Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of a 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 1066. 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), colonisation, 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 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 nonnative speakers, constituting the largest number of normative users than any other language in the world.
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Today English is one of the most important languages and it is spoken and understood in all parts of the world.
English has become an international language for a variety of reasons. One of the most important of those is that the English people have been well- known for their knowledge of science, medicine, engineering, government and all other matters that useful for the progress of human race. It is thanks to the scientists of England that the motor-engine has become the most important machine in the world today.
The thirst for knowledge of the English scholars has contributed to the progress of man in almost all fields of his activity. Thousands of books have been written by such scholars on almost every subject that one can think of. Thus, people whose mother tongue is not English have learnt English with great interest as a means of acquiring knowledge of all human affairs.
As a result of this interest, English is used almost everywhere in the world. It is used in all the important meetings and conferences in the United Nations. It is also used in all leading universities in the world and in international trade and commerce. As it is used so widely, English has indeed become a very rich language. People of all the countries of the world have contributed new ideas and thoughts to this language. Thus, more and more new words are being created to make this language more and more useful for the communication of ideas and information among the peoples of the world.
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Many books, newspapers, airports and air-traffic control, technology, sports, pop music and advertising have the English as the ___(11)___ language. In general, the universal language on the Internet is the English. The majority of the electronically stored ___(12)___ around the world is in English. You can travel to any English speaking country without the need of having a ___(13)___ .
Usually, if you don’t know the language your hip would be hard and maybe you wouldn’t enjoy it. Nowadays in the competitive job ___(14)___ it is necessary to speak English. So if you learn English you will have a better ___(15)___ of getting a job that pays more. English is also helpful if you are going to move to a different country ___(16)___ it is global language. A lot of educational information is in English; therefore, to have ___(17)___ to this material or maybe communicate with ___(18)___ students it is necessary to have knowledge of English. It is necessary to learn English if you are ___(19)___ to study at a foreign university or school. Usually many educational institutions will provide you a preparatory courses to ___(20)___ your English language skills but you have to at least a medium level of knowledge.
Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, c or D) that needs correcting.
Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each group.