Câu hỏi:

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Read the following passage and answer the questions by choosing the best answer among A, B, C or D.

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 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. That small enslaves 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, more than 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 700 million English users in the world, and over half of these are nonnative speakers, constituting the largest number of nonnative users of any language in the world. 

What is the main topic of the passage?

A. The number of nonnative users of English. 

B. The French influence on the English language. 

C. The expansion of English as an internatonal language. 

D. The use of English for science and tecnology.

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Trả lời:

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Chọn C

Câu hỏi cùng đoạn

Câu 2:

English began to be used beyond England approximately.............................

A. in 1066 
B. around 1350
C. before 1600
D. after 1600

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Chọn D

Câu 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

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Chọn B

Câu 4:

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Most of the information stored on computer systems is in English. 

B. Only one thirds of the world’s science writing is in languages other than English. 

C. English is the only language used in technology, and advertising. 

D. International airports and air controllers use mostly English.

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Chọn C

Câu 5:

According to the passage, approximately how many nonnative users of English are there in the world today?

A. A quarter million 
B. Half a million
C. 350 million
D. 700 million.

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Chọn C

CÂU HỎI HOT CÙNG CHỦ ĐỀ

Lời giải

Đáp án: discovered

Giải thích:

discover (v): khám phá ra, tìm ra

Dịch: Trong thế kỷ này, 13 loại vitamin đã được phát hiện

Câu 2

A. classify 
B. divide
C. organize 
D. arrange

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Chọn A

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