【正文】 Before the 17th century, most of the native English speakers lived in England. After the 17th century, British people began to move to other ___66___ (country). Gradually, English was spoken there. At present ___67___ (many) people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before. ___68___ (luck), native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.English ___69___ (change) and developed when cultures met and municated with each other over the past centuries. The English ___70___ (speak) in England between about AD450 and 1150 was very different ___71___ the modern English we speak today. It was the new settlers that enriched the English language and ___72___ (especial) its vocabulary. The English language was settled by the 19th century ___73___ two big changes in English spelling happened. English now is also spoken as a foreign ___74___second language in South Asia. China may have the ___75___ (large) number of English learners.66.【答案】countries【解析】考查名詞。country是可數(shù)名詞，此處由other修飾用復(fù)數(shù)形式，指其他的國家。故填countries.67. 【答案】more【解析】考查比較級。根據(jù)句中的than ever before可知含有和以前比較的意思，要用比較級表示更多的人，故填more.68. 【答案】Luckily【解析】考查副詞。此處單獨(dú)使用作狀語要用副詞形式，指“幸運(yùn)的是”，故填Luckily.69. 【答案】has changed【解析】考查時態(tài)。根據(jù)句意和時間狀語over the past centuries可知與現(xiàn)在完成時連用，主語是單數(shù)，故填has changed.70. 【答案】spoken【解析】考查過去分詞。English和動詞speak是被動關(guān)系，此處是過去分詞作定語，故填spoken.71. 【答案】from【解析】考查固定短語。be different from“和…不同”，是固定短語。故填from.72. 【答案】especially【解析】考查副詞。especial是形容詞“特殊的，特別的”； especially是副詞“尤其，特別”。此處指新的定居者豐富了英語，尤其是它的詞匯。表示“尤其，特別”，故填especially.73. 【答案】when【解析】考查連詞。此處引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句，表示“當(dāng)…時候”，從句時態(tài)是過去時，故填when.74. 【答案】or【解析】考查連詞。此處表示選擇，指作為第一語言或第二語言被說，故填or.75. 【答案】largest【解析】考查形容詞最高級。因?yàn)橹袊丝谧疃嗨哉f英語的人也最多，此處由the修飾用I had just visited my best friend in hospital with my mum,___41___hadn’t seen my friend since she’d gone into hospital six months earlier.I knew where she was ing from as she was___42___(grave)ill, but as I’d been visiting her every week I had stopped seeing the obvious。 my friend___43___(lose)most of her body weight and her hair was falling out, it wasn’t looking good.After the visit I took my mum to the station____44____(see) her off on her train。 the mood was understandably bleak but I stayed positive as well you do, don’t you? I went to get ___45___ (we) some coffee and my mum some food for the journey. I misread the amount of my purchase and didn’t have enough money.___46___some reason, this was the straw that broke the came’s back。 I burst into uncontrollable___47___(tear)as a massive queue was gathering behind me. A woman came up to me and offered to pay, putting an arm round my shoulder, no questions___48___(ask).I could barely say thank you through the confusion and the flood of emotion that was pumping through me ___49___ running off in embarrassment. After posing myself I ran round the station ___50___(try)to find this kind lady to thank her properly but never did.【答案】41. who 42. gravely 43. had lost 44. to see 45. Us 46. For 47. Tears 48. asked 49. before 50. tryingBill Gates has said China is the best place for _____41_____ young to fulfill their ambitions to make the world a better place. In a lecture to Peking University students, he described the skepticism(懷疑論) in some developed countries about _____42_____ globalization works for ordinary people. He said the results of the US presidential election and the Brexit (英國脫歐) vote showed how any country may turn inward when _____43_____ (face) with difficult issues like immigration, security and global development.In a world suddenly short of experienced leaders, Gates praised China for shouldering _____44_____ (great) responsibility for significant global issues like climate change and inclusive development. Gates told hundreds of students _____45_____ (attend) the lecture of his high hopes for China39。s youth, for they enter the work force at the time of China39。s rise _____46_____ a center of global progress and innovation(創(chuàng)新).“The world39。s eyes are on China, _____47_____ (specific) on all of you. What an incredible thing is the belief _____48_____ you can make the world a better place. Now it is the best moment that you _____49_____ (have),” he said. “No matter what, if your ambition is to improve the world, this is the best time and the best place _____50_____ (struggle) for it.”【答案】41. the 42. whether 43. faced 44. greater 45. attending 46. as 47. specifically 48. that 49. have had 50. to struggleIt happened in a holiday when I was 18 years old. I ___36___ (be) to fly to Brussels. I set my alarm ___37___ (get) up early. There was one problem: I had never used an alarm before. I was uncertain whether the button on the top had to be up or down. I got little sleep as I worried about it all night.I ___38___ (obvious) had made the wrong ___39___ (choose) b