(单选题)

The author thinks it would be a bad thing if ______.

A.English is spoken by fewer people in the 21st century

B.foreign languages become less important in the 21st century

C.English is not as important as foreign languages in the 21st century

D.foreign languages are regarded as less important in the 21st century

参考答案：D

参考解析：

细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句“I don’t think foreign languages will really become less important, but they might be perceived to be — and that would in the end be a very bad thing.”可知，人们认为外语不重要才是一件糟糕的事情。故选D。

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