23 Paragraph 1來(lái)源：考試大
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：對(duì)比被選項(xiàng)中的核心詞和段落中出現(xiàn)的詞匯判斷F是答案：F中的Widely Used與the largest speech community呼應(yīng)。
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
24 Paragraph2來(lái)源：考試大
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．
B． 分析：speech community是該段落中的中心詞—反復(fù)出現(xiàn)，尤其出現(xiàn)在段首句和段末句中，而且段末句的句勢(shì)：A speech community is any group of people..這樣的結(jié)構(gòu)是典型的定義式結(jié)構(gòu)，因此判斷Ｂ是答案。
A Threat Posed by English
C Benefits of Learning a Second Language
D Advantages of Learning Chinese
E Two Groups of the English Speech Community
25 Paragraph 3來(lái)源：考試大
3 We may say that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speech community. For convenience(方便)，we may divide the speakers into two groups：one in which the speakers use English as their native language．the other in which the speakers learn English as a second language for the purpose of education，commerce，and so on．
E.分析：借助在段落開(kāi)頭部分出現(xiàn)的“divide the speakers into two groups”，直接判斷答案Ｅ。
A Threat Posed by English
C Benefits of Learning a Second Language
D Advantages of Learning Chinese
26 Paragraph 4
4 Learning a second language extends one’s vision and expands the mind．The history and literature of a second language record the real and fictional(虛構(gòu)的)lives of people and their culture；a knowledge of them adds to our ability to understand and to feel as they feel．Learning English as a second language provides another means of communication through which the window of the entire English speech community becomes a part of our heritage．
C.分析：段首句是觀點(diǎn)句，而且在語(yǔ)意上直接與Ｃ呼應(yīng)，因此直接判斷Ｃ是答案。
完成句子解析
A a second language
B the same language來(lái)源：考試大
C the same speech community
D any other language
E national boundaries
F a part of one’s heritage
27 Overall there are more speakers of Chinese than of ___.
D.分析：借助搭配句意可以直接判斷答案Ｄ。也可借助原文，利用題干中出現(xiàn)的特征詞Chinese 作為答案線索，這樣找到直接答案相關(guān)句：
The people who speak English today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of Chinese．
A a second language
B the same language
C the same speech community
E national boundaries
F a part of one’s heritage
28 The boundaries of a speech community may be different from ___.
E.分析：借助搭配句意可以直接判斷答案Ｅ。也可借助原文：利用題干中出現(xiàn)的特征詞匯boundaries作為答案線索，這樣發(fā)現(xiàn)答案相關(guān)句：
National boundaries，however，are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community．
A a second language
B the same language
C the same speech community來(lái)源：考試大
D any other language
F a part of one’s heritage
29 People who live in different places may belong to ___.
C.分析：借助搭配句意可以直接判斷答案C。也可借助原文：利用題干中出現(xiàn)的核心詞匯live 和different places作為答案線索，這樣發(fā)現(xiàn)答案相關(guān)句：
A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where they happen to live．
A a second language
B the same language
F a part of one’s heritage
30 Many people learn English as ___.
A.分析：借助搭配句意可以直接判斷答案A。
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：對(duì)比被選項(xiàng)中的核心詞和段落中出現(xiàn)的詞匯判斷F是答案：F中的Widely Used與the largest speech community呼應(yīng)。
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
24 Paragraph2來(lái)源：考試大
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．
B． 分析：speech community是該段落中的中心詞—反復(fù)出現(xiàn)，尤其出現(xiàn)在段首句和段末句中，而且段末句的句勢(shì)：A speech community is any group of people..這樣的結(jié)構(gòu)是典型的定義式結(jié)構(gòu)，因此判斷Ｂ是答案。
A Threat Posed by English
C Benefits of Learning a Second Language
D Advantages of Learning Chinese
E Two Groups of the English Speech Community
25 Paragraph 3來(lái)源：考試大
3 We may say that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speech community. For convenience(方便)，we may divide the speakers into two groups：one in which the speakers use English as their native language．the other in which the speakers learn English as a second language for the purpose of education，commerce，and so on．
E.分析：借助在段落開(kāi)頭部分出現(xiàn)的“divide the speakers into two groups”，直接判斷答案Ｅ。
A Threat Posed by English
C Benefits of Learning a Second Language
D Advantages of Learning Chinese
26 Paragraph 4
4 Learning a second language extends one’s vision and expands the mind．The history and literature of a second language record the real and fictional(虛構(gòu)的)lives of people and their culture；a knowledge of them adds to our ability to understand and to feel as they feel．Learning English as a second language provides another means of communication through which the window of the entire English speech community becomes a part of our heritage．
C.分析：段首句是觀點(diǎn)句，而且在語(yǔ)意上直接與Ｃ呼應(yīng)，因此直接判斷Ｃ是答案。
完成句子解析
A a second language
B the same language來(lái)源：考試大
C the same speech community
D any other language
E national boundaries
F a part of one’s heritage
27 Overall there are more speakers of Chinese than of ___.
D.分析：借助搭配句意可以直接判斷答案Ｄ。也可借助原文，利用題干中出現(xiàn)的特征詞Chinese 作為答案線索，這樣找到直接答案相關(guān)句：
The people who speak English today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of Chinese．
A a second language
B the same language
C the same speech community
E national boundaries
F a part of one’s heritage
28 The boundaries of a speech community may be different from ___.
E.分析：借助搭配句意可以直接判斷答案Ｅ。也可借助原文：利用題干中出現(xiàn)的特征詞匯boundaries作為答案線索，這樣發(fā)現(xiàn)答案相關(guān)句：
National boundaries，however，are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community．
A a second language
B the same language
C the same speech community來(lái)源：考試大
D any other language
F a part of one’s heritage
29 People who live in different places may belong to ___.
C.分析：借助搭配句意可以直接判斷答案C。也可借助原文：利用題干中出現(xiàn)的核心詞匯live 和different places作為答案線索，這樣發(fā)現(xiàn)答案相關(guān)句：
A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where they happen to live．
A a second language
B the same language
F a part of one’s heritage
30 Many people learn English as ___.
A.分析：借助搭配句意可以直接判斷答案A。