题目

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More than 6000 languages are spoken on the earth today.Many of these languages are spoken by small groups of people,and over 200 languages are spoken by one million or more people.Chinese is a language spoken by the largest number of people in the world.But English is most widely spoken in the world
English is spoken by more than 400 million people as their first language.It is spoken by most people in the U.S.A.,Great Britain,Canada,Australia and New Zealand.And it is also used very widely in many other countries of the world.
Look at the back of your watch.You may see the English words  “Made in China”, “Made in Japan”,or “Made in Germany”.English is spoken as the first language in none of these countries.Why are English words written on it?That is because in the modern world English is widely used for business between different countries.
小题1:How many languages are spoken on the earth today?
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小题2:Which language is spoken by the largest number of people in the world?
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小题3:Is English spoken by more than 400 million people as their first language?
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小题4:Do  Americans speak English ?
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小题5:Why may English words be written on your watch?

答案

小题1:More than 6000.
小题2:Chinese.
小题3:Yes,it is.
小题4:Yes,they do.
小题5:Because in the modern world English is widely used for business between different countries.

解析

试题分析：地球上的语言有6000多种，只有200多种被一百万以上的人所说。汉语被世界上最大多数的人所说，而英语是世界上应用最广泛的语言。
小题1:细节理解题。根据短文第一段More than 6000 languages are spoken on the earth today.今天地球上有六千多种语言被说，可知此题答案为：More than 6000.
小题2:细节理解题。根据短文第一段Chinese is a language spoken by the largest number of people in the world.汉语是被世界上最多的人所说的一门语言，故答案是：Chinese.
小题3:细节理解题。根据短文第二段English is spoken by more than 400 million people as their first language.英语是被四亿多人作为第一语言来说。所以这个一般疑问句的回答是肯定的：Yes,it is.
小题4:推理判断题。根据短文第二段It is spoken by most people in the U.S.A.,Great Britain,Canada,Australia and New Zealand.描述，美国等五个国家把英语作为第一语言来说，可知答案是肯定的：Yes,they do.
小题5:细节理解题。根据短文第三段Why are English words written on it?That is because in the modern world English is widely used for business between different countries.描述，那是因为在当今世界，英语被广泛应用于不同国家之间的商业事务中。所以答案为：Because in the modern world English is widely used for business between different countries.