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TEXT 1:
READ the following text and answer the questions based on it:
The United States became an independent country in 1776. More than 250,000,000 people live in the United States. English is the official language of the United States, but many Americans speak other languages as well.
Washington, D.C. (or the District of Columbia) is the capital city of the United States of American and its population is 650,000. It’s in the northeast of the USA. The city has many government buildings, many famous museums and many famous universities. It also has two airports, a zoo, a football team, a hockey
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team, a soccer team and a baseball team! Every year, people travel to Washington, D.C. to visit the White House, where the President of the United States lives.
ANSWER the following questions based on the text above:
1. When did the US get its independence?
a. In seventeen seventy-seven.
b. In sixteen seventy-six.
c. In sixteen sixty-six.
d. In seventeen seventy-six.
2. Do Americans only speak English?
a) No, they don’t. They speak other languages there, too.
b) No, they don’t. They also speak Russian there.
c. Yes, they do. Language is the official language.
d. Yes, they do. They like English very much.
- What is the capital of that country?
a. Boston is the capital of the United States.
b. Washington is the capital of the United States.
c. New York is the capital of the United States.
d. San Francisco is the capital of the United States.
- Where does the President of the United States live?
a. He lives in New York City.
b. He lives in the White House in New York.
c. He lives in a big apartment in Washington, D.C.
b. He found it easily.
c. (^) He found it yesterday.
d. He found the information very early.
11. Were you homesick, Anita?
d.a. Yes, we were.
d.b.No, she wasn’t.
d.c. Yes, I was.
d.d.No, I wasn’t.
12. Was the weather bad?
d.a. No, I wasn’t.
d.b.No, it wasn’t.
d.c. Yes, it was fine, just fine.
d.d.Yes, it was.
13. What were these people doing when it started raining yesterday afternoon? CHOOSE an expression from the box and complete the sentences.
have an ice cream / leave the supermarket / open her umbrella / read the newspaper / ride their bikes / take the bus
a. A woman _________________________________________
b. A man ____________________________________________
c. Two boys _________________________________________
d. An old woman ______________________________________
e. A young girl _______________________________________
f. An old man ________________________________________
14. Read the sentences from the second column and NUMBER them according to the use of the reflexive pronoun: 1. Reflexive pronoun ( ) I went on holiday alone. I went on holiday by myself. 2. For emphasis. ( ) Margaret had a nice time in London. She enjoyed herself. 3. Idiomatic expression. ( ) Bob himself painted his house.
( ) That pretty woman considered herself to be perfect. But she wasn’t.
( ) Don’t go out alone. Don’t go out by yourself. ( ) I myself prepared the dinner for you.
