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3. Decide which answer – a, b, c or d – best fits each space and read the story given below. Experience in Learning a Foreign Language

When I was at school, language learning was different from the way it is now, and my experience was probably _______ (1) different from that my parents had. I remember them ________ (2) me how dull learning a language was in their day, with long ________ (3) of irregular verbs to be learnt and lots of repeating after the teacher. Native-speaking teachers were ________ (4), and often the pronunciation my parents had to ________ (5) was wrong and they had a trouble making themselves ________ (6) when they traveled abroad. My own lessons were a bit more interesting. We learnt ________ (7) to use in real-life situations such as ordering in cafes and buying train ________ (8). Nowadays students are ________ (9) as much as possible to be flexible in the approach to a foreign language. In the state school system there are many modern course books and more native speaking teachers which make it easier to learn about _______ (10) culture.

1.

A. rather

B. still

C. already

D. quite

2.

A. speaking

B. telling

C. talking

D. saying

3.

A. lists

B. papers

C. pages

D. columns

4.

A. seldom

B. frequent

C. occasional

D. rare

5.

A. study

B. memorize

C. learn

D. remember

6.

A. understood

B. recognized

C. known

D. served

7.

A. sentences

B. texts

C. words

D. phrases

8.

A. places

B. tickets

C. seats

D. sits

9.

A. praised

B. suggested

C. encouraged

D. learnt

10.

A. another

B. other

C. others

D. the other

  1. Read the text. Use the word given in brackets changing its form and grammar category as in the example.

The English-Speaking World

English is the second most widely (wide) spoken popular language. _______ (approximate) 350 million people speak English as their first language. About the same number use it as a _______ (two) language. It is the official language of the United Kingdom, Ireland, The United States of America, Canada, Jamaica, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand and it is _______ (wide) spoken in India. It is the language of international business and _______ (scientific), of _______ (aviator) and shipping. It is the language of computer science, of sport, pop-music and _______ (political). About one third of the world speaks English.

As so many people speak English in so many different countries, there are many ________ (difference) “Englishes”.

The best form of English is called Standard English and it is the language of ________ (education) English speakers. It is used by a _______ (to govern), the BBC, the Universities and it is often called Queen’s English.

________ (America) English is the variety of English spoken in the United States of America. It is different from English in _______ (to pronounce), _______ (to intone), ________ (to spell), vocabulary and sometimes even in grammar.

________ (Australia) and New Zealand English, also called ________ (Australia) English, are very _______ (similarly). Especially in pronunciation they are also _______ (similarly) to British English, but there are differences in vocabulary and slang. Many terms, such as kangaroo, dingo, wombat and boomerang, come from the Aboriginal language and many others from the Cockney dialect spoken by the first _______ (to settle), the Londoners.

________ (Canada) English is different both from American English and from _______ (Britain) English. It is said to sound like American to Britons and like British to Americans.

  1. Translate the text into English.

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