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 (2011·湖南怀化)世界上使用人数最多和使用范围最广的语言分别是(   ) A.英语和阿拉伯语            B.汉语和西班牙语 C.汉语和英语                D.俄语和英语 答案：【解析】选C。世界上使用人数最多和使用范围最广的语言分别是汉语和英语。 If you’ve done your last year of school but are not yet ready to settle down to life at university or college, why not think about taking a break and having a gap year? Over 200,000 people between the ages of 18 and 25 did this last year.【1】 You will become more confident and independent and learn to get on with all sorts of different people during the year, which will help you when you go to university or college. 【2】 Students who have had a gap year are more likely to be satisfied with their chosen courses and, therefore, are more likely to finish them.【3】 Doing voluntary work overseas is one of the most rewarding ways of spending your gap year. If you don’t want to work, there are plenty of other exciting educational possibilities to consider. How about studying art history in Italy? Perhaps you would like to take up acting and want to try a drama course in your gap year. 【4】 Maybe it has always been your dream to visit China, or India or even Australia.Of course, you don’t have to leave home. The key to a constructive gap year is to learn new skills and work out what you want to do with your life. You can do this just as easily in your own country as you can on the other side of the world. 【5】.A. There are many reasons to take a gap year.B. The universities actively encourage gap year.C. What are the most common types of gap year?D. Having a gap year can help gain relevant work experience and key skills.E. There are plenty of established volunteering project you can research online.F. Perhaps you would rather just fill your backpack and go off on an adventure.G. Employers will often ask you what you gained from the year, not where you went.