Read the passage and fill in each blank with one suitable word. The reason (1) ______ more and more people decide to learn English as a foreign (2) ______ is obvious: it is now the language used in (3) ______ every walk of life we can mention. Going to an international _____ (4), we can hear all the flight announcements read (5) ______ English. Switching on our TV to (6) ______ a match between, say, Manchester United and Real Madrid, we immediately hear the commentator speak English. Taking (7) ______ in a scientific seminar we surely find ourselves speaking English to (8) ______scientists. It is predicted (9) ______ in quite a near future English will become the official language of (10) __word