英语阅读题AboutonehundredyearsagomanyeducatedpeoplelearnedandspokeFrenchwhentheymetpeoplefromothercountries.TodaymostpeoplespeakEnglishwhentheymeetforeigners.Ithasbecomethenewinternationallanguage.Therearemore

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　　AboutonehundredyearsagomanyeducatedpeoplelearnedandspokeFrenchwhentheymetpeoplefromothercountries.TodaymostpeoplespeakEnglishwhentheymeetforeigners.Ithasbecomethenewinternationallanguage.TherearemorepeoplewhospeakEnglishasasecondlanguagethanpeoplewhospeakEnglishasthefirstlanguage.Whyisthis?

　　TherearemanyreasonswhyEnglishhasbecomesopopular.OneofthemisthatEnglishhasbecomethelanguageofbusiness.AnotherimportantreasonisthatpopularAmericanculture(likemovies,music,andMcDonald’s)hasquicklyspreadthroughouttheworld.Ithasbroughtitslanguagewithitaswell.

　　IsitgoodthatEnglishhasspreadtoallpartsoftheworldsoquickly?Idon’tknow.It’simportanttohavealanguagethatthepeopleontheearthhaveincommon.Ourworldhasbecomeveryglobalandweneedtocommunicatewithoneanother.Ontheotherhand,Englishisafairlycomplicatedlanguagetolearnanditbringsitsculturewithit.Dowereallyneedthat?

　　Scientistshavealreadytriedtocreateanartificial(人造的)languagethatisn’ttoodifficultanddoesn’tincludeanygroup’sculture.ItiscalledEsperanto.Ithasn’tbecomepopular,butmaybethepopularityofEnglishwon’tlastthatlong,either.Whoknows?TherearemorepeopleintheworldwhospeakChinesethananyotherlanguage.MaybesomedayChinesewillbethenewinternationallanguage.

　　根据短文内容,

　　26.Whatwasthelanguageofeducatedpeople100yearsago?

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　　27.Whichgroupislargernow—peoplewhospeakEnglishasthefirstlanguageorpeoplewhospeakEnglishasasecondlanguage?

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　　28.WhatarethetworeasonsthatEnglishhasbecomeaninternationallanguagetoday?

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　　29.WhatarethetworeasonsthatEnglishisn’tagoodinternationallanguage?

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　　30.WhatisEsperanto?

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