Task 1 : Fill in the blanks with words from the list below (there are more words than necessary) :

commit - African - figures - beverage - out - roots - ethnic - smoother - attend - total - pot - census.

    America thinks of itself as a diverse society, a gorgeous mosaic, a melting pot, a quilt of many ethnic and racial patches. But the 1990 census suggests that the demographic surface of life in the U.S. is a lot smoother than one thinks.
     Fifty-eight million Americans, out of a total population of 248 million, claim German roots. In second place are 38 million who say they are wholly or partly Irish. Those of English ancestry come in third, at 32 million, followed by African Americans at 23 million.

Task 2 : Match a word from column A with a word from column B to get meaningful pairs :
  

- Law
- Weather
- Indian
- Slave
- Beauty
- Peace

- shop
- treaty
- enforcement
- reservation
- trade
- forecast

  Law enforcement
  weather forecast
  Indian reservation
  slave trade
  beauty shop
  peace treaty

Task 3 : Put the verbs between parentheses in the right tense and/or form :

     Americans  are very lucky that, very early, a few of their countrymen decided that many of the great wilderness areas would remain much as they had always been. The first national park was established in 1872 when President Grant signed a law creating Yellowstone National Park. Since then, some 100 other countries have created similar national parks.

Task 4 : Fill in the blanks with the right preposition from the list below :

with - from - about - with - to - in

   Every issue of  TEEN MAGAZINE contains articles about current topics that interest young people accompanied with attractive colour photographs. Pages are also devoted to exciting comic stories. There are amusing language games and features that deal with British and American culture and traditions in an enjoyable way. Eight issues are published from October to May.

Task 5 : Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the list below, and underline the right alternative where a choice is provided :

play, approaches, according.

          The autumn colors are caused by ( least - less - fewer ) hours of sunlight, according to foliage experts. Snow is not the cause.
          Chlorophyll, ( which - who - whose ) gives leaves their green color, breaks down as winter approaches. As the green disappears, yellow, orange and red appear. This causes the autumn colors.
         The colors vary according to temperature and cloudiness. Snow does not play an important part, but it ( do - does - did ) bring an end to the colors.