Task 3. You are going to give a talk about keeping fit. You will have to start in 1.5 minutes and speak for not more than 2 minutes (10-12 sentences).

Remember to say:

·    why a healthy lifestyle is more popular nowadays

·    what you do to keep fit

·    what sports activities are popular with teenagers in your region

You have to talk continuously.

 

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Task 3. You are going to give a talk about sports. You will have to start in 1.5 minutes and speak for not more than 2 minutes (10-12 sentences). Remember to say: why a lot of young people do sports nowadays what sports clubs and teams there are in your school what you do to keep fit You have to talk continuously.

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Task 3. You are going to give a talk about healthy lifestyle. You will have to start in 1.5 minutes and speak for not more than 2 minutes (10-12 sentences). Remember to say: why doing sport is very important for modern teenagers what else besides sport young people do to keep fit and healthy what you enjoy doing in your free time You have to talk continuously.

ПИСЬМЕННАЯ ЧАСТЬ . ГРАММАТИКА

Наиболее употребительные личные формы глаголов действительного залога: Present Simple, Future Simple и Past Simple, Present и Past Continuous, Present и Past Perfect

Личныеформыглаголовстрадательногозалога Present Simple Passive, Future Simple Passive и Past Simple Passive

Различные грамматические средства для выражения будущего времени: Simple Future, to be going to, Present Continuous

Причастия настоящего и прошедшего времени (причастие I и причастие II)

Имена существительные во множественном числе, образованные по правилу, и исключения

Местоимения: личные (в именительном и объектном падежах, а также в абсолютной форме), притяжательные, указательные, неопределенные, относительные, вопросительные.

Имена прилагательные в положительной, сравнительной и превосходной степенях, образованные по правилу, а также исключения

Наречия в сравнительной и превосходной степенях

Числительные количественные, порядковые

1. John was about to leave the classroom when he saw a book on the floor. He opened it and ______SEE______ pictures of mountains and rocks. He ______NOT/KNOW______ whose book it was. At that moment, Ken rushed into the classroom: “I______LOSE______ my book somewhere here!” “Here it is,” John said, “but what’s it about?” “It’s the ______INTERESTING______ book about mountains I’ve ever seen”, Ken was happy to get his book back. “It ______WRITE______ by a mountain climber a year ago. He wrote about how he and three other ______MAN______ went to the Alps to climb. You can borrow this book for a while if you want. I ______READ______ it anyway.”

2. Kate knocked on the door and entered the room. The room was large – three times ______LARGE______ than Kate’s classroom. The walls ______PAINT______ light blue. Several ______CHILD______ were sitting in a circle. The teacher was standing beside them. “Come in, Kate,” the teacher ______TELL______ her. “We ______PLAY______ word games. Would you like to join us?” Kate ______NOT/KNOW______ how to play word games but sat down between a tall blond girl and a dark-haired boy. “I ______NEVER/PLAY______ this game,” Kate whispered to the girl. “Is it difficult?”

3. When Allan got to the airport, the airport official said: “I’m sorry, sir, but your plane______TAKE______ off. You will have to take the next flight. You ______ARRIVE______ in New York at about midnight.” Allan was very upset: “I must be in New York at 6pm. I have a job interview there. I can’t miss it. It’s the______GOOD______ job in the world. Thousands of men and ______WOMAN______ dream about such a job.” The airport lady______SAY______ nothing and turned to another passenger. Allan ______NOT/KNOW______ what to do. He pulled out his notebook. The time of the interview ______WRITE______ there: 6pm, Tuesday. Allan looked at his digital watch and read: 2pm, Monday.

4. Andrew hated shopping. However, he had enjoyed it on one occasion. It happened when his two aunts came to his city and Andrew ______HAVE______ to entertain them. Andrew thought that most ______WOMAN______ like shopping. So, he took his aunts to the ______LARGE______ shopping centre in the city. However, they ______NOT/BUY______ anything. “It’s a nice place,” aunt Laura said, “but I want to have a break from hunting for clothes. __________________ you ______WANT______ some ice cream, Andrew?” “And I ______HAVE______ acoffee, if you don’t mind,” aunt Lucy added. They found a cafe where really delicious ice cream ______SELL______ The aunts told Andrew anecdotes from their school days that made him laugh a lot.

5. Sophie’s flight was delayed. She was waiting in the departure lounge feeling bored. She tried to read but ______NOT/CAN______ concentrate on the text. Men and ______WOMAN______ with bags and suitcases crowded near the information desk and near the restaurant. Sophie ______NOT/WANT______ to eat. She pulled out her mobile and called her mother. “It’s me, Mum. I ______SIT______ in the airport. No, it’s not cold here. Yes, I ______CHECK______ in.” Sophie’s mother had four children. Sophie was the ______YOUNG______ of them – her mother worried about her the most. Suddenly, Sophie saw a familiar face in the crowd of passengers. “I’m sorry, Mum, I have to go now. I ______CALL______ you later. Don’t worry!”

6. Lisa was walking slowly along the aisles. The University library was the ______LARGE______ library she had ever seen. The librarians moved quietly as they were wearing special soft shoes on their ______FOOT______. “Can I help you?” A young librarian ______COME______ upto Lisa. “Yes, thank you. I______FIND______ all the books from my reading list,” Lisa said, “but I can’t find any information about architecture.” “I ______SHOW______ you,” the librarian said. “By the way, ________ you ______KNOW______ who built our library?” Lisa didn’t. “Oh, it ______BUILD______ more that four centuries ago. I can recommend a book about the architect if you are interested.”

7. It was Sunday so I didn’t have to go to school. I woke up late, got up and______GO______ to the kitchen. It was strange but I ______NOT/CAN______ find our cat, Tom, anywhere. The whole family got worried. “He’s gone hunting,” my ______YOUNG______ sister said. “All cats hunt ______MOUSE______. I read about it in a book.” “I’m sure he ______SLEEP______ in the armchair,” Mum said. But the cat wasn’t there either. “Look! I ______FIND______ him!” my little sister shouted. “He’s in the washing machine!” We watched in surprise as the cat got out of the washing machine. “Come on, kitty, come here. We ______GIVE______ you some milk.”

8. The alarm clock woke me up at 6.00 on Sunday morning. I ______NOT/WANT______ to get up. My parents, my ______YOUNG______ sister and even my dog were sleeping. I ______THINK______ that life was unfair, but went to the bathroom for a cold shower anyway. When I was cleaning my ______TOOTH______, my mobile phone rang. “Hi, it’s me,” Henry said cheerfully. “What______ you ______DO______ at home? I’m at the stadium already, waiting for you.” In a few minutes I was there too. “Look,” Henry pointed at the ball. A little footballer______DRAW______ there. “The Manchester United captain himself drew it there. It’s a lucky ball now. If we play with it, we ______WIN______ the final.”

9. Kate is a serious girl. Seven years ago she won first prize in the school singing competition. However, the career of a singer ______NOT /ATTRACT______ her. She found science ______INTERESTING______ than singing. Kate ______THINK______ that she wanted to study physics. Her parents were surprised but did everything they ______CAN______ help her. The family moved to the city, where Kate joined the Physics Experimental Laboratory for gifted ______CHILD______. Now, she is making her further education plans, and her parents think she ______HAVE______ a brilliant career in science. “I know what I want to do. I ______CHOOSE______the university I’m going to enter,” Kate said to the journalists.

10. People of all ages like cartoons. Wewent to the cinema yesterday to see an action film when, suddenly, I ______SEE______ a poster for a cartoon. I’m the ______YOUNG______ among my friends, so I wasn’t sure they’d want to see the cartoon too, but they did. Even Mike didn’t mind. “I ______SEE______ the action film anyway. Let’s watch a cartoon for a change,” he said. It was a story about four ______MOUSE______. They saved an injured cat that ______CALL______ Bart. The cat recovered but ______NOT/WANT______ to leave his new friends. They had funny adventures together. “I think I______WATCH______ the cartoon again, together with my girlfriend.” Mike said on the way home.

11. The weather was unusually hot. Larry was sitting in the shade of the only tree in the garden, with a magazine in his hands. He was trying to read but ______NOT/CAN______concentrate on the text. All the ______CHILD______had left the city, but Larry had to stay at home. He was daydreaming when he ______HEAR______ Jimmy’s voice: “It’s ______HOT______ today than it was yesterday! If it goes on like this, everyone ______BELIEVE______ in global warming.” Larry looked up. Jimmy was holding a paper propeller in his hands. “Larry,” Jimmy sounded excited, “Look what I ______MAKE______! It’s a model of a super machine to save people from heat. _________ you ______LISTEN______ to me? It’s new technology!”

12. It was getting dark when Laura got to her sister’s place. The entrance door ______LOCK______. Laura pressed the doorbell and ______HEAR______ quick footsteps. “It’s so nice of you to come,’ Laura’s sister Betty opened the door. “Come in. We______PUT______ a meat pie into the oven. I think it’ll be ready in forty minutes or so. You aren’t very hungry, are you?” Betty was seven years ______YOUNG______ than Laura, but she was much better at housekeeping. When Laura entered the house, she saw four______WOMAN______ in the sitting room. They nodded and went on talking. “Where’s Ken?” asked Laura. “He ______REPAIR______ his car in the garage,” Laura said. “He ______JOIN______ us soon.”

13. Dana Miller was a bus driver in the city of Philadelphia. Her working hours _________BE_________ from 10.00 pm till 6:00 am. It was a hard job and very few ________WOMAN__________ worked as bus drivers in those days but Dana loved her job very much. One of her regular passengers was a guitar player. Every Friday night he got on the bus carrying his guitar. The guitar ________MAKE__________ of wood, not plastic and Dana liked the way it sounded. “You should come to see our show,” the guitarist kept saying to Dana. “I ________SEE__________ it one day,” Dana promised each time, but she never said when exactly she _________GO_________. Another passenger who often used Dana’s bus was a Biscuit Lady. She worked at the biscuit factory and often ________GIVE__________ Dana a small bag of biscuits. Dana ________NOT/LIKE_________ sweets and pastries very much, but she could never resist those biscuits – they were so fresh and tasty. “How was _______YOU_______ night?” Dana’s husband liked to ask her when she came home. “Good music, good food and a great view of the city,” she cheerfully answered. “I wish I ________ENJOY__________ my work as much as you enjoy yours,” her husband said, “ but I’m going to have just another boring day at the office.”

