Revision Test 15'

Tham khảo tài liệu revision test 15’, tài liệu phổ thông, ôn thi đh-cđ phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả
Nội dung trích xuất từ tài liệu:
Revision Test 15’ Revision Test 15’Exercise 1. Fill in the blanks with the words givenlearning and developments status dominated having important population English is widely regarded as (1) ______ become global language. It is unlikely to be displaced as the world’smost (2) _____ language. English is closely associated with the leading edge of global sicentific , technological,economic and cultural (3) _______. It is the main language of international commerce (4) ____ trade in theworld. For the last few hundred years English has been (5) _____ by monolingual speakers’ interests.Worldwide, there are over 1,400 million people living in countries where English has official (6) ______. Oneout of five of the world’s (7) _____ speak English to some level of competence. It is estimated that over oneb illion people will be (8) ______ English by the end of this decade.Exercise 2. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer. Over the past 600 years, English’s grown from a language of few speakers to become the dominant language ofinternational communication. English as we know it today emerged around 1350, after having incorporated manyelements 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 asWales ,Scotland or Ireland. However, during the course of the next two centuries, English began to spreadaround the globe as a result of exploration, trade ( including slave trade), colonization and missionary work.Thus, small enclaves of speakers became established and grew in various parts of the world.As thesecommunities proliferated, English gradually became the primary language of international business, banking andd iplomacy. Currently, about 80 percent of the information stored on computer systems worldwide is English. Two – thirdso f 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 millions English users in theworld, and over half of these are non – native speakers, constituting the largest number of non – native users thanany other language in the world. 1. What is the main topic of this passage ? a. the number of non – native users of English b. The French influence on the English language c. The expansion of English as an international language c. The use of English for science. 2. Approximately when did English begin to be used beyond England ? a. in 1066 b. around 1350 c. before 1600 d. after 1600 3. According to the passage, all of the following contributed to the spread of English around the world except. a. the slave trade b. the Norman invasion c. missionaries d. colonization 4. The word “ enclaves” in line 7 could be best replaced by whic of the following ? a. comminities b. organizations c. regions d. countries 5. The word “ proliferated” in line 8 is closest in meaning to which of the following ? a. prospered b. organized c. disbanded d. expandedExercise 3. Fill in the blank with suitable word. Today, when English is one of the (1) ______ languages in the world, it requires an effort of the imagination torealize that this is a (2) _____ recent thing – that is Shakespeare’s time, for (3) ____ only a few million peoplespoke English, and the language was not (4) ____ to be very important by the other (5) ____ Europe, and wasu nknown to the (6) _____ of the world. English has become a world language because of its establishment as amother tongue (7) ___ England in (8) ____ the continents of the world.Exercise 4. Word – building. 1. It / important / necessary / school – leavers / choose / career. 2. Most / spend / time / think / it. 3. What / they / do / choose / job / suitable / ability. 4. school – leavers / ill – prepared / future jobs / know / what / require . 5. Sheffield study, over one – third / have / reasonable sound knowledge / tasks / involve / choice. 6. This / expect / view of / unsatisfactory nature / guidance / give / home / school.Exercise 5. Fill in the blank with suitable word.A – Except for a number of hish school students who can (1) ______ their studies in colleges or universities, the(2) _____ of school –leaves experience their transition from school to work with the feelings of hope and worry. (3) _____ them, the end of school (4) _______ the beginning of their independent new life. They are (5) ___for their first job because it will help them contribute a ...