单选题
Three factors contribute to the miraculous spread of English
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an international language: English usage in science, technology and commerce; the ability to
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vocabulary from other languages; and the acceptability of various English dialects.
In science, English
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German after World War II. With this technical and scientific dominance
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the beginning of overall dominance by the language,
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in Europe and then globally. Today, the information
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has replaced the industrial age and has
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time and distance. This is transforming world economies from industrial production to information-based goods and services.
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geography and borders, the information revolution is reflecting our world. In less than twenty years, information processing,
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limited to the printed work, has given way to computers and the Internet. Computer-aided communication is closing the gap between spoken and written English. It encourages more
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conversational language and a tolerance for diversity and individual style.
English,
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many languages, uses a phonetic alphabet and fairly basic grammar. But most importantly, it has a large and extensive vocabulary,
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about 80% is foreign. It has borrowed and continues to borrow words from Spanish and French, Hebrew and Arabic, Hindi-Urdu and Bengali, Malay and Chinese,
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from languages from West Africa and Polynesia. This language characteristic makes it unique
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history. Finally,
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English language central authority guards the standards of the language; therefore, many
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have developed: American, British, Canadian, Indian, and Australian,
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a few. There is no standard pronunciation. But within this diversity is a
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of grammar and one set of core vocabulary.
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, each country that speaks the language can introduce
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of its own culture into the usage and vocabulary.