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Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
English prevails in transportation and the media. The travel and (1) 1 language of the international airwaves (2) 2 English. Pilots and air traffic (3) 3speak English at all international airports. (4) 4 traffic uses flag and light signals, (5) 5 if vessels needed to communicate (6) 6, they would find a (7) 7 language, which would probably be English.
Five of the largest (8) 8—CBS, NBC, ABC, the BBC, and the CBC—reach a potential (9) 9 of about 300 million people through English broadcast. It is (10) 10 the language of satellite TV.
Computers (11) 11 to each other mostly in English. (12) 12 than ten percent of all the information (13) 13 in the more than 100 million computers around the world is (14) 14 English.
85 percent of (15) 15 telephone conversations are conducted in English, (16) 16 are three-fourths of the world's mail, telexes, and cables. Computer (17) 17 instructions and the software (18) 18 are often supplied (19) 19 in English.
German was once the language of science. Today more than 20 percent of all scientific papers are published (20) 20 in English.
1.A、talkingB、dialogueC、speakingD、communication
2.A、wasB、areC、isD、were
3.A、leadersB、controllersC、directorsD、keepers
4.A、MaritimeB、AirC、LandD、Sea
5.A、andB、butC、evenD、as
6.A、verballyB、orallyC、immediatelyD、seriously
7.A、newB、friendlyC、freshD、common
8.A、castersB、TV stationsC、statesD、broadcasters
9.A、audienceB、viewerC、watcherD、crowd
10.A、notB、alsoC、howeverD、neither
11.A、speakB、sayC、readD、talk
12.A、OtherB、MoreC、NoD、Less
13.A、hiddenB、storedC、keptD、existed
14.A、inB、byC、withD、to
15.A、worldB、continentalC、internationalD、multinational
16.A、alsoB、onlyC、asD、so
17.A、programB、teachingC、classD、lesson
18.A、itB、itselfC、it selfD、its self
19.A、onlyB、mainlyC、roughlyD、simply
20.A、aboveB、mainlyC、firstD、generally