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　　About one hundred years ago, many educated people spoke French when they met people from other countries．Today most people speak English when they meet foreigners．It has become the new international language．There are more people who speak English as a second language than people who speak English as a first language．Why?

　　There are many reasons why English has become so popular．One of them is that English has become the language of business．Another important reason is that popular American culture, like movies, music, and McDonald's has quickly spread throughout the world．It has brought its language with it．

　　Is it good that English has spread to all parts of the world so quickly? I don't know．It's important to have a language that everyone has in common．Our world has become global and we need to communicate with one another．On the other hand, English is a rather hard language to learn and it brings its culture with it．Do we really need that?

　　Scientists have already tried to make an artificial(人造的)language that isn't too difficult and isn't from any one group's culture．It is called Esperanto．But it hasn't become popular．Maybe the popularity of English won't last that long, either．Who knows? There are more people in the world who speak Chinese than any other language．Maybe someday Chinese will be the new international language．

1．What was the world language a century ago?

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2．Why has English become an international language today? Give at least two reasons．

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3．What can we get from Paragraph 3?

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4．In the last paragraph, what do scientists want to tell us?

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5．將第三段中劃線句子翻譯成漢語。

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Answer 1

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解析：

1．French． 　　2．Because of business and popular American culture． 　　3．English is a commonly used language, but it can't become the only international language　because it is hard for people to learn． 　　4．They have tried to make an artificial language to make people understand one another more easily． 　　5．世界已經(jīng)全球化，我們需要相互交流。 　　評分要求：1)語言結(jié)構(gòu)錯誤(時態(tài)、語態(tài)、非謂語動詞、從句等)扣1分； 　　2)詞匯(短語)使用錯誤扣1分； 　　3)單復數(shù)、單詞個別字母拼寫錯誤扣0．5分, 每題最多扣1分； 　　4)未傳達有效信息扣2分。