Variant 28

1. Read the text and choose the correct item.

1. George says that most visitors to Greece don’t often see...
c) Athens.
2. Problems the tourist may experience in Athens include...
a) noise and traffic.
3. From his description of it, you should probably visit the Plaka...
b) with a tour.
4. A major attraction of Rio is...
c) the climate.
5. Richard says that Rio is considered...
a) romantic.
6. From this article, you might conclude that an archipelago is...
a) a lot of islands.

2. Complete the sentences with the correct words from the box.

The United States is more diverse than it is usually (1) shown in films. A usual film features a cast of white people, and maybe (2) a few characters from other races, too. About two-thirds of the (3) population is White, but the other one-third, which (4) consists of minorities, (5) does not correspond to what is shown in the theatre.

Additionally, the (6) problem of poverty is usually not depicted in films. More (7) than 15% of the US population lives (8) in poverty and that is usually ignored. The last major inaccuracy is the (9) depiction of religious life. The vast majority of Americans are religious, and this does not usually (10) show up in films.