Aboutonehundredyearsago?manyeducatedpeoplespokeFrenchwhentheymetpeoplefromothercountries.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'tlastthatlongeither.Whoknows?TherearemorepeopleintheworldwhospeakChinesethananyotherlanguage.MaybesomedayChinesewillbethenewinternationallanguage.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
( )1.Whatlanguagedidmanyeducated peoplespeakaboutonehundredyearsago?
A.English. B.French.
C.Spanish. D.Esperanto.
( )2.HowmanyreasonsthatEnglishhas becomesopopulararementionedin
thesecondparagraph？
A.Two. B.Three.
C.Four. D.Five.
( )3.WhatcanwegetfromParagraph3？
A. ItisgoodthatEnglishhasspreadquickly.
B. Englishismoreimportantthanotherlanguages.
C. WemustuseEnglishtocommunicatebecauseEnglishhasbecomeglobal.
D. Englishmaynotbecometheonlyinternationallanguagebecauseitishardforpeopletolearn.
( )4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?
A. TherearemorepeoplespeakingEnglishasasecondlanguageintheworld.
B. AmericanculturehasagreateffectonthepopularityofEng