R geography

1. 
   You can base your geography assignment on __________ country – it doesn’t matter which.
   

A) a B) some C) any D) none

2. If the trend continues, the average income ____________ by 107% by 2030
A) will increase B) will have increased C) will be increasing D) will have been increased

3. _________ people live in the countryside than 100 years ago
A) Less B) Few C) Fewer D) Little

4. We ________ in our new house for several months.
A) lives B) lived C) have lived D) have been living

5. If he ___ English well, he ___ the article without difficulty yesterday.
A) knew / would have translated B) knows / would translate
C) has known / will have translated D) knows / translated

6. To travel in the European Community, Dutch people ______ a passport.
A) haven’t got B) don’t need C) mustn’t get D) shouldn’t get

7. He wants to get a better ________ and earn more money.
A) job B) work C) employ D) employment

Nowadays, in England, tea is quite the most popular, and also the cheapest, of all drinks. People drink their tea in different ways. Some like it with sugar, some without. Some drink it with milk, some with lemon; yet, one way or another just about everyone drinks tea. This, however, has not always been the case. During the last century, when tea was very expensive, it was kept locked up, and the lady of the house had the key. Tea drinking then was quite a ceremony, reserved for the evenings. At breakfast everyone drank beer!

8. Compared with the past, in England today _____.
A) more and more people prefer tea to beer.
B) tea is regarded as a luxury.
C) tea is very cheap and commonly available.
D) sugar is becoming less and less popular.


9. It is obvious from the passage that _____.
A) English people have always regarded tea as better than beer.
B) over the years the popularity of tea in England has increased tremendously.
C) drinking tea with lemon is only a recent habit in England.
D) like tea, beer also is an extremely popular drink.

10. In the passage it is explained that _____.
A) in England today people have different habits of tea drinking.
B) in the past in England only the wealthy were able to drink beer.
C) at breakfast English people also like to drink beer.
D) English people mostly prefer to have their tea in the evening.

Helen Keller’s deafness and blindness __(11)__ by a severe illness when she was a baby. Her parents __(12)__ what to do, and they __(`13)__ it difficult to control their growing daughter.