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V)-Read the text carefully, and then do the tasks that follow. Multicultural Britain

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   Britain has always been a mixed society. In the distant past, Celts, Romans, Saxons, Vikings and Normans all settled in Britain. During the past 150 years, people from Ireland, the former British colonies and the European Union have also come to Britain.
   

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   In the 1840s, there was a terrible famine in Ireland. A million people died and a million more left Ireland, and never returned. Most went to the USA, but many came to Britain.
   
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   In the 1950s and 1960s, the British government invited people from Britain’s former colonies to live and work in Britain. The majority was from the West Indies, Pakistan, India and Hong Kong.
   
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   People from countries in the European Union are free to travel, live, and work in any other EU country. Recently, a lot of people have arrived from Central and Eastern Europe.
   
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   There are thousands of Indian and Chinese restaurants in the UK. Immigrants from the West Indies started the Notting Hill Carnival in 1965. It is now the biggest street festival in Europe. There are lot of Irish pubs in Britain and Irish folk music in popular.
   

Task 1: Match the headings (A-E) with the paragraphs (1-5) of the text.

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   A. The European Union
   

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   B. Ireland
   

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   C. Introduction
   

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   D. The former colonies
   

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   E. How have immigrants influenced British life?
   

Task 2: Match the highlighted words in the text with their meanings.
_______ 6. settled A. countries which another country controls
_________7. colonies B. most
_________8. famine C. came and lived
_________9. majority D. not long ago
_________10. recently E. a time when there is very little food
_________11. immigrants F. people who come and live in another country

Task 3: Are the sentences true or false?
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12.	Immigration into Britain started in the 19^th century		
13.	People left Ireland in the 1840s because there wasn’t enough		
	food to eat.
14.	Many Irish people left Ireland and returned later.		
15.	The West Indies, India, and Pakistan are former British colonies.		
16.	In the 1950s and 1960s, the British government tried to stop		
	immigration.
17.	In the last few years, a lot of people have arrived from southern		
	Europe.

VI)-Read the passage carefully, and then answer the question below.

Easy English

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English is an important global language, but that doesn’t mean it is easy to learn. Many experts have tried to make English easier to learn, but they weren’t always successful.
In 1930, Professor CK Ogden of Cambridge University invented Basic English. It had only 850 words (and just eighteen verbs) and Ogden said most people could learn it in just thirty hours. The problem was that people who learned Basic English could write and say simple messages, but they couldn’t understand the answers in ‘real’ English! It was also impossible to explain a word if it wasn’t in the Basic English word list.
RE Zachrisson, a university professor in Sweden, decided that the biggest problem for learners of English was spelling, so he invented a language called Anglic. Anglic was similar to English, but with much simpler spelling. ‘Father’ became ‘faadher’, ‘new’ became ‘nue’ and ‘years’ became ‘yeerz’. Unfortunately, for some students of English, Anglic never become popular.
Even easier is the language which ships’ captains use: it is called ‘Seaspeak’. Seaspeak uses a few simple phrases for every possible situation. In Seaspeak, for example, you don’t say, ‘I didn’t understand, can you repeat that?’ it is just, “Say again.” No more grammar!
In the age of international communication through the Internet, a new form of English might appear. A large number of the world’s e-mail are in English and include examples of ‘NetLingo’ like OIC (Oh, I see) and TTYL (Talk to you later).

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   What is the role of English?
   

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   When did Professor Ogden invent Basic English? How many words did it have?
   

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   Why did Professor Zachrisson invent Anglic? What happened to it?
   

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   What is the feature of Seaspeak?
   

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   What has appeared in the age of international communication through the Internet?
   

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VII)-Read the passage and do the tasks that follow.
The Maori of New Zealand

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The Maori arrived in New Zealand from other Polynesian islands over a thousand years ago. They were the first people to live there. They made beautiful wooden buildings with pictures cut into the wood. There are about 280,000 Maori today. Maori have brown skin, dark brown eyes, and wavy black hair.
In 1840, they agreed to become a British colony, and they learned European ways quickly. Today there are Maori in all kinds of jobs. They attend schools and universities and become lawyers and scientists. There are Maori in the government. Most of them live like the white New Zealanders.
However, the Maori do not forget their traditions. Children learn the language, music, and old stories. They have yearly competitions in speaking, dancing, and singing. The Maori live a comfortable, modern life, but they keep their traditions by passing them to their children.
Task 1: Read the passage, and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

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1.	The Maori are Polynesians.		
2.	New Zealand is an island country.		
3.	The Maori look like the Chinese.		
4.	The Maori live only by hunting and fishing.		
5.	The Maori like music.		

Task 2: Read the passage again, and write short answers to the questions.

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   Where did the Maori come from?
   

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   How many Maori are there?
   

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   What do the Maori look like?
   

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   How do most Maori live today?
   

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   What do they do at their yearly competitions?
   

