Task 8. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words. Many software tools are available today that make it easy to create Web pages. A Web page
author can use a ___ editor, such as Notepad, to create Web pages “from scratch” by manually
embedding HTML tags within the text of a document. It is also possible to use the HTML
conversion routines included with many standard software applications. Another route is to use
specialized Web ___ software, such as Microsoft FrontPage.
An HTML document is divided into two sections. The ___ section contains information
used to define global properties for the document. The ___ section contains the text you want the
browser to display, the HTML tags that format the text, and a variety of links. In addition to
embedding HTML tags within the text, a Web page can be formatted with a ___ style sheet, which
allows Web page designers to change formats throughout an HTML document without modifying
individual HTML tags. To control the position of text and graphics on a Web page, many authors
place these elements in the cells of a Web page ___.
2. If Internet reaches all corners of the world, English as the Net language will influence the culture of non-speaking countries.
3. If English keeps on being global, other languages won’t set foot on Internet. 4. The world’s linguistic experts will be alarmed if many languages disappear at an alarming rate.
5. If some tribes aren’t urbanized and assimilated into mainstream, their languages won’t die out.
6. Youngsters will be able to communicate with people from abroad, if they learn foreign languages.
7. If the EU wasn’t worried about endangered languages, they wouldn’t issue a special directive on preserving them.
8. If minority languages aren’t politically tolerated, they will be in jeopardy.
9. If the high number of languages spoken in the EU corridors, it would be like a Tower of Babel.
10. If English is the language of trade and diplomacy, it will be considered as lingua franca nowadays.