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19. Read the following passage and fill in each blank with a suitable word

from the box. Do not use the same word more than once.

college difficult evening hard language
newspapers studies subjects teenagers useful

Every year many people in the world learn English. Some of them are young children. Others are (1)
_________. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others learn in (2) ___________ classes. A few learn
English by themselves or just by hearing the (3) ___________ on television or among their friends. Most
people must work (4) __________to learn English. Why do these people want to learn English? It isn’t
(5) __________ to answer that question. Young children learn English at school because it is one of their
(6) ___________. Many adults learn English because it is (7) __________for their work. Teenagers often
learn English for their higher (8)____________ , because some of their books are in English at
(9)____________ or university. Other people learn English because they want to read (10)
_____________ or magazines in English.

20. Fill in each gap one suitable preposition.

Dear sir,
I saw your advertisement (1) ………………. English classes (2) ………. Sunflowers magazine
and I am interested (3) …………. coming (4) ……………. your Foreign Language Center this summer.
I have learnt English (5) ……………... 2 years but I have never been (6) ………... England and I
feel that it is now necessary, especially to improve my pronunciation. Could you please send me more
information (7) ………. your courses and an application form? I would also like some information about
accommodation. I can do your tests (8) ………… attending your course if necessary.
I look forward (9) …………. hearing (10) ………… you as soon as possible.
Your faithfully,
J.B John.

21. Read the text then choose the best answer to fill in the blanks.

LEARNING A SECOND LANGUAGE

Some people learn a second language (1) _____. Other people have trouble learning a new
language. How can you have (2) _____learn a new language, such as English? There are several ways to
make learning English a little (3) _____and more interesting.
The first step is to feel positive about learning English. If you believe that you can learn, you will
learn. (4) ____patient. You do not to have to understand (5) ____all at once. It `s natural to make mistakes
when you learn something new. We can learn from our mistakes.
The second step is to practice your English. For example, write in a journal, or diary, every day.
You will get used to (6) _____in English, and you will feel comfortable expressing your ideas in English.
After several weeks, you will see that your writing is improving. (7) _____, you much speak English
every day. You can practice with your classmates (8) _____class.
The third step is to keep a record of your language learning. You can write this in your journal.
After (9) _____class, think about what you did. Did you answer a question (10) ____? Did you understand
something the teacher explained? Perhaps the lesson was difficult, but you tried to understand it.
It is important to practice every day and make a record of your achievements.