English and English Community There is no denying that English is a useful language. The people who speak English today make up the【B1】______ speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of Chinese. Originally they were small tribes of people from northern Europe who【B2】______ in England. Their languages became more and more【B3】______ to each other. Finally, the language had enough uniformity to be used by all speakers in England. The people were united into a speech community through their shared language. Speech community is similar to other kinds of【B4】______ The people who make up the community share common language. Often they live side by side, as they do in a neighborhood, a village, or a city. More often they form a whole country. National boundaries, however, are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community. A speech community is any group of people who【B5】______ the same language no matter where they happen to live. We may say that anyone who speaks English【B6】______ to the English speech community. For convenience, we may classify the speakers into two groups: one in which the speakers use English as their native language, the other in which the speakers learn English as a second language for the【B7】______ of education, commerce, and so on. English serves as an alternative language in several areas of public activity for most nations in the world which employ it as an【B8】______ second language. English has been adopted as the language of air traffic, commerce, as well as international diplomacy. Moreover, English is the【B9】______ of the majority of published materials in the world so that education has come to rely【B10】______ on an understanding of English.A. international B. native C. speakD. belongs E. purpose F. languageG. communities H. settled I. similarJ. same K. heavily L. largest【B4】