WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS NOT TRUE. A. AWARDS VARY IN MONEY...

27. A. attraction B. action C. vision

D. attention

IX. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each

of the questions.

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.