Read the passage, and do the tasks that follow

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Exercise 2: Read the passage, and do the tasks that follow.
Every day distances between different countries seem less. For this reason, it is becoming more
and more important to know foreign language, especially English.
One billion people, about 20% of the population, speak English today. 400 million people
speak English as their first language. For the other 600 million people, it
language or a foreign language.
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English is the first language in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Australia
as well as New Zealand. It is also one of the official languages in Canada, the Irish Republic
and the Republic of South Africa. English is spoken in more than 60 countries as a second
language. It is used by the government, businessman and universities.
English is the language of politics and diplomacy, science and technology, business and trade,
sport and pop music. 80% of all information in the world's computers is in English. 75% of
Task 1: Scan through the text, and fill in each blank with the suitable information.
1. The number of people who speak English:
2. The number of people who speak English as
either a second language or a foreign language:
3. The English-speaking countries include:
the world's letters and faxes are sent in English. 60% of all international telephone all are made
in English. More than 60% off all scientific journals are printed in English.
To know English today is quite a usual thing for every educated person, for
specialist. Learning a language is not easy. It is a long and slow process that takes a lot of time
and work.
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every good
of all international telephone all
made in English:
English is studied throughout the world and a great number of people speak it quite well. In
our country, English
language.
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5. Percentage of information in the world's
computers in English:
Percentage of the world's letters and faxes sent
very popular: it is at schools, colleges and universities as a foreign
in English:
Everyone will master English soon. We all need to understand each other. To do that we must
know an international language, and that is English.