Searching for a New Programme

A healthy lifestyle can vastly improve your well-being. This is a lifestyle designed for those who wish to feel more certain about their health and more in control of what the present and future will bring them in that important 1 ______ of existence. None of us wants to be sick. None of us enjoys the idea that we may become a medical statistic. This is a simple, easy-to-follow health-style that can enable you to get cards very much in your 2 ______. The doctors were fortunate enough to come into 3 ______ with a field of study that brought them to healing and well-being that they so desperately needed. They personally have 4 ______ thousands of people improve their health using only a small part of information. Many more people begin to improve their health now. Embracing the most current information from many health-related fields, the programme of healthy lifestyle gives you an understanding of the impact of exercise, breathing, sunshine, sleep and much more on your health. In order for this programme to work for you, you have to be willing to apply at least some part of it. Some change will be 5 ______. And as you make those first modest changes, you will get positive results that encourage you to do more. Changing is fun. And if you realize that your new healthy lifestyle 6 ______ the making of new habits, not the 7 ______ of old ones, you will feel very positive about what the future holds for you.

1. А) sector Б) region В) area Г) territory

2. А) benefit Б) advantage В) privilege Г) favour

3. А) touch Б) contact В) view Г) connection

4. А) confessed Б) witnessed В) determined Г) recognized

5. А) ordered Б) commanded В) forced Г) required

6. А) contains Б) consists В) involves Г) encloses

7. А) breaking Б) damaging В) ruining Г) destroying

When was the parachute invented? Have you ever felt like jumping out of a plane? Plenty of people have, but _______ THANKFUL ___________ most of them did it after parachutes had been invented. Leonardo da Vinci made the first real studies of flight in the 1480s. He had over 100 _________ DRAW _________ that illustrated his theories on flight. He designed a parachute in the 1480s, though he didn’t try it out. Another _______ INVENT ___________, Faust Vrande, jumped using a similar design in 1617. In 1783, around the same time as the first hot-air balloon, Sebastien Lenormand invented a parachute, which he demonstrated by jumping from a tree, but it was only four meters high. A few years later, having refined his design, he made a _________ SUCCESS _________ jump from a taller tower. In 1785, Jean Pierre Blanchard used a dog to test his parachute design. The dog was fine, and so was Blanchard when he used the parachute in 1793 to escape a balloon accident. These early parachutes didn’t catch on because there weren’t any flying machines around to make them _______ REAL ___________ useful. The invention of airplanes has made parachutes important. Since then, their ________ EFFECTIVE __________ has been proved many times. 2012 London Olympics How has London 2012 changed the sporting map of the world? The United States won the highest number of gold medals and the most medals in total, with China dropping to second place on the medals table after unprecedented ________ DOMINATE __________ at their home Olympics in Beijing four years ago. The third place for Great Britain exceeded all ________ EXPECT __________. Previously, 2008 Beijing Olympics were considered the most ________ SUCCESS __________ for the British with only the fourth place. In 2008, Russia took the third place. This year, Russia fell out of the top three ________ WIN __________ for the first time since the end of the Soviet era. South Korea improved to the fifth, their best finish since hosting the Games in Seoul 24 years ago. For Australia it was a _______ COMPARATIVE ___________ miserable Olympics, where it took the tenth place. It was their worst ________ PERFORM __________ in two decades. Kite fighting Have you ever heard of kite fighting? Kite fighting is a highly competitive sport traditionally ________ PLAY __________ in India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Thailand, and South America. Each player hopes to get his or her kite to fly _________ HIGH _________. The players try to cut their opponents’ kite strings with sharp objects imbedded in their kites. ________ START __________ in the late 1990s, kite fighting gained popularity in the USA and is now practiced throughout the country, with an annual championship competition held in Washington state. Sports in Victorian times Sports became extremely popular in Victorian times. Traditional sports like football, cricket and boxing had been played for centuries but now they were given proper rules for the____ ONE ____ time. This was the time when many football clubs were set up. Football ___ MEAN ____ to keep people healthy and to encourage a sense of fair play. It ____ NOT BE __ that successful and free kicks and penalty kicks had to be brought in to stop foul play. International matches started in 1880s. The organized matches drew large crowds and watching sport ___ BECOME ___ a hobby. Speaking ask 2. Study the advertisement.   You are going to study abroad for three months and want to find a swimming pool you could attend. You’d like to get more information about this swimming pool. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five questions to find out the following:   1) location of the swimming pool 2) opening hours 3) sauna availability 4) price for 3 months 5) discounts for students   You have 20 seconds to ask each question.   Task 3. Imagine that while travelling during your holidays you took some photos. Choose one photo to present to your friend. You will have to start speaking in 1.5 minutes and will speak for not more than 2 minutes. You have to talk continuously. In your talk remember to speak about: when you took the photo what/who is in the photo what is happening why you took the photo why you decided to show the picture to your friend Photo 1. Photo 2. Photo 3.

ask 4. Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

· give a brief description of the photos (action, location)

· say what the pictures have in common

· say in what way the pictures are different

· say which of the activities presented in the pictures you’d prefer

· explain why

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12 – 15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

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Task 2. Study the advertisement.

	Visit our new fitness club!

You are considering visiting the fitness club and now you’d like
to get more information. In
1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out about the following:

1) location

2) opening hours

3) price of the season ticket

4) if individual sessions are possible

5) swimming pool