More and more people all over the world are learning English now. The world's understanding of English seems to be getting better, according to an education report about English learning. The report ranks English language levels in 63 countries into five classes. They are: "very high level, high, moderate, low and very low."

The report says Denmark is the top country for English as a foreign language. Poland and Austria have joined Denmark and other northern European countries with the "very high levels ". Malaysia and Singapore are the best in Asia with "high levels " in English. Joining them is Argentina, the only Latin American country to belong to "high level." English levels in the rest of Latin America are still low.

In Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, they still pay too much attention to grammar and vocabulary, but not so much to the speaking skills. These countries have spent a lot of time and money on English education. But they have not improved in English since 2007. English language level has actually fallen in many countries in the Middle East and North Africa, partly because of wars in the area.

The report says that 1.75 billion people are speaking English today. They think that the number can grow to two billion by 2020 -- about one-fourth of the world's population.

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1.What does the underlined word “moderate” mean?

A 高级的

B 中等的

C 低级的

D 合适的

解析：选B。B 词义猜测题。根据文章第一段的“The report numbers English language levels in 63 countries into five classes. They are: "very high level, high, moderate, low and very low."”，可知分为五类，从高到低，该词排在中间，故答案为B。

2.Which country’s English is the best as a foreign language?

A Denmark.

B Poland

C Singapore

D Argentina

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据文章第二段的“The report says Denmark is the top country for English as a foreign language.”，可知答案为A。

3.Argentina is a county in ___________.

A Europe

B Asia

C Latin America

D Africa

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第二段的“Joining them is Argentina, the only Latin American country to belong to "high level.”可知，答案为C。

4.Which is wrong about English learning in Hong Kong?

A They do too much on grammar and vocabulary.

B They have spent much time and money learning English.

C They haven’t improved in English since 2007.

D They have done even worse in English learning.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据文章第三段的内容可知，在韩国、香港等地，人们过分注重语法和词汇，在学英语上也花费了很多钱和时间，但自从2007年以来并没有提高，故A、B、C三项都正确，水平下降的是中东非和北非，而不是香港。故答案为D。

5.What is the world's population according to the passage?

A 1.75 billion.

B 2 billion.

C 4 billion.

D 8 billion.

解析：选D。D 数字计算题。从最后一段的内容可知，到2020年会有20亿人学英语，这是世界人口的四分之一，因此推算出世界人口是80亿。故答案为D。