II. READING COMPREHENSION (1 point / 0.25 each): Read the passage carefully and decide
whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE
(Lưu ý:Học sinh phải viết rõ câu trả lời là TRUE hoặc FALSE,không viết tắt là T hoặc F).
There are about 3000 living languages in the world, but only six of them are the most important
ones. Two-thirds of the world’s population speaks those languages. 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 one-fifth 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 three-fourths of the world’s
mail is composed in English. More than three-fifths of the radio stations broadcast programs in
English. More than half of the scientific and research journals are in English. English is the language
of international communication.
Statements True False
5. Chinese is one of the most important languages.
6. 75 per cent of the world’s mail is in English.
7. People in India speak English as their second language.
8. In many countries, the textbooks in universities are written in
English
