Chinese, Spoken by About 1

Multiple Choice

Chinese, spoken by about 1.3 million people, is the most common native language in the world. At the same time, many Chinese students are sent abroad to English-speaking countries to learn English. Why do these students learn English at all?

A) The Chinese government seeks to develop more Chinese-language universities and centers abroad.
B) English is spoken by nearly 95 percent of the world's population.
C) English is the dominant spoken language worldwide and is central in education and technology.
D) The production of global media like radio and television is extremely difficult to accomplish using written Chinese.