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19 You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Joan who writes:

… When I forget to take an umbrella in summer, it always rains. What’s the weather like in summer where you live? What do you usually do when it rains? How do you protect yourself from bad weather?

I bought new shoes two days ago, but now I think I should take them back to the store ...

Write a letter to Joan.

In your letter

– answer her questions

– ask 3 questions about her new shoes

Write 100–140 words.

Remember the rules of letter writing.

20 You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Cyril who writes:

… We had an awful summer this year. What was the weather like in the place where you spent your summer this year? What do you do on rainy days in summer? What is your favourite season and why?

Our history class this year is just fantastic! ...

Write a letter to Cyril.

In your letter

– answer his questions

– ask 3 questions about his history class

Write 100–140 words.

Remember the rules of letter writing.

Эссе : Playing sports is better than watching others do it.

Грамматика и лексика

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Преобразуйте, если необходимо, слова, напечатанные заглавными буквами в конце строк, обозначенных номерами B4–B6, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполните пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию из группы B4–B6.

What a story!

Daniel, aged 4, returned from Sunday school with a new amusing Christmas story about the Three Wise Men of the East. They __________________ gifts to the baby Jesus.

BRING

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Daniel was so excited he just had to tell his parents, “I learned in Sunday School all about the very __________________ Christmas. There wasn’t a Santa Claus then, so these three wise men on camels had to deliver all the toys.

ONE

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And Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer with his nose so bright __________________ the sleigh, so they had to follow the big star in the sky to find their way around”.

NOT LEAD

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Growing old in England

Someone asked the other day, ‘What was your favourite fast food when you were growing up?’ ‘We __________________ fast food when I was growing up,’ I informed him. ‘All the food was slow.’

NOT HAVE

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‘Come on, you are not serious. Where did you eat?’ ‘In my childhood, it __________________ “at home,”’ I explained.

CALL

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‘Mum cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we __________________ down together at the dining room table, and if I didn’t like what she had put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.’

SIT

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He was too clever

Some people want to show how clever they are and that may lead to trouble. Once a professor __________________ by boat. On his way he asked the sailor: “Do you know biology, ecology, zoology, geography?”

TRAVEL

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The sailor said no to all his questions. The professor said: “What on Earth do you know? You __________________ of illiteracy.”

DIE

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After a while, the boat started __________________ . The sailor asked the professor: “Do you know swiminology and escapology from sharkology?” The professor said no. The sailor said, “Well, sharkology and crocodilogy will eat your headology and bodyology and you will dielogy because of your mouthology.”

SINK

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Do Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving?

Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day, but on a different day. Their Thanksgiving is on the __________________ Monday in October.

TWO

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It happens so because harvest time comes __________________ in Canada.

EARLY

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Canadians enjoy turkey, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving, but they __________________ their holiday with Pilgrims and the landing of the Mayflower. Instead, they refer back to the landing of Martin Frobisher from England at Newfoundland in 1578, 43 years before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts.

NOT ASSOCIATE

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Russian inventions: holography

Do you know what holography is? It is a technique __________________ on lasers, which enable 3-D (three-dimensional) images to be made.

BASE

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In 1962, Soviet physicist Yuri Denisyuk __________________ up with the first reflection hologram also known as the “Denisyuk hologram”.

COME

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Now the technology __________________ in most holographic displays and it was the first to allow multi-color image reproduction in holograms.

USE

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Who invented spaghetti, the Italians or the Chinese?

When you think of agriculture in China, you probably think of rice. However, China is the largest wheat producer in Asia, and the __________________ largest producer overall,

THREE

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__________________ for about 10 percent of the world’s wheat crop.

ACCOUNT

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What do the Chinese make from their wheat? Among other things, they make spaghetti! The Chinese __________________ noodles from wheat and other grains for longer than the Italians.

MAKE

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What is the longest river in Europe?

The Volga River, which flows entirely within Russia, is the longest river in Europe. From its source in the hills northwest of Moscow, the Volga travels almost 2,300 miles (3,700 km) to the Caspian Sea. Much of Russia’s freight __________________ on barges on this river.

CARRY

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The Danube River is Europe’s __________________ longest, at almost 1,770 miles (2,860 km). The Danube passes through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Romania before it empties into the Black Sea.

TWO

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The Danube River flows through __________________ countries than any other river in the world.

MANY

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What is the oldest subway system in the world?

London’s Underground, which opened in 1863, is the oldest subway system in the world. Despite the name, about 55% of the subway network is above ground. __________________ than one billion passenger journeys were recorded in 2007.

MANY

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The __________________ station in the London Underground network is Victoria station, which serves about 78 million passengers a year.

BUSY

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The tube map, with its schematic and colour-coded layout, __________________ a design classic.

CONSIDER

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Why do the Chinese call the Yellow River in China “China’s Sorrow”?

The Huang He, or Yellow River, in China is called “China’s Sorrow” by the Chinese themselves. Since long ago, flooding __________________ a serious problem.

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The __________________, most sorrowful flood on record happened in 1931.

BAD

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The waters began to rise in July, and by November of that year, more than 40,000 square miles had been flooded, __________________ 80 million people homeless.

LEAVE

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He didn’t need advice

Once Mozart was approached by a young man, who was interested in Mozart’s advice on how to compose a symphony. Since he was still very young, Mozart recommended that he should start by __________________ ballads.

WRITE

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__________________, the young man responded, “But you wrote symphonies when you were only ten years old.”

SURPRISE

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“But I __________________ to ask,” countered Mozart.

NOT HAVE

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