Independent work variant Read the text and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words

2.Listen to the text and write ten or more questions according to it.

3.Write a short essay on the topic: “Could I be an artist”.(200-250words)
4. Speak on the topic: “Mass media”
Independent work 1
Variant 12
1.Read the text and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words
Great Britain consists ______(1) three parts. They ______(2) Scotland, England and Wales. Wales is a part of Great Britain. London is the capital of England, Edinburg is the capital of Scotland and Cardiff is the capital of Wales. Wales is the country in______(3) west of Great Britain. _______(4) is mainly a mountainous land with a chiefly agricultural economy and an industrial and coal mining area in the south. The landscape is beautiful.______(5) English people move to Wales when they retire. Cardiff, a large city in the south ______(6)as the capital of Wales in 1955, mainly because of its size. Since 1536 Wales __________(7)by England and the heir to the thrown of England has the title of Prince of Wales, but Welsh people _______(8) strong sense of identity. There is a Welsh National party which wants independence _______(9) the United Kingdom and the Welsh language is still _______(10) in certain part of the country.
But as almost everywhere else in the world, the game which attracts the ______(11) attention is Association football, or soccer. Every Saturday _____(12) late August till the beginning of May, large ______(13) of people support their favourite sides ______(14) football grounds. True fans ______(15)from one end of the country to the other to see their team play. There are plenty of professional and amateur soccer clubs all over Britain. International football ______(16)and the Cup Finals take place at Wembley. Rugby football is also very popular, but it _______(17) mainly by amateurs. Next to football, the chief spectator sport in British life is horse-racing. A lot of people are interested ______(18)the races and risk money on the horse which they think will win. The Derby is perhaps ________(19) single sporting event in the whole world. Britain is also famous for motor-car racing, dog-racing, boat-racing, and even races for donkeys. The famous boat-race ________(20) the teams of Oxford and Cambridge attracts large crowds of people.
1. a) on b) of c) at d) off
2. a) are b) was c) is d) has
3. a) a b) the c) an d) -
4. a) they b) them c) it d) I
5. a) more b) easy c) better d) many
6. a) was chosen b) chosen c) choose d) chose
7. a) has been governed b) governed c) been d) governs
8. a) has b) had c) have d) was
9. a) with b) at c) in d) from
10. a) use b) used c) was d) using
11. a) greatest b) the great c) easy d) bad
12. a) in b) from c) of d) at
13. a) crowds b) crowds’ c) crowd d) crowd’s
14. a) at b) upon c) in d) for
15. a) travel b) will travel c) traveled d) travelling
16. a) game b) match c) match’s d) matches
17. a) is played b) plays c) played d) is
18. a) at b) in c) on d) from
19. a) great b) more famous c) the most famous d) profession
20. a) with b) between c) about d) from