( )6.According to the author,the English language _________. A.has been the lingua franca of business for a decade B.began to be used in business one decade ago C.has been more widely used in business in recent years D.was not imaginable to be used in business ten years ago ( )7.What is true about the EFTA organization according to the passage? A.The EFTA organization has nine member countries. B.The EFTA is part of the European Community. C.The EFTA is an international company with English as its official language. D.All the member countries of the EFTA use English as their native language. ( )8.The author's attitude towards the using of all the nine official languages in the EC would be _________. A.appropriate B.critical C.positive D.neutral ( )9.All of the following statements are true EXCEPT that _________. A.there are as many language training schools in Japan as in England B.there are a lot of Japanese students studying in America C.Japanese take English as their first foreign language D.Finishing secondary school,Japanese children will have had about 1 000 hours of English stud ( )10.It can be inferred from the passage that _________. A.the European Community will use English and French as its official languages B.the Japanese government will increase the total number of hours in English study for secondary school students C.Japanese businessmen would prefer to do business with Britain rather than other European countries D.Japanese language will probably become the lingua franca of business all over the world