14. Linda was looking forward to her holidays. First of all, she ________FEEL__________ really tired from school and wanted to have a break. The ________TWO__________ reason was that they were going to take a trip to the mountains. Linda enjoyed it very much when they went somewhere all together as a family. They _________NOT/DO_________ it very often since her parents were very busy people. Linda _________NOT/CAN_________ ski but the prospect didn’t scare her. She learnt everything very quickly, especially when her father taught ________SHE__________. He was the _________GOOD_________ teacher in the world! “I ________BUY__________ special sunglasses for skiing,” Linda boasted to her father. “Have a look! Nice, aren’t they?” “They are,” he gave Linda a quick look and turned back to his computer. He _________PREPARE_________ a presentation or something else very important. Linda could see diagrams on the screen. They _________DRAW_________ in different colours which made them look complicated.

15. Tim woke up later than usual. It was Sunday and he ________HAVE__________ lots of plans for the day. He was in the bathroom cleaning his _________TOOTH_________ when he heard some unfamiliar voices from the veranda. “Who could they be?” Tim ________THINK__________. When he came into the room, his mum and two other women _________CHAT_________ happily and didn’t notice him. Tim coughed to attract _________THEY_________ attention. “Oh, Tim, you’re up already!” his mother sounded excited. “Meet my school friends, Linda and Emma.” Linda shook his hand, Emma smiled and said: “We _________BE_________ happy to meet you, Tim.” Your mum showed us your photo, but you are much ________YOUNG__________ there. Join us for tea. I wish we ________CAN__________ talk about our school days for ages, but we have some other business to discuss with your mother. It’s going to be interesting for you, too.” Tim sat at the table. Emma had some papers in her hands but Tim couldn’t read what _________PRINT_________ there – the letters were too small.

16. People turn fifteen only once in life and Anna wanted to have a great birthday party, with cake, candles and guests.“Guests? And what if nobody comes,” Anna ______THINK______. She ______NOT/CAN______ wait till the end of the lesson and turned to Linda and Kate, who were sitting next to her. “Look, it’s my birthday this Saturday and I ______NOT/INVITE______ you yet. Will you come?” she said quietly. “We ______SOLVE______ Maths problems, can’t you see?” Linda didn’t even look up. Linda and Kate were the ______POPULAR______ girls in the class. Their fathers were successful ______BUSINESSMAN______ who Anna sometimes saw on TV. “I ______COME______ on Saturday,” Kate said suddenly. “What time is your party?”

17. Anna was glad that the academic year was about to finish. Like most ________CHILD__________ she was looking forward to the summer but not because she wanted to relax. Her plans ________BE__________ ambitious. Anna wanted to buy a professional digital camera and it wasn’t easy to save enough money. Anna had already chosen the model she wanted. Her dad said that he ________GIVE__________ her the camera in a couple of years. But Anna ________NOT/CAN__________ wait so long, she needed it right then. “If I ________HAVE__________ it now, I would be able to take part in the Professional Photograph Competition. Everyone says I’ve got talent,” she said to herself, looking at the magazine where an article about the competition ________PUBLISH__________. While she was reading the article for the _________TWO_________ time, a brilliant idea came to her – why not take up a summer job as a photographer? She reached for the phone and dialed the number of the ________LARGE__________ photography agency in the town. “Hello, can I help you?” the woman’s voice sounded encouraging and Anna _________THINK_________ that she probably had a chance.

18. It was Friday evening. Liz was looking forward to Saturday because it was her husband’s birthday. She had been preparing for this event for a long time. She had invited ________THEY__________ college friends and they were all coming from different cities. The best part was that Carlos, her husband, ________NOT/KNOW__________ anything about the arrangements. It was going to be a surprise. Liz ________MAKE__________ sandwiches when Carlos came into the kitchen. “Look, darling,” he said, “I know it’s my birthday tomorrow but I don’t want to do anything special for it.” Liz thought, “I wish I ________CAN__________ cancel the party but I can’t – it’s too late. The party will take place anyway and it will be the ________GOOD__________ party ever”. When Carlos came home on Saturday, there ________BE__________ lots of people there. Carlos ________TELL__________ them that he felt very happy to see them all and it was true! The guests enjoyed the dinner and then Liz brought in a cake. The cake ________DECORATE__________ with chocolates and jellies, and it had as many candles as the number of years Carlos had reached that day. Carlos couldn’t blow them out on the ________ONE__________ try and his friends were delighted to help him.

19. I was sitting in an arm-chair and watching my sister Alison. She was getting ready for a party. Alison was 15 years _________OLD_________ than me and she always treated me like a child. Alison took her jewellery box from the table. The box _________MAKE_________ of wood and had colourful stones on the top. “You know you must never touch it, right?” Alison said. “If the box was mine, I _________ALLOW_________ you to touch it whenever you wanted,” I answered. Alison said nothing to that. When she put on her jewelry, she looked like a princess. She moved gracefully as if her _________FOOT_________ didn’t touch the ground. Alison kissed me goodnight and left. I tried to resist my curiosity but I _________NOT/CAN_________. I opened the box. There _________BE_________ lots of rings, ear-rings, bracelets and necklaces inside. I got them all out. The _________ONE_________ piece of jewelry I tried on was a silver necklace. After that I lost track of time. Suddenly I _________SEE_________ Alison. She was standing at the doorway and looking at me angrily. I ________NOT/KNOW__________ what to say. Many years have passed since that night. Now I am a designer – I create clothes and accessories. My sister likes my work very much.

20. Jane liked going to the park with her mum. One day when they were there, she said, “There is so much rubbish on the ground.” They looked around. There were old ________BOX__________, waste paper and cans on the ground. Several benches ________BREAK__________. “You are right,” her mum said. “I wish people ________CARE__________ about the environment more.” “I do care about it but I ________NOT/KNOW__________ what I can do to help the park,” said Jane. Jane and her mum went home. In the evening she painted a picture of the park. At the top of the picture she ________WRITE__________ “PLEASE KEEP ME CLEAN”. The next day Jane and her mum went to the park ________EARLY__________ than usual. Jane taped her picture onto a big rubbish bin and started picking up rubbish. Some children ran over to see what was going on. They decided to help Jane. Soon all the rubbish was in the bags. “Good job,” Jane said, “We _________CLEAN_________ half of the park. If we come and complete the other part tomorrow, the whole park _________BE_________ clean and tidy. I hope people won’t throw ________THEY__________ rubbish here any more.”

21. When I came into the room, my computer was on. It worried me since I _________NOT/REMEMBER_________ switching it on. I looked around – there ________BE__________ nobody in my room and everything was in its usual place. Suddenly I ________UNDERSTAND__________ – the book had gone! I had left it on the table but it wasn’t there any more. I checked the window – it ________CLOSE__________. That meant that someone had come into the room through the door. My _________ONE_________ impulse was to call the police but I called Jim instead. “What ________HAPPEN__________?” Jim sounded sleepy. I explained that someone ________TAKE__________ the book. “Oh, no!” Jim sounded unhappy. “Have you any idea how valuable it is?” “There’s another thing I ________NOT/CAN__________ understand,” I interrupted Jim. “My computer’s on but I always switch it off before leaving home.” “Ok, stay at home. I’ll be at _________YOU_________ place in half an hour,” he said and the phone went dead.

22. The phone rang in Clark Taylor’s house at nearly three in the morning. He answered it only after the _________FIVE_________ ring. “Hello,” Clark said in a sleepy voice. “Mr. Taylor. Thank goodness. I need your help.” Clark definitely _________KNOW_________ the voice. However, he was sleepy and _________NOT/CAN_________ remember who it was. “Mr. Taylor!” the man said. “I am in trouble. The police allowed me only one phone call. And I am calling you.” Then, the fog cleared. Although nearly ten years had passed since _________THEY_________ last meeting, Clark was able to recognise the voice. It belonged to Martin Hall, one of the _________BRIGHT_________ math students he had ever had. “Martin, what’s happened? Where are you? ” Clark asked. “In the police station. I _________ARREST_________ at the railway station two hours ago. I was going to a conference. The police mistook me for another person. The irony is that I really do look like the criminal that they are looking for. Besides that, I _________LOSE_________ my ID card and I can’t prove who I am. You are the only person in this town who knows me. Can you help me?” Martin Hall asked. “If you give me the address, I _________COME_________ at once,” Clark said, jumping up of the bed. It was not difficult for him to prove that Martin Hall was his former student. Clark brought a scientific journal with Martin’s article and a photo of him. The _________POLICEMAN_________ were surprised to find out that their prisoner was a capable young scientist.

23. We arrived at the lake very early. It was cold but in spite of that there were several ________MAN__________ there. Dad pulled our fishing rods out of the rucksack and we joined the others. “Hey, look what I_________CATCH_________!” a man sitting several metres upstream proudly showed us his bag. There was a large fish in it. “Good job,” Dad ________SAY__________ and everyone became quiet again. “How long do we have to wait? When will they bite?” I whispered. “I ________NOT/KNOW__________,” Dad whispered back and a moment later he was holding a little, silver fish. “See?” he turned to me. “But this one is too small. We’d better let it go and wait for the next one.” And he let ___HE____ fish go. The second fish was _________BIG_________ than the first one and soon Dad caught a few more. “If it goes on like this, mum _________COOK_________ us a great dinner,” he said. We kept fishing till noon but I didn’t catch anything ________I__________ and got really bored with it. To me, it _________BE_________ a stupid waste of time but I certainly wasn’t going to tell Dad that. He wouldn’t have liked it.

24. Michael could not imagine his life without computers. His parents ________BUY__________ him his first computer at the age of seven.It took _________HE_________ several days to learn how to use it. His mum said that the younger people were, the _________FAST_________ they could learn computer skills. That was probably true – most ________CHILD__________ in Michael’s class were very competent computer users. Michael was really surprised to find out that the first personal computer ________INVENT__________ in the 70’s of the last century. “And how did you chat or send your e-mails without computers?” he asked his mother. She smiled: “We ________NOT/SEND__________ each other e-mails. And there were no networks.” She also said that it ________BE__________ fun to communicate face-to-face, to play out-of-doors and to visit friends’ homes. “But if there ________BE__________ no computers, I wouldn’t be able to communicate with my friends who live far away from me,” Michael replied. “True. Technological progress is a great thing,” his mother said “And I think people ________CREATE__________ even more amazing communication devices in the near future.”

