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75. A. forbit B. require C. permit D. preventV. READING COMPREHENSION (0.5 pt)Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question.Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominantlanguage of international communication. English as we know it today emerged around 1350, after havingincorporated many elements of French that was introduced following the Norman invasion of 1066. Untilthe 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not extended even as far asWales, Scotland or Ireland. However, during the course of the next two centuries, English began to spreadaround 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. Asthese communities proliferated, English gradually became the primary language of international business,banking and diplomacy.Currently, about 80% 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 millionEnglish users in the world, and over half of these are non-native speakers, constituting the largest number ofnon-native users than any language in the world.