabulary.TheEnglishlanguagewassettledbythe19thcentury___73___twobigchangesinEnglishspellinghappened.Englishnowisalsospokenasaforeign___74___secondlanguageinSouthAsia.Chinamayhavethe___75___(large)numberofEnglishlearners.66.【答案】countries【解析】考查名词。country是可数名词，此处由other修饰用复数形式，指其他的国家。故填countries.67.【答案】more【解析】考查比较级。根据句中的thaneverbefore可知含有和以前比较的意思，要用比较级表示更多的人，故填more.68.【答案】Luckily【解析】考查副词。此处单独使用作状语要用副词形式，指“幸运的是”，故填Luckily.69.【答案】haschanged【解析】考查时态。根据句意和时间状语overthepastcenturies可知与现在完成时连用，主语是单数，故填haschanged.70.【答案】spoken【解析】考查过去分词。English和动词speak是被动关系，此处是过去分词作定语，故填spoken.71.【答案】from【解析】考查固定短语。bedifferentfrom“和…不同”，是固定短语。故填from.72.【答案】especially【解析】考查副词。especial是形容词“特殊的，特别的”；especially是副词“尤其，特别”。此处指新的定居者丰富了英语，尤其是它的词汇。表示“尤其，特别”，故填especially.73.【答案】when【解析】考查连词。此处引导时间状语从句，表示“当…时候”，从句时态是过去时，故填when.74.【答案】or【解析】考查连词。此处表示选择，指作为第一语言或第二语言被说，故填or.75.【答案】largest【解析】考查形容词最高级。因为中国人口最多所以说英语的人也最多，此处由the修饰用Ihadjustvisitedmybestfriendinhospitalwithmymum,___41___hadn’tseenmyfriendsinceshe’dgoneintohospitalsixmonthsearlier.Iknewwhereshewascomingfromasshewas___42___(grave)ill,butasI’dbeenvisitinghereveryweekIhadstoppedseeingtheobvious;myfriend___43___(lose)mostofherbodyweightandherhairwasfallingout,itwasn’tlookinggood.AfterthevisitItookmymumtothestation____44____(see)heroffonhertrain;themoodwasunderstandablybleakbutIstayedpositiveaswel