You are mistaken if you think all Chinese people speak in the same way. Have you ever seen

问题补充：

You are mistaken if you think all Chinese people speak in the same way. Have you ever seen a person from Shanghai try talking to 1 from Guangzhou? It is quite likely 2 both of them may feel puzzled! The Chinese language, 3 a whole, uses the same set of characters, but even the same characters can have 4 pronunciations. That is 5 it is difficult for people to understand each other. Luckily, the widespread use of Putonghua in China has made a great contribution 6 people’s communication, though people from different areas tend to speak with various accents.

People in Northern Europe are much luckier. Even though people from Sweden, Denmark and Norway have their own official languages, it is very convenient for them to communicate with one another. Do you know 7? That is because their languages are quite similar, though not 8 small distinctions. Thus, they can communicate easily in their mother tongues.someone/somebody/one

答案：

(答案→)someone/somebody/one

解析：

【小题1】意为某个人，表泛指

【小题2】it is likely that 句型

【小题3】固定短语as a whole 总的来说，总体而言

【小题4】上下文理解，即使是相同的字也可能有不同的发音。

【小题5】上下文理解，这是对上面问题的回答，

【小题6】make a contribution to 固定短语 意为对……做贡献

【小题7】根据后面的that is because.可知，此处问的是原因

【小题8】意为尽管有区别 not without意为肯定，此处指的是尽管有区别，但是他们的语言还是相似的。