Task 1. Read the text and complete the statements after it
Why Japan Is Cool
Each year more and more people get interested in Japan and visit it. Japan is a country with longstanding traditions and ancient culture.
Japan's name means "origin of the sun" -which is often translated as Land of the Rising Sun. The term appeared due to Japan's location to the east of the ancient empire of China. The country is situated to the east from the Asian continent and is surrounded, by the ocean from different directions. It consists of many mountainous islands with active volcanoes. Of the four main islands, Honshu is the largest. The islands constitute 95% of Japan's total territory while the remaining part is occupied by more than 3,000 smaller islands. The total land area of Japan is 374,744 square kilometres. All of these islands are likely to suffer from earthquakes.
Test 4.
Task 1. Read the text and complete the statements after it
Why Japan Is Cool
Each year more and more people get interested in Japan and visit it. Japan is a country with
longstanding traditions and ancient culture.
Japan's name means "origin of the sun" which is often translated as Land of the Rising Sun. The
term appeared due to Japan's location to the east of the ancient empire of China. The country is situated to
the east from the Asian continent and is surrounded, by the ocean from different directions. It consists of
many mountainous islands with active volcanoes. Of the four main islands, Honshu is the largest. The
islands constitute 95% of Japan's total territory while the remaining part is occupied by more than 3,000
smaller islands. The total land area of Japan is 374,744 square kilometres. All of these islands are likely to
suffer from earthquakes.
After a long but comfortable flight the plane lands at the airport of Tokyo. Tokyo is a city tied to the
future as it is to the past. As the modernday capital of Japan it is the national centre of government,
education and finance, and home to 12 million residents. Museums and restaurants, shopping centres and
modern concert halls — you can find it all beneath the neon lights of this pulsating modern metropolis. It is
also an ultraurban city. Here you can find cuttingedge or innovative and pioneering fashion, a lot of
experimental music, the latest gadgets from minicomputers that you can easily put into your pocket to super
hitech mobile phones with digital cameras. All this attracts a lot of young people to the place.
Tourists usually recall their travels over Japan with enthusiasm, saying that it is really a unique and
unforgettable country.
1. Japan is becoming ....
a) very popular among young tourists as the place to visit
b) one of the most dynamic places of the world
c) the largest economy in Asia
d) the leading economy of the world
2. The name of the country ....
a) was explained in China
b) was born in China
c) was translated from Chinese
d) came into being thanks to its position referring to China
3. Volcano eruptions ....
a) are possible in Japan
b) threaten 95% of Japan's total territory
c) never happen on 3,000 smaller Japanese islands
d) are not a habitual thing in Japan
4. Tokyo is ....
a) a multinational city
b) a city where the history of the country is connected with new tendencies
c) a city of progressive ideas
d) a city full of secrets
5. The capital of Japan is ....
a) the place where you can find the country's historical heritage
b) not the place to use oldfashioned gadgets and computers
c) the place where the first minicomputers were produced
d) the place to use your digital cameras
6. Tourists to Japan ....
a) may get acquainted with Japanese art and literature
b) must visit the National Parks of the countryc) practically always remember their visits to the country quite positively
d) tend to spend at least a day or two in its capital
Task 2. Complete the text with the derivatives of the words on the right
Under Indian Skies
Goa in India is (1)... known as the Riviera of the East. Goa is a little territory in the
(2) ... part of India, with a strong influence from the days when it was a (3) ... colony. At
almost any time of the year you can see a number of (4)... walking in (5)... beach
clothes. The locals, after a good day's work, (6) ... an afternoon siesta, close shops early
and relax at home. Really, it is a place for (7)... and having fun.
popular, west
Portugal
foreign, colour
include
relaxTask 4. Complete the text with the appropriate grammar forms of the words on the right (8
б.).
In the morning there were lessons. The afternoons (1)... on trips to places of local
interest. We usually returned to the classrooms before tea to write in our diaries a record
of all the things we (2)... about on our excursions that day. Then, after tea, we (3) ... to
watch television for one hour in the television room — so (4) ... because the only item of
furniture in the room was the (5) ... television 1 (6) ... in my life. I (7) ... this forty years
on from that summer. My own children (8) ... up now. But I still remember my adventure
holiday of long ago.
learn, allow,
big, see, write
spend
call
grow
Task 3. Complete the test with the appropriate words
Britain is different from your own country. You may like some of the differences and
dislike others. This is natural. The more you try to understand British people, the (1)... you will
enjoy your stay — even if you believe some of the (2)... and traditions to be strange.
Here are two examples. It is quite normal for British families to have their evening (3)...
as early as (4) 5.... The advantage is that your whole evening is free. If this is very different from
your country, try to understand! If you are (5) ... in a British home and you want to leave the
room, people will expect you to (6)... where you are (7) .... If you leave the room without
explaining, they will think you are ill or upset for some reason.
b) much
1. a) many
2. a) customs b) customers
3. a) food
4. a) mp
5. a) sitting
6. a) tell
7. a) coming
b) eating
b) pm
b) setting
b) talk
b) walking
c) more
c) customary
c) feeding
c) am
c) seating
c) say
c) moving
d) most
d) custom
d) meal
d) ma
d) siting
d)speak
d) going