山东省胶州市2015高考英语阅读理解一轮专练3.docVIP

山东省胶州市2015英语阅读理解专练（3） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 From Oatie on 2014-02-13 04:05:25 Dominant（主流的）languages change quite often. As the countries and areas that speak a language grow and decrease in power, the language becomes either more or less widespreadremember that Latin and French were the most widely used languages in Europe as late as the 19th century. I think English is currently powerful because of America’s central position in global affairs. Hopefully, in the future, Esperanto（世界语）will e the accepted second international language!!!From TTanya on 2014-02-26 20:10:28 I also have been wondering about the future of English as the worlds Lingua Franca（通用语.I was thinking that maybe Chinese would overpower English as the dominant world business language. But it appears that the Chinese government is actively promoting English to their public school students. So maybe, if China becomes the next world power, English will remain the current Lingua Franca under Chinese influence.From?Mymunkee?on 2014 -03 -06 00:38:03 Esperanto is the only language of which there are no ethnic (种族的）ties, and its a million times easier to learn than English. The idea of making everyone learn “your language” is socially dominating and can only result in dysfunctional（紊乱的）international relations.From Recata on 20 -03 -20 21:49:44 Perhaps the evolution English will face is to become more common, not more diverse. I say this because of broadcast media. For example, in Arabic countries, the dialects have been so distinct that people from various countries can not understand each other. However, with the increasing role of Broadcast Arabic, the language is becoming more unified(统一的）. The continued expansion of English as an international business language will probably strengthen its commonality and weakening various dialects. An example is the word for “get in line”. I had never heard the British word “queue” several years ago, but now it is becoming commonpl