UNIT 12. ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES A. PHONETICS 1. Put the sentences into the correct column. a . Whose book is on the desk? b. How far is English spread nowadays? e. Should we consider English an official language? d. How much is an online English course? e. Is it useful to learn English from YouTube? What countries have English as an official language? g. How will you use English in the future? . Do you really need a public speaking course? Will there be more IELTS sessions available? When did you first start studying English? k . Would you like to learn a language this summer? Do you need to learn the irregular verbs in English? m. What are the best countries in Europe to study English? m. Are there dozens of English-speaking countries in the world? . Why do more people speak Spanish than English as their first language? p. Can they communicate without using English in a foreign country? Rising intonation Falling intonation

IV. READING
Task 1. Read the paragraph and fill in the blank with suitable words. Use the words in the box.

Last summer holiday my family (1)                back to the UK and we went to a music festival on the Isle of Wight. It is one of the most famous music (2)                        in our country, which takes place every June. When we got there, I was impressed (3)                 the huge number of people. You know about sixty thousand people went to the event. We didn’t stay at a hotel but put up a tent in the camp site. It was lots of fun. We listened to a lot of songs by many bands (4)                       as The Killers and The Stone Roses. Guess what? We met Jon Bon Jovi! He’s my dad’s (5)             singer. He and his band stirred up the crowd in nearly three hours with the hit songs. We also went to the Bohemian Woods, a beautiful woodland down by the river. There we enjoyed a mix of good music from around the world (6)_     escaped the busy and noisy festival for a white.

Task 2. Read the paragraph then Answer the questions

      Brazil’s most popular and festive holiday is Carnival. In fact, many people consider Carnival one of the world’s biggest celebrations. Each spring, on the Saturday before Ash Wednesday, the streets of Brazil’s largest city, Rio de Janeiro, come alive with parties, festivals and glamorous dances.

      The Samba School Parade is the highlight of the four-day event. About 3000 performers, in colourful costumes embellished with feathers, beads and thousands of sequin dance down the parade route into the Sambadrome - a dance stadium built for the event. Judges award a prize to the most spectacular group of dancers.

1. What is the most popular and festive holiday in Bzazil?

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2. Is Carnival the biggest celebrations in the world?

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3. How many performers  are there in the event?

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4. Do the judges award a prize to the most spectacular group of dancers?

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Task 3. Read the passage and choose the correct answer  A , B, C or D. 

        Who are the best drivers? Which drivers are the safest on the roads? According to a recent survey, young and inexperienced drivers are the most likely to have an accident. Older drivers are more careful. Young men have the worst accident records of all. They often choose faster cars with bigger engines. One of the most interesting facts in the survey is that passengers have an effect on the driver. When young male drivers have their friends in the car, their driving become worse. When their wife or girlfriend is in the car, however, their driving is better. But opposite is true for women. Their driving is more dangerous when their husband or boyfriend is in the car.

1. According to the survey, who are the most likely to have an accident ?

A. Young and experienced drivers.        B. Old and inexperienced drivers.

C. Young and old drivers.                       D. Young and inexperienced drivers.

2. Young men often choose ________________________

A. expensive cars.                           B. fast cars with big engines.

C. slow cars with big engines.        D. fast car with small engines.

3. Who have an effect on the driver ?

A. passengers         B. policemen       C. children        D. journalists.

4. When young male drivers have the wife or girlfriends in the car, their driving becomes ____

A. worse                     B. better         C. slower         D. faster

5. When their husband or boyfriend is in the car, women’s driving is…..

A. more careful                     B. better                C. more dangerous        D. faster

Task 4. Read the passage and choose the best answer.

     Yesterday, on the way home from school, I saw an accident. A boy was run over by a taxi when he was riding his bicycle. The boy’s leg was broken and it was bleeding badly. Someone there tried to stop the bleeding. They put pressure on it and held it tight. A man used his mobile phone to call the emergency service. Some minutes later, an ambulance arrived and sent the boy to the hospital. Two policemen came to the scene immediately. Some people told the police that the taxi was driving at a very high speed when the accident happened.   Some others began talking about the traffic accidents these days and blamed the increasing number of accidents on the roads for careless driving and drunk drivers.

1. What did the writer see yesterday?

A. a fire          B. an accident                       C. a fighting                           D.   a crash

2. The accident happened between a taxi and…………….

A. a bus          B. a car                                 C. a bicycle                             D.   a motorbike

3. The boy was sent to the hospital by…………….

A. a police     B. a car                                 C. an ambulance                     D.   a passenger

4. What part of his body was hurt? – His………………..

A. arm            B. leg                                C. head                                 D.   shoulder

5. How was the driver driving when the accident happened? – Very…………….

A. slowly       B. fast                               C. carefully                                 D.   well