VIII. Complete the following text with the given words:

Some people call it Britain. Others say (1) . . . . . . .Britain. Many people mistakenly call the (2) . . . . . country England. But its real name is a mouthful : the United Kingdom (3) . . . . . . . Great Britain and Northern Ireland. That’s why it’s usually just called the United Kingdom, or UK for (4) . . . . . . . . The United Kingdom is a (5) . . . . . . . made up of four parts : England, Scotland, Wales, and (6) . . . . . . Ireland. For centuries, it was (7) . . . . . . . by kings and queens. The United Kingdom still has a monarchy, although today its power is mostly symbolic. England is the biggest part, but don’t (8) . . . . . . . .the others. Each part was once ruled separately. Each has its (9) . . . . . . . .culture and its own native language, which some people still speak. Each even has its own national soccer (10) . . . . . . . !

1. A. Big B. Great C. Huge D. Large

2. A. all B. most C. mostly D. whole

3. A. of B. in C. for D. with

4. A. easy B. little C. short D. small

5. A. part B. place C. country D. continent
6. A. North B. Northern C. Northerner D. Northerly

7. A. lead B. ruled C. headed D. topped

8. A. miss B. leave C. forget D. remember
9. A. own B. personal C. private D. favorite

10. A. group B. crowd C. team D. troop

VIII. Complete the following text with the given words:

Some people call it Britain. Others say (1) . . . . . . .Britain. Many people mistakenly call the (2) . . . . . country England. But its real name is a mouthful : the United Kingdom (3) . . . . . . . Great Britain and Northern Ireland. That’s why it’s usually just called the United Kingdom, or UK for (4) . . . . . . . . The United Kingdom is a (5) . . . . . . . made up of four parts : England, Scotland, Wales, and (6) . . . . . . Ireland. For centuries, it was (7) . . . . . . . by kings and queens. The United Kingdom still has a monarchy, although today its power is mostly symbolic. England is the biggest part, but don’t (8) . . . . . . . .the others. Each part was once ruled separately. Each has its (9) . . . . . . . .culture and its own native language, which some people still speak. Each even has its own national soccer (10) . . . . . . . !

1. A. Big B. Great C. Huge D. Large

2. A. all B. most C. mostly D. whole

3. A. of B. in C. for D. with

4. A. easy B. little C. short D. small

5. A. part B. place C. country D. continent

6. A. North B. Northern C. Northerner D. Northerly

7. A. lead B. ruled C. headed D. topped

8. A. miss B. leave C. forget D. remember

9. A. own B. personal C. private D. favorite

10. A. group B. crowd C. team D. troop

Read the text about volunteer work and circle the correct answer A, B, C or D

In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer. According to U.S. government statistics, about one- fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.

Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to do it. They enjoy it! Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in need, cooking and and giving food, doing general labour (such as clean-up projects and home repair), providing transportation (such as giving rides to the elderly), and tutoring / mentoring young people.

Question: Traditional volunteer activities don’t include:

A. raising money

B. buying things

C. cooking

D. tutoring

1.     Since 2005, India__________ the world’s largest English-speaking population.

A. has              B. is having          C. had                            D. has had

2.     The United Kingdom__________ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.  

A. consists                 B. is consisted                C. has consisted    D. consisted

3.     English__________ around the world by children in school as a foreign language.

A. has learned  B. is learning                  C. is learned          D. learned

4.     You’d better go to bed early tonight. The plane__________ at 6 o’clock tomorrow morning so we’ll have to be up by 4.30!

A. will leave     B. leaves               C. leave                D. is leaving

5.     Over the past five years, Australia’s population__________ by 1.86 million people.

A. increases     B. is increasing     C. has increased    D. is increased

6.     I’m sorry. I can’t meet up this weekend. We__________  to Wales on Friday.

A. go                B. are going          C. will go              D. has gone

7.     In the 16th century, French and British settlers__________ in Canada.

A. arrive          B. have arrived     C. was arriving     D. arrived

8.     Light pollution has a wide range of negative effects________  human health.

A. on               B. of                     C. for                    D. to

9.     ________can cause high blood pressure, heart problems, sleep disturbances, and hearing problems.

A. Air pollution         B. Light pollution C. Water pollution          D. Noise pollution

10. The levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have risen________ the burning of fossil fuels.

A. therefore     B. because            C. in spite of                   D. due to

Modern English is the (1) _________ of the English language (2) ______ since the great

vowel shift, completed in roughly 1550.

Despite some (3) ________ in vocabulary, text from the (4) _______ 17th century, such as

the works of William Shakespeare and the King James Bible, are considered to be in Modern

English, or more specifically, are referred to as using Early Modern English

According to Ethnology, there are (5) ________ 508 million speakers of English as the first

or (6) ________ language as of 1999, a number dwarfed only by the Chinese language (7) _________ terms of the number of the speakers. However, Chinese has a smaller geographical

range and is spoken primarily in mainland China and Taiwan and also by a sizable immigrant

community in North America. (8) _______, English is spoken in a vast number of territories

including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, the United States of America, Australia, New

Zealand, India, Pakistan, and Southern Africa. Its large number of speakers, plus its worldwide

presence, have made English a (9) _______ language for use in such diverse applications as

controlling airplanes, developing software, conducting international diplomacy, and business (10) ________. 1. A. way B. form C. road D. shape

2. A. spoken B. speak C. told D. said

3. A. variety B. difference C. differences D. unlikelihood

4. A. soon B. early C. premature D. earlier

5. A. on B. beyond C. above D. over

6. A. second B. twice C. two D. secondly

7. A. on B. with C. in D. for

8. A. Contrary B. On contrary C. In contrary D. With contrary

9. A. private B. shared C. common D. public

10. A. relations B. relationship C. related D. relationa

In the United States of America, the nationnal language is(1)........... Enlish.Four hundred years old, some English people came to North America to live and they brought(2)................. language to this country.

Now in the USA, people(3)..........English. Most of the words are the(4).......... in America and British English, but the America say some English words not as people(5)................ in England. Canada is(6)........... to the North of the United States of America. It is the larger(7)............ the United States. In Canada, many people(8)............. English because they also came from England many years(9)............ But in some parts of Canada, people speak(10)......... because they came from France

1. A. also B. like C. as D. not

2. A. French B. English C. Chinese D. Canadian

3. A. British B. American C. Russian D. Chinese

4. A. various B. similar C. same D. like

5. A. do B. say C. talk D. speak

6 A. lies B. situated C. at D. in

7 A. than B. as C. more D. less

8 A. say B. tell C. talk D. speak

9 A. ago B. later C. there D. here

10 A. Frace B. French C. Russian D. Italian

Read the text about volunteer work and circle the correct answer A, B, C or D

In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer. According to U.S. government statistics, about one- fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.

Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to do it. They enjoy it! Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in need, cooking and and giving food, doing general labour (such as clean-up projects and home repair), providing transportation (such as giving rides to the elderly), and tutoring / mentoring young people.

Question: Americans volunteer because

A. they are forced

B. they are paid

C. they enjoy

D. they don’t have jobs