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1、江西浮梁县2016高考英语阅读理解二轮演练（1）附答案阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。EnglishasaForeignLanguageWhotaughtyoutospeakEnglish?Yourparents,whileyouwereayoungchild?Yourteachersatschool?PerhapseventheBBCasagrown-up.Whoeveritwas,somehowyouhavedevelopedanunderstandingofwhatisrapidlybecomingatrulygloballa
2、nguage.Thereare.nowabout376millionpeoplewhospeakEnglishastheirfirstlanguage,andaboutthesamenumberwhohavelearntitinadditiontotheirmothertongue.TherearesaidtobeonebillionpeoplelearningEnglishnowandabout80%oftheinformationontheInternetisinEnglish.Isthisagoodthing,orabadthing?Shouldwecelebrate
3、thefactthatmoreandmoreofuscancommunicate,usingacommonlanguage,acrosscountriesandcultures?Orshouldweworryaboutthedangersof"mono-culturalism",aworldinwhichweallspeakthesamelanguage,eatthesamefoodandlistentothesamemusic?Doesitmatterifanincreasingnumberofpeoplespeakthesamelanguage?Onthecontrar
4、y,Iwouldhavethought-althoughIhaveneveracceptedtheargumentthatifonlyweallunderstoodeachotherbetter,therewouldbefewerwars.Askthepeopleoflndia(wheremanyofthemspeakatleastsomeEnglish)andPakistan(thesamesituationwithIndia)...IfweallspeakEnglish,willwethenallstarteatingMcDonald'sburgers?Surelyno
5、t.IfEnglishbecomesmoredominant(占主导±也位丹勺)，willitkillotherlanguages?Idoubtit.WhenItravelinAfricaorAsia,Iamalwayssurprisedbyhowmanypeoplecanspeaknotonlytheirownlanguagebutoftenoneormoreotherrelatedlanguages,aswellasEnglishandperhapssomeFrenchorGermanaswell.WhenwediscussedthisonTalkingPointaco
6、upleofyearsago,wereceivedawonderfullypoeticemailfromalistenerinIreland."TheEnglishlanguageisabeautifullanguage.Maybeit’slikearose,〃hesaid."Butwhowouldeverwanttheirgardenjustfullofrose?〃Well,Iloveroses,andIthinktheymakeabeautifuladditiontoanygarden.ButthewayIseeit,justbyplantingafewroses,yo
7、udon'tnecessarilyneedtopullouteverythingelse.IfmoreandmorepeoplewanttoplantEnglishroses,that'sfinebyme.【文卓大意】作者以独特的视角分析了英语的发展前景和人们的种种顾虑。越来越多的人会讲英语是好事吗？战乱会因此而减少吗？将来人们会只讲一种语言，吃同样的食物，听同样的音乐吗？作者借用一位爱尔兰听众的邮件说:.英语好比玫瑰花，它很漂亮，但是我们不能因为它漂亮就把花闶全种上玫瑰花，也不能把其他花草都拔掉。1.Howman
