依次填入下列各句横线处的词语，最恰当的一组是     （    ）
①世界级网球名将桑普拉斯在ATP总决赛冠军争夺战中，以3比0轻松地击败老对手阿加西，夺得冠军，这是他第五次         ATP。
②春节期间，漫步街头，只见不少大中型商厦为促销贴出这样的布告：凡在本店购货满200元者，本店将热忱        一份精美的礼品。
③正当海峡两岸人民“三通”呼声愈高时，台湾方面认为，与大陆谈判的时机并不成熟。本来可以深入的新一轮谈判因此而        了。
④艾滋病在全球呈蔓延趋势，成为人类的公害，这已是不容置疑的事实，         防止艾滋病的行动，远不是一个国家、一个地区的事情。

English Around the World

    There are more than 3,000 languages ____（speak）in the world. Of all these languages, English is the most ____(wide) used. Recent ____(survey) show that more than 500 million people speak English as their mother tongue.

    From its roots in England, the language was spread around the world ____English traders and English governments in new lands. One of these new lands ____(become) the United States of America. The population of the United States is 309 million,____ (make) it the country with the ____large) number of native English speakers.

    About 300 million people speak English as their second language. There are even more people, like some in Europe as well as in China and Japan,____ study English as a foreign language.

    English has become the base language for international business, for the world's airlines and even for the Internet. Whatever language people speak, they need  ____(know) some English if they work in these fields.____ is clear that the English language is becoming more important.