III. Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence. 1. The article was about the different varieties ______ English spoken throughout the world, a. in b. of c. from d. among 2. Susan ______ a bit of Spanish when she was living in Mexico. a. looked up b. got by in c. picked up d. took in 3. English grammar is said to be difficult to learn ______ its countless rules and numerous exceptions to them. a. thanks to b. in spite of c. because of d. provided that 4. You don’t need to interrupt your reading to look up every unfamiliar word right away - it’s better to _______ first. a. master b. imitate c. translate d. guess 5. _______ education is the use of two different languages in classroom instruction. a. Vocational b. Bilingual c. Monolingual d. Cooperated 6. New York, _______ population reached 10 million by 1930, was the world’s first megacity. a. whose b. which c. where d. of which 7. Even though I spoke English, sometimes I didn’t understand the _______ of some areas because some words meant something else. a. accent b. pronunciation c. dialect d. derivative 8. The man with _______ I dined last night will be the next President of Bigfoot. a. whom b. who c. which d. that 9. _______, it was also adapting and absorbing vocabulary from elsewhere. a. Although English was spreading b. As English was spreading c. As long as English spread d. Because of the spread of English 10. “What is the longest English word that doesn’t contain a vowel? I’d say tsktsks.” “__________” a. How come? b. Sound exciting! c. Spot on. d. Of course, it is.