A. TRANSMIT B. ORDER C. BROADCAST D. TRANSMITTED VI/ READ THE TEXT...
60. A. transmit
B. order
C. broadcast
D. transmitted
VI/ Read the text carefully and then choose the correct answers :
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 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 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 nonnative speakers, constituting the largest number of nonnative users than any other language in the world.