LISTENING QUIZ CORRECTION:

LISTENING QUIZ CORRECTION:

Ania and Dan are sports people. Listen to their routines.

A) Listen to the tape and fill in the missing information with the words you hear.

Ania, who comes from Lublin Poland, is a champion gymnast. She’s 17 years old and lives in a small apartment with her mother. She trains very hard (1) usually about eight hours every day…

Dan, from Bucharest in Romania, is a professional footballer with a big Italian football club. He lives… But Dan has to live healthy life- he never smokes and only (2) occasionally drinks alcohol, and most…

B) Circle the appropriate answer A, B C or D.

3) Where does Dan live?

d) In a big villa near Milan.

4) What does Dan spend his money on?

c) Fast cars and the best restaurants.

5) Does Ania enjoy her lifestyle?

c) She absolutely loves it.

6) What time does Ania normally get up?

b) At 7:00 a.m.

CANADA

is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area,[2] and shares land borders with the United States to the south and northwest.
The lands have been inhabited for millennia by aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled the Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years War. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada became a federal dominion.[3][4][5] A gradual process of independence from the United Kingdom moved Canada towards statehood and culminated in the Canada Act 1982, severing the last vestiges of dependence on the British parliament.
A federation now comprising ten provinces and three territories, Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. It is a bilingual and multicultural country, with both English and French as official languages at the federal level. Technologically advanced and industrialized, Canada maintains a diversified economy that is heavily reliant upon its abundant natural resources and upon trade—particularly with the United States, with which Canada has had a long and complex relationship.
Canada is a constitutional monarchy with Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, as head of state;[22][23] the monarch of Canada also serves as head of state of fifteen other Commonwealth countries, putting Canada in a personal union relationship with those other states. The country is a parliamentary democracy with a federal system of parliamentary government and strong democratic traditions.
Canada's constitution consists of written text and unwritten traditions and conventions.[24] The Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly the British North America Act) established governance based on Parliamentary precedent "similar in principle to that of the United Kingdom" and divided powers between the federal and provincial governments. The Constitution Act, 1982 added a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantees basic rights and freedoms for Canadians that generally cannot be overridden by legislation of any level of government in Canada. However, a "notwithstanding clause", allows the federal parliament and the provincial legislatures to override certain sections of the Charter temporarily, for a period of five years.
The position of Prime Minister, Canada's head of government, belongs to the current leader of the political party that can obtain the confidence of a plurality in the House of Commons. Executive power is exercised by the Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers, all of whom are sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada to become Ministers of the Crown and responsible to the elected House of Commons. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are formally appointed by the Governor General (who is the Monarch's representative in Canada). However, the Prime Minister chooses the Cabinet, and by convention, the Governor General respects the Prime Minister's choices. Cabinet ministers are traditionally drawn from elected members of the Prime Minister's party in the House of Commons. The Prime Minister exercises vast political power, especially in the appointment of government officials and civil servants. Michaëlle Jean has served as Governor General since September 27, 2005, and Stephen Harper, leader of the Conservative Party, has been Prime Minister since February 6, 2006.
The federal parliament is made up of the Queen and two houses: an elected House of Commons and an appointed Senate. Each member in the House of Commons is elected by simple plurality in a "riding" or electoral district; general elections are called by the Governor General when the Prime Minister so advises. While there is no minimum term for a Parliament, a new election must be called within five years of the last general election. Members of the Senate, whose seats are apportioned on a regional basis, are chosen by the Prime Minister and formally appointed by the Governor General, and serve until age 75.
Canada's four major political parties are the Conservative Party of Canada, the Liberal Party of Canada, the New Democratic Party (NDP), and the Bloc Québécois. The current government is formed by the Conservative Party of Canada. While the Green Party of Canada and other smaller parties do not have current representation in Parliament, the list of historical parties with elected representation is substantial.
Canada is a federation composed of ten provinces and three territories; in turn, these may be grouped into numerous regions. Western Canada consists of British Columbia and three Prairie provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba). Eastern Canada consists of Central Canada (Quebec and Ontario) and Atlantic Canada (comprised of the three Maritime provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia; and Newfoundland and Labrador). Three territories (Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut) comprise Northern Canada. Provinces have a large degree of autonomy from the federal government, territories somewhat less. Each has its own provincial or territorial symbols.
