(17)__________ many people the language of the Internet is English. “World, Wide, Web: Three English Words” was the name of an article by Michael Specter in the New York Times a few years ago. The article went on to say: “If you want to take full advantage of the Internet, there is only one real way to do it: learn English.”
In general, it is not difficult (18)__________ to use Internet services. (19)__________ Internet services are rather easy to use, you will have considerable difficulties if you are not familiar with English. In fact, a good knowledge of English is one of the most important (20)__________ that help use the Internet. Learning to use a new Internet service may take a few hours, a few days or some weeks, but it takes years to learn a language so that you can use it fluently and (21)__________. Of course, when you know some English, you can learn more just by using it on the Internet. But (22)__________ your English should be good enough to understand commonly used words and to know what to do on the Internet.