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Text III 



Alice Walker (born February 9, 1944), an American novelist, short story writer, poet,

and social activist (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Walker)

We Alone

We alone can devalue gold

by not caring

if it falls or rises

in the marketplace.


Wherever there is gold

there is a chain, you know,

and if your chain

is gold

so much the worse

for you.


Feathers, shells

and sea-shaped stones

are all as rare.


This could be our revolution:

to love what is plentiful

as much as

what's scarce.


From: https://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/we_alone_23191

In this poem, the poet proposes that we have the power to change the way we
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The verb “refers” is in the
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If a grocery store is open 24/7, this means a person can go shopping
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This Instagram post by World English Academy treats the expression 24/7 as
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Text I

What is “World Englishes?”

        The term World Englishes refers to the differences in the English language that emerge as it is used in various contexts across the world. Scholars of World Englishes identify the varieties of English used in different sociolinguistic contexts, analyzing their history, background, function, and influence.
       Languages develop to fulfill the needs of the societies that use them. Because societies contain a diverse range of social needs, and because these needs can differ across cultures and geographies, multiple varieties of the English language exist. These include American English, British English, Australian English, Canadian English, Indian English, and so on.
         While there is no single way for a new variety of English to emerge, its development can generally be described as a process of adaptation. A certain group of speakers take a familiar variety of English and adapt the features of that variety to suit the needs of their social context.
          For example, a store selling alcoholic beverages is called a “liquor store” in American English, whereas it is called an “offlicence” in British English. The latter term derives from British law, which distinguishes between businesses licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises and those licensed for consumption at the point of sale (i.e., bars and pubs).
      Such variations do not occur in terms of word choice only. They happen also in terms of spelling, pronunciation, sentence structure, accent, and meaning. As new linguistic adaptations accumulate over time, a distinct variety of English eventually emerges.
       World Englishes scholars use a range of different criteria to recognize a new English variant as an established World English. These include the sociolinguistic context of its use, its range of functional domains, and the ease with which new speakers can become acculturated to it, among other criteria. 



Adapted from:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/multilingual/world_englishes/#:~:text=The%20term%2 0World%20Englishes%20refers,background%2C%20function%2C%20and%20influen ce.
An English as an Additional Language teacher aware of World Englishes should prefer materials that
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496: D
497: C
498: B
499: D
500: D