English-majority ones, like 30m recent immigrants to the U.s. or Canada's 6m francophone Quebeckers. And elsewhere? The guess is 100m-1 billion depending how you define"can". Let us be bold: in all, 20%-25% of earth's 6 billion people can use English; not the English of England, let alone of Dr Johnson, but English The growth of the cinema, and still more so of television, has spread the dominan language. Foreign movies or sitcoms may be dubbed into major languages, but for smaller audiences they are usually subtitled. Result: a Dutch or Danish or even Arab family has an audio-visual le arning aid in its living room, and usually the language spoken on-screen is English The birth of the computer and its American operating systems gave English a nudge ahead; that of the internet has given it a huge push. Any web-linked household today has a library of information available at the click of a mouse. And, unlike the books on its own shelves or in the public library, maybe four fifths is written in English. That proportion may lessen, as more non-English sites spring up. But English will surely dominate 1. In Paragraph 1, " the foreigners"refers to A)The British B)the American C) the Indian D) the Canadian 2. In the author's opinion, only English can be regarded as A)a foreign language B)a world language c)a true language D 3. the number mentioned in paragraph 3 are A) to show the large population of the world B)to show the map of the world C)to show the wide range of people speaking English D)to show the number of people using English as a second language 4. What good has the growing cinema and Tv do for English? A)It has made more English plays B)It has narrowed English C)It has disappointed English learners. D)It has spread English 5. Four-fifths of the information on the internet is written in A) American B)English C)non-English D)various languagesEnglish-majority ones, like 30m recent immigrants to the U.S. or Canada’s 6m francophone Quebeckers. And elsewhere? The guess is 100m-1 billion depending how you define “can”. Let us be bold: in all,20%~25% of earth’s 6 billion people can use English; not the English of England, let alone of Dr Johnson, but English. The growth of the cinema, and still more so of television, has spread the dominant language. Foreign movies or sitcoms may be dubbed into major languages, but for smaller audiences they are usually subtitled. Result: a Dutch or Danish or even Arab family has an audio-visual learning aid in its living room, and usually the language spoken on-screen is English. The birth of the computer and its American operating systems gave English a nudge ahead; that of the internet has given it a huge push. Any web-linked household today has a library of information available at the click of a mouse. And, unlike the books on its own shelves or in the public library, maybe four fifths is written in English. That proportion may lessen, as more non-English sites spring up. But English will surely dominate. 1. In Paragraph 1, “the foreigners” refers to . A) The British B) the American C) the Indian D) the Canadian 2. In the author’s opinion, only English can be regarded as . A) a foreign language B) a world language C) a true language D) a language 3.the number mentioned in paragraph 3 are . A) to show the large population of the world B) to show the map of the world C) to show the wide range of people speaking English D) to show the number of people using English as a second language 4. What good has the growing cinema and TV do for English? A) It has made more English plays. B) It has narrowed English. C) It has disappointed English learners. D) It has spread English. 5. Four-fifths of the information on the internet is written in . A) American B) English C) non-English D) various languages