2. Read the text. Use the words in capitals on the right to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Mind the correct grammar form. History of washington, d.C.

Following the American Revolution the newly formed United States needed a capital city. Various sites, (1).......... Philadelphia, (2)........... However, Congress (3).......... a bill in 1790 (4).......... permission for a site to be chosen somewhere near the Potomac River. This section of land (5).......... the District of Columbia after Christopher Columbus; the city to be built on it was to be named Washington in honour of the first president. In 1791 President George Washington (6).......... the site where the city now (7).........., and selected Pierre Charles L’Enfant, a young Frenchman who (8).......... in the American Revolution, to design the city.

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3. Read the text. Choose which word (a, b, c or d) best fits each space. Alaska

When Alaska became one of the United States in 1959, it increased the size of the USA by a fifth. (1).......... this huge state, with the largest mountain in North America, has the second smallest population. This (2).......... that there are still large numbers of wild animals (3).......... as polar bears, moose and seals, and trapping and hunting are major (4)........... The largest group of (5).......... people living in Alaska is the Inuit, who used to be (6).......... as Eskimos. Most of them hunt or fish, but some of those living in cities are (7).......... in government work.

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A) Otherwise A) means A) same A) industries A) starting A) recognized A) involved

B) Despite B) proves B) similar B) companies B) first B) claimed B) occupied

C) Yet C) demands C) such C) firms C) original C) called C) focused

D) Though D) shows D) like D) bodies D) native D) known D) included

4. Read the text. Choose from the list a-g sentence which fits in the space (1-6). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. Happiness

What is happiness? In many industrialised countries, it is often equated with money. But the small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has been trying a different idea. In 1972, concerned about the problems afflicting other developing countries (1).........., Bhutan’s leader, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, decided to make his nation’s priority its GNH, or Gross National Happiness. Bhutan, the King said, needed to ensure that prosperity was shared across society and that it was balanced against preserving cultural traditions, protecting the environment and maintaining a responsive government. The King instituted policies (2)...........

Now, Bhutan’s example is serving as a catalyst for broader discussions of national well-being. A growing number of economists, social scientists, corporate leaders and bureaucrats around the world are trying to develop systems (3).......... but also access to health care, time with family, conservation of natural resources and other non-economic factors. The goal is partly to obtain a broader definition of the word happiness. ‘We have to think of human well-being in broader terms,’ said Bhutan’s Home Minister. ‘Material well-being is only one component. That doesn’t ensure that you’re at peace with your environment (4)...........’

In the early stages of a climb out of poverty, for a household or a country, incomes and contentment grow together. But various studies show that beyond certain points, (5).........., happiness does not keep up. And some countries, studies found, were happier than they should be. One study found that Latin American countries, for example, registered far more subjective happiness than their economic status would suggest. But researchers have had great difficulty in developing measuring techniques (6)........... And some experts question whether national well-being can really be defined. Just the act of trying to quantify happiness could destroy it, said one expert. ‘The most important things in life are not prone to measurement-like love.’

A. aimed at accomplishing these goals

B. that can capture this broader sense of well-being

C. and in harmony with each other

D. whose focus was only on economic growth

E. but there is not necessarily a relationship between wealth and happiness

F. as annual income passes certain levels

G. that measure not just the flow of money