2017年高中英语选修八（外研版）练习：第四模块测评

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1、第四模块测评（时间:100分钟满分:120分）第I卷第一部分:阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AToday,nearly350millionpeopleacrosseverycontinentusetheEnglishvocabularyasamothertongue.Threequartersoftheworld'smailsandlettersareinEnglish.Soaremorethanhalftheworld'stechnicalandscien

2、tificperiodicals（期TU）—itisthelanguageoftechnologyfromSiliconValley（硅谷）toShanghai.Englishisthemediumfor80percentoftheinformationstoredintheworld'scomputers.NearlyhalfofallbusinessdealsinEuropeareconductedinEnglish.ltisalsothelanguageofsportsandglamour（魅力）—theofficiallanguageoftheOlympicsa

3、ndtheMissUniversecompetition.Fiveofthelargestbroadcastingcompaniesintheworld（CBS.NBC.ABC.BBC.CBC）transmitinEnglishtotheaudiencesthatregularlyexceedonehundredmillion.ThoughEnglishisalanguageasoldasGreekorChinesejtstrulysignificantdevelopmenthasoccurredonlyinthelastonehundredyearsorso.Taki

4、ngthemostconservativeestimates,therearethreeorfourhundredmillionpeopleusingEnglish,butnotasanativelanguage.EnglishhasbecomeasecondlanguageinthecountrieslikeIndia,NigeriaorSingaporewhereitisusedforadministration,broadcastingandeducation.Inthesecountries,Englishisavitalalternativekinguage,

5、oftenunifyinghugedistrictsanddiversepopulations.WhenRajivGandhiappealedforanendtothevioleneethatbrokeoutafterthemurderofhismother,hewentontelevisionandspoketohispeopleinEnglish.ThenEnglishisusedasaforeignlanguageinsomecountries,likeHollandorYugoslavia,whereitisbackedupbyatraditionofEngli

6、shteaching.ltisusedtohavecontactwithpeopleinothercountries,usuallytopromotetradeandscientificprogress.ADutchpoetisreadbyafewthousands.Howevei;translatedintoEnglish,hecanbereadbyhundredsofthousands.Aseitherafirst,secondorforeignlanguage,Englishhasbeenaglobalphenomenon.1.Accordingtothepass

7、age,whichofthefollowingisTRUE?A.Nearlyhalfoftheworld'smailsandlettersarewritteninEnglish・B.70percentoftheinformationintheworld'scomputersisstoredinEnglish・C.EnglishisnotasoldasChinese.D.lnthelastonehundredyears,Englishdevelopedgreatly・辐D解+析从文章第二段'ThoughEnglishisalanguagea