English and English Community
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.
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.
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 1earn English as a second language for the purpose of education，commerce，and so on.
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.
23 Paragraph 1___________.
24 Paragraph 2___________.
25 Paragraph 3___________.
26 Paragraph 4___________.
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
F.A Widely Used Language
27.Overall there are more speakers of Chinese than of ___________
28.The boundaries of a speech community may be different from ___________.
29.People who live in different places may belong to ___________.
30.Many people learn English as ___________.
A.a second language
B.the same language
C.the same speech community
D.any other language
E.national boundaries
F.a part of one's heritage
參考答案：F B E C D E C 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.
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.
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 1earn English as a second language for the purpose of education，commerce，and so on.
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.
23 Paragraph 1___________.
24 Paragraph 2___________.
25 Paragraph 3___________.
26 Paragraph 4___________.
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
F.A Widely Used Language
27.Overall there are more speakers of Chinese than of ___________
28.The boundaries of a speech community may be different from ___________.
29.People who live in different places may belong to ___________.
30.Many people learn English as ___________.
A.a second language
B.the same language
C.the same speech community
D.any other language
E.national boundaries
F.a part of one's heritage
參考答案：F B E C D E C A