《2025年学习之友九年级英语上册人教版》

B
Language is very important in our daily life. But do you know how many living languages there are in the world? About 7,000! Then, how can people communicate with each other since nobody can speak all these languages?
The answer to this problem is to use English. You may wonder why not Chinese, French or Russian—they are also among the six working languages of the UN. It is because these languages are not spoken by very many people outside their native lands.
In the world today, English is available whenever people from different countries come together. For example, if you go to any international meeting or the Olympic Games, you will find English is always used. And if you travel to India, or Germany, or France to do business, you, too, are often expected to speak English. So when a German buys something from a Chinese, or a Frenchman sells something to a Russian, they may all speak English instead of their native languages! And besides, more than three fifths of the business letters around the world are written in English.
Even if you are staying at home, you can still travel in the world of English because lots of media use English. English programmers are heard over the radio. English films are shown on TV. And English newspapers and magazines are sent to you from all over the world.
Now you can see English is such an important language. It will help you a lot in your work and study.
(D)6. How many working languages are used in the UN?
A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Five.
D. Six.
(B)7. When a German comes to China, it’s OK for you to communicate with him or her in ______.
A. Chinese
B. English
C. French
D. Russian
(A)8. Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?
A. Five kinds of media are mentioned in the passage.
B. The writer thinks English can help us a lot in our daily life.
C. There are about 7,000 languages in the world at present.
D. Over 60% of the business letters are written in English in the world.
(A)9. The passage mainly talks about ______.
A. the wide use of English
B. the working languages in the UN
C. all kinds of languages in the world
D. the importance of learning a second language

答案： 6.D 7.B 8.A 9.A