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Text for question 57 When international companies and organizations developed, English ...
Text for question 57
When international companies and organizations developed, English was often chosen as a working language of European Central Bank, although the bank is in Germany. In Asia and the Pacific, nine out of ten international organizations work only in English.
English is important not because it has more firstlanguage speakers than other languages (Chinese has more) but because it is used extremely widely. Will this situation continue?
VINEY, Brigit. Oxford Bookworms Factfiles: The History of the English Language: Level 4: 1400-Word Vocabulary. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/07/theargentinean-comic-strip-that-galvanized-a-generation. Acesso em 04 fev.2026.
Read the excerpt and choose which option uses the same passive voice grammar pattern as the highlighted sentence:
A
Languages are spoken to guarantee human interaction worldwide, indeed, they’ve guaranteed humankind’s survival.
B
Many countries’ governments chose English as an official language not only because it facilitates international communication but because it’s been a colonial heritage.
C
Colonized countries were considered a substantial source of wealth, which turned its end into a relevant issue for colonizing nations.
D
Colonized peoples still carry the trauma of humiliation they’ve been subjected to.
E
None of the options above uses the same grammar pattern.