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　　The International Language: English
　　There is no denying that English is a useful language. The people who speak English today make up the largest speech . 51 in the world with the exception of speakers of Mandarin Chinese. Originally they were small tribes of people living in northern Europe who left their homeland and 52 in England. Isolated in their island community, the various tribes used languages which became more and more similar to each other and less and less like the other languages of Europe. Eventually, the language had 53 uniformity to be used by all speakers in England. The people united into a speech community through their 54 language. In time, people moved from the small island to many parts of the 55 , taking their language with them and thus still remaining members of the English speech community 56 they settled.
　　We may say that anyone who speaks English 57 to the English community. 58
　　convenience, we may 59the speakers into two groups: one in which the speakers use English as their native 60 , the other in which the speakers learn English as a second language for the purpose of education, commerce, and so on. In the 61 group we, obviously, would include England, Canada, the U. S. , Australia and New Zealand. Naturally, not all people in these countries speak English 62 , but a large majority 63 . In the latter group we would include, among many others, India, Denmark, Burma, Turkey, Ethiopia, and the Philippines. Not all these countries use English for the same purpose or 64 the same extent, but 65 uses English for important social and commerce activities.
　　51. A. community
　　B. society
　　C. world
　　D. group
　　52. A. remained
　　B. settled
　　C. occupied
　　D. established
　　53. A. too
　　B. enough
　　C. such
　　D. much
　　54. A. inhabit
　　B. used
　　C. learnt
　　D. shared
　　55. A. world
　　B. England
　　C. continent
　　D. Europe
　　56. A. wherever
　　B. where
　　C. whenever
　　D. when
　　57. A. falls
　　B. sticks
　　C. belongs
　　D. clings
　　58. A. In
　　B.For
　　C. With
　　D. By
　　59. A. break
　　B. arrange
　　C. define
　　D. classify
　　60. A. speech
　　B. tongue
　　C. dialect
　　D. language
　　61. A. first
　　B. preceding
　　C. former
　　D. latter
　　62. A. natively
　　B. smoothly
　　C. prettily
　　D. masterly
　　63. A. have
　　B. are
　　C. do
　　D. speak
　　64. A. for
　　B. to
　　C. in
　　D. at
　　65. A. each
　　B. all
　　C. most
　　D. they
　　參考譯文
　　英語——一門國(guó)際語言
　　毫無疑問，英語是一種有用的語言�，F(xiàn)在世界上說英語的人們構(gòu)成了除說漢語的人以外的最大人群。最初，這些人是住在北歐的一些小部落，他們離開家鄉(xiāng)到英國(guó)定居。由于他們是被孤立在島上的群體，所以各個(gè)部落使用的語言就越來越相似，并且與歐洲的其他語言越來越不同。最終這種語言獲得了足夠的一致性，使在英國(guó)的所有人都用它交流。人們通過他們共同的語言組成了一個(gè)語言群體。后來，這些人帶著他們的語言從小島走向了世界各地。不論定居在哪兒，他們都是說英語的人們中的一員。
　　我們可以說，任何說英語的人都屬于說英語的群體。為方便起見，我們可以把他們分為兩組：一組人把英語當(dāng)作母語，另一組人把英語當(dāng)作第二語言來學(xué)習(xí)，目的是接受教育或從事商業(yè)活動(dòng)等等。第一組顯然應(yīng)該包括英國(guó)、加拿大、美國(guó)、澳大利亞和新西蘭，當(dāng)然在這些國(guó)家中也并不是所有人都把英語當(dāng)作母語，但大多數(shù)人是這樣。在第二組中有許多國(guó)家，尤其要包括印度、丹麥、緬甸、土耳其、埃塞俄比亞和菲律賓。并不是在所有這些國(guó)家英語的使用都為了相同的目的或達(dá)到同樣的程度，但每個(gè)國(guó)家都使用英語進(jìn)行重要的社會(huì)和商業(yè)活動(dòng)。