Ii course examination material (for part time qroups) Translate the text: Great journeys Marco Polo

Complete the sentences about superstitions around the world. Use the present simple or will of the verbs in brackets.
1. (UK) If a cat washes behind its ears, it will (rain).
2. (Venezuela) If you give (give) somebody handkerchiefs as a gift, you won’t have good relationship with him.
3. Brazil) If you eat lentils on 1 January, you will (make) a lot of money during the year.
4. (Korea) If a man smile (smile) a lot during his wedding, the first child won’t be a boy, it will be a girl.
5. (UK) If you see a spider in your house, it is a sign that you will (get) some money.
Match the period of time with given words: millennium, decade, fortnight, quarter, leap year, century
1. 366 days _ a leap year 4. 10 years _ a decade
2. 2 weeks _ a fortnight 5. 100 years _ a century
3. 3 months _ a quarter 6. 1000 years _ a millennium


Complete the sentences with the correct form of given words: flood, warming, erupt, evacuate, tidal wave
1. It was a very hot summer and the town hall sent a warming to local people about possible forest fire.
2. When the volcano Krakatoa in Indonesia erupt in 1883 it caused terrible damage.
3. The tidal wave came up the beach and hit the coastal resort hard.
4. There was a big fire and they decided to evacuate everybody that lived near the forest.
5. A flood killed thousands of people and destroyed thousands of homes.
Check the meaning of the words in the box and complete the sentences: conservation, discrimination, recycling, slavery, starvation, vaccinations
1. conservation aims to protect nature.
2. As I see it, child labour is a type of slavery
3. Recycling is one way we can fight against pollution.
4. Vaccinations can stop diseases, if doctors have enough to give people.
5. Racism is one of the most common forms of discrimination.
6. The famine has caused lots of people to die of starvation.