Question

OPTION B WHY THE BRITISH DRIVE ON THE LEFT

1 About a quarter of the world drives on the left, and there is a perfectly good reason for it. Up to the late 1700s,
2 everybody travelled on the left side of the road. In violent societies of mostly right-handed people, this seemed the
3 sensible option because, when you passed a stranger on the road, you walked on the left to ensure that your
4 protective sword arm was between yourself and them.
5 However, a change was introduced all over continental Europe by Napoleon, who was left-handed. He made his
6 armies march on the right in order that he could keep his sword arm between him and any opponent. From then on,
7 any part of the world which was at some time part of the British Empire was thus left hand, and any part colonised by
8 the French was right hand. When the USA adopted the drive-on-the-right policy, it began to manufacture only right-
9 hand-drive cars, so many countries changed out of necessity.
10 The last European country to convert to driving on the right was Sweden in 1967. As everyone in Sweden was
11 getting used to the new system, they paid more attention and took more care, resulting in a reduction of the number
12 of road accident casualties. Even so, since September 2009 Samoa drives on the left instead of the right. The main
13 reason for this is that they want to use cars from Japan and New Zealand, both of which drive on the left.
14 Today, European countries would like Britain to follow the rest of Europe, but this is not easy, since it would cost
15 billions of pounds to change everything round.

7. FIND IN THE TEXT THE WORD WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION: “Someone who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.”
8. GIVE AN ADJECTIVE WITH THE SAME ROOT AS “attention” (noun).
9. FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRECT OPTION: “British people are very keen... keeping their traditions.” of / on / to / in
10. FIND IN THE TEXT ONE OPPOSITE FOR “rise” (noun).
11. WHICH WORD IS NOT AN ADVERB? often / early / chilly / eagerly
12. WHICH WORD DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME MEANING? enemy / antagonist / fool / opponent
13. JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE. MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY. “My cousin Martha is British. She has
always driven on the left.”
14. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL SENTENCE: “If Spain decides tomorrow that cars should drive on the left...”
15. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE ACTIVE VOICE: “A change was introduced all over Europe by Napoleon.”
16. JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING AN APPROPRIATE LINKER (DO NOT USE AND, BUT, OR BECAUSE). MAKE CHANGES
IF NECESSARY. “He composed outstanding music. He was deaf.”
17. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “I bought a kimono for my friend Kate in Japan.”

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Answer 1

7. FIND IN THE TEXT THE WORD WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION:
“Someone who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.”

Stranger


8. GIVE AN ADJECTIVE WITH THE SAME ROOT AS “attention” (noun).

Attentive - paying close attention to something.


9. FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRECT OPTION: of / on / to / in

“British people are very keen..on.. keeping their traditions.”


10. FIND IN THE TEXT ONE OPPOSITE FOR “rise” (noun).

Reduction - the action or fact of making a specified thing smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.


11. WHICH WORD IS NOT AN ADVERB? often / early / chilly / eagerly

Chilly - adjective: uncomfortably cool or cold.


12. WHICH WORD DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME MEANING? enemy / antagonist / fool / opponent

Fool - a person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person.


13. JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING A RELATIVE. MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY. “My cousin Martha is British. She has always driven on the left.”

My cousin Martha, who is British, has always driven on the left.


14. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL SENTENCE: “If Spain decides tomorrow that cars should drive on the left...”

...There would be lots of accidents and it would cost a lot of money to change the cars so suddenly.


15. TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE ACTIVE VOICE: “A change was introduced all over Europe by Napoleon.”

Napoleon introduced a change all over Europe.


16. JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING AN APPROPRIATE LINKER (DO NOT USE AND, BUT, OR BECAUSE). MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY. “He composed outstanding music. He was deaf.”

Although  he was deaf, he composed outstanding music.


17. GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “I bought a kimono for my friend Kate in Japan.”

Where did you buy a kimono for your friend Kate?


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