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Almost two in three Britons are unable to speak a language other than English, i. e. monolingual, which in effect, is the worst

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问题     Almost two in three Britons are unable to speak a language other than English, i. e. monolingual, which in effect, is the worst record in Europe, according to a study done by the European Commission. At the same time, there is an average of 44％ across the European Union (EU) and just 1％ in Luxembourg.
    The study also proved that English is the most widely spoken language throughout Europe, with 51％ of EU citizens able to hold a conversation in English, including 13％ for whom it is their mother tongue.
    The report warned that there is a growing divide between multilingual and monolingual Europeans. " A multilingual European is likely to be young, well-educated or still studying, born in a country other than the country of residence, and a person who uses foreign languages for professional reasons and is interested in learning," the report concluded. "As a result, it seems that a large part of European society is not enjoying the advantages of multilingualism. "
    Tamzin Caffrey, one of the researchers, said Britons could lose out because of laziness. She said, " There is sometimes a very self-important view that people from other countries will learn to speak English, so we don’t need to bother to learn to speak their languages. Britons are missing out on a wonderful chance to go to other countries on holiday or on business because they don’t speak their language. "
    Ms Lemmens, 42, who has lived in the UK for five years, says, " I started Latin as my first foreign language at age 10, English as my second and French as my third. Learning a language is really a life-changing experience. It enables you to experience different cultures and it opens the world up to you. "
The underlined word "monolingual" (Para. 1) means people who could________.
选项 A、speak only one language
B、master two languages
C、speak a variety of languages
D、not speak at all
答案A
解析 根据第一段第一句“Almost two in three Britons are unable to speak a language other than English, i. e. monolingual…”可知，几乎三分之二的英国人不会说除英语以外的其他语言，即只会说英语这一种语言(i. e. 是拉丁文id est的缩写，意为“也就是，亦即”)。由此可推知，monolingual意为“单语的，只用一种语言的”，与A项(只说一种语言)意思最为接近。故选A。
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