Номер 1, страница 95 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс учебник Вербицкая, Маккинли

Unit 10. The media. Consolidation 4. Units 1-10. Reading skills - номер 1, страница 95.

Условие.

READING SKILLS

1 Complete the text with sentences a–f. There is one extra sentence. Then choose the best heading (A–C) for the text.

The importance of English as a global language is growing all the time. Of course, there are more native speakers of Chinese than of English – about a billion compared to about 400 million. 1. And this number is getting bigger every year. English is the international language of politics, business, science, transport, advertising, the media and computers. 2. Even in countries like Germany, almost 90 percent of research scientists use English as their working language every day.

There are some other languages which are gaining in popularity: the number of people who speak Arabic, Chinese or Portuguese in different countries is increasing too. 3. Even in the USA the fastest growing language is Spanish!

4. There are about 6,000 languages in the world, but sadly many of them have an uncertain future. In fact, about twenty languages are disappearing every year.

Surprisingly, the Internet may offer a solution to this problem. Although it is true that English dominates the Internet, the number of websites in other languages is growing very quickly. With chat sites and messenger programs people can communicate more easily than before and in any language they know. 5.

a For example, approximately 70 percent of websites are in English.

b But almost one and a quarter billion people across the world use English as a second or foreign language.

c In the future students may have to learn global English.

d Not all languages are so successful, however.

e So perhaps modern technology can help save some languages from dying out.

f Some languages like Urdu or Hindi are growing much faster than English.

A English in the world

B Languages around the world

C The language of the Internet

Решение.

Решение 2.

1. Дополните текст предложениями a–f. Одно предложение лишнее. Затем выберите лучший заголовок (A–C) для текста.

Ответ:

1 - b

2 - a

3 - f

4 - d

5 - e

Extra sentence: c

Лишнее предложение: c

The best heading is B - Languages around the world.

Лучший заголовок - B - Языки мира.