English is an important language in the world. 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 20% 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 75% of the world’s mail is composed in English. More than 60% of the radio stations broadcast programs in English. English is the language of international communication.
1. We know exactly how many people speak English as a foreign language.
2. English is not spoken in North America, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.
3. People in South Africa and India never speak English as the official language.
4. More than half of the radio stations broadcast programs in English.
Read the passage again and choose the best answer.
5. The passage is about..................
A. English Language is only a second language in the world
B. English is the official language in the world
C. Hundreds of books are written in English everyday .
D. The importance of the English Language in the world today
6. The word “mother tongue” in line 1 means:
A. body language B. first language
C. native language D. foreign language
Điền vào chỗ trống:
One good reason for people to learn a foreign language is work. If you work involves regular contact with _________ of foreign languages, being able to talk to them in their own languages will help you to communicate with them. It many also help you to make sales and to negotiate and secure contracts. Knowledge of foreign languages may also increase your chances of _______ a new job, getting a promotion or a transfer overseas, or of going on foreign business _________ .
Many English-speaking business people don't bother to learn other languages because they believe ________ most of the people they do business with in foreign countries can speak English, and if they don't speak English, interpreters can help. The ________ of foreign languages knowledge puts the English speakers at a disadvantage. In meetings, for example, the people on the other side can discuss things among themselves in their own languages without the English speakers understanding, and using interpreters slows everything down. In any socialising after the meetings, the locals will probably feel more comefortable using their own language rather than English.
chọn T or F
To really understand a culture, you must speak the language. There is a trend to learn English all over the world now. It is true that English has become the international language of business, aviation and communication. Most leading countries in the world speak English . If we knowEnglish, we can communicate and read books in English. We can learn and understand more about the modern technology and sceince from these advanced countries.
1 english is an mation language
2 no countries in the world speak english
3 english is useful for business ,aviation annd communication
4 we can get progress ò world's technology and science if we know english
True or False
Today,when English is one of the major languages in the world, it requires an effort of the imagination to realize that this is relatively recent thing-that in Shakespeare's time,for example,only a few million people spoke,and the language was not thought to be very important by the other nations of Europe,and was unknown to the rest of the world.
English has become a world language because of its establishment as a mother tongue outside England,in all the continents of the world. This exporting of English began in the seventeenth century,with the first settlements in the United States,assisted by massive immigration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries,that has given the English language its present standing in the world.
1. English was spoken by a few million people in Shakespeare's time.......
2. It is considered as a mother language outside England.......
3. English was spoken in North America in the seventeenth century.........
4. Most of the immigration in the USA do not speak English.............
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V/ Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which not should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√); if a line has a word which should not be there, write the word in the space provided. The first two havew been done as an example. (1m)
WHY AM I LEARNING ENGLISH?
English is the most widely spoken language in the world 0…P…
Today. It is a quite amazing how the use of English has 00…a..
become so widespread. The English is not as easy as Esperato 1………
which was especially written for to be as easy as possible 2……….
for people to learn, and yet the Esperato is spoken by very 3……….
few people around the world. For many people, English is not as 4……….
more beautiful a language as French but it seems too late for 5……….
French to cach up with English as an international language. 6………
German is the a useful language if you are in business 7………
in Europe but it is not half as easy to learn so as English, 8………
and people say it doesn’t sound as if pleasant as English. 9………
English has become so important that it is becoming the more 10………
and more essential to know it if you want to get a good job.
My most favourite subject is English, which is today one of the most important languagea 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, goverment and all other matters that are useful for the progress of the 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 English scholars has contributed to 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 it 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 sowidely, English has inded 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 people of the world.
1. English is the most important language in the world because ...
A. It is spoken and understood in all parts of the world
B. It is my favourite subject
C. it is used in meetings
D. it is used in all leading universities
2. The motor-engine has become the most important machine in the world today thanks to .....
A. the people all over the world
B. the scientists of England
C. the United Nations
D. The Americans
3. Thousands of books .....
A. have been sold by English scholars on almost every subject
B. were written in English
C. were read by English scholars
D. have been written by English scholarson almost every subject that one can think of
4. Because English is used so widely, ............
A. it has bacome a very rich language
B. it has bacome a very interesting language
C. it has indeed become a very poor language
D. it has become a very useless language
5. Why do people whose mother tongue is not English have learnt English with great interest ?
A. Beacause it is a means of doing rything for all human affairs
B. Because it is an international language
C. Because it is a means of acquiring knowledge of all human affairs
D. Because it is a means of practising what people have achived in their jobs.
Question 2 (10 points). Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√) by the number. If a line has a word which should not be there, write it in ‘Your answers’ part. Number 0 and 00 have been done for you.
WHY AM I LEARNING ENGLISH?
0. English is the most widely spoken language in the world ..........√.............
00.today. It is a quite amazing how the use of English language has ..........a...........
1. become so widespread. The English is not as easy as Esperanto, ......................
2. which was especially written for to be as easy as possible .....................
3. for people to learn, and yet Esperanto is spoken by very .....................
4. few people around the world. For many people, English is not as .......................
5. more beautiful a language as French but it seems too late for ..........................
6. French to catch up with English as an international language. ..........................
7. German is the a useful language if you are in business .........................
8. in Europe but it is not half as easy to learn so as English, ......................
9. and people say it doesn't sound as if pleasant as English. .....................
10. English has been become so important that it is becoming the more .........................
and more essential to know it if you want to get a good job.
Question 2 (10 points). Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√) by the number. If a line has a word which should not be there, write it in ‘Your answers’ part. Number 0 and 00 have been done for you. Chỉ rỗ chỗ sai rồi sửa hộ mình
WHY AM I LEARNING ENGLISH?
0. English is the most widely spoken language in the world ..........√.............
00.today. It is a quite amazing how the use of English language has ..........a...........
1. become so widespread. The English is not as easy as Esperanto, ......................
2. which was especially written for to be as easy as possible .....................
3. for people to learn, and yet Esperanto is spoken by very .....................
4. few people around the world. For many people, English is not as .......................
5. more beautiful a language as French but it seems too late for ..........................
6. French to catch up with English as an international language. ..........................
7. German is the a useful language if you are in business .........................
8. in Europe but it is not half as easy to learn so as English, ......................
9. and people say it doesn't sound as if pleasant as English. .....................
10. English has been become so important that it is becoming the more .........................
and more essential to know it if you want to get a good job.