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EXERCISE: Place one of the
alternatives below into the gaps.
The Pitcairn Islands South
Pacific Ocean , about
(a) located (b) sited (c) stationed (d) settled
halfwayPeru New
Zealand island of Pitcairn
(a) middle (b) between (c)
center (d) close
(3) ______________________
(a) uncovered (b)
discovered (c) created (d)
invented
from the English ship ‘Bounty’
and their Tahitian companions.
Pitcairn was the (4)
__________________________ Pacific island to become a British colony
(a) opening (b) premiere (c) beginning
(d) first
(in 1838) and today (5)
_______________________the last vestige of the British empire in the
(a) remains (b) remnant (c) spare (d)
residue
South Pacific.
The population of about 50 are
the (6) __________________________ of the
(a) ancestors (b) descendants (c) heir (d)
successor
Bounty mutineers and their
Tahitian wives. English is the official language, but many islanders communicate
in Pitcairnese (a pidgin language comprising of elements of the 18th century
English and a Tahitian dialect).
The (7)
___________________________of the tiny island exist on fishing, subsistence
farming,
(a) dwellers (b) tenants (c)
inhabitants (d) public
handicraft, and postage
stamps. The fertile soil of the valleys produces a wide
(8) ____________________________of
fruits and vegetables, including citrus, sugarcane,
(a) different
(b) variety (c) types (d) diversity
watermelons, bananas, yams,
and beans. Bartering is an (9) _______________________ part
(a) crucial (b) important
(c) major (d) vital
of the economy. The major
sources of revenue are the sale of postage stamps to collectors and the sale of
handicraft to passing (10) _______________________________.It has no port or
(a) cars
(b) planes (c) motor-boats (d)
ships
(11) _________________________
harbor, and supplies must be transported by rowed long
(a) natural (b)
pure (c) native
(d) creation
boats from larger ships
stationed (12) _____________________________.
(a)
offshore (b) inshore (c) shore (d) coast
ANSWERS
PITCAIRN ISLAND
EXERCISE: Place one of the
alternatives below into the gaps.
The Pitcairn Islands South
Pacific Ocean , about
(a) located (b) sited (c) stationed (d) settled
halfwayPeru New
Zealand island of Pitcairn
(a) middle (b) between (c)
center (d) close
(3) Discovered in 1767 by the British
and settled in 1790 by the mutineers
(a) uncovered (b) discovered
(c) created (d)
invented
from the English ship ‘Bounty’
and their Tahitian companions.
Pitcairn was the (4) first
Pacific island to become a British colony
(a) opening (b) premiere (c) beginning
(d) first
(in 1838) and today (5) remains
the last vestige of the British empire in the
(a) remains (b) remnant (c) spare (d)
residue
South Pacific.
The population of about 50 are
the (6) descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian wives. (a)
ancestors (b) descendants (c) heir (d)
successor
English is the official
language, but many islanders communicate in Pitcairnese (a pidgin language
comprising of elements of the 18th century English and a
Tahitian dialect).
The (7) inhabitants of
the tiny island exist on fishing, subsistence farming,
(a) dwellers (b) tenants (c) inhabitants (d) public
handicraft, and postage
stamps. The fertile soil of the valleys produces a wide
(8) variety of fruits
and vegetables, including citrus, sugarcane, watermelons, bananas, yams,
(a) different
(b) variety (c) types (d) diversity
and beans. Bartering is an (9)
important part of the economy. The major sources
(a) crucial (b)
important (c) major (d) vital
of revenue are the sale of
postage stamps to collectors and the sale of handicraft to passing (10) ships.
It has no port or
(a) cars
(b) planes (c) motor-boats (d) ships
(11) natural harbor,
and supplies must be transported by rowed long boats from larger
(a) natural (b)
pure (c) native
(d) creation
ships stationed (12) offshore.
(a) offshore (b) inshore
(c) shore (d) coast
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