English as a Foreign Language
Who taught you to speak English Your parents, while you were a young child Your teachers at school Perhaps even the BBC as a grown-up. Whoever it was, somehow you have developed an understanding of what is rapidly becoming a truly global language. There are now about 376 million people who speak English as their first language, and about the same number who have learnt it in addition to their mother tongue. There are said to be one billion people learning English now and about 80% of the information on the Internet is in English.
Is this a good thing, or a bad thing Should we celebrate the fact that more and more of us can communicate, using a common language, across countries and cultures (文化) Or should we worry about the dangers of "mono-culturalism", a world in which we all speak the same language, eat the same food and listen to the same music
Does it matter if an increasing number of people speak the same
A. speaking the same language doesn’t necessarily bring peace
B. wars can destroy the relationship between two countries
C. English doesn’t kill other languages
D. English is widely used in the world
David Moore taught physics at the City School. He needed some expensive books, and so he bought them. He left them in his car in a quiet street. Then he bought other things at other shops. At six o’clock he came back to the car. One window was open—and the books were not there! David drove home to Fry Road.
That night he wrote a letter to a newspaper. The next day he went to the police. On Friday people read this in the newspaper:
BOOK: Have you any old books I buy old and modern books.
Open all day on Saturdays. David Moore, 26 Fry Road.
David stayed at home on Saturday. His first visitor came at eight o’clock. David took him to the kitchen. At half past nine another man arrived. He had a bag under his arm.
"Mr. Moore" the man asked.
"That’s right. "David said. "Can I help you"
"I’ve got some good book. You buy books, don’t you"
"Yes. B
A. He hope more people would know he had lost some expensive books.
B. He thought in this way the thief (贼) would bring the books back to him.
C. He wanted to buy old and modern books.
D. He wanted to tell the police he had lost some expensive books.
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