Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word in each blank

Canada is an officially bilingual country, with two official _________ (1): French and English. French speaking Canadians take a much smaller percentage of the population, and more _________ (2) 90 per cent of them live in Quebec – the only province where French is the language of daily life. 3.8 million Quebecers can only speak French, _________ (3) another 3.2 million can speak French and English. Together those groups comprise basically the entire provincial population. Canadians who speak neither English _________ (4) French as their first language are sometimes called Allophones, and the majority of these people are either immigrants or their children.

Question 1:

Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word in each blank

Canada is an officially bilingual country, with two official _________ (1): French and English. French speaking Canadians take a much smaller percentage of the population, and more _________ (2) 90 per cent of them live in Quebec – the only province where French is the language of daily life. 3.8 million Quebecers can only speak French, _________ (3) another 3.2 million can speak French and English. Together those groups comprise basically the entire provincial population. Canadians who speak neither English _________ (4) French as their first language are sometimes called Allophones, and the majority of these people are either immigrants or their children.

Question 2:

Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word in each blank

Canada is an officially bilingual country, with two official _________ (1): French and English. French speaking Canadians take a much smaller percentage of the population, and more _________ (2) 90 per cent of them live in Quebec – the only province where French is the language of daily life. 3.8 million Quebecers can only speak French, _________ (3) another 3.2 million can speak French and English. Together those groups comprise basically the entire provincial population. Canadians who speak neither English _________ (4) French as their first language are sometimes called Allophones, and the majority of these people are either immigrants or their children.

Question 4:

Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word in each blank

Canada is an officially bilingual country, with two official _________ (1): French and English. French speaking Canadians take a much smaller percentage of the population, and more _________ (2) 90 per cent of them live in Quebec – the only province where French is the language of daily life. 3.8 million Quebecers can only speak French, _________ (3) another 3.2 million can speak French and English. Together those groups comprise basically the entire provincial population. Canadians who speak neither English _________ (4) French as their first language are sometimes called Allophones, and the majority of these people are either immigrants or their children.

Question 3:

Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word in each blank
Canada is an officially bilingual country, with two official _________ (1): French and English. French
speaking Canadians take a much smaller percentage of the population, and more _________ (2) 90 per
cent of them live in Quebec – the only province where French is the language of daily life. 3.8 million
Quebecers can only speak French, _________ (3) another 3.2 million can speak French and English.
Together those groups comprise basically the entire provincial population. Canadians who speak
neither English _________ (4) French as their first language are sometimes called Allophones, and the
majority of these people are either immigrants or their children.

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. There
are TWO words that you don’t need.
decorate decorations traditional parade celebrate costumes fireworks

GOLOWAN FESTIVAL

Golowan festival is one of the biggest (38) __________ festivals in Europe. Golowan
means ‘midsummer’ in Cornish, the old language of Cornwall. ‘Midsummer’ is the longest day

of the year and people celebrate ‘midsummer’ in many countries. The festival lasts for ten days.
The celebrations begin with a big (39) __________ show and lots of different music events.
People (40) __________ the streets with flags in different colors. School students make amazing
animals out of paper. There aren’t any cars or buses on the streets in the town center. Hundreds
of people dress up in beautiful (41) __________ and walk along the streets in a big (42)
__________. Musicians play guitars and drums while people dance. Visitors can also try Cornish
food at the food stands.

VII. Fill in each blank with a suitable word to complete the paragraph (2 points)

GOOD AT LANGUAGES

At school, Sarah Biggs says she was very bad at languages. Now she speaks English, Spanish and Italian and works (1)____________ a bilingual secretary in a travel company in England. (2)____________ several foreign languages at work is not easy, but for Sarah, and other multi-lingual secretaries like her, it is all standard practice.

Sarah comes from Spain, (3)____________ she attended school and college. But it was time spent abroad after college that encouraged her interest in languages.

In her job, Sarah has a great deal more responsibility than the title of secretary would suggest. She stresses the importance of (4)____________ fluent in Spanish because part of her job is dealing (5)____________ customers from Latin America. (6)____________ such clients come from abroad, she has to translate everything they say into English. She is given (7)____________ time for preparation at all, so this aspect of her job is one of the (8)____________ difficult.

It is important for Sarah to be up-to-date with changes (9)____________ her own language, so she reads Spanish newspapers and books looking for new additions to her vocabulary. Sarah says she (10)____________ not give up this job even if they offered her a better salary in another company.

SECTION D: READING COMPREHENSION.

I. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the passage.

      The country and the city have (1)______ and disadvantages. People in the country live in more beautiful (2)______. They enjoy peace and quiet, and can do their work at their own pace because no one is in a (3)______. They live in larger, more comfortable houses, and their (4)______ are more friendly, and ready to help them when they need it. Their life can be monotonous and they can be (5)______, a long way from the nearest town, which  is a serious problem if they are ill or have to (6)________ children to school.

         The city has all the (7)______ the country lacks, but it also has a lot of disadvantages. Cities are often ugly and (8)______; they not only have bad air but are also noisy. Everyone is always in a haste and this (9)______ that people have no time to get to know each other and make (10)______.