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Revision Test 5

Tham khảo tài liệu 'revision test 5', tài liệu phổ thông, ôn thi đh-cđ phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Revision Test 5 Exercise 1. Fill in the blanks with the words given learning and developments status dominated having important population English is widely regarded as 1 become global language. It is unlikely to be displaced as the world s most 2 language. English is closely associated with the leading edge of global sicentific technological economic and cultural 3 . It is the main language of international commerce 4 trade in the world. For the last few hundred years English has been 5 by monolingual speakers interests. Worldwide there are over 1 400 million people living in countries where English has official 6 . One out of five of the world s 7 speak English to some level of competence. It is estimated that over one billion people will be 8 English by the end of this decade. Exercise 2. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer. Over the past 600 years English s 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 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 colonization and missionary work. Thus small enclaves of 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 millions .