Câu hỏi: 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 from 30 to 34.
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.
Approximately when did English begin to be used beyond England?
A. In 1066.
B. Around 1350.
C. Before 1600.
D. After 1600.
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.
Approximately when did English begin to be used beyond England?
A. In 1066.
B. Around 1350.
C. Before 1600.
D. After 1600.
Dịch nghĩa câu hỏi: Khoảng khi nào tiếng Anh bắt đầu được sử dụng ngoài nước Anh?
A. vào năm 1066
B. khoảng năm 1350
C. trước năm 1600
D. sau năm 1600
Giải thích: Thông tin có ở câu 3 đoạn 1: Until the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not extended [...]. Vậy trước năm 1600, tiếng Anh chỉ được sử dụng trong nước, và chỉ được sử dụng ngoài nước Anh từ sau năm 1600.
A. vào năm 1066
B. khoảng năm 1350
C. trước năm 1600
D. sau năm 1600
Giải thích: Thông tin có ở câu 3 đoạn 1: Until the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not extended [...]. Vậy trước năm 1600, tiếng Anh chỉ được sử dụng trong nước, và chỉ được sử dụng ngoài nước Anh từ sau năm 1600.
Đáp án D.