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 communicated 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】考查名词。country是可数名词，此处由other修饰用复数形式，指其他的国家。故填c
ountries.
67. 【答案】more
【解析】考查比较级。根据句中的than ever before可知含有和以前比较的意思，要用比较级表示更多的人，故填more.
68. 【答案】Luckily
【解析】考查副词。此处单独使用作状语要用副词形式，指“幸运的是”，故填Luckily.
69. 【答案】has changed
【解析】考查时态。根据句意和时间状语over the past centuries可知与现在完成时连用，主语是单数，故填has changed.
70. 【答案】spoken
【解析】考查过去分词。English和动词speak是被动关系，此处是过去分词作定语，故填spoken.
71. 【答案】from
【解析】考查固定短语。be different from“和…不同”，是固定短语。故填from.
72. 【答案】especially
【解析】考查副词。especial是形容词“特殊的，特别的”； especially是副词“尤其，特别”。此处指新的定居者丰富了英语，尤其是它的词汇。表示“尤其，特别”，故填especially.
73. 【答案】when
【解析】考查连词。此处引导时间状语从句，表示“当…时候”，从句时态是过去时，故填when.
74. 【答案】or
【解析】考查连词。此处表示选择，指作为第一语言或第二语言被说，故填or.
75. 【答案】largest
weight的最高级【解析】考查形容词最高级。因为中国人口最多所以说英语的人也最多，此处由the修饰用
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 coming 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 composing 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. trying
Bill 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(怀疑论) in some developed countries about _____42_____ globalization works for ordinary people. He said the results of the US presidential election and the Brexit (英国脱欧) 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 in
clusive development. Gates told hundreds of students _____45_____ (attend) the lecture of his high hopes for China's youth, for they enter the work force at the time of China's rise _____46_____ a center of global progress and innovation(创新).
“The world'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   

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