The provinces are responsible for most of Canada's social programs (such as health care, education, and welfare) and together collect more revenue than the federal government, an almost unique structure among federations in the world. Using its spending powers, the federal government can initiate national policies in provincial areas, such as the Canada Health Act; the provinces can opt out of these, but rarely do so in practice. Equalization payments are made by the federal government to ensure that reasonably uniform standards of services and taxation are kept between the richer and poorer provinces.
All provinces have unicameral, elected legislatures headed by a Premier selected in the same way as the Prime Minister of Canada. Each province also has a Lieutenant-Governor representing the Queen, analogous to the Governor General of Canada, appointed on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Canada, though with increasing levels of consultation with provincial governments in recent years.
Canada's two official languages are English and French. Official Bilingualism in Canada is law, defined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Official Languages Act, and Official Language Regulations; it is applied by the Commissioner of Official Languages. English and French have equal status in federal courts, Parliament, and in all federal institutions. The public has the right, where there is sufficient demand, to receive federal government services in either English or French, and official language minorities are guaranteed their own schools in all provinces and territories.[77]
English and French are the mother tongues of 59.7% and 23.2% of the population respectively,[78] and the languages most spoken at home by 68.3% and 22.3% of the population respectively.[79] 98.5% of Canadians speak English or French (English only: 67.5%, French only: 13.3%, both: 17.7%).[80] English and French Official Language Communities, defined by First Official Language Spoken, constitute 73.0% and 23.6% of the population.[81]
Although 85% of French-speaking Canadians live in Quebec, there are substantial Francophone populations in Ontario, Alberta and southern Manitoba, with an Acadian population in the northern and southeastern parts of New Brunswick constituting 35% of that province's population as well as concentrations in Southwestern Nova Scotia and on Cape Breton Island. Ontario has the largest French population outside Quebec. The Charter of the French Language in Quebec makes French the official language in Quebec, and New Brunswick is the only province to have a statement of official bilingualism in the constitution.[82] Other provinces have no official language(s) as such, but French is used as a language of instruction, in courts, and other government services in addition to English. Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec allow for both English and French to be spoken in the provincial legislatures, and laws are enacted in both languages. In Ontario, French has some legal status but is not fully co-official. Several aboriginal languages have official status in Northwest Territories. Inuktitut is the majority language in Nunavut, and one of three official languages in the territory.
Non-official languages are important in Canada, with 5,202,245 people listing one as a first language.[78] Some significant non-official first languages include Chinese (853,745 first-language speakers), Italian (469,485), German (438,080), and Punjabi (271,220).[78]
capital
Ottawa45°24′N, 75°40′W
Largest city
Toronto
Official languages
English, French
Recognised regional languages
Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, Dëne Sųłiné, Cree, Gwich’in, Hän, Inuvialuktun, Slavey, Tłįchǫ Yatiì
Demonym
Canadian
Government
Parliamentary democracy (federal constitutional monarchy)
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Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
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Governor General
Michaëlle Jean
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Prime Minister
Stephen Harper
Establishment
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British North America Act
July 1, 1867
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Statute of Westminster
December 11, 1931
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Canada Act
April 17, 1982
Area
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Total
9,984,670 km² (2nd)3,854,085 sq mi
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Water (%)
8.92 (891,163 km²)
Population
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2007 estimate
33,099,500[1] (36th)
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2006 census
31,612,897
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Density
3.2/km² (219th)8.3/sq mi
GDP (PPP)
2006 estimate
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Total
$1.165 trillion (11th)
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Per capita
$35,600 (10th)
GDP (nominal)
2006 estimate
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Total
$1.089 trillion (8th)
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Per capita
$32,614 (16th)
HDI (2006)
0.950 (high) (6th)
Currency
Canadian dollar ($) (CAD)
Time zone
(UTC-3.5 to -8)
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Summer (DST)
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Internet TLD
.ca
Calling code
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United States of America

