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| How many different languages are spoken in the world today? There are about 5,000 different languages. Nearly 900 languages are spoken in India. Chinese is the language spoken by the most number of people in the world. But the most widely spoken language in the world is English. Three hundred and thirty million people speak English as the first language. Nearly twice as many-about 650 million people-speak it as second or foreign language. How many words are there in the English language? There are about 490,000 words. Also, there are about 300, 000 words used in science. There are more words in English than many other languages. But most people use no more than 60, 000 words. |
| 1. The kinds of languages spoken in India are _______. |
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| A. less than China B. the most C. more than China D. the least |
| 2. Which language is spoken by the most people? _______. |
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| A. Chinese B. English C. Indian D. Japanese |
| 3. Three hundred and thirty million means _______. |
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| A. 33,000,000 B. 330,000,000 C. 300,000 D. 3,000,000 |
| 4. How many English words are used often? _______. |
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| A. 190,000 B. 300,000 C. 60,000 D. 490,000 |
| 5. The topic (标题) maybe is _______. |
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| A. The languages in the world B. The words in the world C. English language D. The English and Chinese languages |