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　　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：对比被选项中的核心词和段落中出现的词汇判断F是答案：F中的Widely Used与the largest speech community呼应。
 
　　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来源：考试大
　　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是该段落中的中心词—反复出现，尤其出现在段首句和段末句中，而且段末句的句势：A speech community is any group of people..这样的结构是典型的定义式结构，因此判断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来源：考试大
　　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：借助在段落开头部分出现的“divide the speakers into two groups”，直接判断答案Ｅ。
 
　　A Threat Posed by English
　　C  Benefits of Learning a Second Language
　　D  Advantages of Learning Chinese

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　　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(虚构的)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：段首句是观点句，而且在语意上直接与Ｃ呼应，因此直接判断Ｃ是答案。
 
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　　A  a second language
　　B the same language来源：考试大
　　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断答案Ｄ。也可借助原文，利用题干中出现的特征词Chinese 作为答案线索，这样找到直接答案相关句：
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断答案Ｅ。也可借助原文：利用题干中出现的特征词汇boundaries作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：
　　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来源：考试大
　　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断答案C。也可借助原文：利用题干中出现的核心词汇live 和different places作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：
　　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断答案A。