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated almost entirely in the western hemisphere: its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie in central North America between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south; the state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent with Canada to its east, and the state of Hawaii is in the mid-Pacific. The United States also possesses fourteen territories, or insular areas, that are scattered around the Caribbean and Pacific.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km²) and with over 300 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and third largest by land area and by population. The United States is one of the world's most ethnically diverse nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries.[6] Its national economy is the largest in the world, with a nominal 2006 gross domestic product (GDP) of more than US$13 trillion.[3]
The nation was founded by thirteen colonies of Great Britain located along the Atlantic seaboard. Proclaiming themselves "states," they issued the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The rebellious states defeated Britain in the American Revolutionary War, the first successful colonial war of independence.[7]
A federal convention adopted the current United States Constitution on September 17, 1787; its ratification the following year made the states part of a single republic. The Bill of Rights, comprising ten constitutional amendments, was ratified in 1791. In the nineteenth century, the United States acquired land from France, Spain, Mexico, and Russia, and annexed the Republic of Texas and the Republic of Hawaii. The American Civil War ended slavery in the United States and prevented a permanent split of the country. The Spanish-American War and World War I confirmed its status as a military power. In 1945, the United States emerged from World War II as the first country with nuclear weapons and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. The sole remaining superpower in the post–Cold War era, the United States is perceived by many as the dominant economic, political, cultural, and military force in the world.[8]

ETYMOLOGY
Common abbreviations of the United States of America include the United States, the U.S., and the U.S.A. Colloquial names for the country include the common America as well as the States. The term

Americas, for the lands of the western hemisphere, was coined in the early sixteenth century after Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer and cartographer. The full name of the country was first used officially in the Declaration of Independence, which was the "unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America" adopted by the "Representatives of the united States of America" on July 4, 1776.[9] The current name was finalized on November 15, 1777, when the Second Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first of which states, "The Stile of this Confederacy shall be 'The United States of America.'" Columbia, a once popular name for the Americas and the United States, was derived from Christopher Columbus. It appears in the name District of Columbia. A female personification of Columbia appears on some official documents, including certain prints of U.S. currency.
The standard way to refer to a citizen of the United States is as an American. Though United States is the formal adjective, American and U.S. are the most common adjectives used to refer to the country ("American values," "U.S. forces"). American is rarely used in English to refer to people not connected to the United States.

GEORGEPHY
Main articles:

Geography of the United States and Territorial evolution of the United States
Topographic map of the continental United States

The United States is the world's third or fourth largest nation by total area, before or after the People's Republic of China, depending on how two territories disputed by China and India are counted. Including only land area, the United States is third in size behind Russia and China, just ahead of Canada.[10] The continental United States stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and from Canada to Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. Alaska is the largest state in area. Separated by Canada, it touches the Pacific and Arctic Oceans. Hawaii occupies an archipelago in the Pacific, southwest of North America. The commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the largest and most populous U.S. territory, is in the northeastern Caribbean. With a few exceptions, such as the territory of Guam and the westernmost portions of Alaska, nearly all of the country lies in the western hemisphere.


