1、22 Languages阅读理解专项训练LanguagesThere are more than 3,000 million people on the earth and about 2,500 languages.Of these languages only about twelve are used by more than 50 million people.Here are the names of some languages which have very wide use: Chinese, English,French, German, Japanese etc. All
2、these languages have more people talking themtoday than ever before. A hundred and fifty years ago there were only abouttwenty million people who talked English, for example. Now there are at leasttwo hundred and fifty million, and there may be many, many more.#1. There are about _ languages in the
3、world.A. 3,000B. 2,500C. 5D. 50 million#B2. Which languages are widely used in the world?A. English and ChineseB. German and JapaneseC. FrenchD. ABC#D3. 150 years ago, only about _ people spoke English.A. 20,000B. 200,000C. 2,000,000D. 20,000,000#D4. Which of the following languages has most speaker
4、s, do you think?A. EnglishB. FrenchC. ChineseD. Japanese#C5. We know that now there are _ people speaking English than before.A. fewerB. much lessC. much moreD. many more#DThere are more than 3,000 million people on the earth and about 2,500 languages.Of these languages only about twelve are used by
5、 more than 50 million people.Here are the names of some languages which have very wide use: Chinese, English,French, German, Japanese etc. All these languages have more people talking themtoday than ever before. A hundred and fifty years ago there were only abouttwenty million people who talked Engl
6、ish, for example. Now there are at leasttwo hundred and fifty million, and there may be many, many more.#1. There are about _ languages in the world.A. 3,000B. 2,500C. 5D. 50 million#B2. Which languages are widely used in the world?A. English and ChineseB. German and JapaneseC. FrenchD. ABC#D3. 150
7、years ago, only about _ people spoke English.A. 20,000B. 200,000C. 2,000,000D. 20,000,000#D4. Which of the following languages has most speakers, do you think?A. EnglishB. FrenchC. ChineseD. Japanese#C5. We know that now there are _ people speaking English than before.A. fewerB. much lessC. much moreD. many more#D