25. It was a cold January day in York, Pennsylvania. Dr. James turned on the television to check on the weather. The weatherman said that it was going to stay cold for several days. According to him, the roads _________BE_________ very dangerous because of the snow and ice and he strongly recommended staying at home if at all possible. Dr. James ________NOT/CAN__________ stay at home. He worked in a hospital and there were patients waiting for him there. He put on a sweater, jacket, gloves, boots and a hat, and opened his front door. Everything ________COVER__________ with snow. A cold wind blew inside. “Wow,” Dr. James said. “The weatherman was right! I wish I ________HAVE__________ a reindeer instead of my old car.” When Dr. James ________DRIVE__________ slowly to work, he saw an accident. He stopped and ________RUN__________ to the damaged car. There was a man and two _________CHILD_________ inside. “Is everyone okay?” Dr. James asked. “Yes, yes, we are fine,” answered the man. “I ________CALL__________ 911 already. They are coming to help _________WE_________. It looks like we won’t get to school today.”

26. Most adults miss their childhood. “Your school years are the ________GOOD__________ years of your life,” – have you ever heard that phrase? Just recently, while I was on my way to work, I started thinking back to my own school years. They probably were not trouble-free but there _________BE_________ many reasons for us to feel happy at school. One of them was spending every single day with friends. We ________NOT/GET __________ tired of being together. The _________TWO_________ one was uniform. Yes, in my opinion, the school uniform had more advantages than disadvantages. ________MY__________ was dark green. It was unfashionable but comfortable. It ________MAKE__________ of natural materials. Besides, the uniform saved a lot of time in the mornings. Now it _________TAKE_________ me hours to decide what to wear. Another thing is that I don’t really like sport. But at school we ________PLAY__________ football, netball, hockey and so on. Sport was compulsory. Now I realize that this was a good thing! And of course there were… holidays! Christmas, Easter, half-term, and the jackpot – the summer holidays. I wish I ________HAVE__________ as much free time now.

27. Tracey was very unhappy and scared. She was starting a new school. “I ________NOT/WANT__________ to go to school today,” Tracey told her father. “I understand, Tracey,” he said. “Starting a new school can be very difficult. But you have to.” A month before ________THEY__________ family had moved to a new town and everything was still new and strange for Tracey. Dad smoothed Tracey’s hair down and ________GIVE__________ her a little hug. “When your classes ________BE__________ over, I’ll pick you up, ok?” When Tracey got to school and looked at the big building, she thought, “I wish I ________CAN__________ run away,” but she knew it was impossible. She took a deep breath and walked up the steps to school. She went straight into her ________FIVE__________ grade classroom. “That must be Tracey,” “Hello, Tracey!”, “Welcome, Tracey!” the ________CHILD__________ in the room welcomed her. Everyone seemed friendly and Tracey felt a little ________GOOD__________. The father picked her up after school. “How was your day?” he asked. To his surprise Tracey answered that she ________LIKE__________ her new school. “You are a brave girl,” her father said. “I’m proud of you.”

28. After school, I decided to go to university. I _________CHOOSE_________ St Andrews University in Scotland. At that time I _________NOT/KNOW_________ much about the University but when I arrived there, I liked it at once. Now I'm in my last year and I wish I _________CAN_________ stay here forever! St Andrews University is a truly special place. It _________BUILD_________ 600 years ago and it is one of the oldest universities in the English-speaking world. It has many traditions – for example, the ‘May Dip’. It is held on the _________ONE_________ of May every year. All the students run into the North Sea at sunrise to celebrate the coming of spring and for good luck! One of my classmates said that the tradition _________HELP________­ him to pass his exams last summer. For me the ‘May Dip’ was the _________COLD_________ experience of my life! Because the weather is famously cold, St Andrews students designed _________THEY_________ own uniform which consists of a warm jacket, jeans and boat shoes. The uniform __________MAKE________ us all look the same, but it is the only way to keep warm!

29. Dad usually comes up with original ideas. Last Sunday Dad ________DECIDE__________ that we should all go on a camping trip. The idea came to him while he ________READ__________ an article about camping. The article said that camping brings families together. “Not true”, I smiled. “What about television? It usually ________HELP__________ families to feel a lot more united.” “If the weather is fine, we _________GO_________ on a trip next weekend,” Dad said and put his magazine on the coffee table. I quickly looked over at my ________YOUNG__________ brother, Paul. He gave me a knowing smile, “Do you remember ________WE__________ last trip?” I certainly did. Last summer Dad told us that fishing would be a great family activity. We bought four expensive fishing rods and drove for three long hours to a big lake in Virginia. When we got there, we discovered that we ________FORGET__________ to take the fishing rods. Ten minutes later we made another unpleasant discovery: we ________NOT/HAVE__________ the tent which meant we couldn’t stay overnight and we had to drive all the way back home again. We ________BE__________ tired and disappointed with the trip.

30. It was an early morning. Ben jumped out of his bed as soon as the ________ONE__________ rays of sun came into the room. He grabbed his backpack and started to pack. Ben put in some of his favourite things to take with _________HE_________ on the trip to Grandpa’s. He put in his favourite book, his kite and his teddy bear. Soon everything ________PACK__________ and he started to get dressed. Visiting Grandpa had always been the ________GOOD__________ part of his summer vacation. Ben’s mum entered his room. “Grandpa’s here,” she said with a smile. Ben told her that he _______BE_______ ready to go. He grabbed his backpack and ran into the kitchen where Grandpa ________DRINK__________ his tea. “Ready, big guy?” asked Grandpa. “Will you have breakfast before we leave?” “No, I ________NOT/BE__________ hungry”, Ben answered, “I’ll have breakfast at your place. Grandma ________COOK__________ something nice for me, hasn’t she?”

31. By today’s standards, my mobile phone is pretty basic. It’s a Nokia. It’s a small device that receives telephone calls and sends text messages. Other than that, my phone _________NOT/DO_________ much. Most of my friends wish they _________HAVE_________ smartphones because they are cool and trendy. They say the _________GOOD_________ thing about a smartphone is that you ‘can do everything with it!’ That’s right, smartphones have many more functions than a simple phone, however, not all of them are needed. In everyday life, smartphones _________USE_________ mainly for checking social networking sites, replying to emails, and playing games. Grown-ups as well as _________CHILD_________ like playing games. Anyway, I prefer my good old Nokia. It’s my _________ONE_________ mobile phone. When I bought it, it didn’t cost __________I________ very much. And I am not afraid anyone will ever steal it. It’s also very reliable. Yesterday I dropped it. It _________FLY_________ down the staircase and hit the wall. I thought that _________BE_________ the end of it and I would have to buy a new one. But nothing of the kind – it still works properly!

32. Bella was a good student. She ________ENJOY__________ learning but she always started to feel very nervous when she had to write tests. That Monday ________NOT/BE__________ a lucky day for her and she realised it as soon as she came into the classroom. “Oh, no! I ________LEAVE__________ all my pens at home.” She turned to Jenny: “Have you got a spare pen?” “Let _______I_______ see,” Jenny opened her bag and pulled out a pen. “I’ve got this one. But it’s green.” “Give it to me anyway,” Bella said. “If I don’t find a proper pen, I ________WRITE__________ in green ink. I hope it won’t affect my grades.” When the teacher handed out the tests, Bella felt even _________BAD_________ than she had felt before. The test was really long – the tasks ________PRINT__________ on both sides of the page! Bella did the first task quickly, but the ________TWO__________ one was a real problem. Bella got panicky. Time ticked on but she ________NOT/CAN__________ concentrate on the tasks.

33. Kate called me early in the morning. It was the ________TWO__________ day of holidays; I felt angry with her for waking me up. “What ________HAPPEN__________?” I didn’t sound very polite, but she paid no attention to that. “Oh, nothing! I want to go shopping today and wondered if you wanted to go with _________I_________.” “No, I don’t want to.” “But it _________NOT/TAKE_________ you long! I promise. My first impulse was to say “no”-unlike most _______WOMAN_______ I hated shopping. But Kate sounded so unhappy that I felt sorry for her. “Ok, what do you need to buy?” Kate’s voice _________BECOME_________ cheerful again. She excitedly explained to me that she _________WANT_________ to buy a pair of hiking boots and a raincoat. That _________BE_________ strange as Kate had never been fond of hiking. “I want to take up hiking as a new hobby,” went on Kate. “Bob Smith says that it’s very exciting.” Now I knew what was going on. Bob Smith, the captain of the school baseball team, was the _________POPULAR_________ boy in our school. All the girls wanted to attract his attention.

34. Stonehenge is an ancient monument in south-west England. For me, it’s the _________INTERESTING _________ place I’ve ever visited. I clearly remember my _________ONE_________ visit to Stonehenge with my aunt and uncle. They lived nearby and I often _________GO_________ to stay with them in my summer holidays. On the day of ________WE__________ trip the weather was fine. There _________BE_________ a cool wind blowing, the sun was bright in the sky and Stonehenge looked calm and magical. In those days it was possible to walk among the stones and even touch them. It's very different now. Stonehenge _________BECOME_________ more crowded than it was. As a result, now people _________ALLOW_________ to walk around the monument but they can’t come up very close to it. Today I wish I ________HAVE__________ an opportunity to get inside the circle again but unfortunately it is not possible any more. The Stonehenge mystery is still unexplained but I believe scientists ________SOLVE__________ it in the near future.

35. It was late at night but the light was on in Ted’s room. When I ________COME__________ in, he didn’t even turn to me. I looked at his monitor and realized that he _________SURF_________ the Internet for job vacancies. “Why do you need a job?” I asked. “You ________EMPLOY__________ by Mr. Green only a week ago as far as I remember.” “Yes, I was. I got a job of a waiter in his restaurant. But I ________LOSE__________ that job already. They said I was rude to a client.” “Were you?” I was surprised since Ted was the ________PATIENT__________ and tolerant person I’d ever met. “Yes, it was probably rude of _________I_________ to tell those ladies that I wouldn’t bring them anything else. Just imagine – they had changed their order three times! Each time they tried a dish, they _________NOT/LIKE_________ it. When they said that for the _________FOUR_________ time, I lost control. One of the ________WOMAN__________ called for the manager and complained.” Ted nervously turned back to his computer. “I didn’t like that job anyway.”

36. Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. This story happened to _________THEY_________ when they had to leave their home city, London, during the war. They _________SEND_________ to the house of an old Professor who lived in the country, ten miles from the nearest railway station. He _________NOT/HAVE_________ a wife and he lived in a very large house with a housekeeper. He himself was a very old man with white hair which grew over most of his face as well as on his head. The children liked him almost at once. Only Lucy, who was the _________YOUNG_________ of them, felt a little afraid of him. On their _________ONE_________ evening, after dinner, they said good night to the Professor and went upstairs. It was the largest house they had ever seen, so Peter suggested exploring it in the morning. When the next morning came, there was a steady rain falling. "I wish the weather _________BE_________ more cheerful!" said Edmund. "Stop complaining, Ed," said Susan. "I think the weather _________IMPROVE_________ soon." "We were going to explore the house," Peter reminded them. He _________EAT_________ a sandwich at the moment and was absolutely happy with the whole situation. Everyone nodded and at that point their amazing adventures _________BEGIN_________.

37. Martin was in a hurry as he had to be in the office as soon as possible. His boss ________NOT/LIKE__________ it when anyone missed the morning meetings and Martin had already been late several times that week. His boss had warned him: “If you are late again, you _________LOSE_________ your job.” Martin was afraid of losing his job. His colleagues were nice to him, the salary was good and he sometimes ________GO__________ on business trips abroad. It was actually the ________GOOD__________ job he had ever had. He ran out of the house, jumped into his car and backed up without looking. BOOM! There ________BE__________ a sound like someone hitting a drum. Martin had hit the car behind him. “Oh, no!” Martin exclaimed. Martin glanced at his watch. It was 7:18. He looked around. There were no ________POLICEMAN__________ on the street and he decided to drive off quickly. It took ________HE__________ 20 minutes to get to work. The boss was not around. “Thank goodness,” Martin said to himself and sat down at his desk to work. The boss arrived an hour later. “Somebody hit my car and left without leaving a note,” he said angrily. “I wish I ________KNOW__________ who he was. My car was absolutely new! It ________BUY__________ only a week ago.” Martin went up to the window, saw the car and understood that he would lose his job anyway.

38. Emma lived in a big city and worked for a large company. Her days were usually very busy – she ________CAN__________ hardly find half an hour for lunch. However, at weekends she ________FEEL__________ bored and lonely. Emma had moved to the city because of her job. Only two months before she had thought she was the _________LUCKY_________ girl in the world – She had got a job most of her friends could only dream about. It was her _______ONE_______ full-time job. The company _________CALL_________ “Imagination”. They focused on Internet technologies. Emma ________NOT/KNOW__________ much about the Internet but her boss said that it didn’t matter. He also said that she _________BE_________ creative and had imagination and that was why she had a good chance of succeeding in the job. When Emma told her friend, Lucy Pitt, about the new job, Lucy said: “I’m very happy that you _________FIND_________ a good job. But I also feel very sad about it because you’ll go to the city and will forget about your friends.” “I wish we could always be together but it’s impossible,” Emma said. “I promise that I _________COME_________ to visit you as soon as I can.”

39. Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood were our neighbours. They had two ________CHILD__________. Their son Michael _________NOT/DIFFER_________ from the other children very much, but their daughter Matilda was a brilliant child. By the time she was five, Matilda was able to read very well. She studied every magazine and newspaper that she ________CAN__________ find around the house. Actually, she read ________WELL__________ than most school pupils. One afternoon when the parents were out of the house, Matilda put on ________SHE__________ dress and shoes and went to the library. The librarian was surprised to see such a small child. "Are you here for the ________ONE__________ time? Would you like me to find a nice book with lots of pictures for you?" she asked. "No, thank you, I ________FIND__________ what I need," answered Matilda and pointed to a thick book of fairy tales. Then she added, “I _________COME_________ for a new book as soon as I finish this one”. The librarian was really shocked when she saw Matilda only two days later. “I wish all children _________LIKE_________ reading so much,” the librarian said. From that day on Matilda went to the library every afternoon.

40. The phone woke Kim up. She answered the call almost immediately, after the _______THREE_______ beep, because she was expected her mother to call. But it wasn’t her. The voice on the other end of the line sounded familiar but Kim ________NOT/CAN__________ remember who it belonged to. “Hello,” the lady said. “Can I speak to Mrs. Len?” “I’m sorry but she’s not at home. She’s out. She ________WALK__________ in the park.” It was very cold out-of-doors and everything ________COVER__________ in snow but Kim’s mother walked in all weathers. She believed that it ________HELP__________ her keep fit and gave her extra energy. She actually looked younger than other _________WOMAN_________ of her age and that was probably because of her walking. “Can I take a message?” Kim asked politely. “No. I ________CALL__________ her later. When is she going to be back?” “She normally ________COME__________ home at five.” “Fine,” came the answer and the phone went dead. Kim felt a bit hurt. “It’s not polite to break off a conversation like that,” she thought to herself. If I _________BE_________ older, I would explain to that lady how to talk to people politely.”

41. When you look at this lovely house in the Welsh countryside, you may think it's a picture from J.R.R. Tolkien's book "The Hobbit". In fact it's a real house designed by a real person. When _________THEY_________ first son was born, Simon Dale’s wife, Jasmine, said: “I wish we _________LIVE_________ in the country. It would be so good for the baby”. However, they ________NOT/HAVE__________ enough money to buy or rent a house in the country so they decided to take matters into their own hands. The house _________BUILD_________ by Simon himself, with a bit of help from his friends. The result was impressive. The home is made of natural materials, such as wood, stone and mud. It uses solar panels for energy and its water ________COME__________ from a nearby spring. It took Simon four months to complete his fairytale home. He managed to create a modern wooden eco-home – one of the ________WONDERFUL__________ houses you can imagine. Simon Dale said, “I _________START_________ working on a new house of the same eco-style. My ________TWO __________ house will be smarter than the first one. My son _________BE_________ five now and I hope to celebrate his tenth birthday in a new house.”

42. I come from England but now I live permanently in Québec, Canada. When my parents _________BRING_________ me to Canada, I was fifteen. It was the winter and I _________IMPRESS_________ by the amount of snow there. I asked my new friends what they usually _________DO_________ for entertainment in such a cold climate. Their answer was simple, “In winter _________CHILD_________ and adults go skiing and skating.” Before arriving in Canada I had never tried skating and my Canadian ice experience was really painful. To start with, it took _________I_________ half an hour to put on the skates. I _________NOT/KNOW_________ how to move so my new friends showed me some basic techniques. However, when I was left alone on the ice, I ________FALL__________ over immediately. When I opened my eyes, my new friends were standing around. They weren’t laughing, they looked worried. “Are you OK?” they asked. “Fine,” I said, “I wish I _________CAN_________ skate as easily as you do.” “You definitely will,” they smiled. And they were right. By the end of my ________ONE__________ winter in Canada, I felt confident on the ice. More than that, I found out that skating was a really exciting activity!

43. It was about 6pm when I heard a knock on the door. It _______BE___________ Jason, my teenage neighbour. He looked cold and upset. “What’s wrong, Jason?” “I _______LOSE___________ my key and I can’t get into my house.” “Come in. Today’s not a day for long walks, or long waits,” I looked out the window. It _________SNOW_________ hard and it was windy. The weather was getting ________BAD__________ every hour. Jason ________TAKE__________ off his coat and boots. His _______FOOT___________ were wet and I gave him a pair of socks to change into. A cup of hot tea and some biscuits soon made the boy feel warm. “Where are your parents, Jason?” “I ________NOT/KNOW__________. I can’t call them because of this,” he pulled his phone out of his pocket and showed it to me – the screen _________BREAK_________ and the phone was obviously dead. Jason focused on the food again. He took his ________FOUR__________ biscuit and said: “I wish my mum could make biscuits like this.”

44. Paul was going to be late for his morning class again. He _________NOT/ UNDERSTAND_________ why it happened to him so often. This was going to be the _________THREE_________ time in one week and that was too much even for Mrs Pitt. She was the _________KIND_________ teacher in the world but Paul wasn’t sure that she would forgive him again. “If I don’t invent a very good excuse, she ________CALL__________ my parents.” Paul thought. His parents ________NOT/BE__________ very strict people but they didn’t approve of Paul’s habit of playing computer games till late at night. As a result, he couldn’t make _________HE_________ get up in the morning and was regularly late for school. Paul quietly opened the door and _________GO_________ into the classroom. His classmates _________WRITE_________ something in their notepads and didn’t pay any attention to him. Mrs Pitt looked at him and said in a flat voice: “You are late again, Paul. What ________HAPPEN__________?”

45. Kitty lived next door to me and we’d been friends since childhood. We learnt at the same school and ________WALK__________ there together. I was sixteen and she was four years ________YOUNG__________ than me. But we had a lot in common and enjoyed chatting on ________WE__________ way to school. Every morning Kitty knocked on my door and I had to be ready by that time – she ________NOT/LIKE__________ waiting for me. One day she didn’t knock. When I caught up with her at the bus stop, she ________READ__________ a magazine and didn’t even look at me. I ________NOT/CAN__________ understand what was going on. “Hey, Kitty, what’s wrong? Why aren’t you talking to ________I__________?” “You yourself know why,” Kitty said angrily. “No, I don’t. I wouldn’t ask you if I ________KNOW__________.” “You went to the cinema with Lisa Parker yesterday,” Kitty was almost crying. I felt puzzled and didn’t know what to say. The two ________WOMAN__________ at the bus stop looked amused at our conversation and didn’t hide their smiles.

 

PART II

1. School was finally over and I was about to enjoy my holidays. I was going to stay with my Aunt Helen, who lived in California. I thought that visiting _________SHE_________ would be great fun, but I felt nervous and scared. When my mum _________DRIVE_________ me to the airport, she noticed that something was wrong with me. “Are you all right?’ she asked. “You’re afraid of flying, aren’t you?” “I _________NOT/WANT_________ you to notice. Yes, I’m a bit scared. Sorry.” “There _________BE_________ nothing to be sorry about! It’s natural to feel nervous before your first flight. I wish I ________CAN_________ go with you, but you know that I can’t.” It was true. My mum was the _________BUSY_________ woman in the world. “I’m fine, Mum. Don’t worry.” I tried to sound calm. “I ________CALL__________ you as soon as we land.” The plane _________TAKE_________ off smoothly. The pilot informed the passengers about the details of the flight. Then we _________OFFER_________ refreshing drinks. I had some orange juice and closed my eyes.