Climate zones of the continental United States
The coastal plain of the Atlantic seaboard gives way further inland to deciduous forests and the rolling hills of the Piedmont. The Appalachian Mountains divide the eastern seaboard from the Great Lakes and the grasslands of the Midwest. The Mississippi-Missouri River, the world's fourth longest river system, runs mainly north-south through the heart of the country. The flat, fertile prairie land of the Great Plains stretches to the west. The Rocky Mountains, at the western edge of the Great Plains, extend north to south across the continental United States, reaching altitudes higher than 14,000 feet (4,300 m) in Colorado.[11] The area to the west of the Rockies is dominated by deserts such as the Mojave and the rocky Great Basin. The Sierra Nevada range runs parallel to the Rockies, relatively close to the Pacific coast. At 20,320 ft (6,194 m), Alaska's Mount McKinley is the country's tallest peak. Active volcanoes are common throughout the Alexander and Aleutian Islands and the entire state of Hawaii is built upon tropical volcanic islands. The supervolcano underlying Yellowstone National Park in the Rockies is the continent's largest volcanic feature.[12]
Because of the United States' large size and wide range of geographic features, nearly every type of climate is represented. The climate is temperate in most areas, tropical in Hawaii and southern Florida, polar in Alaska, semiarid in the Great Plains west of the 100th meridian, desert in the Southwest, Mediterranean in coastal California

, and arid in the Great Basin. Extreme weather is not uncommon—the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico are prone to hurricanes and most of the world's tornadoes occur within the continental United States, primarily in the Midwest.

II GRAMMAR QUIZ CORRECTION:


I VOCABULARY:

Choose a, b or c to fill in the sentences with an appropriate word.

1) People talk about achievements when they refer to the things they have accomplished in their lives.

2) The plot refers to the main events of a story.

3) The Majestic is the most luxurious hotel in the city. It has five stars.

4) I can’t stand when people chew gum during an oral presentation.

5) Painters have to deal whit shadows when painting pictures.

6) The remains of the Parthenon are in Athens.

7) Get in touch is the same as start having contact whit someone.

8) A child who has just learned to walk is a toddler.

9) When you what to settle down, you get engaged someone.

10) Firefighters cope whit people trapped under debris.


II.GRAMMAR

1. Which
2. Used
3. Have been
4. Employed
5. Received
6. When
7. Was getting
8. Arrived
9. Continues
10. Have translated

LISTENING QUIZ CORRECTION:

1. Pizza is considered to be junk food because:

a) High amounts of saturated fat.

2. American pizza companies control over:

c) 30% of the world market.

3) Who first had the idea of putting vegetables on large pieces of bread?

c) Greeks.

4) An important ingredient for modern pizza was introduced to Europe:

a) Tomatoes in the 16th Century.

5) Rafael Esposito began to sell modern pizzas in:

b) Naples in the middle 19th Century.

6) The first pizza Margarita was named after:

a) The Queen of Italy.

7) Pizza has been an important marketable idea for about:

b) 50 years.

8) American soldiers.

a) Took home their wifes who had their own recipes.

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY QUIZ CORRECTION:

ANSWERS

1. Can’t be
2. Sometimes
3. Reads
4. Stays
5. Selfless
6. Thinks
7. Where
8. Probably
9. Has influence
10. Is being

READING QUIZ CORRECTION

A FRIEND IN NEDD…

1. Answer the following question complete form.

a) Who’s got a girlfriend? Mario has got a girlfriend he’s like taking a walk with her.

b) Who likes being indoors? No body, Mario loves being outdoors.

c) Who doesn’t like arts? Ana doesn’t like arts, she likes practicing sports.

d) Who doesn’t like being indoors? No body, Mario loves being outdoors.

e) At what time does Anna leave to school? She’s get up early every day because she starts classes at 7 am.

2. Indicate whether the statement is TRUE, FALSE or Not Stated.

a) Pierre likes going to the movies during the weekends TRUE.

b) Anna can play a musical instrument TRUE.

c) Mario lives in Russia FALSE

d) Pierre likes doing exercise FALSE.

e) Mario always lies on the beach FALSE.

f) Anna loves art and gets up late FALSE.

g) Mario studies medicine at college NS.

h) Anna has got short hair and brown hair FALSE.

i) Anna likes practicing sports TRUE.