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The English language is the most widely spoken language in the world. It is used as either first or second language ...........in......... (1) many countries.
During the 16th century, only about two million people spoke English. All ........them............ (2) them lived in what is now the United Kingdom. Over the centuries, as a result of various historical events, English has spread throughout ........the.......... (3) world. Today, about 400 million people speak English as their native ..........language.......... (4). Most of them live in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, ...........and......... (5) the Unites States.
About 100 million people, chiefly living in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and in many African ..........countries.......... (6), speak English in addition to their own language. An additional 200 million people in the world probably know ............at........ (7) least some English. English is really an international language.
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
Approximately 350 million people speak English as their first ___(1)language___ . About the same number use it _as __(2)___ a second language. It is the language __of _(3)___ aviation, international sport and world trade. 75% of the world's mail is in English, 60% of the world's radio stations broadcast in English, and more than half of the world's newspapers are __printed _(4)___ in English. It is an official language in 44 countries. In ___(5)_many __ others, it is the language of business, commerce and technology. There are many varieties of English, but Scottish, Australian, Indian and Jamaican speakers of English, in spite of the differences in pronunciation, structure and vocabulary, would recognize that they are all speaking the same basic language.
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