community 社区，团体，社会
1. Paragraph 2____
2. Paragraph 3____
3. Paragraph 4____
4. Paragraph 5____
A. The Wide Use of English
B. Historical Account of English and Its Community
C. The Advantages of Learning a Second Language
D. The Composition of the English Community
E. The Threat That English Poses to Other Languages
F. The Definition of a Speech Community
1 There is no denying 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. Originally they were small tribes of people from northern Europe who settled in England. Their languages became more and more similar to each other. Finally, the language had enough uniformity to be used by all speakers in England. The people were united into a speech community through their shared language.
2 A speech（言语） 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, 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.
be similar to… 与…相似
define　v.定义
definition　n.
1. Paragraph 2___F___
F. The Definition of a speech Community
3 We may say that any one who speaks English belongs to the English speech community. For convenience, we may classify 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.
convenience=simplicity
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convenient=simple 方便的
classify 分类
one, the other 一个…，另一个…
A. The Wide Use of English
B. Historical Account of English and Its Community
C. The Advantages of Learning a Second Language
D. The Composition of the English Community
composition　n. 组成
compose　v. 组成
be composed of 由…组成
2. Paragraph 3____D__
D. The Composition of the English Community
4 English serves as an alternative language in several areas of public activity for the many nations of the world which employ it as an international second language. English has been adopted as the language of air traffic, commerce, as well as international diplomacy. Moreover, English is the language of the majority of published materials in the world so that education has come to rely（依靠）heavily on an understanding of English.
A. The Wide Use of English
C. The Advantages of Learning a Second Language
alternative 可选择的
public activity 公共领域
be adopted 被引用，被使用
commerce →n. 商业
commercial adj. 商业的
diplomacy →外交
3. Paragraph 4____A__
A. The Wide Use of English
5 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 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.
extend　v. 拓展
vision　n. 视野
expand　v. 扩大，拓宽
mind　n.思维
advantage　n. 优势
4. Paragraph 5____C__
C. The Advantages of Learning a Second Language
5. Only through the shared language ___B___
A. that of a speech community
B. can a speech community be formed
C. in order to learn English better
D. for the sake of simplicity
E. has played an important role in the field of education
F. is widely used in several areas of public activity
Only+状语/介词短语，要倒装
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倒装：谓语+主语
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助动词
shared
5.B. can a speech community be formed
6. The idea of the national boundaries is often different from__A____
national boundary 国家限制
be different from +名词，代词
6.A. that of a speech community
The idea of the national boundaries is often different from the idea of a speech community.
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that
The population in China is larger than that of America.
7. Speakers are classified into two groups___D___
for the sake of　simplicity
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为了　convenience
D. for the sake of simplicity
C. in order to learn English better
8. An understanding of English___E___
E. has played an important role in the field of education
F. is widely used in several areas of public activity
play a…role 扮演…角色
field 领域
so that education has come to rely（依靠） heavily on an understanding of English.
答案：5－8 BADE