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TOURISM IN TURKEY
Turkey's Tourism Took a Hit in 2016
by Isabel von Kessel,
Jul 13, 2017
Several major terrorist attacks in(1)____ Ankara, Istanbul and Diyarbakir, as well as an attempted coup d'état one year ago, made 2016 one of the worst years for (2)_____ Turkish tourism industry. After a ten-year-high of nearly 36,8 million visitors arriving in 2014, Turkey is facing a severe backlash that is hitting its tourism sector the hardest. Following the coup on 15 July 2016 and subsequent purges in Turkey, foreign visitor numbers have dropped dramatically (70 percent). By the end of last year visitor numbers fell to 25,4 million. While European holidaymakers and business people (notably the British and Germans) are still reluctant to pay a visit to Turkey, visitor numbers nevertheless increased from January to May 2017 by 16.3 percent when compared to the same time frame of the previous year. However, Russian citizens are increasingly making up for the declining tourist numbers from other countries: with more than 928,000 visitors coming from Russia up until the end of May, Germany was displaced as (3)_____ largest source of tourism for Turkey. (…)
Source:https://www.statista.com/chart/10270/tourism-in-turkey/(adapted)
Access:22nd April, 2019
Complete the question below:
Jim drinks _______ soda everyday!
Maya Angelou (1928-2014) had a broad and distinguished career both inside and outside the literary realm. She is most famous for her work as a poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist, working with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. She also worked in entertainment as a singer, a dancer, an actor, and a director. Her poetry was inspired and informed by her life and work, and this personal connection made her poems profound and powerful. Over the course of a career spanning the 1960s to her death in 2014, she captured, provoked, inspired, and ultimately transformed American people and culture.
Internet: <poetryfoundation.org> (adapted).
About the preceding text, its linguistic features and the meanings it conveys, as well as the reading strategies that apply to it, judge the item that follow.
“Her”, in “Her poetry”, and “this”, in “this personal connection”, are examples of determiners used in the text.
Complete the story with the correct indefinite adjectives and pronouns.
During a patrol a United Nations Peacekeeping mission patrol, Sergeant Reis and his squad scans the surroundings of the area carefully.
Sergeant Reis: - Everything seems to be calm around here. I see ____ signs of danger but remain on alert. Corporal Santos: - We are vigilant, sir, but I sincerely hope ____ bad happens tonight. However, we are ready to respond to ____ situation.
Private Costa: - There is ____ moving ahead in the darkness,
Sergeant Reis. Can you see it? Is it a dog? Corporal Santos: - I think it’s a person. ____ is coming towards us.
Sergeant Reis: - Take cover and cock your weapons. I will warn him or her of our presence. We have to follow the rules of engagement. Sergeant Reis: Is ____ there? United Nations! Stop or I’ll shoot!
Although the mission is to maintain peace and security, Sergeant Reis is ready to protect his men at any cost and make sure that ____ poses a threat to his unit.
Complete the question below:
“For the pick-nick we´ll need ___________CDs, _________
cheese to make sandwiches and ________ lemonade.”
Analyze the sentences below.
I- George had hopes of promotion;
II- Three to five cheeses are a great amount, no matter how many guests;
III- His life was in a danger. Substances are usually uncounted nouns, however they can be also used as count nouns, for instance: May I have a white wine = May I have a [glass of] white wine. (https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/englishgrammar/common-problems-countuncount-nouns)
Considering the context above, choose the correct option according to the underlined nouns used.