Direction: The following questions are based on passages. Read each passage and answer the questions that follow.

Today, millions of people want to learn and improve their English but it is difficult to find the best method. Also, the question arises if it is better to study English in Britain or America or to study the language in your own country.

The advantages of studying English in Britain or America seem obvious. Firstly, you will be able to listen to the language all the time in those countries from native speakers. You will be surrounded completely by the language wherever you go. Another advantage is that you have to speak the language wherever you need to communicate your thoughts and ideas, to express your feeling, and to seek and give information. In India, on the other hand, it is always possible to use your mother tongue to fulfil all your communication purposes. As a result, your learning and using of English happens only in the English class in school, and so learning the language becomes slower.

However, there are also advantages of staying at home and learning English. You don't have to make big changes to your life. As well as this, it is also a lot cheaper than going to Britain or America but it is never possible to achieve the same results as living and learning English in the UK or the USA. If you have good English teachers in India, you can learn the language in a more concentrated way than being in Britain or America.

So, if you have enough time and money, the best choice is to spend some time in the UK or the USA to learn English like a native speaker. But this is simply not possible for most people, so learning the language here in India is a good option as learning opportunities are plenty, most. educated people use the language for different purposes, and there are a large number of excellent speakers of the language. The most important thing to do in this situation is to maximise your opportunities: listen to good English programmes on TV, speak only English in class and try to use English whenever possible outside the class.