概括大意与完成句子题

English and English Community

　　1 There is no doubt that English is a useful language. The people who speak English today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of Chinese.

　　2 A speech community is similar to other kinds of communities. The people who make up the community share a common language. Often they live side by side, as they do in a neighborhood （街坊）, a village, or a city. More often they form a whole country. National boundaries, however, are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community. A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where they happen to live.

　　3 We may say that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speech community. For convenience （方便）, we may divide the speakers into two groups: one in which the speakers use English as their native language, the other in which the speakers learn English as a second language for the purpose of education, commerce, and so on.

　　4 Learning a second language extends one's vision and expands the mind, The history and literature of a second language record the real and fictional （虚构） lives of people and their culture; a knowledge of them adds to our ability to understand and to feel as they feel. Learning English as a second language provides another means of communication through which the window of the entire English speech community becomes a part of our heritage.

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　　A Threat Posed by English

　　B Definition of a Speech Community

　　C Benefits of Leaming a Second Language

　　D Advantages of Learning Chinese

　　E Two Groups of the English Speech Community

　　F A Widely Used Language

　　5 Overall there are more speakers of Chinese than of 　　　　　.

　　6 The boundaries of a speech community may be different from　　　　　 .

　　7 People who live in different places may belong to　　　　　 .

　　8 Many people learn English as 　　　　　.

　　A a second language

　　B the same language

　　C the same speech community

　　D any other language

　　E national boundaries

　　F a part of one's heritage

　　【参考答案】1. F 2. B 3. E 4. C 5. D 6. E 7. C 8. A