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A Threat Posed by English
B Definition of a Speech Community
C Benefits of Learning a Second Language
D Advantages of Learning Chinese
E Two Groups of the English Speech Community
F A Widely Used Language
27 Overall there are more speakers of Chinese than of ___.
28 The boundaries of a speech community may be different from ___.
29 People who live in different places may belong to ___.
30 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
l 文章标题分析:English and English Community
l 小标题被选项分析:
A Threat Posed by English
B Definition of a Speech Community
C Benefits of Learning a Second Language
D Advantages of Learning Chinese
E Two Groups of the English Speech Community
F A Widely Used Language
分析:借助文章主题:English and English Community,判断D离主题偏离的最远,因此猜测D可能不是答案。
l 直接解题
A Threat Posed by English
B Definition of a Speech Community
C Benefits of Learning a Second Language
D Advantages of Learning Chinese
E Two Groups of the English Speech Community
F A Widely Used Language
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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.
F. 分析:对比被选项中的核心词和段落中出现的 词汇 判断F是答案:F中的Widely Used与the largest speech community呼应。
A Threat Posed by English
B Definition of a Speech Community
C Benefits of Learning a Second Language
D Advantages of Learning Chinese
E Two Groups of the English Speech Community
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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.