Read the following passage and decide which options A, B, C, D best fits each space.
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 Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. However, during the course of the next 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 in 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.
According to the passage, all of the following contributed to the spread of English around the world except:
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Lời giải:
Báo saiGiải thích:
A. the slave trade: buôn bán nô lệ
B. the Norman invasion: cuộc xâm lược của Norman
C. missionaries: sự truyền giảo
D. colonization: thuộc địa hỏa
Tạm dịch: Tuy nhiên, trong suốt hai thế kỳ tiếp theo, tiếng Anh đã hắt đầu lan rộng khắp thế giới như là kết quả của việc thám hiểm, giao thương (kể cá buôn bán nô lệ), thuộc địa hóa, và công việc truyền giáo. Yếu tố không được đoạn văn đề cập đến là cuộc xâm lược của Norman