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VIII)-Read the passage and do the tasks that follow.
The Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is built on Bennelong Point, in Sydney Harbour, close to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The first known concert on Bennelong Point was held in March 1791. Public pressure to build a suitable concert facility in Sydney became greater in the 1940s. In 1955, the New South Wales government announced an international competition for the design of “an opera house”. Danish architect Jørn Utzon’s entry was selected as the winning design. His design was for a complex with two theatres side by side on a large podium. This was covered by interlocking concrete shells, which acted as both wall and roof. A third smaller shell set apart from the others was to cover the restaurant.
The construction of the Opera House was sometimes difficult and controversial with Jorn Utzon resigning from the project in 1966. However, the Opera House was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October 1973. The Sydney Opera House became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007.
Task 1: Match the underlined words in the text with their meanings, and write each answer in the blank.
_________1. entry (n) A. joined together, especially by one part fitting into
another
_________2. podium (n) B. causing public discussion and disagreement
_________3. interlocking (adj) C. a thing that is entered for a competition _________4. controversial (adj) D. a platform
Task 2: Read the passage, and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)

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5.	It is a short distance between Sydney Opera House and the		
	Sydney Harbour Bridge.
6.	The site for the Sydney Opera House had never been used for		
	concert before the modern construction.
7.	The New South Wales government had the plan to build the		

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	Sydney Opera House because of public pressure.
8.	Architects from any countries in the world could send their		
	entries to the competition.
9.	Interlocking concrete shells have acted as the walls and roofs of		
	the two theaters.
10.	The third shell was built for a restaurant.		
11.	Jørn Utzon had no difficulty in directing the construction.		
12.	The Sydney Opera House became a UNESCO World Heritage		
	Site when the Opera had been in operation for 20 years.

E. WRITING
Read the schedule for the one-day sightseeing tour to London, then write the statements describing the schedule for your visit. Use the words of sequence like first, second, then.
after that, next,… finally. You can start with:

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   9.00 am: meet your guide on board your air-conditioned coach. Relax as you travel around central London to see the sights.
   

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   This is the schedule for my one-day sightseeing tour to London. First, at 9 o’clock in the morning, I meet my guide on board my air-conditioned coach, and relax as I travel around London to see the sights …
   

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   9.30 am: pass through Parliament Square, seeing the Houses of Parliament and the
   

Big Ben clock.

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   10.00 am: then travel past Westminster Abbey where Prince William married Kate
   

Middleton in a royal wedding ceremony

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   10.30 am: admire government building a Whitehall and Downing Street, and then
   

see all the noise and activity that surrounds Nelson’s Column at Trafalgar Square.

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   11.15 am: watch the Changing of the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
   

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   12.00 pm: rest and refuel with a large lunch (own expense)
   

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   1.30 pm: continue your day of sightseeing with a visit to the City of London, an area
   

just east of the city center where many of London’s banks can be found.

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   2.30pm: see other iconic London attractions such as St Paul’s Cathedral and Mansion
   

House. Look out for the sights as your guide explains their history.

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   3.15 pm: continue to the Tower of London, and go inside to explore at your leisure.
   

End your tour at 5 pm.

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TEST (UNITIT 8)

I)-Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

1.	A. coffee	B. Chinese	C. payee	D. trainee
2.	A. referee	B. guarantee	C. Japanese	D. jubilee
3.	A. refugee	B. committee	C. absence	D. Taiwanese
4.	A. Viennese	B. Chinese	C. Burmese	D. Maltese
5.	A. engineer	B. volunteer	C. mountaineer	D. reindeer
II)-Do the quiz and choose the correct answers.
6.	Another name for Wales is _____________.
	A. Saxon	B. Celtic	C. Cymru	D. Galle
7.	You can see _____________ on the Canadian national flag.
	A. the maple	B. the red leaf	C. the rose	D. the oak tree
	leaf
8.	In 1893, _____________ became the first country in the world to give all
	women the right to vote.
	A. Canada	B. New Zealand	C. America	D. Singapore

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   ____________ has a unique culture with traditions such as bagpipes, kilts and highland dancing.
   

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	A. England	B. Wales	C. Scotland	D. Northern Ireland
10.	The name “Australia” comes from the Latin word “australis”, meaning
	____________.
	A. northern	B. southern	C. eastern	D. western
11.	The tallest mountain the US is Mt McKinley, located in the state of _______.
	It reaches 20,320 feet (6,194 m) above the sea level.
	A. Alaska	B. California	C. Florida	D. Washington
12.	The Lord of the Rings movies were filmed in ____________.
	A. England	B. Australia	C. Canada	D. New Zealand
13.	Scotland only shares a border with ______________.
	A. Wales	B. Northern	C. England	D. Britain
		Ireland

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   The name Canada comes from the word “kanata” which means “settlement” or “____________” in the language of the St Lawrence
   

Iroquoians.
A. country B. village C. town D. nation
15. The world’s largest reef system, the Great Barrier Reef, is found off the north-eastern coast of ______________.

A. Canada B. America C. New Zealand D. Australia