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A．The number of people relying on their mother tongue will drop．
B．The percentage of native speakers of English will increase．
C．People will choose Chinese rather than English．
D．People may use two or more languages．

参考答案D

解析:According to David Grattle, a British language expert, the idea that English will become the world language isout-dated.(20) And people are more likely to switch between two or more languages for routine communication inthe future.The share of the world's population that speaks English as a native language is falling.Instead, Englishwill play a growing role as a second language.A population speaking more than one language is already the case inmuch of the world and is becoming more common in the United States.Indeed, the Census Bureau reported lastyear that nearly one American in five speaks a language other than English at home, with Spanish taldng the lead,followed by Chinese.Grattle works for British cousulfing and publishing business.He anticipates a world with theshare of people Who are native English speakers slips from 9% in the mid 1990s to 5% in 2050.
Grattle says, "Up until 1995, English was the second most common native tongue in the world, trailingonly Chinese.By 2050, Chinese will continue its predominance with Hindi Woodoo of India and Arabicclimbing past English and Spanish nearly equal to it." In contrast, an American language expert, DavidHarrison noted that the global share of English is much larger if you count second language speakers, and willcontinue to rise even as the proportion of native speakers declines.(21/22) Harrison disputed listing Arabic inthe top three languages because varieties of Arabic spoken in such countries as Egypt and Morocco aremutually incomprehensible.
What does David Grattie say about the use of languages for daily communication in the future?
D.【精解】文中提到，未来人们会在两种或更多语言中进行变换，换句话说，人们可能同时使用多种语言进行交流，故答案为D.

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