Looking back

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The car has been .................... in clay.

1. moulded   
2. woven   
3. embroidered

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The scarf embroidered with gold .................... is the most expensive one in our shop.

1. frame   
2. layer 
3. thread

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The boys are playing games, .................... the girls are watching TV.

1. so   
2. nor   
3. and

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I tried my best in the final test, .................... the result was not as good as I expected.

1. but   
2. so   
3. for

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He lost the key, .................... he couldn’t get into the house.

1. yet   
2. or   
3. so

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He lost the key, .................... he couldn’t get into the house.

1. yet   
2. or   
3. so

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You must do well in the test, .................... you will not graduate.

1. so   
2. or   
3. for

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Pop music is so popular, .................... the melody is simple and memorable.

1. for   
2. so   
3. and

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I should practice more for the competition, .................... my health hasn’t been excellent recently.

1. and   
2. so   
3. but

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You can go to the movies with me, ................. you can go to the concert alone.

1. and   
2. or   
3. so

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

    In the world today there are 5,000 to 6,000 living languages, of which English is the most widely used. As a mother tongue, it ranks second only to Chinese, which is little used outside China.

    English is the most international of languages. It is used as the language of aviation, international sport and pop music. Sixty percent of the world’s radio stations broadcast in English, and more than half of the world’s scientific papers are printed in English.

    It is true that a great number of people are involved in the use of English. To people in Africa, Asia, and South America, English is an important foreign language to master. In most countries in the world, the English language is used as the language of business, commerce, and technology. English is now an effective medium of international communication. However, it is the written English which is not systematically phonetic, that causes difficulties to non-native speakers.

Which language is used by pilots to ask for landing instructions in Thailand?

1. Thai language
2. English
3. Vietnamese
4. French

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

    In the world today there are 5,000 to 6,000 living languages, of which English is the most widely used. As a mother tongue, it ranks second only to Chinese, which is little used outside China.

    English is the most international of languages. It is used as the language of aviation, international sport and pop music. Sixty percent of the world’s radio stations broadcast in English, and more than half of the world’s scientific papers are printed in English.

    It is true that a great number of people are involved in the use of English. To people in Africa, Asia, and South America, English is an important foreign language to master. In most countries in the world, the English language is used as the language of business, commerce, and technology. English is now an effective medium of international communication. However, it is the written English which is not systematically phonetic, that causes difficulties to non-native speakers.

Why is English an important foreign language used in many countries?

1. Because it is an effective medium of international communication.
2. A great number of people are involved in the use of English.
3. More than half of the world’s scientific papers are printed in English.
4. English language is used as the language of business, commerce, and technology.

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

    In the world today there are 5,000 to 6,000 living languages, of which English is the most widely used. As a mother tongue, it ranks second only to Chinese, which is little used outside China.

    English is the most international of languages. It is used as the language of aviation, international sport and pop music. Sixty percent of the world’s radio stations broadcast in English, and more than half of the world’s scientific papers are printed in English.

    It is true that a great number of people are involved in the use of English. To people in Africa, Asia, and South America, English is an important foreign language to master. In most countries in the world, the English language is used as the language of business, commerce, and technology. English is now an effective medium of international communication. However, it is the written English which is not systematically phonetic, that causes difficulties to non-native speakers.

Name three countries in which English is spoken as a first language.

1. The UK, the USA, and Australia
2. China, Thailand, and Philippines
3. The UK, China, and Thailand
4. The USA, Australia and China

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

    In the world today there are 5,000 to 6,000 living languages, of which English is the most widely used. As a mother tongue, it ranks second only to Chinese, which is little used outside China.

    English is the most international of languages. It is used as the language of aviation, international sport and pop music. Sixty percent of the world’s radio stations broadcast in English, and more than half of the world’s scientific papers are printed in English.

    It is true that a great number of people are involved in the use of English. To people in Africa, Asia, and South America, English is an important foreign language to master. In most countries in the world, the English language is used as the language of business, commerce, and technology. English is now an effective medium of international communication. However, it is the written English which is not systematically phonetic, that causes difficulties to non-native speakers.

Name three countries in which English is spoken as a first language.

