Exercise 11. Exercise 12

Exercise 11

Son Doong Cave has become more famous after the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) aired a live programme (1)______________its (2)______________on ‘Good Morning America’ in May 2015. (3)______________in Quang Binh Province, Son Doong Cave was discovered by a local man (4)______________Ho Khanh in 1991, and became known (5)______________in 2009 thanks to British (6)______________, led by Howard Limbert. The cave was formed about 2 to 5 million years ago by river water (7)______________away the limestone underneath the mountain. It contains some of the tallest known stalagmites in the world – up to 70 metres tall. The cave is more than 200 metres wide, 150 metres high, and nearly 9 kilometres long, with caverns big enough to fit an entire street inside them. Son Doong Cave is recognized as the largest cave in the world by BCRA (British Cave Research Association) and selected as one of (8)______________on earth by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). In August 2013, the first tourist group exlored the cave on a guided tour. Permits are now required to access the cave and are made available on a (9)______________basis. Only 500 permits were issued for the 2015 season, which runs from February to August. After August, heavy rains cause river levels to rise and make the cave largely (10)______________.

1. FEATURE 2. MAGNIFICENT 3. LOCATE 4. NAME 5. NATION 6. CAVE 7. ERODE 8. BEAUTIFUL 9. LIMIT 10. ACCESS

Exercise 12

English has become a global language thanks to its (1)______________as a mother tongue in all continents of the world. The English language (2)______________owes its (3)______________status in the world to two factors. The first is the (4)______________of the language, which began in the 17th century, with the first (5)______________in North America. The second was the great growth of population in the United States, which was assisted by massive (6)______________in the 19th and 20th centuries. Nowadays, more and more people around the world are learning English as a second language and the way that they study it is changing. In some countries, English (7)______________chools have been built to create all English environments for English learners. In these ‘English communities’, learners do all their school subjects and everyday activities, such as ordering food at the canteen, in English. However, these new English speakers are not only learning the English language but they are also changing it. There are hundreds of types of English in the world today, such as ‘Singlish’, a mix of English, Malay, Mandarin, etc. Or ‘Highlish’, the (8)______________mix of English and Hindi. New words are being invented every day all over the world due to the free (9)______________of words from other languages and the easy creation of compounds are (10)______________.

1. ESTABLISH 2. MAIN 3. DOMINATE 4. EXPORT 5. SETTLE 6. IMMIGRATE 7. IMMERSE 8. INDIA 9. ADMIT 10. DERIVE

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