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- Last year I had a wonderful time at a summer camp in Britain.
- The USA, the United Kingdom and New Zealand are all English speaking countries.
- Australians are native speakers of English because they use it as their mother tongue.
- The USA is in the mid-north of America.
- Usually, people from different parts of a country speak their language with different accents.
- English is an official language in countries like India, Malaysia and Singapore.
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Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominant language of international communication. English as we know it today emerged around 1350, after having incorporated many elements of French that were introduced following the Norman invasion of 1030. Until the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not extended even as far as Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. However, during the course of the next two centuries, English began to spread around the globe as a result of exploration, trade (including slave trade), colonization, and missionary work. Thus, small enclaves of English speakers became established and grew in various parts of the world. As these communities proliferated, English gradually became the primary language of international business, banking, and diplomacy.
Currently, about 80 percent of the information stored on computer systems worldwide is in English. Two-thirds of the world's science writing is in English, and English is the main language of technology, advertising, media, international airports, and air traffic controllers. Today there are more than 700 million English users in the world, and over half of these are non-native speakers, constituting the largest number of non-native users than any other language in the world.
1. What is the main topic of this passage?
A. The number of non-native users of English
B. The French influence on the English language
C. The expansion of English as an international language
D. The use of English for science and technology
2. Approximately when did English begin to be used beyond England? A. In 1066
B. Around 1350
C. Before 1600
D. After the 1600s
3. According to the passage, all of the following contributed to the spread of English around the world EXCEPT ________.
A. the slave trade
B. the Norman invasion
C. missionaries
D. colonization
4. The word "enclaves" in line 10 could best be replaced by which of the following?
A. communities
B. organizations
C. regions
D. countries
5. The word "proliferated" in line 11 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. prospered
B. organized
C. disbanded
D. expanded
1. A kilt, a type of man skirt, the national dress of Scotland, is mostly worn on formal occasions.
2. I’m told that I speak English with a Vietnamese accent.
3. What is the difference between county and province and prefecture and state.
4. This grammar book is aimed at learners of English rather than native speakers.
5. The Story of the loch Ness Monster has attracted many tourists to the lake.
6. In Australia, a cattle station is a large farm whose main activity is the raising of cattle.
7. The students were silent when the teacher suddenly asked a puzzling question.
8. English is the most common official language, with recognized status in 51 countries.
9. The Sydney Opera House is a icon of Australia and one of the world’s most recognizable buildings.
10. Mother tongue usually refers to the language that a person learned as a child at home.
1. A(n) ___kilt____, a type of man skirt, the national dress of Scotland, is mostly worn on formal occasions.
2. I’m told that I speak English with a Vietnamese ____accent_____.
3. What is the difference between county and province and prefecture and ____state____.
4. This grammar book is aimed at learners of English rather than ____native speakers_____.
5. The Story of the ___loch____ Ness Monster has attracted many tourists to the lake.
6. In Australia, a ____cattle station_____ is a large farm whose main activity is the raising of cattle.
7. The students were silent when the teacher suddenly asked a ____ puzzling_____ question.
8. English is the most common ____language____ , with recognized status in 51 countries.
9. The Sydney Opera House is a(n) ____icon____ of Australia and one of the world’s most recognizable buildings.
10. ____mother tongue_____ usually refers to the language that a person learned as a child at home.