2020-2021 学年高一英语重点词汇测试卷 Languages around the world 一、完形填空(共 20 分) (本题 20 分) Mastery of a language is one of the greatest 1 that one can ever have. Many people have a passion (激情) for learning languages. Human language evolve (进化) from hand gestures and other signs that people used to 2 with each other. Ancient people started with drawing 3 about what they wanted to say, which later on evolved into some languages, after which many other dialects (方言) have come into 4 . With over 2,700 different languages and 7,000 dialects 5 all over the world, the world has many different cultures that 6 speak their native dialects. One such 7 that is even older than the holy book Quran (the finest work in classical Arabic 8 ) is Arabic. It is known to be one of the most 9 spoken languages, as over 300 million people speak in this tongue. In case you want to learn it, then there are many Arabic translation services that 10 people how to actually speak the language. This language alone has hundreds of different dialects that are used by people depending on what 11 they are at. It is 12 that people who speak 13 languages find it difficult to communicate with each other because of the difference in dialect; 14 , just like every other language, this language also has a standard language which is used in broadcasts, newspapers, magazines and even in 15 that teach Arabic as their second language. So if you want to 16 what a person who has a different Arabic dialect is trying to say, you would need the 17 of Arabic translation services. As mentioned earlier, they teach this language; however, you need to have enough time to learn it 18 it is also known to be on...