Have you ever heard of the language Esperanto (世界语) ? This is a man-made language for world
 use.  But it hasn't been known by most of people around the world, let alone (更不必说) worldwide 
use.  There are more than 3 000 languages in the world today,  but only about ten are major (主要的)
 languages. Among them English is the most popular one in the world.       
     More than 350 million people speak English as their first language. Major English-speaking countries
 are Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA. Another 400 million speak it as a second
 language.  No one knows how many people speak English as a foreign language.  They usually learn
 English as a school subject instead of learning it from their parents. Chinese is the only language with
 more speakers than English.  This is because of the large population of China.        
     English is the language for a better understanding between people of   the world.  It is also the
 language for business and science.  Nearly half  of all the business deals  (交易)  in Europe are done
 in English,  and  more than half of the science magazines (杂志) are in English.  English is widely used
 in the world's computer network  (计算机网络).  And children should begin with English when they 
learn how to use computers and learn online.  Through the English language people of different countries
 are able to work together and make things even better.     

1. Esperanto hasn't been widely used because ______.

A.  not many people know it
B.  it is very difficult to learn
C.  people don't like it at all
D.  it's a bad language

2. Most Chinese people learn English ______.                 

A.  as the first language                        
B.  as the second language                 
C.  as a foreign language                 
D.  from their parents

3. Which of the following language is spoken by the largest  number of people in the world?        

A. English.   
B. Chinese.          
C. Japanese.  
D. Esperanto.

4. Which of the following is true?               

A.  If you know English, you will be able to use computers.               
B.  Scientists from different countries can only speak English at the international (国际的)  meetings.
C.  English is the only language used in the world's computer network.               
D.  English is more widely used than any other languages.

5.The passage is about ______.               

A. the difference between Esperanto and English               
B. the major languages in the world               
C. the importance (重要性)  of English
D. the use of foreign languages

    Have you ever heard of the language Esperanto (世界语)? This is a man-made language for world use.
But it hasn't been known by most of people around the world, let alone (更不必说) worldwide use. There
are more than 3,000 languages in the world today,but only about ten are major (主要的) languages. Among
them English is the most popular one in the world.        
    More than 350 million people speak English as their first language. Major English-speaking countries
are Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA. Another 400 million speak it as a second
language. No one knows how many people speak English as a foreign language. They usually learn English
as a school subject instead of learning it from their parents. Chinese is the only language with more speakers
than English. This is because of the large population of China.
     English is the language for a better understanding between peoples of the world. It is also the language
for business and science. Nearly half of the business deals in Europe are done in English, and more than
half of the science magazines are in English. English is widely used in the world's computer network.
And children should begin with English when they learn how to use computers. Through the English language
peoples of different countries are able to work together and make things even better.

1. Esperanto hasn't been widely used because _______.

A. not many people know it
B. it is very difficult to learn
C. people don't like it at all
D. it's a bad language

2. Most Chinese people learn English _______.

A. as the first language
B. as the second language
C. as a foreign language
D. from their parents

3. Which of the following language is spoken by the largest number of people in the world?

A. English.
B. Chinese.
C. Japanese.
D. Esperanto.

4. Which of the following is true?

A. If you know English, you will be able to use computers.
B. Scientists from different countries can only speak English at the international (国际的) meetings.
C. English is the only language used in the world's computer network.
D. English is more widely used than any other languages.

5. The passage is about _______.

A. the difference between Esperanto and English
B. the major languages in the world
C. the importance (重要性) of English
D. the use of foreign language

　　Joanne Rowling was born in Bristol in England. Joanne always wanted to
write and she wrote her 1_____(第一个故事) when she was only five or six. At
school her favorite subject was English and she used to make up stories 2_____
(和她的朋友们). When she left school, she went to university and studied
French. While there she studied 3_____(在巴黎) for a year, and after leaving
university, she had many different jobs. However, most of all, she 4_____(想) to
write! One day, during a long train journey, she got the idea of writing about a
boy who is a wizard(男巫), but doesn't know it.
　　In 1992, she 5_____(离开) England to go to Portugal to teach English.
While she was there she got married to a Portuguese journalist and she had a
daughter, Jessica. The marriage ended in divorce and Joanne 6_____(回去) to
live in Edinburgh in Scotland. She had very little money and she lived 7_____
(在一个很小的房子里), which was often cold. She could not afford the heating
(供热). It was there that she 8_____(写完了)her first book about Harry Potter, a
young boy who is a wizard. At first, no one wanted to publish(出版) it. Then,
one day, in 1997, she found a publisher. She was very excited and happy!
　　Much to her surprise, her book was 9_____(一个巨大的成功)! It sold in
millions! It won many prizes! It made Joanne very rich and it made her very
famous. Everybody wanted to read about Harry Potter. Adults and children now
read her books. Her stories have been put into many languages, and they can now
be read 10_____(在全世界). Her first several novels have been made into films.
Joanne Rowling has written more books about Harry Potter and all of them have
sold millions of copies. Some of these later books are also being made into
films.