1. The UK, the USA, and Australia
2. China, Thailand, and Philippines
3. The UK, China, and Thailand
4. The USA, Australia and China

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: WHY DO LANGUAGES DIE?

    In an article recently published in The New Yorker, the issue of endangered languages is explored in depth. They report a concern that up to half (6) _______ today’s living languages are in danger and will be extinct by the end of the 21st century, other than what (7) _______ preserved in archives. This means a language dies on average every four months.

    Languages (8) _______ for many reasons. Some are cultural. For example, many cultures have been colonised or otherwise (9) _______ by another culture. Often, this translated into suppressing the native culture’s (10) _______ tongue. If these conditions lasted long enough, then these languages dwindled, were only spoken in secret or died out altogether.

    Numerous examples exist in North America, where (11) _______ people, now known as First Nations’ people, have (12) _______ lost or are in grave danger of losing any working knowledge of their mother tongue.

    In (13) _______ cases, languages may decline or die in situ, but may be holding tenuously on in another environment. We can see examples in immigrant communities (14) _______ New York to South Africa. Furthermore, many dying languages can be hard to (15) _______ if their tradition was mostly oral, with few written records ever in existence.

(https://www.communicaid.com/business-language-courses/blog/why-are-languages-dying)

*in situ: in the original or correct place.   

They report a concern that up to half (6) _______ today’s living languages are in danger and will be extinct by the end of the 21st century, other than what (7) _______ preserved in archives. This means a language dies on average every four months.

1. is
2. are
3. have been
4. was

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: WHY DO LANGUAGES DIE?

    In an article recently published in The New Yorker, the issue of endangered languages is explored in depth. They report a concern that up to half (6) _______ today’s living languages are in danger and will be extinct by the end of the 21st century, other than what (7) _______ preserved in archives. This means a language dies on average every four months.

    Languages (8) _______ for many reasons. Some are cultural. For example, many cultures have been colonised or otherwise (9) _______ by another culture. Often, this translated into suppressing the native culture’s (10) _______ tongue. If these conditions lasted long enough, then these languages dwindled, were only spoken in secret or died out altogether.

    Numerous examples exist in North America, where (11) _______ people, now known as First Nations’ people, have (12) _______ lost or are in grave danger of losing any working knowledge of their mother tongue.

    In (13) _______ cases, languages may decline or die in situ, but may be holding tenuously on in another environment. We can see examples in immigrant communities (14) _______ New York to South Africa. Furthermore, many dying languages can be hard to (15) _______ if their tradition was mostly oral, with few written records ever in existence.

(https://www.communicaid.com/business-language-courses/blog/why-are-languages-dying)

*in situ: in the original or correct place.   

 Languages (8) _______ for many reasons.

1. live
2. survive
3. kill
4. die

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: WHY DO LANGUAGES DIE?

    In an article recently published in The New Yorker, the issue of endangered languages is explored in depth. They report a concern that up to half (6) _______ today’s living languages are in danger and will be extinct by the end of the 21st century, other than what (7) _______ preserved in archives. This means a language dies on average every four months.

    Languages (8) _______ for many reasons. Some are cultural. For example, many cultures have been colonised or otherwise (9) _______ by another culture. Often, this translated into suppressing the native culture’s (10) _______ tongue. If these conditions lasted long enough, then these languages dwindled, were only spoken in secret or died out altogether.

    Numerous examples exist in North America, where (11) _______ people, now known as First Nations’ people, have (12) _______ lost or are in grave danger of losing any working knowledge of their mother tongue.

    In (13) _______ cases, languages may decline or die in situ, but may be holding tenuously on in another e nvironment. We can see examples in immigrant communities (14) _______ New York to South Africa. Furthermore, many dying languages can be hard to (15) _______ if their tradition was mostly oral, with few written records ever in existence.

(https://www.communicaid.com/business-language-courses/blog/why-are-languages-dying)

*in situ: in the original or correct place.  

 For example, many cultures have been colonised or otherwise (9) _______ by another culture.

1. captured
2. kept
3. dominated
4. imitated

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: WHY DO LANGUAGES DIE?

