Question

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 24 to 33

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. 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 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 more than 700 million English users in the world, and over half of these are non-native speakers, constituting the largest number of non-native users than any other language in the world.

 

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

A. 350 million 

B. a quarter million 

C. 700 million 

D. half a million 

Answer 1

Đáp án A

Theo như đoạn văn, khoảng bao nhiêu người phi bản địa sử dụng tiếng Anh trên toàn thế giới ngày nay?

A. 350 triệu

B. 250 ngàn

C. 700 triệu

D. 500 ngàn

Dẫn chứng câu cuối: “Today there are more than 700 million English users in the world, and over half of these are non-native speakers” – (Ngày nay có hơn 700 triệu người nói tiếng Anh trên toàn thế giới và hơn 1 nửa số đó không phải là người bản xứ-tức khoảng 350 triệu người phi bản xứ sử dụng tiếng Anh)