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Refer to the textbook passage on pages 199-201
1. The predicted reduction in the proportion of native English speakers
2. The idea that English may stop increasing in global importance
3. The use of English to support international scientific cooperation
4. Businesses increasingly demanding employees who speak more than one language
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. F
5. Paragraph A
6. Paragraph B
7. Paragraph C
8. Paragraph D
9. Paragraph F
5. ii
6. v
7. i
8. iii
9. iv
10. English speakers once made up almost one tenth of the worlds population.
11. English will remain the fastest-growing language worldwide.
12. Mandarin Chinese is expected to grow rapidly in Asia.
13. Most scientific research is published in more than one language.
10. TRUE
11. FALSE
12. TRUE
13. FALSE
14. By what year is the percentage of native English speakers expected to drop to 5%?
15. Which language is predicted to become the next must-learn language?
14. 2050
15. Mandarin Chinese
16. demographic
17. native
18. peak
19. English
20. learn
21. __________ percent
22. __________ percent
23. __________
24. __________ billion
25. __________ percent
21. 9
22. 5
23. six
24. 2.8
25. 40