Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps in the following passage. (2.0pts)
Wales has a population of about three million. English is the main language and only twenty per cent speak both Welsh and English. Every year, (1) ………… August there is a Welsh-speaking festival. It (2) ………… place in a different town each year so everyone has a chance for it to be near them. Local people (3) _______ years making plans for when the festival will be in (4) _______ town. Each festival is (5) _______ by about 160.000 people. They travel not only from nearby towns and villages (6) _______ also from the rest of the British Isles and (7) _______ from abroad. There are concerts, plays and (8) _______ to find the best singers, poets, writers and so on. Shops sell Welsh music, books, pictures and clothes as (9) _______ as food and drink. The festival provides a chance for Welsh-speaking people to be together for a whole week, with (10) _______ Welsh language all around them.
1. A. on B. by C. in D. at
2. A. takes B. finds C. has D. makes
3. A. pass B. put C. spend D. do
4. A. our B. their C. his D. its
5. A. . arrived B. attended C. visited D. come
6. A. but B. and C. since D. however
7. A. . just B. hardly C. quite D. even
8. A. tests B. examinations C. competitions D. races
9. A. long B. far C. good D. well
10. A.. one B. a C. the D. some
Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps in the following passage. (2.0pts)
Wales has a population of about three million. English is the main language and only twenty per cent speak both Welsh and English. Every year, (1) ………… August there is a Welsh-speaking festival. It (2) ………… place in a different town each year so everyone has a chance for it to be near them. Local people (3) _______ years making plans for when the festival will be in (4) _______ town. Each festival is (5) _______ by about 160.000 people. They travel not only from nearby towns and villages (6) _______ also from the rest of the British Isles and (7) _______ from abroad. There are concerts, plays and (8) _______ to find the best singers, poets, writers and so on. Shops sell Welsh music, books, pictures and clothes as (9) _______ as food and drink. The festival provides a chance for Welsh-speaking people to be together for a whole week, with (10) _______ Welsh language all around them.
1. A. on B. by C. in D. at
2. A. takes B. finds C. has D. makes
3. A. pass B. put C. spend D. do
4. A. our B. their C. his D. its
5. A. . arrived B. attended C. visited D. come
6. A. but B. and C. since D. however
7. A. . just B. hardly C. quite D. even
8. A. tests B. examinations C. competitions D. races
9. A. long B. far C. good D. well
10. A.. one B. a C. the D. some
Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps in the following passage. (2.0pts)
Wales has a population of about three million. English is the main language and only twenty per cent speak both Welsh and English. Every year, (1) ………… August there is a Welsh-speaking festival. It (2) ………… place in a different town each year so everyone has a chance for it to be near them. Local people (3) _______ years making plans for when the festival will be in (4) _______ town. Each festival is (5) _______ by about 160.000 people. They travel not only from nearby towns and villages (6) _______ also from the rest of the British Isles and (7) _______ from abroad. There are concerts, plays and (8) _______ to find the best singers, poets, writers and so on. Shops sell Welsh music, books, pictures and clothes as (9) _______ as food and drink. The festival provides a chance for Welsh-speaking people to be together for a whole week, with (10) _______ Welsh language all around them.
1. A. on B. by C. in D. at
2. A. takes B. finds C. has D. makes
3. A. pass B. put C. spend D. do
4. A. our B. their C. his D. its
5. A. . arrived B. attended C. visited D. come
6. A. but B. and C. since D. however
7. A. . just B. hardly C. quite D. even
8. A. tests B. examinations C. competitions D. races
9. A. long B. far C. good D. well
10. A.. one B. a C. the D. some