The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare’s time is estimated(估計) to have been about five million. Today it is estimated that some 260 million people speak it as a native language, mainly in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the standard varieties of English found in these areas, there are a great many regional and social varieties of the language as well as various levels of usage that are employed both in its spoken and written forms.

In fact, it is impossible to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate(足夠的) 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.

1.What would be the best title for this passage?

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

3.According to the passage, what is the main reason for the widespread use of English?

4.What forms an adequate working knowledge of English?

5.What type of developing countries would be most likely to use English?

6.C。細節(jié)題。根據文章最后一段倒數第2句可推知此題

網購已成為很多人青睞的一種現代購物形式。請你以“Online Shopping”為題，根據以下三個要點，分三段寫一篇100字左右的英語短文，談談網購現象及你的看法或建議

1.越來越多的人喜歡在網上購買商品

2.網上購物可能存在的問題(如：假貨；貨物損壞；不易退換)

3.你的看法或建議

注意：1.詞數：100左右；2.可適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

3.參考詞匯：網店店主Internet shopping provider  假貨fake goods

Online Shopping

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書面表達（滿分25分）
網購已成為很多人青睞的一種現代購物形式。請你以“Online Shopping”為題，根據以下三個要點，分三段寫一篇100字左右的英語短文，談談網購現象及你的看法或建議
1.越來越多的人喜歡在網上購買商品
2.網上購物可能存在的問題(如：假貨；貨物損壞；不易退換)
3.你的看法或建議
注意：1.詞數：100左右；2.可適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。
3.參考詞匯：網店店主Internet shopping provider  假貨fake goods
Online Shopping
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書面表達（滿分25分）

網購已成為很多人青睞的一種現代購物形式。請你以“Online Shopping”為題，根據以下三個要點，分三段寫一篇100字左右的英語短文，談談網購現象及你的看法或建議

1.越來越多的人喜歡在網上購買商品

2.網上購物可能存在的問題(如：假貨；貨物損壞；不易退換)

3.你的看法或建議

注意：1.詞數：100左右；2.可適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

3.參考詞匯：網店店主Internet shopping provider  假貨fake goods

Online Shopping

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___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

網購已成為很多人青睞的一種現代購物形式。請你以“Online Shopping”為題，根據以下三個要點，分三段寫一篇100字左右的英語短文，談談網購現象及你的看法或建議
1.越來越多的人喜歡在網上購買商品
2.網上購物可能存在的問題(如：假貨；貨物損壞；不易退換)
3.你的看法或建議
注意：1.詞數：100左右；2.可適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。
3.參考詞匯：網店店主Internet shopping provider  假貨fake goods
Online Shopping
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