Ubiquity of english

Read the text. Match the definitions 1-6 and the highlighted words and expressions in the text.

1. the medium, method, or tool used to obtain a result or achieve an end____________________

2. to come or bring into being__________________

3. very steep________________________________

4. before, until_______________________________

5. time in the past when something or someone was popular or common

6. easy to see or understand; evident
Read the article again. Which of the following bits of information is not given (NG) in the text?

1. Lingua Franca is a single language for traders from all around the world.___

2. A greater amount of books in XIII century were written in the Arabic language.___

3. Before Malay, people used Arabic in Southern Asia.__

4. Isaac Newton’s book was published after his death.___

5. Still, there are some lingua francas in different places.___

6. Nowadays, all the pilots communicate in their own lingua franca.___