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职称英语综合类考试考前每日一练 阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择l个最佳答案，涂在答题卡相应的位置上。 The International Language: English There is no denying that English is a useful language. The people who speak English today make up the largest speech . 51 in the world with the exception of speakers of Mandarin Chinese. Originally they were small tribes of people living in northern Europe who left their homeland and 52 in England. Isolated in their island community, the various tribes used languages which became more and more similar to each other and less and less like the other languages of Europe. Eventually, the language had 53 uniformity to be used by all speakers in England. The people united into a speech community through their 54 language. In time, people moved from the small island to many parts of the 55 , taking their language with them and thus still remaining members of the English speech community 56 they settled. We may say that anyone who speaks English 57 to the English community. 58 convenience, we may 59the speakers into two groups: one in which the speakers use English as their native 60 , the other in which the speakers learn English as a second language for the purpose of education, commerce, and so on. In the 61 group we, obviously, would include England, Canada, the U. S. , Australia and New Zealand. Naturally, not all people in these countries speak English 62 , but a large majority 63 . In the latter group we would include, among many others, India, Denmark, Burma, Turkey, Ethiopia, and the Philippines. Not all these countries use English for the same purpose or 64 the same extent, but 65 uses English for important social and commerce activities. | 
