Lexical Test English as a global language
учебно-методический материал по английскому языку (8 класс) на тему

Test 7  Form  по теме ”  English as a global language”

 Fill in the words: fluent,  , gathering^[1] , first , widespread , widely, second, disappearance^[2] ,displaced^[3], throughout ,borrowed,worldwide.numerous

English is so________ spoken, it has been referred to as a «global language». While English is an official language in many countries, it is the language most often taught as a ______language around the world. It is also, by international  treaty^[4], the official language for aircraft  communication. Its acceptance^[5] as a first or second language is the main indication^[6] of its__________ status.

There are______arguments for and against English as a global language. On  the one hand, having a global language help in communication and in _______information ,for example, in the scientific community. On the other hand, it leaves out ^[7] those who are not______in the global language. It can also lead to a cultural hegemony^[8] of the populations speaking the global language as  a_________language.

The secondary problem^[9] of  the spread^[10] of global languages  is the _____   of minority languages^[11], often along^[12] with the cultures and religions that are primarily transmitted^[13] in those languages. Death of minority languages caused by English has been particularly  reffered ^[14] to areas such as Australia and North America where speakers of local languages have been ______or absorbed ^[15] by speakers of English in the process of colonization. The expansiveness^[16] of the British and the Americans has spread English ______the globe. Just as English itself  has ______words from many different languages over its history. English words are now ______in many languages around the world, indicative of^[17] the technological and cultural influence of English speakers.