In fact, it is impossible to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate (足够的) working knowledge of English in addition to their own languages. The purpose for English learning and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is difficult to explain and still more difficult to judge what forms an adequate working knowledge for each situation.
The main reason for the widespread demand for English is its present-day importance as a world language. Besides serving the indefinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in which some of important works in science, technology, and other fields are being produced, and not always by native speakers. It is widely used for such purposes as meteorological and airport communications, international conferences, and the spread of information over the radio and television networks of many nations. It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries, especially former British colonies. Many of these countries have multilingual populations and need a language for internal communication in such matters as government, commerce, industry, law and education as well as for international communication and for entrance to the scientific and technological developments in the West.What would be the best title for this passage
A. The Difficulties of Learning English
B. International Communications
C. The Standard Varieties of English
D. English as a World Language
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This attitude toward manual (体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地)furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.From paragraph 1, we can know that in America ().
A. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man
B. people can always rise to the top through their won efforts
C. college professors win great respect from common workers
D. people feel painful to mention their fathers as labors.
-Thanks for your help.
-().
A.My pleasure
B.Never mind
C.Quite right
D.Don’t thank me
-Could I speak to Don Watkins, please?
-()
A.I’m listening.
B.Oh,how are you?
C.Speaking,please.
D.I’m Don
-Medam,do all the buses go downtown?
-()
A.Wow,you got the idea
B.No,never mind
C.pretty well,I guess
D.Sorry,I’m new here
-It’s rather cold in here. Do you mind if I close the window?
-().
A.Yes,please
B.No,go ahead
C.Sure,please
D.I don’t like it
-Hi, is Mary there, please?
-()
A.Hold on.I’ll get her.
B.No,she isn’t here.
C.Yes,she lives here.
D.Yes,what do you want?
-That’s a beautiful dress you have on!
-()
A.Oh,thanks.I got it yesterday
B.Sorry,it’s too cheap
C.You can have it
D.See you later
This box is too heavy for me to carry upstairs.
——()
A.You may ask for help
B.I’ll give you a hand
C.Please do me a favor
D.I’d come to help
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