I/ Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the following passage

In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a (1) ______________. According to U.S. government statistics, about one-fifth of the American (2) ______________ does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and (3) ______________ one another since the early days of the country.

American volunteer not because they are forced or paid to (4) ______________ it. They (5) ______________ it! Traditional volunteer activities include (6) ______________ money for people in need , cooking and (7) ______________ food , doing general labour [such as clean-up (8) ______________ and home repair], providing transportation [such as giving ride to the (9) ______________], and tutoring/ (10) ______________ young people.

1. Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the following passage.

likes                              cycling                    goes                         reads                       listening

have                             collecting                cooks                       enjoys                      gets

       My family has six people. We (1) __________ different hobbies. My grandfather (2) __________ reading newspapers. He (3) __________ newspapers every morning after breakfast. My grandmother doesn’t like reading them. She (4) __________ to the market near my house every morning. She buys a lot of food. She (5) __________ very well. Oh, I love all her food. My father likes (6) __________. He (7) __________ up early and cycles around the West Lake all the year round. My mother doesn’t like this sport. She (8) __________ walking. She walks about four or five kilometers every morning. My brother doesn’t like any sports. He likes (9) __________ to music and playing drums. He is a member of the Green Band. It is a well-known band in my country.

       I don’t like reading, cooking or playing sports. I love (10) __________ things, such as stamps and coins.

IV/ Put the word from the box in each gap to complete the following passage.

Everybody knows that the hamburger is a very (1) ............. America food. However, people in the United States learned to make hamburgers (2) ............. Germans. The Germans got the idea from Russia. In the thirteenth century the Tartar people from Central Asia (3)...... to Russia and parts of Europe. They (4)..........something like hamburger meat, but it was raw. This raw meat was beef, lamb, goat meat or horse meat. Soon the Russians started to eat raw meat, (5) ..........Germans from Hamburg and other northern cities learned to eat this food from the Russians (6) .............., they added salt, pepper, a raw egg, and then cooked it.

Between 1830 and 1900 thousands (7) ........... Germans went to live in the United States. They took the hamburger with (8)..................... People called it hamburger steak.

In 1940 at the World's Fair in St. Loui (a city on the Mississippi River) a man from Texas sold hamburger steak in roll. Then people could eat it (9)......... their hands, like a sandwich. This was the first real hamburger (10)........... the hamburger we eat today.

Exercise 10. Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the following passage.

Secondary Education in the USA

In the USA students (1) _________ their secondary education at the age of 11. First they (2) _________ to Middle School for three years. Then they go for High School for four years, from the age 14 to 18. Some students (3) _________ school when they are 16 and (4) _________ job. But most students (5) _________ at High School still they are 18. Then they (6) _________ exams and they get "High School Diploma". There aren't any national exams.

All students at secondary school in the USA (7) _________ English, Maths, Science, and P.E, but students (8) _________ other subjects, so they don't all study the same subjects.

About 90% of students in the USA go to (9) _________ schools. About 10% go to (10) _________ schools. Most of the private schools are religious schools.

Question 1: Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the following passage.

their             begins              on                go

off                school              all                 learn

In England, when the schoolchildren come Lo school, they first .......(1)..... to the cloakroom. They take .....(2)....... their coats and raincoats, their caps and hats, and then go to ........(3)...... classroom. Some of the students go to the laboratories and workshops where they....... (4)..... physics, chemistry and art. When a sludent is ....(5).... duty, he comes to ....(6)...... very early. He has to open........ (7)...... the windows, water the flowers and clean the blackboard, so everything is ready for the first lesson. At seven thirty the teacher comes into the room and the lesson.....(8).......

VII. Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the following passage.

Secondary education in the USA.

            In the USA students (1) …………………. their secondary education at the age of 11. First they (2) …………….. to Middle School for three years. Then they go for High School for four years, from the age of 14 to 18. Some students (3) ………………… school when they are 16 and (4) …………………… jobs. But most students (5) ……………….. at High School still they are 18. Then they (6) ………………. Exams and they get “High School Diploma”. There aren’t any national exams.

            All students at secondary school in the USA (7) ………………. English, math, science, and P.E, but students (8) ……………….other subjects, so they don’t all study the same subjects.

            About 90% of students in the USA go to (9) ……………….. schools. About 10 % go to (10) ………………… schools. Most of the private schools are religious schools.