BE QUICK! WE MUSTSPEED UPIF WE DON’T WANT TO MISS THE FLIGHTA. TUR...

22. Be quick! We must

speed up

if we don’t want to miss the flight

A. turn down

B. look up

C. slow down

D. put forward

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to

indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks

English is the first language of many people in countries outside the United Kingdom.

When you meet speakers of English from around the world, you immediately notice that

they do not all speak in the same way. There are also some (23) _______ in the words

they use, including the names of (24) ______ objects that are part of everyone’s daily life.

But although pronunciation and (25) _______ are not the same everywhere, it is

interesting that English speakers (26) ______ opposite sides of the world can

understand ...each.. other quite easily. It does not seem to ...matter... where they learnt the

language. And of course this is one reason why speakers of other languagesre keen ...on...

learning English too. If you know English, you are more (27) ______ to be able to study

or work in all sorts of exciting places, such as the United States or Australia.