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　　Beforethe19thcenturythousandsoflanguageshavebeenmadetoachieveonedreambutonlyonemadeit.Peopleweretryingtofindawaytoendpeople’scommunicationtroubleandcreatepeacebetweeneachother.ThenonedayEsperanto(世界语)wentintopeople’seyes.Itwasthemostwidelyspokenman-madelanguageandLudwikZamenhofwasitscreator.Hespenthiswholelifeontheamazinglanguage.

　　ZamenhofwasbornonDecember151859inthetownofBiatystokwhichisnowpartofPoland.Heconsideredhisnativelanguagetobehisfather’sRussianbutalsohismother’sYiddish.AshegrewolderhespokemorePolishwhichlaterbecamethenativelanguageofhischildren.HisfatherwasateacherofGermanandhealsospokethatlanguageoften.LaterhelearnedFrenchLatinGreekHebrewandEnglishandhadaninterestinItalianSpanishandLithuanian.

　　ThepopulationofBiatystokwasmadeupofthreegroups:PolesGermansandBelarusians.Therewereoftenquarrelsamongthesegroups.Zamenhofwasfrustratedbythemanyquarrels.Hesupposedthatthemainreasonforthiswasthemisunderstandingbecausetherewasnoonecommonlanguage.Thenhebegantocreateanewlanguageandhopeditwouldrealizetheidealofpeaceandunderstanding.Duringhismiddleschooldaysaftercomparingwithmanylanguageshehadknownhecreatedauniversal(通用的)language.AfteryearsofhardworkhefinallycreatedEsperanto.

　　LudwikZamenhofdiedonApril141917andwasburiedintheJewishCemeteryonOkopowaStreetinWarsaw.

　　( )1.Zamenhof’sfather’snativelanguagewas　.

　　 A.Russian B.English C.Yiddish D.Polish

　　( )2.AccordingtothepassageZamenhofcouldspeak　languagesatleast.

　　 A.11 B.13 C.15 D.17

　　( )3.WhydidZamenhofinventEsperanto?

　　 A.Becausehecouldspeakmanykindsoflanguages.

　　 B.Becausehisparentsspokedifferentlanguages.

　　 C.Becausehewasinterestedinlearninglanguages.

　　 D.Becausehewantedtofindawaytoendpeople’scommunicationtrouble.

　　( )4.WhichisTRUEaboutEsperanto?

　　 A.Itwasoneofthelanguageshisfathertaught.