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

Fill in each blank with the correct word from the box. (1)

a. Cardiff is the largest city and also the of Wales.

b. The most sport in Canada is ice hockey.

c. The capital city of New Zealand is Wellington the largest city is Auckland.

d. The Scottish Highland is a region of Scotland.

e. A of wildlife can be found in Scotland, including seals, mountain hare, and the golden eagle.

Fill in each blank with the correct word from the box. (2)

f. Rugby is the most popular spectator sport in New Zealand football, cricket, netball, golf are popular among participants.

g. Australia is the world's sixth-largest country by while Canada is the second.

h. Australia has a range of different , including urban areas, mountain ranges, deserts, and rain forests.

i. The United States is a country with a multicultural society.

k. The US was the leading force behind the of the Internet.

Match the celebrations and holidays in the English-speaking countries with their activities, and write the answer in each blank. (1)

Match the celebrations and holidays in the English-speaking countries with their activities, and write the answer in each blank. (2)

Rearrange the sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation. The first and last one have been done for you. (1)

Mai: I have read an article about Typhoon Linda in 1997, Nick. It is considered the most severe storm to hit Viet Nam for more than 100 years.

• Mai: Yes. They rescued more than 3,500 fishermen. I also read the story of Captain Nguyen Thi Hong, who rescued 36 people during the fierce Typhoon Linda.
• Nick: That's awful. How about rescue workers? Could they do anything to help fishermen on board?
• Mai: 480 people were killed, 1,300 boats sank, and over 100,000 houses were damaged or destroyed.
• Nick: Oh, no! The most severe storm? Did it cause great damage, Mai?

Nick: How wonderful! What was the story, Mai?

Rearrange the sentences in order to make a meaningful conversation. The first has been done for you.

Nick: How wonderful! What was the story, Mai?

• Nick: That was the right thing to do. How could she rescue fishermen from other boats?
• Nick: What could she do to rescue herself and others?
• Mai: On that fateful night, Ms. Hong was on board with four of her crew. The storm arrived so fast that no one could do anything.
• Mai: Boats and ships near hers were sinking, and she could hear the shouts for rescue from them. She told her sailors to throw their two buoys into the sea. After five hours of struggling, her crew and she brought 36 people on board. I think she was in fact a heroine, Nick.
• Mai: Well, she tried to balance her ship and order her sailors to throw all the fish they had already caught back into the sea and remove water from the bottom of the ship.

Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Water Pollution in India

Contamination of water from any external source that makes it

Fill in each blank in the following passage with one suitable word from the box.

In the first 20 years of the 20th century, English medium education became popular for all groups in Singapore. By the 1950s nearly all children went to school, and the majority were educated in .

Since Singapore became an independent republic in 1965, the of English has increased still further. For many Singaporeans, English is the language. Many families English at home and it is one of the languages learned by about half of the current pre-school .

Over half of the population born since 1965 are speakers of English, and the proportion of this group is still .

Read the text, and match each word with its correct definition.

Read the text again and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).