CHOOSE A, B, C OR D TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE.THERE ARE AT...

23. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following passage.

There are at least 2,000 different languages in the world. Of all these languages, English is the most (1)

……….used. It is used by business people, airline pilots and sea captains all over the world. It is also the

first language (2)………sports and science. So it is very (3)………….to learn English.

Chinese is also an important language because it has the (4)………numbers of speakers. There are not

only one billion people living in China today, but also many Chinese people (5)………outside China.

Chinese is widely (6)………..in many parts of Asia and Africa. Russian is spoken in both Europe and Asia.

French is widely (7)………in Europe and in parts of Canada, Africa and Asia.

From more than 2,000 languages, the United Nations has (8)………six of them for business. They are

Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.