新编六级听力练习 第231期

Passage Two
29.
A. Languages people use in international communication.
B. The popularity of English as a world language.
C. The development of English as a native language.
D. The variety of English in spoken and written forms.
30.
A. How many native speakers it had in Shakespeare's time.
B. The number of people with an adequate working knowledge of it.
C. The situations where a common language is needed.
D. The purposes for people to learn a second language.
31.
A. Because they were forced to do so by the British government.
B. Because it best serves the needs of its native speakers.
C. Because it is the easiest language for internal and international communication.
D. Because with multilingual populations they need it for internal communication.