VI.閱讀測驗(18%) Workingor traveling in another country can often be difficult when onecannot speak the

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VI.閱讀測驗(18%) Workingor traveling in another country can often be difficult when onecannot speak the language. English is often thought of as thelanguage of international communication, however only ten percent ofthe world’s population canspeak English. What if everyone could speak a common language? Therewould certainly be fewer misunderstandings. These were the thoughtsof Dr. Ludovic Lazar Zamenhof, who, in 1887, invented a languagecalled Esperanto that he hoped would be spoken by everyone. Dr.Zamenhof lived in Bialystok, a town in Poland where several differentlanguages were spoken. He grew up hearing Polish, Russian, German,and Yiddish being spoken and was eventually fluent in ten languages.Zamenhof felt that an inability to communicate caused tension betweenthe different national groups in his hometown. He did not want peopleto stop speaking in their native tongues, so he decided to create alanguage that he hoped everyonecould speak as a second language. It used parts of European languagesand its name－Esperanto－meant“one who hopes,” Atfirst, Esperanto was quite popular and in the 1920s it was suggestedthat the League of Nations(which was the first internationalorganization)should use it. France, however, objected as they thoughtthat French should be the language of international relations. In the1930s and 40s, Esperanto began to suffer. The Russian leader JosefStalin called it “thelanguage of spies” and theGerman leader Adolf Hitler was suspicious of those who spoke thelanguage. Esperanto speakers in Russia and Germany were imprisonedand killed. Even in the U.S., people who spoke Esperanto weresuspected of being Russian spies. Despitethese problems, Esperanto has continued to grow. At present, it isthought that there are around two million Esperanto speakers. Inorder to promote contact among Esperanto speakers, The UniversalEsperanto Association(UEA) was founded. It is by far the largestinternational organization promoting the use of Esperanto. Every yearEsperanto speakers from around the world gather for the UEA’sUniversal Congress of Esperanto. The Congress, which takes place in adifferent country each year, includes theater performances, lectures,and sightseeing all in Esperanto.
48. The passage is mainly about ____ .
(A) why Esperanto is still a popular language spoken worldwide
(B) how Esperanto was created
(C) the promotion of Esperanto
(D) the rise and fall of Esperanto

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