XXII. Прочитайте тексты и заполните пропуски данными словами, предшествующими тексту.

 

Text A

ambitious, to write, the bank, in touch, decided, computers,

Software, finished, professionals, period

 

DAVID THE TEENAGE TYCOON

Teenager David Bolton has just put £9,000 in (1) the bank - after only six months of part-time work as a computer consultant.

It was only about a year ago, however, that he (2) ______ to get serious about computers. He went to night school to learn how (3) ______ business programs, and did a correspondence course with an American college.

He got (4) _______ with a computer seller, Eltec, who gave him computers and (5) ______ worth more than £3,000. He helps companies by suggesting which (6) ______ they should buy, and by writing individual programs for them.

He can work more quickly than many older (7) _______. In one case, he went to a company where a professional programmer worked for six months and couldn’t find the problem. David (8) ______ the job in five days.

It is because of work of this standard that in short (9) _____ he has been in business David made about £9,000.

How did he do it? “You have to be (10) ______, and you have to really want to get to the top. Believe in yourself, and tell yourself you’re the best.”

 

Text B

generosity, tidied, gardens, family, horses, village, Perhaps, problems, to fight, old

$3 MILLION FOR A VET

Vet Peter Pocock has been left a fortune by a spinster whose (1) horses and dogs he looked after.

The 90-year-old spinster, Miss Marguerite de Beaumont, was helped in many ways by Mr Pocock. He cleaned and (2) _____ her 11-room Elizabethan mansion when she became too (3) _____ and ill to care for it. When she died she left him everything in her will: her money, the house and (4) _____, her stables – all of which is worth $3 million.

Miss de Beaumont’s (5) ______ are furious. Her niece, Mrs Charmian Pickford said “We are very upset. We are going (6) _____ the will. My aunt didn’t know what she was doing – she was senile in her last years.”

Mr Pocock lives in the next (7) ______ with his wife and baby daughter. They were shocked by Miss de Beaumont’s (8) _______. “We can’t believe it,” said Mrs Pocock, “So much money is wonderful, but will it make us happier? Money can bring (9) ______. Our hope is that the mansion will be made beautiful again. (10) _____ we can do it now with the money.”

Text C

sharks, a life-raft, to hit, a machine, Costa Rica, raw, the water, hands, Then, condition

COUPLE WHO SURVIVED AN AMAZING 66 DAYS AT SEA

A couple from Miami, Bill and Simone Butler, spent 66 days in (1) a life-raft in the seas of Central America after their yacht sank. They survived in very good (2) ________.

21 days after they left Panama in their yacht they met some whales. “They started (3) ______ the side of the boat,” said Bill, “and then suddenly we heard water.” Two minutes later, the yacht was sinking. They jumped into the life-raft and watched the boat go under (4) _____.

For twenty days they had tins of food, biscuits, and bottles of water. They also had a fishing-line and (5) _______ to make salt water into drinking water – two things which saved their lives. They caught some fish every day and ate them (6) ____. Then the line broke. “So we had no more fish until something very strange happened. Some (7) _____ came to feed, and the fish under the raft were afraid and came to the surface. I caught them with my (8) _____”.

After 50 days at sea the life-raft was beginning to break up. (9) _____ suddenly it was all over. A fishing boat saw them and took them to (10) _____. Their two months at sea was over.

 

Text D

to destroy, cathedrals, the animals, communicators, billion, jungles,

Voices, the moon, present, the world

HELLO, PEOPLE OF THE WORLD!

There are five (1) billion people in the world and they live in all different corners of it. They live on the snow and ice of the Poles and in the tropical (2) ____ on the equator. They have climbed the highest mountains and walked on the sea bed. Some of them have even left the earth and visited (3) _____.

The human species is the most numerous and the most powerful of all (4) _____ on earth. How did this happen? In many ways animals can do things better than we can. But we are different. No other animal builds (5) ______, plays football, tells jokes or gets married.

There is one thing above all that makes people and animals different. People love to talk – talk – talk. We are the great (6) ________! And we can communicate so many things in so many ways – with our faces, our hands, our bodies, and our (7) ______. Also we have a sense of past and future, not just (8) ______.

We are the only species that can change (9) ________, and we can choose either to look after our world or (10) _____ it.

 

 

XXIII. Подберите к выражению из колонки А подходящий ответ из колонки В и запишите свой выбор в колонке С.

Part A

A B С

1. Have a good weekend! а) Yes. Beautiful, isn’t it? 1. b

2. What a lovely day! b) Same to you! 2.

3. What size are you? c) No, that’s all, thanks. 3.

4. How much is a sandwich? d) Oh, dear! Bad luck. 4.

5. I’ve failed my exam e) Don’t mention it. 5.

f) 90 p.

g) Medium.

 

Part В

A B С

1. My name is Joe. а) Yes, it was lovely. 1.

2. Did you have a good journey? b) By credit card. 2.

3. How would you like to pay? c) So do I. 3.

4. I’ve got an exam today. d) Congratulations! 4.

5. I’m getting married next week. e) Good luck, do your best. 5.

f) Pleased to meet you.

g) Thank you very much!

Part С

A B С

1. Excuse me! а) Mm. Horrible. 1.

2. How was the film yesterday? b) Just round the corner. 2.

3. A doughnut, please. c) Cheer up! 3.

4. Where’s the library? d) Of course not. 4.

5. See you tomorrow! e) Bye! Have a nice time! 5.

f) Yes. Can I help you?

g) Here you are.

 

Part D

A B С

1. Make yourself at home. а) It’s over there. 1.

2. When did you last do an exam? b) Certainly. 2.

3. Where’s the changing room? c) Oh, what a pity! 3.

4. I’d like to make a reservation. d) That’s very kind. Thank you. 4.

5. I can’t come to the party. e) Never mind. 5.

f) Oh, long ago.

g) Congratulations!

READING COMPREHENSION

Прочитайте тексты и выполните задания, следующие за ними.

Text A

TELEVISION UNIFIES US

 

The press, television and radio (mass media) play an important part in the life of society. They influence the way people look at the world and make them change their views. Some people say, ‘news is not what happens – it is what you see or read in mass media.’ In other words, mass media shapes public opinion. (Sometimes it is good, but sometimes it is terribly bad. It depends.)

Millions of people watch TV and read newspapers and magazines in their spare time. Television dominates one’s life if the family watches it most of the time. Television informs, educates, and entertains people, but it is also a habit-forming drug impossible to resist.

Various TV shows, such as quiz, and music programmes attract a large audience. During TV quiz programmes the questions are answered by the viewers at home.

Then there are daily TV serials known as soap operas. Some people find them boring, others consider them to be good entertainment and relaxation.

Some people say there is too much violence on television, which has a bad influence on young viewers. Television often shows scenes of violence.

But it is hardly fair to say that TV doesn’t try to raise the cultural level of the people or develop their artistic taste. Many TV programmes are excellent: they are made in good taste and with great professional skill. Television brings into millions of homes not only news and entertainment, but also cultural and educational programmes.

Good or bad, television brings the world into our home and brings us closer to other people. Besides, it is good company for people who live alone.