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.

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

What is the main topic of the passage?

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• Persons on low incomes can access public housing through ______.

• Which of the following is closest in meaning to “ Frigid” in the first paragraph?

• The writer's father retired early because ..................

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• An example of an amphibian’s incomplete adaptation to land life is…….

• According to paragraph 2, which of the following is not true about fungus growing on or near plants?

• The word  “they” in the third paragraph refers to ..............

• What can be inferred about the defense mechanisms of the sea cucumber?

• The word "they" refers to ........

• From the expression “on record” in line 19, it can be inferred that the tsunami that accompanied the Krakatoa volcano ___________ .

• Which of the following terms does the author define in the first paragraph?

• What is NOT TRUE about the Beatles?

• The “labellum” (line 7) is most comparable to .........

• The phrase "split off" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ........

• The word -lethal‖ in the second paragraph probably means ............

• The word "analogue" in paragraph 5 most nearly means_____.

• What is Martin Luthur King well- known for?

• According to the passage, nowadays we can find the Asiatic lion ........

• In order to show that learning to write requires effort, the author gives the example of ............

• According to the passage, the doers of education are .............

• It can be inferred from the passage that the courtship of great horned owls ................