The Big Ben.
The world-known clock. Everyday about 500 tourists come to London to see the Big Ben. Built in 1858, it was named after an architect whose name was Ben (Benjamin). The interesting fact is that you are not allowed to get inside the Big Ben if you aren’t an Englishman. No tourists allowed.
Piccadilly Circus.
The place is far from what is called “a circus”. It is a well-known meeting point of the city. It has become so popular, that is now considered to be a place to visit for all the tourists.
London Eye.
It is one of the biggest observation wheels in the world. Its height is 135 meters. It has 32 cabins which symbolize 32 districts of London. It takes 30 minutes to make a full circle. But it is the view you will never forget. The cost is about £20.
XXII. Insert the articles or possessive pronouns where necessary
Peter Simons is an English language teacher. He was always good at languages.
so he decided to takeho) degree in French and German. When he finished 1.20
university study, he began teaching in secondary school in England. Two
years later, however, he met someone by chance who offered him ... job
teaching English to foreign students during ... long summer holidays. His
students were adults and he enjoyed ... work immensely. He soon found he
was more interested in teaching own language to foreigners than foreign
languages to ... English schoolchildren. Since then he has specialized in this
work. He has found that one of ... advantages of ... job is that it enables him
to find... work almost anywhere in ... world.
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Complete the following paragraphs: 1. an old woman got on the bus. it was very crowded. there was nowhere for her to sit. a man got up and gave her his seat. (a) he didn't get off at the next stop. (b) she did not agree with him. (c) she thanked him and sat down comfortably. (d) she didn't think the man was polite enough. (e) she refused to give him her seat. 2. interestingly, it is about european history during the napoleonic era, but deals at the same time with the loves of 4 great russian families. along with these fictional characters are portrayals of great historical characters of europe during that period. (a) the story war and peace by leo tolstoy is one of the 'giants' of literature. (b) leo tolstoy wrote about many important historical events. (c) war and peace by leo tolstoy is not a very interesting novel. (d) leo tolstoy wrote many novels. (e) war and peace is about the history of napoleon. 3. the teaching of english in turkey has improved tremendously during the last few years. in addition, the increase in the number of native speakers in universities has improved the education of our future english teachers. (a) the majority of our teachers are taught by poor quality instructors in the universities. (b) this is probably due to the increased quality of the teachers who are graduating and becoming available to our children. (c) more and more of our students are able to pass the post study tests. (d) teachers from other countries are coming to turkey to replace the turkish teachers. (e) our children are more interested in working with turkish educated teachers these days. 4. the health officials investigating the recent outbreak of measles said that most cases were present in school aged children. this transmission later continued within the family, as sisters and brothers of infected children caught the illness because there were no visible symptoms during the incubation period. (a) it is not difficult to catch measles at that age. (b) the incubation period is the only time that the illness is spreadable. (c) children often play together in a rather rough fashion. (d) the high communicability of the disease caused a quick spread in the crowded classroom environment. (e) parents don't believe it is necessary to isolate their children from those children that are ill. 5. the famous "fleet street" of london is known as the area in which publishers, printers, booksellers and journalists may be found today. however, fleet street's preoccupation with this line of work stems back several hundreds of years. (a) it can still be found to interest the world of this line of business (b) among the many famous people that had frequented this street were shakespeare, ben jonson, and others. (c) the number of areas of relaxation and pleasure that have increased in number in this area, make it an attractive area to visit. (d) today people associate this street with its past history. (e) printers are moving to the next street because it is too crowded.
1.C 4.E
2.E 5.D
3.D