Question

[Bacon Collest]

A. More than 400 million people speak English as their mother tongue. Another 400

million speak it as a second language. No one knows how many people speak it as a

foreign language. Chinese is the language with more speakers than English, but it is only

the language for more than one billion Chinese people. English is the official language on

one-fifth of the land area in the world. It is spoken in North America, Great Britain,

Australia, and New Zealand. In South Africa and India, it is one of the official languages.

In many countries, the textbooks in universities are written in English. More than three

fourths of the world's mails are composed in English. More than three-fifths of the radio

stations broadcast programs in English. More than half of the scientific and research

journals are in English. English is the language of international communication.

1. Chinese has more speakers than English. __________

2. More than 60 per cent of the world's mails are in English.__________

3. People in North America cannot speak English.

__________

4. There are more than one billion Chinese people.

__________

5. What is the language compulsorily spoken in Canberra, the capital of the Australia?

A. Chinese

B. English

C. Australian

D. American

6. How many people speak English primarily?

A. three-fifth of the world population

B. one-fifth of the world population

C. more than four hundred million people

D. one billion people

Answer 1

[Dang Khoa ~xh]

1. Chinese has more speakers than English. ____T______

2. More than 60 per cent of the world's mails are in English._____T_____

3. People in North America cannot speak English.

______F____

4. There are more than one billion Chinese people.

______T____

5. What is the language compulsorily spoken in Canberra, the capital of the Australia?

A. Chinese

B. English

C. Australian

D. American

6. How many people speak English primarily?

A. three-fifth of the world population

B. one-fifth of the world population

C. more than four hundred million people

D. one billion people