Question

VIII. Choose the best answers.
1. English__________ from a Proto-Indo-European language about 5,000 years ago.
A. derives B. derived C. is deriving D. has derived
2. Since 2005, India__________ the world’s largest English-speaking population.
A. has B. is having C. had D. has had
3. The United Kingdom__________ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
A. consists B. is consisted C. has consisted D. consisted
4. English__________ around the world by children in school as a foreign language.
A. has learned B. is learning C. is learned D. learned
5. 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
6. Over the past five years, Australia’s population__________ by 1.86 million people.
A. increases B. is increasing C. has increased D. is increased
7. 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
8. In the 16th century, French and British settlers__________ in Canada.
A. arrive B. have arrived C. was arriving D. arrived
9. __________ that there are no wild snakes in Ireland?
A. Do you know B. Are you knowing C. Elave you known D. Did you know
10. The Statue of Liberty, an American Symbol of freedom, __________ in France.
A. actually made B. was actually made C. has actually made D. makes actually

11. The Disney World__________ in the City of Orlando, which is in the State of Florida.
A. locates B. is locating C. is located D. located
12. Nowadays, Canada__________ against the influence of the foreign cultures, especially of
the us one.
A. struggled B. is struggling C. was struggling D. has struggled
13. Indian Disney Channel__________ Tom and Jerry Kids at 7 pm.
A. shows B. is showing C. is shown D. has shown
14. My family__________ in Chicago for more than 20 years.
A. live B. are living C. were D. have been

Answer 1

1. English derived from a Proto-Indo-European language about 5,000 years ago

2. Since 2005, India has had the world’s largest English-speaking population

3. The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

4. English is learned around the world by children in school as a foreign language

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

6. Over the past five years, Australia’s population has increased by 1.86 million people

7. I’m sorry. I can’t meet up this weekend. We are going to Wales on Friday

8. In the 16th century, French and British settlers arrived in Canada

9. Did you know that there are no wild snakes in Ireland

10. The Statue of Liberty, an American Symbol of freedom, was actually made in France

11. The Disney World is located in the City of Orlando, which is in the State of Florida

12. Nowadays, Canada is struggling against the influence of the foreign cultures, especially of the US one

13. Indian Disney Channel shows Tom and Jerry Kids at 7 pm

14. My family have been in Chicago for more than 20 years