About one hundred years ago many educated people learned and

About one hundred years ago many educated people learned and spoke French when they met people from other countries.Today most people speak English when they meet foreigners.It has become the new international language.There are more people who speak English as a second language than people who speak English as the first language.Why is this?
There are many reasons why English has become so popular.One of them is that English has become the language of business.Another important reason is that popular American culture (like movies,music,and Mc Donald’s) has quickly spread throughout the world.It has brought its language with it as well.
Is it good that English has spread to all parts of the world so quickly?I don’t know.It’s important to have a language that the people on the earth have in common.Our world has become very global and we need to communicate with one another.On the other hand,English is a fairly complicated language to learn and it brings its culture with it.Do we really need that?
Scientists have already tried to create an artificial (人造的) language that isn’t too difficult and doesn’t include any group’s culture.It is called Esperanto.It hasn’t become popular,but maybe the popularity of English won’t last that long,either.Who knows?There are more people in the world who speak Chinese than any other language.Maybe someday Chinese will be the new international language.
问题（1）What was the world language a century ago?It was________

What was the world language a century ago?It was【French】.
信息句：
About 【one hundred years ago 】many educated people learned and spoke French when they met people from other countries.Today most people speak English when they meet foreigners
关键表达：
a century ago=one hundred years ago
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再问： 请问下。答案在哪块吗？老师要问的。。。
再答： 就是所给的信息句呀。其中【one hundred years ago 】【spoke French 】就是直接答案来源。