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More than 3,000 languages are spoken in the world. Of all these languages,
English is   1   used.
When it is used, the English language has also   2   many new words from
other languages. For example, Americans borrowed "cookbook" from   3  .They
also borrowed "tofu" and "kowtow" from Chinese.
As we know, there are   4   between western culture and Chinese culture.
We can learn about those by comparing how certain words are used. For
example, "you are a lucky dog"   5   you are a lucky person.   6   a person who is
ill, they say, "sick as a dog". On   7   hand, Chinese people love cats very much.
But in western culture, ".cat" is sometimes used to describe a woman   8   is
cruel. The rose is   9   a symbol of love in both China and some western
countries. People think the rose  10   love, peace, courage and friendship.
China, a country  11  the largest population in the world, has encouraged
more people to learn English.   12  the 1990s, English learning has been very
   13  with Chinese people. Many of them have done well in English and have
made great progress in  14   it.
Now, students are required to learn English, and the study of English is
regarded as a very important industry in China  15   in the rest of the world. The
English language has played an important part in our lives.
(     )1. A. more widely
(     )2. A. taken back
(     )3. A. German
(     )4. A. difference
(     )5. A. to mean
(     )6. A. Describe
(     )7. A. other
(     )8. A. which
(     )9. A. supposed
(     )10. A. stands for
(     )11. A. have
(     )12. A. In
(     )13. A. interested
(     )14. A. spoken
(     )15. A. as well as

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