A quarter of the world's population now speaks English. If you want to1_______ your products, or yourself, you have no choice 2_______ to do it in English. Politicians and business people must speak English if they want to make their mark 3_______ the world's stage. Writers of minority languages can 4_______ hope to sell their books unless they write in English.
As English is spoken all over the world, it means that no individual country can really exercise a 5_______ influence over it. In the past, it was the mother tongue 6_______ who controlled the future of the language. Now, indeed for the last few decades, the mother tongue users are in a significant 7_______.
This means that the character of the language could well 8_______ with new words, new rhythms, and new pronunciations. It isn't going to be British and American English anymore-that's 9_______ All over the world education authorities are struggling to find the resources to meet the 10_______ for English.
However, it is open to question whether they are putting all their eggs in one 11_______ . The future of English language is intimately 12_______ the electronic revolution. Satellite television and the Internet have helped accelerate the 13_______ of English, but will that always be the case?
The Internets 14_______ is now seen as the saviour of minority languages. Indeed, with the continuing improvements in electronic translation. will we even need a(n) 15_______ language?It is open to question.
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A、asa result
B、asarule
C、in addition
D、in fact
【正确答案】：D
【题目解析】：译文：事实上，如今网络被看作是小语种的纪念物。asa result指"结果",as a rule指“作为规定"；in addition指“另外”；infact指“事实上”；根据句意，上段与此段之间的语气产生了转折。答案为D。
