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Facts about English

- English is the most widespread language in the world and is more widely spoken and written than any other language.
- Over 400 million people use the English vocabulary as a mother tongue, only surpassed in numbers, but not in distribution by speakers of the many varieties of Chinese.
- Over 700 million people speak English as a foreign language.
- Did you know that of all the world's languages (over 2,700) English is arguably the richest in vocabulary; and that the Oxford English Dictionary lists about 500,000 words, and there are a half-million technical and scientific terms still uncatalogued?
- Three-quarters of the world's mail, telexes and cables are in English.
- More than half of the world's technical and scientific periodicals are in English
- English is the medium for 80% of the information stored in the world's computers
- English is the language of navigation, aviation and of Christianity; it is the ecumenical language of the World Council of Churches
- Five of the largest broadcasting companies in the world (CBS, NBC, ABC, BBC and CBC) transmit in English, reaching millions and millions of people all over the world.

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Identifique a alternativa correta de acordo com as informações apresentadas no texto sobre a língua inglesa.

(A)
Mais de 400 milhões de pessoas usam a língua inglesa somente na China.
(B)
Quase 700 milhões de pessoas falam o inglês como língua estrangeira.
(C)
A língua inglesa possui aproximadamente 500.000 palavras.
(D)
Três quartos do correio, telex e televisões a cabo do mundo são em inglês.
(E)
O inglês é a língua oficial ecumênica das igrejas cristãs no mundo inteiro.

Answer 1

Resposta:

Alternativa C