2. Kathy looked at her new room’s white walls. “They’re so plain.” “Don’t worry,” Dad said, “If you don’t like them, we _________MAKE_________ the walls any colour you like.” “Do you want pink?” Mum suggested. Kathy ________SHAKE__________ her head. “No, pink is either for _________BABY_________ or for silly girls who like Barbie dolls. I’m neither of those.” Her parents smiled but ________NOT/SAY__________ anything. “But what colour to choose? I wish we _________CAN_________ ask a designer for professional advice,” said Kathy. “Oh, no! It’s out of the question!” said Kathy’s mother, firmly. A designer’s advice is much _________EXPENSIVE_________ than we can afford.” “Ok. It was just an idea.” “Getting back to the wall colour, why not make your room yellow or orange?” Dad suggested. “When the walls _________PAINT_________ in those colours, the room will look cheerful.” “Yes!” Kathy definitely liked the idea. “We’ll make three walls yellow, but the _________FOUR_________ one will be orange.” The next day, when Kathy came back from school, her Dad said: “Look what I ______BUY________.” There were paints and brushes on the floor. “Everything’s ready for us to start.” He smiled and handed Kathy the brush.

3. Veronica loved autumn. It was her favourite season. There were many good things about it. She loved the smells, the changing _________LEAF_________, and the cool breezes. There _________BE_________ also apple pies, apple doughnuts and pumpkin pies. For Veronica, pumpkin pies were the _________GOOD_________, especially when her mother cooked them. Veronica had never tried to make a pie _________SHE_________, but she knew how, as she had seen how her mother made it many times. One day, on her way from school, Veronica _________BUY_________ a pumpkin and decided to cook it. She tried to do everything the same way her mother usually did. Veronica was in the kitchen and _________NOT/HEAR_________ the door bell. Her mother had to use her key to enter the house. “Who _________MAKE_________ a pie?” her mother asked. “I can smell it. How soon is it going to be ready? I’m very hungry.” When the pie was ready, Veronica put it on the table. The pie looked nice: it _________DECORATE_________ with nuts and coloured sugar. Veronica’s mother had a large piece. She smiled and said that she _________LIKE_________ it very much.

4. Dylan had a very old car. It was 20 years old. But the faded paint made it look even _________OLD_________ than that. It _________BE_________ a shame to drive a car that looked like that and Dylan took it to a paint shop. There the car _________PAINT_________ dark blue for $200. Dylan was very pleased with the new look. The only problem was that the car stereo _________NOT/WORK_________ properly. Dylan managed to fix it himself. Then one day Dylan had a new problem – petrol. He could smell it while he _________DRIVE_________ his car. Dylan asked himself “Am I driving a bomb? Could the car explode at any minute?” He knew the car manual by heart. He had car problems at least once a month, and he always found a way to fix _________THEY_________ himself. However, this time, it was a job for a mechanic. So he _________TAKE_________ his car to the closest service station. The mechanic said they _________TEST_________ the car to find out what the problem was. He told Dylan to come back in an hour. When Dylan came back, the mechanic said, "The problem is with the fuel pump. You need a new one. It costs $400." "Let me think about it. I _________GIVE_________ you a call when I decide what to do." But Dylan had already decided what to do.

5. July 17th was coming. It would be Mark’s _________THIRTEEN_________ birthday. His Mum asked him what he _________WANT_________ as a gift. Mark answered at once that his dream was to have a telescope to watch the stars. Mum _________SHAKE_________ her head doubtfully. She knew that Mark enjoyed learning about space but a telescope was a _________EXPENSIVE_________ present than they had planned. After dinner the parents had a discussion about the present. “I think we should give Mark the telescope,” Dad said. “But we ________SPEND__________ all our savings already,” Mum responded. “We bought some new furniture and paid for our holidays. I wish we _________CAN_________ buy him this present but we really can’t.” “I think, we can,” Dad smiled. “Look, I’ve got an old friend, Nick, whose father was interested in astronomy. His father died many years ago, and Nick keeps all his things in the attic. I think he _________AGREE_________ to sell us his telescope at half price.” Nick ________PLANT__________ roses in the garden when Mum and Dad arrived at his house. “Yes, sure,” he said. “There are lots of _________BOX_________ in the attic. You can take whatever you want for Mark for free. I’m glad he’s taking up my father’s hobby.”

6. It was the middle of November and Tina felt down and depressed. Late autumn was the _________BAD_________ season of the year. It often _________RAIN_________, and Tina had to spend most of her time indoors. Because of this, she really welcomed the changes in her school routine. The school administration introduced a new class - a dance class. But not everyone was happy! The boys said that it ________BE__________ a waste of time. They often missed the class and, when they attended, they _________NOT/LISTEN_________ to the teacher’s instructions but tried to make fun of everything. “I wish we _________HAVE_________ a class for girls only,” Tina thought. The Junior Dance Competition _________HOLD_________ in their town every year. It was a spectacular show. “Your dancing _________IMPROVE_________ every day,” the teacher said one day. “If you go on like this, you _________HAVE_________ a chance to take part in the Dance Competition next month.” Tina imagined herself wearing a beautiful dress and elegant shoes on her _________FOOT_________. She decided it was something she’d like to try.

7. Cindy liked parks. She took long walks in the nearby park almost every day. Her classmates, however, _________NOT/SHARE_________ her interest and Cindy usually walked alone. Cindy’s parents worried that she _________HAVE_________ no friends. “I wish you _________SPEND_________ more time with your classmates. Don’t you feel bored in the park?” “It’s ok, Mum, I just feel much ________GOOD__________ alone than with people who can’t understand me,” Cindy usually answered. “Parks are a lot more fun to spend time in than hanging out in a shopping centre.” And her mother didn’t know what to say. One day, Cindy returned from the park very excited. “Guess, who I met in the park!” she said, and she told her parents the whole story. “I _________WALK_________ along the central avenue when I saw a group of people. They ________BE_________ students of the Biology faculty of the university. They told _________I_________ about the plan to rearrange the park. A large lake is going to be made in the centre. There will be wild animals there like hares, squirrels and even _________FOX_________. Yesterday, the plan _________APPROVE_________ by the City Council and work starts tomorrow. I want to join the volunteer team!”

8. When I was at school, I spent two summers at my grandfather’s. They were the _________GOOD_________ holidays I’ve ever had. Grandpa lived alone in a country cottage near a small river. Grandpa’s hobby was making birdhouses. He always said that he _________NEED_________ a hobby to fill his free time. Grandpa’s workshop was full of all kinds of tools. There _________BE_________ a big table, hammers, nails, paints, and what not. And all the tools _________KEEP_________ carefully in their places. That was Grandpa’s number one rule. The _________TWO_________ rule was, “Never buy a new tool if the old one still works.” In the workshop, when he _________MAKE_________ the birdhouses, I asked him lots of questions about birds. He _________KNOW_________ a lot about them! He could tell one bird from another by their songs and footprints. I was surprised that Grandpa _________NOT/PAINT_________ the birdhouses in bright colours. He explained to ________I__________ that birds prefer natural colours that make their houses more difficult to notice and, for that reason, safer.

9. It was a hot summer day. Tom and his Mum were heading to the beach. Tom was only wearing shorts and a pair of sandals on his ________FOOT__________ but he felt hot anyway. When they came to the beach, they found out that the sea _________NOT/BE_________ calm – powerful waves were breaking on the shore. Mum _________STOP_________ in hesitation. “It’s fine. I can easily swim in these waves,” Tom wanted to demonstrate his swimming skills. But Mum said that they ________STAY__________ out of the water till the sea calmed down. Sitting close to ________THEY__________ was a boy about Tom’s age. He was alone because his parents _________LEAVE_________ to buy some sandwiches. He came over and said his name was Gary. His shoulders _________COVER_________ with protective suntan lotion, but they looked red anyway. “It’s getting __________HOT________ every minute,” said Gary. “How about a swim?” “No way,” Tom’s mother was definitely against the idea and Tom had to obey. “As you like,” Gary said and headed to the water. The ________THREE__________ wave hit him hard and he lost his balance. Everything was happening very fast – Gary fell down and went under the water. Fortunately, Tom and his mother were close enough to get him out in time.

10. The academic term was coming to its end and Kate decided to arrange a party to celebrate the coming holidays. To be frank, there _________BE_________ one more reason for the party. Kate wanted her classmates to meet someone from her family. She was sure it would impress ________THEY__________ and would help her popularity. Kate _________MAKE_________ sandwiches in the kitchen when Hugo came in. “It looks like I’m the _________ONE_________ guest, doesn’t it?” Hugo looked embarrassed. “Sorry for coming so early.” “Oh, it’s ok,” said Kate, “Come in! You ________HELP__________ me in the kitchen, won’t you?” “Sure,” Hugo entered the room and _________STOP_________ in surprise. “Are you saying you made all this yourself?” On the table there was a huge pie. It ________DECORATE__________ with different fruit and looked fantastic. “No,” Kate looked pleased with his reaction. “My cousin helped me. She ______LEAVE_______ for the shop. She’ll be back any minute.” The front door opened and a girl entered. Hugo understood that he ________SEE_________ her many times in different TV programmes for teenagers. “A TV star?” Hugo sounded so silly that both girls burst out laughing.

11. Tim liked going to the zoo. One day his mother said: “We’re going to a different place today, Tim. It’s an animal shelter. I’m sure you _________LIKE_________ it.” The place was much _________SMALL_________ than a zoo, but clean and well kept. There were volunteers in special uniforms. One of them showed Tim and his mum round the shelter. Lots of animals ________KEEP__________ there. Cats and dogs made up most of the population, but there were also horses, monkeys, _________FOX_________ and other animals. Each of the animals had its own story written on a sign next to its cage or enclosure. All the stories were sad – the animals had either been abandoned by _________THEY_________ owners or saved by the animal police from cruel treatment. ‘If people ________BE_________ more responsible for their pets, we wouldn’t have so much work here,” the volunteer remarked. “But unfortunately some people ________NOT/UNDERSTAND__________ that animals are not toys.” Tim’s mother thanked the volunteer and _________MAKE_________ a donation. Shelters always needed money to pay for the animals’ food and medical care. On the way home Tim told his mother that he ________WANT__________ to go to the shelter again, not only to watch but also to help the volunteers.

12. Harry’s class was going on an excursion to the firehouse. Harry _________FEEL_________ proud because his Uncle Jim, a fireman, was going to show the children around the place. Naturally, the first thing Harry’s classmates wanted to see was the huge fire truck. There ________BE__________ eight vehicles at the firehouse at that moment. Uncle Jim explained how the trucks got water and even let the kids get inside the truck. “Have you ever fought a fire ________YOU________?” a red-haired boy asked. “Yes, many times, unfortunately,” Uncle Jim answered. “I wish people _________BEHAVE_________ more responsibly when they used electrical devices at home or had picnics outdoors. But they often _________NOT/THINK_________ anything can happen to them. Please remember that children _________NOT/MUST_________ make fires in the woods. There is dry grass and dry ________LEAF__________ on the ground. They start to burn very easily. And there is nothing _________DANGEROUS_________ than forest fires!” The children promised not to make any fires in the woods and Uncle Jim went on with the tour. He _________SHOW_________ them the fire alarm equipment, when a siren started wailing...

