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.

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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• The word “itself” in paragraph 3 refers to ________.

• Which of the following pairs is INCORRECT?

• The text is mainly about ___________________.

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• The speaker’s main topic is ...................

• The word "odd" is closest in meaning to ........

• Doctors have tentatively concluded that cellphones may ________.

• According to the passage, what makes mobile phones potentially harmful is ______.

• What does the passage mainly discuss?

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

• In the last paragraph, what does the author imply is a major function of hypotheses?

• The word “bounds” in line 5 is closest in meaning to ........

• It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes that business operated by women are small because ___________.

• The passage discusses a way to deal with an offensive noise by_________.

• How did the publication of Moby Dick affect Melville’s popularity?

• Why does the author refer to Gilbert White’s book in line 2?

• What does the passage mainly discuss?

• According to the passage, all of the following are true EXCEPT ................

• The word “this” in paragraph 3 refers to ...............

• Which sentence best expresses the main idea of the first paragraph?

• According to the writer, many people from Jamaica at that time ________.