Read the followingpassage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

English is the first language of many people in countries outside the United Kingdom. When you meet speakers of English from around the world, you immediately notice that they do not all speak in the same way. There are also some (21)__________in the words they use, including the names of (22)__________ objects that are part of everyone’s daily life. Although pronunciation and (23)__________ are not the same everywhere, it is interesting that English speakers (24)__________opposite sides of the world can understand each other quite easily. It does not seem to care where they learnt the language. And of course this is one reason why speakers of other languages are keen on learning English too. If you know English, you are more (25)__________ to be able to study or work in all sorts of exciting places, such as the United States or Australia.

D. differences