13. Martin and Jane were shopping. They were in the _________LARGE_________ shopping centre in their city. In fact, it was their favourite place because it was nice and not very expensive. The centre ________CALL__________ “Dress for Less”. Unlike most _________MAN_________, Martin liked shopping. Today he felt really happy because he _________BUY_________ a shirt and a pair of jeans. Jane was still in the changing room so Martin had time for a cup of coffee in the lobby. It was the first time Martin had had a good look at the building itself. The shopping centre building _________BE_________ impressive. The engineers had used advanced technologies to make it light, warm and spacious. “Hi!” Martin _________HEAR_________ Jane’s voice. “What are you having? Coffee? No, I _________NOT/DRINK_________ coffee. Never. It’s not good for your health. ” “Look, Jane, do you know the name of the architect of this building?” Martin interrupted her. Jane looked puzzled. “I wish we _________CAN_________ change our life a bit,” went on Martin. “We probably spend too much time on things like shopping and miss more important things. When was the last time we visited a museum?” Jane quietly sat down on the chair beside _________HE_________.

14. Annie was waiting for her guests. Her birthday was on 25th December and she felt this was both lucky and unlucky. It _________BE_________ great to have her birthday on a special day like Christmas. But, on the other hand, very few of Annie’s friends came to her party. Most of them had family plans for that day. The doorbell _________RING_________ and her classmate, Brian, appeared. He had a plastic bag in his hand. “Happy birthday, Annie!” Brain said and got an old oil lamp out of his bag. Annie ________NOT/CAN__________ hide her surprise: “What’s this? And where did you buy it?” “A magic lamp. And I didn’t buy it. It _________FIND_________ in the attic of an old country house a year ago. My friend found it when they _________REPAIR_________ the house. He says if you light the lamp and make a wish, the wish _________COME_________ true. It works particularly well with reasonable wishes that are not too big for the lamp. Its magic is not very strong.” Annie laughed aloud. “I’ve never got a present _________ORIGINAL_________ than this. Ok, let’s test your lamp.” Annie lit it and said: “I wish the whole class would come to _________I_________ party today”. As soon as she ________SAY__________ it, the doorbell rang impatiently.

15. A few years ago I was on a camping holiday in Bristol. There _________BE_________ lots of other girls from around the UK, but I was the only one from Scotland. The camp _________LOCATE_________ in the woods, not far from the river. The camp life was even _________INTERESTING_________ than I had expected. We enjoyed all kinds of camping activities – sports and games, different shows and contests. Everything was fine apart from one incident that took me aback. Once, at lunchtime, when I ________EAT__________ ice cream, one of the girls asked: “So, do you have ice cream in Scotland?” I _________NOT/KNOW_________ how to react. My neighbour repeated her question. I nodded, “Yes.” My answer provoked a wave of absurd questions about my country: “Have you ever seen a ghost in your castle?” “Do all Scottish _________MAN_________ wear checked skirts?” I __________FIND________ out that some people believe silly stereotypes about Scotland. They believe that Scots really carry bagpipes in ________THEY__________ bags to play the instrument on the streets, and that Scots practise magic. At last, the girls said that they _________COME_________ to Scotland one day to see it with their own eyes and to separate the truth from the myths.

16. As a child, Steven lived in a village. Outside the village there was a house where a strange old woman and her granddaughter Eliza lived. The ________CHILD__________ often played together. One day, Eliza _________BE_________ unusually sad. When Steven was about to leave, the old woman said, “I know you are friends. But never come to our house again. Never ever!” The girl took the boy to the gate. “Will you miss me?” she asked. The boy said, “Yes, I will!” To his surprise, the girl said, “But I won’t! I _________NOT/WANT_________ to see you anymore!” She closed the gate. The next day the girl ________LEAVE__________ for the city. Steven was upset but he hoped that one day he _________SEE_________ Eliza again. Five years later Steven became a student and moved to the city. He rented a small apartment on the _________ONE_________ floor. One day, when he _________WALK_________ to the university, he saw Eliza. She was sitting on the bench in the park with an ice-cream in her hand. He ran up to her and said “Hello! It’s nice to see you again!” But Eliza looked up at ________HE_________, stood up and walked away. “I wish I _________KNOW_________ what is going on,” Steven said to himself, and decided to start his own investigation.

17. Judy was afraid of the dark. At night she always _________LEAVE_________ the lights on. Judy couldn’t explain what exactly she was afraid of. She ________NOT/BELIEVE__________ in monsters or in ghosts. She was one of those rare girls who never screamed when she saw spiders, _________MOUSE_________ and frogs. But everyone in her family knew that a dark room was the _________BAD_________ of her fears. One day, when Judy _________DRAW_________ something in her room, her mother came in holding a big shopping bag. “Guess what I _______BUY______,” she said to Judy. “I have no idea. Is it for ________I________?” Judy felt very curious about the bag. Her mother pulled two packages from her shopping bag. In the first package there were some very nice slippers. They _________MAKE_________ from soft, pink fabric and had bright flashing lights. Inside the second package were glow-in-the-dark pyjamas! Judy said she _________WANT_________ to try them on immediately. Amazingly, she felt safe all through the night. In a few days the lights stopped flashing but Judy realised she didn’t feel afraid of the dark any more.

18. Linda read the email and laughed happily. “It’s the______GOOD______ news I’ve ever got,” she said to her mother. “I ______PASS______ the exam! It was really difficult, but I managed it! “Congratulations!” her mother smiled too. “We should celebrate. I ______MAKE______ a huge apple pie. Do you want to invite some friends?” Linda ______NOT/KNOW______ what to say. “No,” she said at last. “I want to spend this evening with you and my sisters.” She looked at an old photo on the wall. It______TAKE______ at the seaside ten years ago. Linda and her sisters were small ______CHILD______ there. “I’m lucky to have a family like ours,” Linda______THINK______ to herself.

Susan’s father often had to go to different countries on business. That evening, he came home __________________ than usual.	LATE
He looked tired. Susan __________________ that the next week her father was going to China to discuss a new project.	KNOW
At dinner, her father asked Susan if she __________________ to go with him. It was a bit unexpected but Susan liked the idea at once.	WANT
It was her__________________birthday in a few days.	SIXTEEN
And Susan thought it __________________ fun to celebrate it abroad.	BE
However, there was one thing she wanted to clear up before the trip: “Are you going to be busy from morning till night? I __________________ to sit in the hotel all the time alone.”	NOT/WANT
“You won’t have to,” her father reassured Susan. “I __________________ all the project papers already. So, while our partners are studying them, we’ll have plenty of time for sightseeing.”	PREPARE
“Great!” Susan ran up to her room to pack. “Remember to take some comfortable shoes. Otherwise your __________________ will hurt .	FOOT

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1. It started as a normal Monday morning. My alarm clock woke ___I___ up early in the morning. I had breakfast, brushed my teeth and ___RUN___ outside to catch the bus. At school I noticed that something was different. I came up to my friend Laura and asked her: “What’s going on? Why ____BE____ everyone so excited?” “Don’t you know?” she said. “All the teachers ____LEAVE___ for a conference. Only the headteacher and a few of the school staff are here. The senior students will be teaching us today. They are only two or three years ___OLD_____ than us. How can they possibly teach us?” However, she was wrong. Our substitute teacher, a student two grades above, was very serious. He said that he ____EXPLAIN___ some French poetry to us. It was an unusual, but interesting French class. The poem ___WRITE___ on the board, our new teacher read it and then we discussed the poet’s message, choice of words and other poetical things. Probably because the teacher was almost the same age as us, we felt relaxed and spoke freely. He also told us several amusing ____STORY___ about the poet and his time. When the class was almost over, our substitute teacher invited us to attend the next session of the school literary society. “I’m the Chairman of the society,” he added, “If you come, we ____HAVE____ a special welcome party for new members.”

 

1. Have you heard of Band Aid 30? Probably not. Then let me explain what ‘Band Aid’ is. In 1984, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure ___BRING____ together a group of British and Irish singers and musicians and produced a song, called ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’. The song was a charity single. The musicians said that the money from the sales ___GO____ to help poor people in Ethiopia, who were suffering from a famine. The group ___CALL____ Band Aid. Over forty singers were involved in the project, including Paul McCartney, Bono, David Bowie and Sting. In 2014, the group changed its name to ‘Band Aid 30’ because it was the ____THIRTY____ time the song was recorded. That year, the song aimed to help those who were suffering from the Ebola virus. Since the time of its birth, the song ____MAKE____ a lot of money. The money is still used only for charity. Although the song has sometimes been criticised, over 312,000 ___COPY____ of the song have been sold. Usually, I __NOT/LISTEN___ to music a lot, I have other hobbies. But one of my friends, who is a _____GREAT____ music expert than I am, says that, if the song helps people in need – it can never be a bad thing! I agree with __HE_____.

 

1. “What would you like me to bring you from London?” Dad often asked me this question when he was going somewhere on business. He worked a lot and ___NOT/SPEND___ a lot of time with the family. We knew that he loved ___WE___ a lot but he was really a very busy person. And it was his ___THREE_____ business trip that month. I thought for a moment and said: “I want a Paddington Bear.” My dad ___PACK____ his suitcase but he looked up at me at once when he heard that. He was surprised and asked me why I __WANT____ a Paddington Bear. I didn’t know what to answer. My dad __STOP_____ packing and sat down beside me. “You know, when I was small,” dad said quietly, “that bear was my favourite fictional character.” I read the book too and I also saw a film about that character. He was a very polite bear who travelled to London from some exotic country. He ______DISCOVER_____ in Paddington Station by the Brown family, who adopted him. The soft toy changed their life and made it much __GOOD___. “Ok. I _____BRING____ you the bear if you want”, said Dad. “And we’ll also see the film about him as soon as I come back. Agreed?” “Sure.” I was delighted with his plan.

