【Doyouthinkthatauniversallanguagewillemergewithinthenextcentury?Englishis1thelinguafrancainmanypartsoftheworld,andisthebestlanguagecurrentlytoknow2businessandscience,3Idon’tthinkEnglishwill4becomeauniversallang】
Doyouthinkthatauniversallanguagewillemergewithinthenextcentury?Englishis1thelinguafrancainmanypartsoftheworld,andisthebestlanguagecurrentlytoknow2businessandscience,3Idon’tthinkEnglishwill4becomeauniversallanguage.Ithinkthatifalanguagebecomestheworldlanguage,itshouldbeanartificialone.5,itmightseemtomanyasaneffortto6acertainculturalgroup.The7withauniversallanguageishowto8it,andhowtogetthegovernmentsoftheworldtoagree9itsimplementation.
Ifthisweretohappen,theinternationallanguagewouldbethe10secondlanguageofallcountries,andlegallyitwouldstillplaysecondfiddletothecurrentlanguageofthatcountry.ItcouldallowdifferenttribesinAfricatocommunicate,or11communicationbetweensmallvillagesinIndiathateachspeaksdifferentlanguages.Notto12itwouldmeanthatonewouldonlyhavetolearntwolanguagesnomatter13intheworldhetravels.
What14specifics—whatwriting15shouldituse?Whereshoulditswordscomefrom?Shouldthelanguagebehighlyinflectedorveryanalytical?Andfurthermore,howwillthelanguagebeestablished?
A.preciously
B.uncertainly
C.indefinitely
D.currently
A.for
B.under
C.over
D.in
A.so
B.moreover
C.but
D.therefore
A.even
B.hardly
C.still
D.ever
A.Otherwise
B.Meanwhile
C.Nevertheless
D.So
A.promote
B.exceed
C.conduct
D.predict
A.problem
B.impact
C.benefit
D.result
A.set
B.build
C.rank
D.publish
A.for
B.about
C.in
D.on
A.normal
B.official
C.legally
D.suddenly
A.cause
B.enable
C.make
D.persuade
A.tell
B.mention
C.say
D.speak
A.how
B.what
C.where
D.whether
A.about
B.for
C.if
D.kindof
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