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高一必修1
Unit 2
Reading
1. With your partner, list the countries that use English as an official language?
2. Which country do you think has the most English learners?
3. Look at the title of the following passage and guess what it is about. Then read it quickly and see if you are right.
Pre-reading
official 官方的
voyage 航行, 航海
native 本国的, 本地的
present 现在的、出席的
gradually 逐渐地
vocabulary 词汇、词汇量
New words
actually 事实上
latter 后者的
identity 身份
fluent 流利的
Singapore 新加坡
Malaysia 马来西亚
frequently 频繁地
1. English has/had the most speakers ___.
A. now
B. when the British ruled many
parts of the world
C. in the time of Shakespeare
D. in the 12th century
Scan the text and choose the best answer.
of the following statement is true?
A. Languages always stay the same
B. Languages change only after wars
C. Languages no longer change
D. Languages change when cultures
change
3. From AD 450 to 1150, English
sounded more like _____?
A. French B. Chinese
C. German D. Russian
4. Shakespeare’s English was spoken
around ______?
A. 1400’s B. 1150’s
C. 450’s D. 1600’s
5. Which country has the fastest
growing number of English speakers
in the world?
A. Australia
B. China
C. India
D. Britain