阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，共40分）
(A)
There are thousands of different languages in the world .Everyone seems to think his native language is the most important one , as it is their first language. For many people it is even their only language all their lives. But English is the world’s most widely used language.
As a native language, English is spoken by nearly 300 million people in the United States, England, Australia and some other countries.
For people in India and many other countries, English is often necessary for business, education and other activities. So English is the second language there.
As a foreign language, no other language is more widely studied or used than English. We use it to listen to the radio, to read books or to travel. It is also one of the working languages in the United Nations and is more used than the others,
There are           different languages in the world.

A．two	B．three
C．hundreds of	D．thousands of

The native language is a person’s           language.

A．first

B．only

C．one

D．foreign

People in           use English as their second language.

A．England	B．India
C．the United States	D．Australia

People in China use English as a           language.

A．first

B．second

C．foreign

D．native

English is           used working language in the United Nations.

A．much	B．more
C．the more	D．the most