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 off 1066. Until the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not expanded even as far as Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. However, during the course of the next two century, 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 airport, 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, all of the following contributed to the spread of English around the world except ..............

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• According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about primitive art?

• The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to ______.

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• Why does the author believe that the Mandans were skilled farmers?

• The word “identify” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to___________.

• The word “woo” is closest in meaning to __________

• Where did Moore spend most of her adult life?

• It is ............ to write the rules that tell exactly when we should apologize.

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

• This article is about ...............

• According to the passage, what causes the unique color and look of hummingbirds?

• What can be inferred about the government?

• According to the passage, 1997 witnessed ____.

• Which of the following processes does the author imply was done by both men and women?

• From what we read we know that now Cambridge is _______.

• In the 2^nd paragraph, what weakness in nineteenth-century histories does the author point out?

• According to the passage, a fair division of labour is that ...................

• Why did John read about aeroplane?

• Nowadays there are ____________.

• The purpose of the passage is to __________.