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1. Complete the description of Canada with are, is, has got, or nothing ( - ).

Canada 1) ……… the world’s second largest country. It 2) ……… located to the north of the USA and 3) ……… stretches across six time zones. Canada 4) ……… a population of approximately 32 million that 5) ……… consists of many different nationalities: there 6) ……… an English-speaking majority but there 7) ……… also a large French-speaking minority in Quebec.

The climate 8) ……… varied: the north 9) ……… a polar climate, but on the Pacific coast around Vancouver there 10) ……… warm winters, where temperature rarely fall below zero. There 11) ……… many attractions for tourists. Canada 12) ………some of the most spectacular scenery in the world. There 13) ……… mountains, great plains, and many rivers, along which most of the big cities 14) ……… located. There 15) ……… lots of things for the twenty million visitors a year who come to Canada to do.

2. Choose the correct verb from the sentences below.

1 Thomas Cook organized / has organized the first tour in 1841.

2 Pathfinders wasn’t / hasn’t been the first to offer tailor-made holidays.

3 He worked / has worked in the travel industry since 19996.

4 When did you start / have you started working for Kuoni?

5 Customers became / have become more-demanding in the last few years.

6 The number of bookings fell / has fallen since the accident.

7 So far we had / ‘ve had a very successful season.

8 Visitors from the USA increased / have increased by 8 percent since last year.

9 We started / have started offering tours to Mexico two years ago.

10 Many operators put / have put their prices up lately.

3. Complete the sentences about Mexico using present or past tense of the verbs in brackets. Some verbs are in the passive.

1. Mexico (be) ……… a Spanish colony for 300 years.

2. Independence Day (celebrate) ……… on 16 September.

3. The Aztec pyramids (use) ……… for human sacrifices.

4. Many new bars (open) ……… in downtown Mexico City in recent years.

5. Central and southern Mexico (often visit) ……… for their Mayan ruins.

6. Mariachi bands can (see) ……… in the Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City, playing songs about love.

7. The National Anthropological Museum (be) ……… open since 1964.

  1. Choose the right form.

Pompeii is an ancient town in Italy (1) ……… was destroyed when a volcano (2) .……… in 79 AD. The lava and ash from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the town along with everything and everyone in it. Most of the site (3) ……… studied by archaeologists (4) ………have uncovered many objects among the ruins. The town is now a popular tourist attraction and is visited (5) ……… thousand of people each year. They (6) ………walk along the streets which (7) ………once a part of the busy market town (8) ………now an important part of history.

1) A where B who C which

2) A erupted B has erupted C had erupted

3) A has been B was being C had been

4) A whose B they C who

5) A by B from C with

6) A could B can C are able

7) A was B have been C were

8) A were B are C has been

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