AboutonehundredyearsagomanyeducatedpeoplespokeFrenchwhentheymetpeoplefromothercountries.TodaymostpeoplespeakEnglishwhentheymeetforeigners.Ithasbecomethenewinternationallanguage.TherearemorepeoplewhospeakEnglishasasecondlanguagethanpeoplewhospeakEnglishasafirstlanguage.Why?

 TherearemanyreasonswhyEnglishhasbecomesopopular.OneofthemisthatEnglishhasbecomethelanguageofbusiness.AnotherimportantreasonisthatpopularAmericanculture，likemovies，music，andMcDonald'shasquicklyspreadthroughouttheworld.Ithasbroughtitslanguagewithit.

 IsitgoodthatEnglishhasspreadtoallpartsoftheworldsoquickly?Idon'tknow.It'simportanttohavealanguagethateveryonehasincommon.Ourworldhasbecomeglobal(全球化的)andweneedtocommunicatewithoneanother.OntheotherhandEnglishissuchahardlanguagetolearnanditbringsitsculturewithit.Dowereallyneedthat?

 Scientistshavealreadytriedtomakeanartificial(人造的)languagethatisn'ttoodifficultandisn'tfromanyonegroup'sculture.ItiscalledEsperanto.Butithasn'tbecomepopular.Maybethepopularity(普及，流行)ofEnglishwon'tlastthatlong，either.Whoknows?TherearemorepeopleintheworldwhospeakChinesethananyotherlanguage.MaybesomedayChinesewillbethenewinternationallanguage.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

( )1.Whatlanguagedidmanyeducated peoplespeakaboutonehundredyearsago?

A.English. B.French.

C.Spanish. D.Esperanto.

( )2.HowmanyreasonsthatEnglishhasbecomesopopulararementionedin

thesecondparagraph？

A.Two. B.Three.

C.Four. D.Five.

( )3.WhatcanwegetfromParagraph3?

A.   ItisgoodthatEnglishhasspreadquickly.

B.   Englishismoreimportantthanotherlanguages.

C.   WemustuseEnglishtocommunicatebecauseEnglishhasbecomeglobal.

D.   Englishmaynotbecometheonlyinternationallanguagebecauseitishardforpeopletolearn.

( )4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.   TherearemorepeoplespeakingEnglishasasecondlanguageintheworld.

B.   Americanculturehasagreateffectonthepopula