M4 Examentraining Lesson 2: tips examenteksten part 2 (volledig digitaal)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g
• Leerjaar 4

English in Europe

 

English has without a 1) ______________ become the second language of Europe and the world. European countries which have most 2) ______________ assimilated English into daily life are England's neighbours in Northern Europe: Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and the 3)____________ of Scandanavia.

English has without a 1) ______________ become the second language of Europe and the world.

1. question
2. doubt
3. problem
4. thought

European countries which have most 2) ______________ assimilated English into daily life are England's neighbours

1. successfully
2. victorious
3. lucrative
4. successful

England's neighbours in Europe: Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and the 3)____ of Scandanavia.

1. rest
2. remaining
3. additional
4. extra

The situation is so 4) ______________ that any visitor to the Netherlands will soon be 5) ______ of the pressure of English on daily life: television, radio and print 6) __________ it into every home and the schoolyard 7) _____________ of children, advertisers use it to 8) __________ up their message, journalists take refuge in it when their home-bred skills 9) ___________ them. 

The situation is so 4) ______________ that any visitor to the Netherlands

1. plain
2. open
3. blatant
4. marked

that any visitor to the Netherlands will soon be 5) ______ of the pressure of English on daily life

1. ignorant
2. aware
3. acquainted
4. oblivious

of the pressure of English on daily life: television, radio and print 6) __________ it into every home

1. guide
2. bring
3. shift
4. haul

radio and print bring it into every home and the schoolyard 7) _____________ of children

1. conversation
2. head to head
3. consultation
4. dialogue

advertisers use it to 8) __________ up their message

1. life
2. energy
3. enthusiasm
4. pep

journalists take refuge in it when their home-bred skills 9) ___________ them.

1. success
2. fall
3. fail
4. fizzle

Increasingly one hears the 10) ______________ that Dutch will give way to English as the national tongue within two or three generations ...

Increasingly one hears the 10) ____ that Dutch will give way to English as the national tongue

1. feeling
2. posture
3. judgement
4. view

Mulligatawny Soup

This is a recipe that would have been 1) ______ to all Britons living and working in the Imperial Raj. Indeed the 2) ______ of Indian cooks, British tastes and exotic foods  e have made a lasting 3) _____ on British cuisine right down to the present day. New, strange and exciting ingredients would be used to 4) ______ and recreate familiar, edible and nutritious meals befitting the 5) _______ class that they had become.

This is a recipe that would have been 1) ___________ to all Britons living and working in the Imperial Raj.

1. familiar
2. recognized
3. noted
4. renowed

Indeed the 2) ___________ of Indian cooks, British tastes and exotic foods

1. merger
2. unite
3. combination
4. coalition

have made a lasting 3) _____ on British cuisine right down to the present day.

1. impression
2. perception
3. verdict
4. opinion

New, strange and exciting ingredients would be used to 4) ___ and recreate familiar, edible and nutritious meals

1. attempt
2. try
3. seek
4. trial

ecreate familiar, edible and nutritious meals befitting the 5) _______ class that they had become.

1. general
2. widespread
3. ruling
4. dominate

 Lack of refrigeration, a hot and humid climate and unfamiliar cooking facilities would all 6) _____ to make cooking an even more 7) ___________ prospect than it already would have been. However, the results of these intrepid culinary explorers could often be an interesting 8) ___________ of East meets West.

      Two and half pints of stock

      7 oz coconut cream, cut into chunks 

       1 heaped spoon each ground cumin and coriander

       1 teaspoon chilli powder (flat or heaped)

       1 small tin tomato puree

Lack of refrigeration, a hot and humid climate and unfamiliar cooking facilities would all 6) _____

1. colluded
2. accessory
3. conspire
4. plan

to make cooking an even more 7) ___________ prospect than it already would have been.

1. exhausted
2. mysterious
3. enigmatic
4. difficult

However, the results of these intrepid culinary explorers could often be an interesting 8) _____of East meets West.

1. add
2. combine
3. addition
4. mix

Flavouring Ingredients

1-2 onions, chopped and fried in butter until brown

2 tablespoons chutney juice

a few cardamom seeds, lightly crushed

salt and freshly ground pepper

Simmer all the basic soup ingredients 9) __________ for 15 minutes, then add all of any of the flavouring ingredients to make the soup exactly as you like it. 10) _______________ hot with bread.

Simmer all the basic soup ingredients 9) __________ for 15 minutes, then add all of any of the flavouring ingredients

1. together
2. unison
3. cooperation
4. concurrent

10) _______________ hot with bread.

1. serve
2. give
3. accept
4. spoon

The Pitcairn Islands are 1.-----   in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway 2.---- Peru and New Zealand. The larger island of Pitcairn was 3. ----- in 1767 by the British and settled in 1790 by the mutineers from the English ship 'Bounty' and their Tahitian companions. Pitcairn was the 4.---- Pacific island to become a British colony (in 1838) and today 5.---- the last vestige of the British empire in the South Pacific. 

The Pitcairn Islands are 1.----- in the South Pacific Ocean

1. located
2. sited
3. stationed
4. settled

about halfway 2.---- Peru and New Zealand

1. centre
2. between
3. middle
4. close

The larger island of Pitcairn was 3. ----- in 1767 by the British and settled in 1790 by the mutineers from the English ship 'Bounty' and their Tahitian companions.

1. uncovered
2. created
3. discovered
4. invented

Pitcairn was the 4.---- Pacific island to become a British colony (in 1838)

1. premiere
2. beginning
3. opening
4. first

and today 5.---- the last vestige of the British empire in the South Pacific.

1. remains
2. remnant
3. spare
4. residue

 The population of about 50 are the 6.--- of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian wives. English is the official language, but many islanders communicate in Pitcairnese .

The 7.--- of this tiny island exist on fishing, subsistence farming, handicrafts, and postage stamps. The fertile soil of the valleys produces a wide 8.--- of fruits and vegetables, including citrus, sugarcane, watermelons, bananas, yams, and beans. Bartering is an 9.--- part of the economy.

The population of about 50 are the 6.----- of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian wives.

1. ancestors
2. heir
3. descendants
4. successor

The 7.--- of this tiny island exist on fishing, subsistence farming, handicrafts, and postage stamps.

1. dwellers
2. inhabitants
3. tenants
4. public

The fertile soil of the valleys produces a wide 8.--- of fruits and vegetables, including citrus, sugarcane, watermelons, bananas, yams, and beans.

1. different
2. types
3. diversity
4. variety

Bartering is an 9.--- part of the economy.

1. crucial
2. important
3. major
4. vital

The major sources of revenue are the sale of postage stamps to collectors and the sale of handicrafts to passing 10.---- . It has no port or 11.---- harbour; and supplies must be transported by rowed longboat from larger ships stationed 12.----  .

The major sources of revenue are the sale of postage stamps to collectors and the sale of handicrafts to passing 10.----

1. cars
2. planes
3. motor-boats
4. ships

It has no port or 11.---- harbour; and supplies must be transported by rowed longboat

1. natural
2. pure
3. native
4. creation

must be transported by rowed longboat from larger ships stationed 12.---- .

1. offshore
2. inshore
3. shore
4. coast