___(1)___ is not necessarily the private property of those who use it, just as ___(2)___ is not the private property of French people, nor English of English people. English is spoken as a first language in the United States, in Australia, in New Zealand, in most of Canada, in certain nations of Africa, and in other areas of the ___(3)___. It is unreasonable to regard any language as the possession of a particular nation, and with no language is it more ___(4)___ than with English. This is not to say that English is used by a greater number of speakers than any other languages, for it is easily ___(5)___ in this respect by Chinese. But it is the most ___(6)___ of languages. A Dane and a Dutch person meeting in Rome will almost automatically find themselves speaking to each other in English. The pilots of a Russian plane ___(7)___ Cairo will use English to ask for landing instructions. Malaysian lecturers use English when addressing their Malaysian students in ___(8)___ to people in Africa, Asia, and South America. English is an important ___(9)___ to master, not merely because it is the language of Britain or the United States, but because it provides ready access to world ___(10)___ and world trade. It is understood more widely than any other languages.