    In an article recently published in The New Yorker, the issue of endangered languages is explored in depth. They report a concern that up to half (6) _______ today’s living languages are in danger and will be extinct by the end of the 21st century, other than what (7) _______ preserved in archives. This means a language dies on average every four months.

    Languages (8) _______ for many reasons. Some are cultural. For example, many cultures have been colonised or otherwise (9) _______ by another culture. Often, this translated into suppressing the native culture’s (10) _______ tongue. If these conditions lasted long enough, then these languages dwindled, were only spoken in secret or died out altogether.

    Numerous examples exist in North America, where (11) _______ people, now known as First Nations’ people, have (12) _______ lost or are in grave danger of losing any working knowledge of their mother tongue.

    In (13) _______ cases, languages may decline or die in situ, but may be holding tenuously on in another e nvironment. We can see examples in immigrant communities (14) _______ New York to South Africa. Furthermore, many dying languages can be hard to (15) _______ if their tradition was mostly oral, with few written records ever in existence.

(https://www.communicaid.com/business-language-courses/blog/why-are-languages-dying)

*in situ: in the original or correct place.  

Often, this translated into suppressing the native culture’s (10) _______ tongue.

1. first
2. native
3. monolingual
4. mother

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: WHY DO LANGUAGES DIE?

    In an article recently published in The New Yorker, the issue of endangered languages is explored in depth. They report a concern that up to half (6) _______ today’s living languages are in danger and will be extinct by the end of the 21st century, other than what (7) _______ preserved in archives. This means a language dies on average every four months.

    Languages (8) _______ for many reasons. Some are cultural. For example, many cultures have been colonised or otherwise (9) _______ by another culture. Often, this translated into suppressing the native culture’s (10) _______ tongue. If these conditions lasted long enough, then these languages dwindled, were only spoken in secret or died out altogether.

    Numerous examples exist in North America, where (11) _______ people, now known as First Nations’ people, have (12) _______ lost or are in grave danger of losing any working knowledge of their mother tongue.

    In (13) _______ cases, languages may decline or die in situ, but may be holding tenuously on in another e nvironment. We can see examples in immigrant communities (14) _______ New York to South Africa. Furthermore, many dying languages can be hard to (15) _______ if their tradition was mostly oral, with few written records ever in existence.

(https://www.communicaid.com/business-language-courses/blog/why-are-languages-dying)

*in situ: in the original or correct place.  

Numerous examples exist in North America, where (11) _______ people, now known as First Nations’ people, …

1. indigenous
2. foreign
3. old
4. prehistoric

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: WHY DO LANGUAGES DIE?

    In an article recently published in The New Yorker, the issue of endangered languages is explored in depth. They report a concern that up to half (6) _______ today’s living languages are in danger and will be extinct by the end of the 21st century, other than what (7) _______ preserved in archives. This means a language dies on average every four months.

    Languages (8) _______ for many reasons. Some are cultural. For example, many cultures have been colonised or otherwise (9) _______ by another culture. Often, this translated into suppressing the native culture’s (10) _______ tongue. If these conditions lasted long enough, then these languages dwindled, were only spoken in secret or died out altogether.

    Numerous examples exist in North America, where (11) _______ people, now known as First Nations’ people, have (12) _______ lost or are in grave danger of losing any working knowledge of their mother tongue.

    In (13) _______ cases, languages may decline or die in situ, but may be holding tenuously on in another e nvironment. We can see examples in immigrant communities (14) _______ New York to South Africa. Furthermore, many dying languages can be hard to (15) _______ if their tradition was mostly oral, with few written records ever in existence.

(https://www.communicaid.com/business-language-courses/blog/why-are-languages-dying)

*in situ: in the original or correct place.  

Numerous examples exist in North America, where (11) _______ people, now known as First Nations’ people, have (12) _______ lost or are in grave danger of losing any working knowledge of their mother tongue.

1. either
2. neither 
3. and
4. both

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: WHY DO LANGUAGES DIE?

    In an article recently published in The New Yorker, the issue of endangered languages is explored in depth. They report a concern that up to half (6) _______ today’s living languages are in danger and will be extinct by the end of the 21st century, other than what (7) _______ preserved in archives. This means a language dies on average every four months.

