《2024年全科王同步课时练习九年级英语全一册人教版》

III. 七选五阅读
　　About one hundred years ago, many educated people spoke French when they met people from other countries. __26__ It has become the new international language. There are more people who speak English as a second language than people who speak English as a first language. Why is this?
　　__27__ One of them is that English has become the language of business. Another important reason is that popular American culture (like movies, music, and McDonald's) has quickly spread all over the world. It has brought its language with it.
　　__28__ I don't know. It's important to have a language that the people of the earth have in common. Our world has become global and we need to communicate with one another. On the other hand, English is quite a difficult language to learn and it brings its culture with it. __29__
　　Scientists have already tried to make an artificial (人造的) language that isn't too difficult and doesn't include any one group's culture. It is called Esperanto. But it hasn't become popular. Maybe the popularity of English won't last that long, either. Who knows? There are more people in the world who speak Chinese than any other language. __30__

答案： 26.D 27.C 28.G 29.A 30.E