Thenumber of speakers of English in Shakespeare′s time is estima

Thenumber of speakers of English in Shakespeare′s time is estimated to have beenabout five million.Today it is estimated that some 260 million people speak itas a(an)21?language,mainlyin the United States,Canada,Great Britain,Ireland,South Africa,Australiaand New Zealand.In addition to the standard varieties of English found inthese areas,22?are a greatmany regional and social varieties of the language as well as?23?levels of usage that are employedboth in its spoken and written forms. In fact,it is?24?to estimate the numberof people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge ofEnglish in addition to their own languages.The?25?for English learningand the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that itis 26 to explain and still moredifficult to judge?27?forms an adequateworking knowledge for each situation. The main reason forthe widespread?28?for English is its present dayimportance as a world language.Besides 29 the indefinite needs of its nativespeakers,English is a language in which some of important works inscience,technology,and other?30 are beingproduced,and not always by native speakers.It is widely used for 31 purposes as meteorological(气象的)and airport communications,international conferences,and the?32?of information over the radio andtelevision networks of many?33.It is a language of widercommunication for a number of developing countries,specially former Britishcolonies.Many of these countries have multilingual?34.and need a language for internalcommunication in such matters as government,commerce,industry,,law and 35 as well as for internationalcommunication and for entrance to the scientific and techno-logicaldevelopments in the West. 第35题答案是（ ）
A、education
B、market
C、college
D、business
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：根据文章上下文，第35题所在的句子描述了英语在许多发展中国家被广泛用作交流的语言，特别是在前英国殖民地。这些国家有多语言的环境，需要一种语言用于内部交流，例如政府、商业、工业、法律和教育等领域，以及国际交流和接触西方的科学技术发展。因此，这里的“education”是指英语在这些国家的教育领域中的应用和重要性，是符合上下文语境的正确答案。 选项B“market”虽然也是商业领域的一部分，但在此处并不是最符合语境的答案，因为文章已经提到了商业领域，而教育领域是另一个重要的方面。 选项C“college”指的是大学或学院，虽然教育是大学的一部分，但此处需要的是一个更广泛的概念，而不仅仅是高等教育。 选项D“business”指的是商业或贸易，虽然这也是英语在商业领域的应用，但同样，此处需要的是一个更广泛的概念，而不仅仅是商业领域。 因此，综合考虑，选项A“education”是最符合文章语境和逻辑的正确答案。