    Languages (8) _______ for many reasons. Some are cultural. For example, many cultures have been colonised or otherwise (9) _______ by another culture. Often, this translated into suppressing the native culture’s (10) _______ tongue. If these conditions lasted long enough, then these languages dwindled, were only spoken in secret or died out altogether.

    Numerous examples exist in North America, where (11) _______ people, now known as First Nations’ people, have (12) _______ lost or are in grave danger of losing any working knowledge of their mother tongue.

    In (13) _______ cases, languages may decline or die in situ, but may be holding tenuously on in another e nvironment. We can see examples in immigrant communities (14) _______ New York to South Africa. Furthermore, many dying languages can be hard to (15) _______ if their tradition was mostly oral, with few written records ever in existence.

(https://www.communicaid.com/business-language-courses/blog/why-are-languages-dying)

*in situ: in the original or correct place.  

In (13) _______ cases, languages may decline or die in situ, but may be holding tenuously on in another environment.

1. others
2. another
3. more
4. other

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: WHY DO LANGUAGES DIE?

    In an article recently published in The New Yorker, the issue of endangered languages is explored in depth. They report a concern that up to half (6) _______ today’s living languages are in danger and will be extinct by the end of the 21st century, other than what (7) _______ preserved in archives. This means a language dies on average every four months.

    Languages (8) _______ for many reasons. Some are cultural. For example, many cultures have been colonised or otherwise (9) _______ by another culture. Often, this translated into suppressing the native culture’s (10) _______ tongue. If these conditions lasted long enough, then these languages dwindled, were only spoken in secret or died out altogether.

    Numerous examples exist in North America, where (11) _______ people, now known as First Nations’ people, have (12) _______ lost or are in grave danger of losing any working knowledge of their mother tongue.

    In (13) _______ cases, languages may decline or die in situ, but may be holding tenuously on in another e nvironment. We can see examples in immigrant communities (14) _______ New York to South Africa. Furthermore, many dying languages can be hard to (15) _______ if their tradition was mostly oral, with few written records ever in existence.

(https://www.communicaid.com/business-language-courses/blog/why-are-languages-dying)

*in situ: in the original or correct place.  

 We can see examples in immigrant communities (14) _______ New York to South Africa.

1. between
2. both
3. from
4. against

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: WHY DO LANGUAGES DIE?

    In an article recently published in The New Yorker, the issue of endangered languages is explored in depth. They report a concern that up to half (6) _______ today’s living languages are in danger and will be extinct by the end of the 21st century, other than what (7) _______ preserved in archives. This means a language dies on average every four months.

    Languages (8) _______ for many reasons. Some are cultural. For example, many cultures have been colonised or otherwise (9) _______ by another culture. Often, this translated into suppressing the native culture’s (10) _______ tongue. If these conditions lasted long enough, then these languages dwindled, were only spoken in secret or died out altogether.

    Numerous examples exist in North America, where (11) _______ people, now known as First Nations’ people, have (12) _______ lost or are in grave danger of losing any working knowledge of their mother tongue.

    In (13) _______ cases, languages may decline or die in situ, but may be holding tenuously on in another e nvironment. We can see examples in immigrant communities (14) _______ New York to South Africa. Furthermore, many dying languages can be hard to (15) _______ if their tradition was mostly oral, with few written records ever in existence.

(https://www.communicaid.com/business-language-courses/blog/why-are-languages-dying)

*in situ: in the original or correct place.  

 Furthermore, many dying languages can be hard to (15) _______ if their tradition was mostly oral, with few written records ever in existence.

1. give up
2. die out
3. preserve
4. reverse

Choose the sentence with the same meaning as the given one.

I went to Japan because I wanted to learn Japanese.

1. I wanted to learn Japanese to go to Japan.
2. I went to Japan to learn Japanese.
3. I went to Japan so learn Japanese.
4. I went to Japan to learning Japanese.

Use the prompts and the word in bracket to write the sentence.

foreign / universities / use / English, / learn / it / very / important (since)

1. Since foreign universities to use English, learning it is very important.
2. Since foreign universities use English, learning it is very important.
3. Foreign universities use English since learning it is very important.
4. Since foreign universities use English to learn it very important.