In a recent article in the journal Science，Mr.Graddol noted that __15__ languages that are not near the top of the list of the most widely spoken now

　　__16__ be there soon.These are Bengali，Tamil and Malay，spoken in south and southeast Asia.

　　David Crystal，the author of The Cambridge Encyclopedia (百科全书) of the English Language，says about 1.5 billion of the world's six __17__ people speak it as a second tongue __18__ the 400 million native speakers.But another expert on the English language says Mr.Graddol underestimates (低估) the __19__ of its dominance.“All the evidence suggests that the English language snowball is rolling down a hill and is getting faster，but nobody quite knows what's going to happen because no language has been in this __20__ before，” he said.

　　【语篇解读】　本文是一篇说明文。英语在世界上的地位很高，但是，英语的未来会是怎样的呢？

　　1．A.works out

　　B．points out

　　C．picks out

　　D．makes out

　　答案　B　[此处表示一个专家指出。point out“指出”，符合语境。work out“算出，计算”；pick out“找出，辨别出”；make out“理解，明白”。]

　　2．A.foreign

　　B．original

　　C．native

　　D．primitive

　　答案　C　[此处表示以英语为母语的总人数在减少。native English speakers意思是“母语为英语的人”，故选C。foreign“外国的”；original“起初的”；primitive“原始的”。]

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