There are thousands of different languages in the world. Everyone seems to think that his

native (本国的) language is the most important one, as it is their first language. For many people it is even their only language all their lives. But English is the world's most widely used language.

As a native language, English is spoken by nearly three hundred million people: in the U. S. , Eng land, Australia and some other countries.

For people in India and many other countries, English is often necessary for business, education, information and other activities. So English is the second language there.

As a foreign language, no other language is more widely studied or used than English. We use it to listen to the radio, to read books or to travel. It is also one of the working languages in the United Nations and is more used than the others.

The native language is a person's ______ language.

A．first

B．only

C．one

D．foreign