The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare’s time is estimated to have been about five million. Today it is estimated that some 260 million people speak it as a(an) (21) language, mainly in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the standard varieties of English found in these areas, (22) are a great many regional and social varieties of the language as well as (23) levels of usage that are employed both in its spoken and written forms.
In fact, it is (24) to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge of English in addition to their own languages. The (25) for English learning and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is (26) to explain and still more difficult to judge (27) forms an adequate working knowledge for each situation.
The main reas
A. such
B. all
C. many
D. those
The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare’s time is estimated to have been about five million. Today it is estimated that some 260 million people speak it as a(an) (21) language, mainly in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the standard varieties of English found in these areas, (22) are a great many regional and social varieties of the language as well as (23) levels of usage that are employed both in its spoken and written forms.
In fact, it is (24) to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge of English in addition to their own languages. The (25) for English learning and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is (26) to explain and still more difficult to judge (27) forms an adequate working knowledge for each situation.
The main reas
A. foreign
B. native
C. second
D. official
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