The Future of Chinese
Do you know that one fifth of the planet speaks Chinese？About 873million people speak ①it at home in China，people in Singapore，Malaysia and some other Asian countries also speak Chinese．②That makes Chinese the most widely used first languages in the world．
③ in，Chinese，schoolchildren，UK，the，are，USA，and，learning （．） In the future，people will speak Chinese as an international language because China is becoming a very important country in the world．④Many foreigners visit China，and many countries trade China． China is a world leader，and so many people will learn Chinese and speak Chinese as an international language．
66．写出文中①处画线代词的所指内容．
67．将文中②处画线句子翻译成汉语．
68．将文中③处画线内容连词成句．（标点符号已在括号内给出）
69．文中④处画线句子有一处错误，改正、将正确的句子抄写在横线上．
70．Why does the writer think Chinese will be an international language？ ．
Detective stories（53） （be）popular since Conan Doyle wrote his famous stories about great detective Sherlock Holmes．Readers read this kind of stories mainly for pleasure．
In a story，a man was murdered．Who did it and why？Mr. X hated the dead person and wanted to kill him，but had no chance．He was somewhere else when the murder took place．Mr. Y could do it easily，but seemed（54） （have）no reason to do it．Mr. Z had got all the dead man's money，so he had reason for（55） （kill）him．Was X，Y，or Z the murder？Or was it somebody else？In the end the detective will find out the answers to all the questions，and the story will not end until the mystery（56） （solve）．
The ending is always unexpected．The criminal turns not to be that nice Mr. C，who you（57）______（think）would never hurt an ant! At end of the story，all the clues become clear and you（58） （say），"Oh yes，of course，it is the truth．"
Is there any （possible）that we will see you this Friday．
Once a week my business suit is （smooth） ironed．
My grandfather showed an interest in Beijing opera in his （fifty ）．
How shall we travel？By train or by plane？
Let's go by train，It's （cheap）．