 

1. Jane was not an ordinary girl. She was an extremely popular person due to ___SHE_____ unusual gift. She was very good at arranging all sorts of ___PARTY___ and events. In fact, all the scripts and programmes for our school events _____WRITE________ by Jane. We helped her as much as we could but she always did most of the work. Once I asked Jane if she could help me to make a surprise for my mum. Jane ____AGREE____ at once. “I ___HELP____ you, no problem,” she said, “But I need to know some details about your mum.” Jane asked me about what time my mum usually got up and when she went to bed, what food she liked and hated, what her favourite films, colours, and flowers ___BE____. She asked me a lot of questions and I ___NOT/CAN_____ answer most of them. I felt uneasy but Jane laughed, “It’s a common thing. Unfortunately, we often do not notice even our own family – our parents, sisters and brothers. If we ___KNOW____ other people better, we would understand them better. And we would be much ___KIND_____ to them, wouldn’t we?”

 

 

1. It was a nice sunny day and mum decided to take us to the zoo. My younger sister, Wendy, was delighted. She enjoyed books and films about animals but she had never been to the zoo. “How many animals live in the zoo? Can we give ____THEY___ some food? Are there any crocodiles? Who __TAKE_____ care of the lions?” my sister was very excited and asked a lot of questions. She kept talking all the time and ___NOT/MIND___ that nobody was answering her questions. When we __ARRIVE____ at the zoo, it was midday. There ___BE_____ a lot of people everywhere. The territory of the zoo was large, and the animals ___KEEP____ in large enclosures that imitated their natural environment. When we went up to the enclosure that had a family of Indian elephants, they ____HAVE________ their lunch. They were focused on their food and didn’t pay much attention to the visitors. “They are the __LARGE____ animals I’ve ever seen” said Wendy in an impressed voice. “I wish we ___CAN________ keep a baby elephant as a pet.” Mum said nothing and we proceeded to the pool that had the seals and penguins.

 

1. Mary’s birthday was on Saturday and she decided to arrange the party all by herself. At first, making a party to celebrate her ___FIFTEEN_____ birthday looked like an easy thing to do. But when Mary started planning the event, a lot of questions came up. And the main problem was that she ___NOT/KNOW____ what to start with! Mary called her cousin Vicki and asked if she ___CAN____ help with the arrangements. Vicki was a year ___OLD____ and more experienced in arranging parties. Vicki agreed and went to Mary’s house at once. When Vicki arrived, Mary ____DESIGN_______ a menu for the party. Vicki looked at the draft of the menu and ___TELL___ Mary that her approach was totally wrong. “We shouldn’t start with the menu,” she said, “We should start with the list of guests and with the programme for the event. You ____DECIDE________ who you want to invite to your party, haven’t you?” “No,” answered Mary, “I haven’t.” It took the girls half an hour to make a list of guests. Each name __WRITE_____ carefully on glossy paper. “It looks fine,” said Vicki, “But there are too many of ___THEY____. Don’t you think so?”

 

 

1. When my brother and I were small, our parents spent a lot of time with us. They believed that ___CHILD____ should learn something new every day and every hour. A weekend in our family meant that our parents ____WAKE____ us up even earlier than on weekdays. We had breakfast and set off to see some place of interest, or museum, or exhibition. Usually they ___NOT/ASK_____ us where we wanted to go. It was __THEY____ decision. One day they told us that we were going to visit a historical museum which was a good distance away from the city. The day __BE____ cold and gloomy. The sky ____COVER_____ with heavy dark clouds. But the weather didn’t make our parents change their plan. “Are you ready to go?” Dad asked. “Mum __PACK_____ the sandwiches for us already. In case we get hungry and there’s no cafe nearby.” “And what will we do if it __RAIN_____?” my brother asked quietly. “Getting wet is not a problem,” Dad replied. “I’m sure you understand that visiting a museum is much ____GOOD____ for you than watching TV at home.” My brother and I sighed. The film we wanted to see so much was on TV on that very day. We looked at each other and decided that we needed a plan...

 

1. It was a great day yesterday. My friends and I ___GO____ to see a performance at the Bolshoi Theatre. You certainly know that the Bolshoi Theatre is the ___FAMOUS____ theatre in Russia and probably in the world. But not everyone ___KNOW____ the history of the Bolshoi Theatre. According to historical documents, it __BEGIN____ in March 1776 when Prince Pyotr Urusov was granted Royal permission to build a public theatre in Moscow. Catherine II, Empress of Russia, was fond of arts. She ____NOT/MIND______ having a new theatre in her country. The original building of the theatre had a hall with almost 1,000 seats, a stage and an orchestra pit. Directly over the stage there ___BE____ boxes where the most noble fans of the theatre had their seats. The theatre has changed several times during __IT____ history. The building we can see today opened in 1825. It ___DESIGN____ by architect Andrei Mikhailov who was also the architect of the Maly Theatre. Since that time, the building has been rebuilt and renovated several times. Now it looks beautiful from the inside and outside. If I ___HAVE_______ the opportunity to go there more often, I would do it every week.

 

1. When I was little, I loved reading books written by Roald Dahl. They were my favourite choice of bedtime story. When Mum asked me what book I wanted, I always ____CHOOSE_____ a book by Dahl. Mum readily agreed. She said she _____ENJOY_____ reading him too in spite of the fact that she was an adult and had a very serious job. In those years there _____BE_____ lots of Dahl's books in our home library. Then, unfortunately, some of them disappeared but to me he is still the best children's author of the ____TWENTY_____ century. Roald Dahl started as an adult writer. His first book ___PUBLISH___ in 1942. Later he began writing children's books. Many of the ___STORY___ are based on Dahl's own childhood memories. Several of his books are now successful films, for example ‘Matilda’, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ and ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’. I'm sure you ___SEE____ at least one of them! When you shop for children's books, Dahl is the _____EASY____ choice. His books are entertaining and full of jokes. Roald Dahl is an author that you can never grow tired of. Now I read his books to my son. He is too small yet and cannot read ____HE____.

 

1. I'm studying Italian in a summer school in Tuscany. I arrived a few days ago. It’s my _____ONE_____ trip to Italy. I like this country very much though I _____NOT/SEE_____ its main tourist attractions yet. Actually it was my mum's idea to send me here. In her opinion Italy is the ____INTERESTING____ country in the world. And she also said that it _____HELP_____ me improve my Italian in real-life communication. Yesterday, while I _____HAVE______ dinner in the cafeteria, four other students sat at the same table. We got acquainted. Two of them were Argentines, then a Russian and a Greek. A mix of cultures! We started chatting in Italian, laughing, telling jokes and sharing our life _____STORY____. It was lots of fun. I even started to speak Spanish with the Argentines, and our sentences became a mixture of both Italian and Spanish. But it did not matter at all! No problem. We easily ____UNDERSTAND_____ each other. I wish all people _____SPEAK___ foreign languages. The more languages you know – the better. Languages help ______WE______ understand the culture and mentality of other people. And they help us make friends.

 

1. Mike Fay is a famous biologist. He is well-known for his 2,000-mile walk across Africa. It ____TAKE_____ him 455 days. His expedition started in 2001. It ____ORGANIZE_____ to draw attention to the African forests. During his expedition Mike Fay made several films about the beauty of the forests. He said they were the _____WONDERFUL____ natural sights he had ever seen. His films _____BE____ a success. Thanks to them the governments of several African countries agreed to create 13 national parks. Mike commented that 26,000 square kilometres of the forest were saved for the future and for our ____CHILD____. At the moment Mike works for the National Geographic. Recently he ____COMPLETE_____ several projects for the magazine. His job involves lots of travelling, which is sometimes not very safe. Not long ago, Mike came face to face with an elephant which attacked ______HE_____. Mike was injured but luckily not seriously. But danger could never stop Mike.

 

 

1. “I wish everyone _____UNDERSTAND_____ that life is a very delicate thing. If we go on in the same irresponsible way, we ____KILL_____ all life on the planet, and ourselves too”. A robot is a special kind of machine that follows the instructions coming from a computer. A robot ___NOT/MAKE______ mistakes and it never gets tired. Robots are all around ___WE_____. Robots make cars, explore dangerous places, clean things, answer telephone calls. Some of them can even take care of _____CHILD____ and elderly people. If we didn’t have robots, our life _______BE______ less comfortable and more dangerous. According to the dictionary, the word ‘robot’ _____MEAN_______ ‘compulsory labour’. The word ‘robot’ ____USE________ for the first time in a science fiction play in 1920. The robot from that play was a destructive machine that finally_____DESTROY_____ the human race. However, in real life, robots are still obedient to people. As for robots, the most enthusiastic nation is the Japanese. By now they ____CREATE____ a quarter of the world's robots. And they have very ambitious plans for the future. The Japanese engineers think that soon robots ___REPLACE_______ 3,5 million workers in their country.

 

1.  Lucky, a big black cat, went missing shortly after our family moved to a new house. He was curious and enjoyed exploring the environment. It often made us worry about ____HE______. Mum often said “I wish our Lucky ______BE______ less curious. I feel better when he is in the house, safe and lazy.”As we ______NOT/CAN_____ keep him at home, we made him wear a special tag. Our address ____WRITE_____ on it in large printed letters. Mum said: “If one day Lucky gets missing, the tag ____HELP____ us find him”. Lucky disappeared on the ____THREE____ day after moving house. We looked for the cat everywhere. We asked all our new neighbours about him. We even asked all the _____POLICEMAN____ in our district if they had seen him. But nobody had seen a cat that looked like our Lucky. In the end, we ______LOSE_____ hope. Two weeks later I was passing by our old house. On the porch there was a cat that looked strikingly like Lucky. And it was Lucky! I grabbed him and brought him home. “Mum, look who I _____FIND____!” I cried to mum. “The new owner told me the cat had been waiting for us in our old house. Nobody could inform us about him because the address on the cat’s tag is our old address.”

 

1. A few days ago Kim’s family moved house. Kim had very mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, she _____FEEL_____ happy with her new room. It was larger than the room she used to live in. Everything in this room __ARRANGE_____ in Kim’s favourite colours and according to her taste. The flat was on the _____FIVE_____ floor in an old brick building. From her window Kim could see the large garden, which now was covered with bright yellow ______LEAF____, and the tiled roofs at a distance. “I’d be very happy if I ____LIVE_____ here,” Kim’s friend, Jessica, said when she visited her for the first time. “And how is your new school?” she asked, still admiring the fresh wallpapered walls with a few framed photos on _____THEY______. “You ______MAKE_____ new friends there, right?” These words made Kim feel nervous. “No, not yet.” she answered. Then she said that she ____GO_____ to her new school only the next Monday and that the school looked nice and modern and there was a swimming pool in it. What Kim ___NOT/TELL____ her friend was that she was awfully afraid of going there and meeting her new classmates and teachers.

