Alfred Wainwright came from a relatively poor family but managed to (0) ......... qualifications in accountancy. However it is not for his skill in accountancy that he is (1) ......... but for his pictorial guidebooks to the English Lake District. The Lake District is in the north-west of England and (2) ......... an area of some 2,292 square kilometres. As its name (3) ......... , it is an area of lakes and mountains. Alfred first went there on a walking holiday in 1930 and immediately fell in love with the area. He (4) ......... the Lake District into seven parts and wrote a guide for each of them. The guides (5) ......... entirely of copies of his hand-written manuscripts. All have descriptions of walks with hand-drawn maps and sketches of views from the summits of the different mountains. He intended the books to be just for his own personal (6) ......... but was eventually (7) ......... to publish them. They are beautiful books which (8) ......... as popular as ever.

1 A reminded B recollected C referred D remembered

2 A reaches B extends C ranges D covers

3 A implies B represents C proves D means

4 A distributed B assigned C divided D allocated

5 A involve B consist C include D contain

6 A application B use C employment D practice

7 A persuaded B impressed C caused D influenced

8 A stay B keep C continue D remain

If you look at a map of.england ,you...... see a number of lakes in the north -west corner.this is one of the most beautiful parts of ..........because, in addition to the lakes themselves ,there are green valleys , wooded.hills and waterfalls.beacause there are boating ,bathing and fishing ,many people ........the lakes to the seaside for a holiday .there ........no big cities very near the lakes,but a.number of small towns with good hotel for visitors .those whi want quieter places to stay at can usually find rooms ......a village or farmhouses.

Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage. Use only one word in each space ( 1 p ) :

The country is more beautiful than a town and pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country (1) ………… the summer holidays though they can not live there all the year round. Some have a cottage built in a village (2) ………… that they can go there whenever they can find the time.

English villagers are not all alike, but (3) ……. some ways they are not very different from each other. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of (4) ……… can be seen for many miles around. Surrounding the church is the churchyard, (5) ………. people are buried.

The village green (6) ………. a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are (7) ……….. round it . Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages (8) ………. water brought through pipes into each (9) ………. .

Most villages are so close to some small town that people can go there to buy (10) ……….. they can’t find in the village shops.

Read tge passage. Decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
Living in Scotland
Scotland is the uk's most northern country and has around 790 islands off its coasts - 130 of which have people living on them. Scotland is well known for its stunning landscapes, beautiful beaches and lochs, which are fresh water lakes. There are over 600 square miles of lochs in Scotland including the most famous one, Loch Ness.
It has a population of just over five million people which is about 8.5 per cent of the whole UK population. Over 2 million of these live on Glasgow and Edinburgh, and almost half of Scotland's population live in the Central Belt, where both the largest city (Glasgow), and the capital city (Edinburgh) are located.
Scotland also hosts one of the biggest arts festivals in the world. This is commonly known as the Edinburgh Festival but is actually made up of a number of different festivals which happen at different times of the year, though many do take place in August and September. Many people have heard of the Fringe Festival, but there are also the International Festival, the Film Festival, the Children's Festival and the Edinburgh Mela which is an intercultural festival.
Decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. Scottish people inhabit on over 1/6 of ít all islands. ...........
2. Scotland's population is over 1/10 of the whole UK population. ............
3. People in Scotland prefer living in other areas to big cities. ............
4. There are 2 common months for Edinburgh Festival. ............
5. There won't be any special events exclusively for kids in the Festival ............

I. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the word

1. What is the correct .............. of this word (pronounce)

2. Last week we have an ........... summer holiday ( enjoy)

3. The ............ of the project made me tense ( important)

4. You had better do some........... for the final exam ( revise)

5. ....................., her illness was more serious than we thought ( fortunate)

II. Fill in each gap with a suitable word to complete th following passage

Rivers are one of the world's most important natural resources . Many cities are on the large rivers, and (1)......... every country has a least one river that (2)............. an important part in the lives of its people . Beside transportation, rivers (3).......... water for crops, water to drink , and re creation for people who live along their (4).............. And in (5)............ to get water for crops , engineers sometimes build a dam (6) a river and let water become a lake behind the dam . Then people can use their water not (7)........ irrigate fields but also to make eletricity for homes and industries. (8)........ the water often becomes polluted when cities river bank grow (9) ............ and the number of industries increases. We are learning that it is necessary to (10) ....... rivers clean if we want to enjoy the benefits of the natural resources.

Read the passage and then fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box

Cities sights fashion shops visit attractions attractive designers famous tourists

Paris is one of the most (1)…..……… and important cities in the world. It is also one of the Europe’s largest (2)………….. and is known to people all over the world as The City Of Light. The central areas are the most popular with (3)………….. because there are lots of beautiful (4)……….., monuments and museums. The Louvre has a very large number of (5) ……………..works, such as the Venus de Milo and the Mona Lisa. The Eiffel is one of the most popular tourist (6)………………….. in the world

The Industrial Revolution drew more and more people into Paris and now more than 10 million people live there. Everyday, five million people use the city’s underground system. Paris is regarded as one of the best places if you are interested in (7)……………………. Most of the world’s great fashion (8) ………….. have (9)……………. and offices in the city. For many people, the more they (10) ……………….Paris, the more they love it.

Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answer in the numbered box.

In Canada and the United States, (1) _________ of the most popular days in the year is Halloween. Halloween is on October 31st. It’s a day (2) _________ some people dress up in strange or unusual costumes. For example, they may dress up to look (3) _________ an animal, a person from a book or movie or a famous person from history. In some places, children go to school in (4) _________ Halloween costumes. After dark, many young children (5) _________ on their costumes and visit their neighbors. They knock on the (6) _________ and shout “Trick or treat!”. Then the neighbors (7) _________ them some candy, and the children go on to the (8) _________ house. Adults also enjoy dressing up for Halloween. (9) _________ are usually Halloween parties in the evening and usually there is a prize for the best or (10) _________ unusual costume.

The country is (1).............beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think so, and go to the country (2) .......... the summer holiday though they can't live (3) ............. all the year round. Some have cottage built in a village (4) .......... that they can go there whenever they (5) ..........find the time.

English villages are not alike, but (6)............. some ways they are not very different from (7) ...................other. Almost every village (8) ...........a church, the round or square tower of which can (9) ............seen from many miles around. Surrounding the church is the church yard, (10).......... people are buried.