English Reading Comprehension Test

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THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH

British or American, the language is basically the same, and itsglobal stature is backed up by massive English-language training programmes, an international business that in textbooks, language courses, tape cassettes, video programmes and computerizedinstruction — is worth hundreds of millions of pounds or dollars to the economies of the US and the UK. The English language is now one of Britain’s most reliable exports. In the ironic words of thenovelist Malcolm Bradbury, it is an ideal British product, ‘needing no workers and no work, no assembly lines and no assembly, no spare parts and very little servicing, it is used for the most intimateand the most public services everywhere. We call it the English language Dr Robert Burchfield, former Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, has remarked that ‘any literate, educatedperson on the face of the globe is deprived if he does not know English’.

The first level of the global sway of English is to be found in those countries, formerly British colonies, in whichEnglish as a second language has become accepted as a fact of cultural life that cannot be wished away. In Nigeria, it is an official language; in Zambia, it is recognized as one of the state languages;in Singapore, it is the major language of government, the legal system and education.

QUESTIONS:

1. Answer the following questions using your own words.

a. Is the teaching of theEnglish language worth a lot of money?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


b. According to Bradbury, what is the difference between the English language and Traditional industry?...
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