問題詳情
The urge that drives those salarymen in Tokyo to pass up karaoke on a Friday night is increasinglycommon. In the past, when people set out to improve themselves by learning another language, those thatdid not already speak it usually 13 English. But 14 English may be the only truly internationallanguage, millions of tongues are wagging over what is rapidly becoming the world’s other lingua franca:Mandarin. Seen as a key skill for people hitching their futures to China’s economic rise, Mandarin isbecoming common 15 , particularly in Asia where trade ties with the Middle Kingdom are supplanting thoseof the region’s longtime primary partner, the US. Indeed, because English is spoken so universally, it no longeroffers companies and employees the 16 it once did, according to a recent report by British linguist DavidGaddol. He 17 , “In many Asian countries, in Europe and the USA, Mandarin has emerged as the newmust-have language.” If you want to get ahead, learn Mandarin.
【題組】13
(A) ordered
(B) offered
(C) picked
(D) pinned
參考答案
答案：C
難度：困難0.222222
統計：A(0),B(1),C(2),D(4),E(0)