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.
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 to day 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 scored 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.
In the first paragraph, the word "enclaves" is closest in meaning to ______
A. communities
B. organizations
C. regions
D. countries
Đáp án A
Enclave = vùng đất xung quanh, community= cộng đồng, region= vùng miền, country= quốc gia. Câu kế tiếp từ “enclaves” được thay thế bởi từ “communities”.
The meeting has been put _____ to Friday as so many people have got the flu
Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions
Since (A) fireworks are dangerous(B) , many countries have laws preventing (C) businesses to sell (D) them
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions
There is practically no difference between the two options
Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions
Exploration of the Solar System is continuing(A) , and at the present rate of progress(B) all the planets will have been contacted within (C)the near(D) 50 years
Before he was 20, he developed ______ for the personal computer.
The meeting has been brought _____ to Monday due to the seriousness of the situation.
The ___ collar workers received a rise, but the workers on the shop-door were told they had to wait
Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions
The teacher asked him why (A) hadn’t he done (B) his homework, but (C) he said nothing(D) .
According to the conditions of my scholarship, after graduation, ______
Mark the letter A, B , C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to each of the following questions
He never suspected that the money had been stolen
Mark the letter A, B , C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to each of the following questions
Peter always trusts me with his interest