The decline of her health ________ ________ ________ ________.

5. 据预测，通货膨胀率将继续下降。

________ ________ ________ ________ inflation rate would continue to fall.

6. 在艾丽斯不在的时候，一位新经理被任命了。

A new manager was appointed ________ ________ ________.

7. 苏珊把信叠好，装进了一个信封。

Susan ________ ________ ________ and put it in an envelope.

8. 迈克已经在音乐考试中获得了最高等级。

Mike ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ in his music exams.

9. 这个年轻人报告警察说有些钱不见了。

This young man ________ ________ ________ ________ some money was missing.

V. 用所学词汇和语法等知识完成下面短文。

The future of English

　　Ever since the invention of the first telegraph at the end of 19th century, English 1. ________ (spread) around the world. It has a powerful influence 2. ________ the media and the Internet and has turned the world 3. ________ a "global village" 4. ________ people from different countries often talk to each other in English.

More people now speak English as a second language across the world 5. ________ as a native language. It is predicted that 1.3 billion people 6. ________ (use) English as either a first or a second language by 2050. But what will that form of