第3部分：概括大意与完成句子  （第23～30题，第题1分，共8分）
　　下面这篇短文后有2项测试任务：（1）第23～26题要求从所给的6个选取项中为第1～4段选择1个正确的小标题；（2）第27～30题材要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
　
                      English and English Community
　
　　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.
　　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.
　　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 ig 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.
　　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.
　
　　23 Paragraph 1_________.
　　24 Paragraph 2_________.
　　25 Paragraph 3_________.
　　26 Paragraph 4_________.
　　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
　　F　A Widely Used Language
　
　　27 Overall there are more speakers of Chinese than of_________.
　　28 The boundaries of a speech community may be different from_________.
　　29 People who live in different places may belong to_________.
　　30 Many people learn English as_________.
　　A　a second language
　　B　the same language
　　C　the same speech community
　　D　any other language
　　E　national boundaries
　　F　a part of one's heritage

答案:
　　23. F　　24. B　　25. E　　26. C
　　27. D　　28. E　　29. C　　30. A