20 câu hỏi
Which language is used by pilots to ask for landing instructions in Thailand?
Thai language
English
Vietnamese
French
Why is English an important foreign language used in many countries?
Because it is an effective medium of international communication.
A great number of people are involved in the use of English.
More than half of the world’s scientific papers are printed in English.
English language is used as the language of business, commerce, and technology.
What difficulties may learners of English be confronted with? Why?
It is little used outside China.
The written English, because it’s not phonetically-based.
It causes a lot of pressure for language learners.
The English language is only used as the language of business, commerce, and technology.
Name three countries in which English is spoken as a first language.
The UK, the USA, and Australia
China, Thailand, and Philippines
The UK, China, and Thailand
The USA, Australia and China
As a mother tongue, why does English rank second only to Chinese?
China’s population is fewer than the total population of other countries.
Chinese love their language and don’t want to speak English.
Because China has the largest population in the world.
English is little used in China.
In an article recently published in The New Yorker, the issue of endangered languages is explored in depth. They report a concern that up to half (6) _______ today’s living languages are in danger and will be extinct by the end of the 21st century, ...
on
of
to
in
They report a concern that up to half (6) _______ today’s living languages are in danger and will be extinct by the end of the 21st century, other than what (7) _______ preserved in archives. This means a language dies on average every four months.
is
are
have been
was
Languages (8) _______ for many reasons.
live
survive
kill
die
For example, many cultures have been colonised or otherwise (9) _______ by another culture.
captured
kept
dominated
imitated
Often, this translated into suppressing the native culture’s (10) _______ tongue.
first
native
monolingual
mother
Numerous examples exist in North America, where (11) _______ people, now known as First Nations’ people, …
indigenous
foreign
old
prehistoric
Numerous examples exist in North America, where (11) _______ people, now known as First Nations’ people, have (12) _______ lost or are in grave danger of losing any working knowledge of their mother tongue.
either
neither
and
both
In (13) _______ cases, languages may decline or die in situ, but may be holding tenuously on in another environment.
others
another
more
other
We can see examples in immigrant communities (14) _______ New York to South Africa.
between
both
from
against
Furthermore, many dying languages can be hard to (15) _______ if their tradition was mostly oral, with few written records ever in existence.
give up
die out
preserve
reverse
Choose the sentence with the same meaning as the given one.
I went to Japan because I wanted to learn Japanese.
I wanted to learn Japanese to go to Japan.
I went to Japan to learn Japanese.
I went to Japan so learn Japanese.
I went to Japan to learning Japanese.
Use the prompts and the word in bracket to write the sentence.
foreign / universities / use / English, / learn / it / very / important (since)
Since foreign universities to use English, learning it is very important.
Since foreign universities use English, learning it is very important.
Foreign universities use English since learning it is very important.
Since foreign universities use English to learn it very important.
Use the prompts and the word in bracket to write the sentence.
we / want / learn / new English words, / we / watch / TV / with / subtitles (as)
As we want to learn new English words, we watch TV with the subtitles.
We want to learn new English words as we watch TV with the subtitles.
As we want to learn new English words because we watch TV with the subtitles.
As we want to learn new English words, we to watch TV with the subtitles.
Use the prompts and the word in bracket to write the sentence.
are / you / learn / English / you / want / live / overseas? (because)
Are you to learn English because of you want to live overseas?
Are you learning English because you want to live overseas?
Are you learning English because you want live overseas?
Are you learned English because you want to live overseas?
Use the prompts and the word in bracket to write the sentence.
you / watch / lot of / English / content, / can / teach / us / any / new / words? (since)
Because of you watch a lot of English content, can you teach us any new words?
Since you watch lot of English content, can you to teach us any new words?
Since you watch a lot of English content, you can teach us any new words?
Since you watch a lot of English content, can you teach us any new words?