Question 9 is based on the conversation you have just heard.

W: Hi Leo, why do you say English would become the world language?

M: Well. For one thing, it’s so commonly used. (9)The only language that is used by more people is Chinese.

W: Why is English spoken by so many people?

M: (10)It’s spoken in many countries of the world because of the British empire. And now of course is the influence of America as well.

W: Many students find English a difficult language to learn.

M: Oh, all languages are difficult to learn. (11) But English does have two greatest advantages.

W: What are they?

M: (11) Well, first of all, it has a very international vocabulary. It has many German, Dutch, French, Spanish and Italian words in it. So speakers of those languages will find many familiar words in English. In fact, English has words for many other languages as well.

W: Why is that?

M: Well, partly because English speakers have travelled a lot, they bring back words with them. So English really does have an international vocabulary.

W: And what is the other advantage of English?

M: (11) It’s that English grammar is really quite easy. For example, it doesn’t have dozens of different endings for its nouns, adjectives and verbs, not like Latin, Russian and German for example.

W: Why is that?

M: Well, it’s quite interesting actually. It’s because of the French. When the French ruled England, French was the official language, and only the common people spoke English. They tried to make their language as simple as possible. So they made the grammar easier.

(9 ) What does the man say about Chinese?

解析:虽然女士的第一句话提到的是英语，选项中除了D项中“it”指代的有可能是英语，其他三项都不是，若问题问到的是英语，则D项是正确答案，所以这里在听原文作出标记后，需要确认问题问的是英语还是其它。而男士的下面一句话是the only language that is used by more people is Chinese 对应了A项more than English的表达。A项和D项都有可能成为最终答案，最终听问题问的是Chinese，故答案选A。