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[1]English is the most international of languages[1]. [5]A Dane and a Dutch person meeting in Rome will almost automatically find themselves speaking to each other English [5]. The pilots of Soviet planes approaching Cairo will use English to ask for landing instructions. [4]Malaysian lecturers use English when addressing their Malaysian students in Kuala Lumpur[4]. To people in Africa, Asia and South America, English is an important language to master, not merely [1]because it is the language of Britain, of the United States but because it provides ready access to world scholarship and world trade[1]. It is understood more widely than any other languages. It is true then, that a great many people – and a great many peoples – are involved in the use of English. [2]Millions of men and women in four continents have English as their first language[2], and millions in every part of the world use it as their second or foreign language.

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TEST6

After inventing dynamite, Swedish-born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man. However, he foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Nobel preferred not to be remembered as the inventor of dynamite, so in 1895, just to weeks before his death, [2]he created a fund to be used for awarding prizes to people who had made worthwhile contributions to mankind[2]. Originally there were five awards: [3]literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, and peace. Economics was added in 1968[3],

[1]just sixty–seven years after the first awards ceremony[1]. Nobel’s original legacy of nine million dollars to 125,000 dollars. [5]Every year on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel’s death[5], the awards (gold medal, illuminated diploma, and money) are presented to the winners. Sometimes politics plays an important role in the judges’ decisions. [4]Americans have won numerous science awards[4], but relatively few literature prizes. No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War II. Some people have won two prizes, but this is rare; others have shared their prizes.

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TEST9The man elements required for survival are food, fire, shelter and water. Their order of import...