 

1. Jeff woke up late. The house was very quiet and Jeff _____UNDERSTAND_____ that he was alone there. He got up and headed to the kitchen. There ___BE_____ nobody in it but he felt the delicious aroma of fresh baking. A large bowl of doughnuts was on the table. It ____COVER_____ with a white kitchen towel but Jeff could not resist it and pulled out a doughnut. When he was consuming his ____FIVE____ one, his grandmother appeared at the doorway. She _____WEAR_____ light working trousers, a T-shirt, and an old straw hat. Jeff guessed that she had been working on ____SHE_____ roses, in the front garden. “Fine, you ____WAKE____ up at last!” said Granny, “But why are you still undressed? Go and wash and get dressed immediately!” Jeff remembered that Granny had always been very strict about the morning routine. She never allowed her grandchildren to look untidy or avoid brushing their ____TOOTH______. “Ok-ok, just a second,” laughed Jeff picking up another doughnut and retreating through the other door. “I ____COME____ back as soon as I am ready.”

 

 

1. My mum calls me Snow White. It was my ____ONE_____ nickname but it stuck to me forever. And it’s not because I love the fairy tale about the princess and the seven dwarfs. It’s because my skin is very sensitive and intolerant to the sun. Every time it is exposed to the sun's rays, it _____GET____ red and swollen. I can’t really recognize _____I______ in the mirror. Mum says that from my very early days I differed from all the other _____BABY____ around and needed special care. Whenever we went for a walk, she _____HAVE____ to apply sun protective lotion all over my face and the parts of the body that were not covered with clothes. I grew older but the situation didn’t get any ____GOOD____. Until now I ___NOT/FIND___ a medicine to cure my strange illness. My skin problem is not a serious thing of course, but it doesn’t allow me to do everything I want. I wish I ____CAN_____ sunbathe, windsurf and play beach volleyball with my friends. But all I can do is watch them from the shade. According to our family legend, it ____RAIN____ hard at the moment when I was born. Since that time, rainy days have always been my luckiest.

 

1. I play the violin in the college orchestra. Last month we ____TAKE_______ part in a music festival in France. I worried a lot before we left for France as I had never been away from home for so long. Mum tried to encourage ___I____. She said that we ____PERFORM___ well. And she was right. We performed very successfully. It was a great journey though there _____BE_________ some things I missed very much while being in France. One of them was my favourite mug. Without it, neither tea nor soup tasted like at home. Another thing was the warmth. The floor in my room at home ___COVER___ with a thick carpet. In our place in France the floor was icy cold with no carpet at all. My _FOOT___ were always cold. “If it goes on like this, I __CATCH___ a cold,” I told my roommate, Cathy. “I wish I __HAVE____ a pair of woolen socks. But I left them at home.” “You can take mine if you want,” said Cathy. I thanked her but her socks were two sizes ___SMALL__ than I needed!

 

 

1. I was happy to take part in the exchange programme and to go to college in Britain. An opportunity to spend two ____MONTH_______ in London sounded fantastic. Our teacher told us that we ____LIVE____ in a student hostel. It was going to be ___CONVENIENT____ than staying with a host family as the hostel was very close to the college. When we arrived in London, the ___ONE__ thing we had was a bus excursion round the British capital. Unfortunately, when we ___PASS____ Westminster Abbey, it started to rain hard. We had to go down to the lower level of our double-decker and we ____NOT/MANAGE____ to enjoy the wonderful sights. Anyway, London is very impressive. People from all over the world live there. Some of __THEY____ come as tourists, others choose this place to study or to work in. It is a dynamic multicultural city, though there ___BE____ so many historical buildings in it. Amazingly, many of the houses __BUILD____ centuries ago!

 

1. Tom woke up relatively early. But he ____UNDERSTAND____ at once that he was not the first awake. There was somebody in the kitchen already. Tom went out to inspect, and found that his dad was there – he ______CUT_____ vegetables. It was rather strange – everyone knew that dad ____NOT/LIKE_____ cooking. “I wish I ____KNOW____ what you are doing,” he said. Dad gave ______HE____ a smile and answered “Wait and see.” He pulled out a juicing machine from the cupboard. Nobody had used it for ages and the machine ____COVER____ with a thin layer of dust. Tom’s dad washed it and turned it on. Then he put a handful of carrots inside. Next he added cucumbers and ___TOMATO____. Dad made three large cups of the stuff. He took one and drank it. He handed the ___TWO____ cup to Tom. To his surprise the juice tasted really good. “You don’t eat enough vegetables,” his dad said. “If you don’t like eating them, you’ll probably like drinking them.” Tom nodded. It was definitely _____GOOD____ than the stewed vegetables his mum cooked almost every day.

 

1. The camel was very thirsty. His last drink had been weeks ago. His feet sank in the hot sand and he _________CAN_________ hardly move. "When will I reach water?" he thought. "And I _________NOT/EAT_________ for ages." It was obvious that if the camel didn’t find any water and food soon, he _________DIE_________. He made a few steps toward another dune. It was ________EASY__________ to walk along the top of a hill, than along the bottom. At last he _________SEE_________ something green in the distance. Was it a mirage or an oasis? He hoped for the best and the hope helped _________HE_________ move faster. Soon, that distant green colour turned into real trees and grass. There _________BE_________ a small stream of water and some palm trees that gave shade. Their wide _________LEAF_________ could protect the camel from the sun's rays. Though the sun __________SHINE________, it didn’t burn anymore. Unfortunately, it was impossible to stay there forever. A short rest and the camel had to move on towards his destination.

 

1. Robbie's dog Roxy was smart. At least Robbie _________THINK_________ so. Robbie had found him on a street. The puppy looked cold and unhappy. Robbie took the puppy home and fortunately his mum _________NOT/MIND_________ it. One day Robbie saw the ‘Dogs' contest’ advert. According to it, all dogs that were able to perform tricks could participate. "I wish Roxy ________KNOW__________ some tricks”, Robbie thought. “But Roxy can’t perform any.” He decided to take Roxy to the contest anyway, not as a participant but as a viewer. There _________BE_________ lots dogs on the contest ground. The collars of some dogs ________DECORATE__________ with medals. The contest started, and the judge threw a ball. Roxy suddenly pulled away from Robbie and began running fast. He was the _________ONE_________ dog to catch the ball and he didn’t forget to bring it back to the judge! “The winner is the dog with no entry name on my list. Whose dog is this?” asked the judge. “It’s _________I_________ dog." said Robbie. The judge handed Robbie a small symbolic medal and a certificate for free dog food. “Congratulations! You ________WIN__________!” said Robbie to Roxy and gave him a big hug. “Let’s go home and celebrate. Mum will be surprised when she ________LEARN__________ the news.”

 

1. Most people love jokes. A good joke can break the ice and make the conversation enjoyable. My friend’s hobby is collecting jokes. When he _________HEAR_________ a good joke, he writes it down on a special card. The cards _________KEEP_________ in a box in his room. When I visit _________HE_________, I never miss a chance to read a joke from his collection. Yesterday’s joke was about famous detectives. Here it is. One day Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson went camping. They put up a tent, made a fire and had a good dinner of meat and _________POTATO_________. That night, Holmes _________WAKE_________ up and asked: "Watson, look up and tell me what you see." Watson said that he __________SEE________ millions of stars. "And what does it tell you?" Holmes went on his interrogation. "Well, if we apply our deductive method, we’ll come to several conclusions. Astronomically, there are billions of planets. My ________TWO__________ conclusion is astrological – I observe Saturn in Leo. And, meteorologically, it’ll be a beautiful day tomorrow. I wish we _________HAVE_________ this kind of weather more often in this country. And what does the sky tell you, Holmes?" Holmes was silent for a moment and then said, "Someone _________STEAL_________ our tent!"

 

 

1. TIME is a weekly magazine published in New York. In 2010 the magazine ____CHOOSE____ Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg as Person of the Year. Everything began in February 2004, when Zuckerberg was still a student at Harvard. He made an online platform to connect college students. It helped ____THEY_____ to learn and socialise. Soon, other _____UNIVERSITY____ joined Facebook and then it became popular with a much wider audience. Today Facebook _____USE_____ by over a billion people. They play games, find friends, learn the news, and share photos there. Not everyone, however, _____THINK____ Facebook is a good thing. My _____GOOD_____ friend, Nicky, believes that I spend too much time online, on social networks. “I wish you ____SPEND____ more time with your real friends,” he keeps saying. Last Saturday when Nicky came to my place to discuss a school problem, I ____CHAT____ online. He waited for a while but then left without saying a word. And he ____NOT/CALL_____ since then. I feel I’ll probably have to change my habits if I want to have real friends, not only virtual ones.

 

1. This story happened long ago. My son was six and we lived in an old house near a large park. There ____BE_____ lots of people in the park at weekends and we enjoyed walking and playing there too. One day, my son _____BRING____ an injured bird from the park. It was a crow. Its wing ____BREAK____ and the bird could not fly. I didn’t know what to do with the crow, but my son said that he _____TAKE_____ care of it. “If you were a couple of years ___OLD_____, you could manage it. But I doubt you can do it now,” I tried to talk him out of keeping the crow but finally agreed to take the bird home. The next day we took the crow to the vet. The vet fixed and bandaged the wing and explained to ____WE_____ what medicines we should give to the bird. “Ok,” he said, as we left, “I ____DO______ everything I can. There’s no need to bring this crow here any more. The bird is young and strong, and I think it ____RECOVER____ soon. This is the good news. The bad news is that it will never be able to fly again.” “We’ll see,” my son ____NOT/WANT___ to agree with this fact too easily.

 

1. I remember my uncle Thomas very well. My mum says I can’t because I was a little girl, only three at the time. But my memories of him are still very vivid. Uncle Thomas was a sailor. When he returned from his last trip, he brought several large ____BOX___ with him. Inside there ____BE____ bits of wood, metal, and painted cloth. “What is it for?” I asked my uncle. He ______GIVE_____ me a broad smile and said: “Have your breakfast first and then come to the backyard. You _____SEE____ everything with your own eyes.” When I came to the backyard, Uncle Thomas ___READ____ an instruction manual. It took all his attention because the manual ____WRITE____ in Spanish, a language my uncle didn’t know very well. All in all, it took _____HE_____ a couple of weeks to assemble the object from the parts. To all my questions he said that it was a machine that _____CAN_____ fly like a bird. I was probably the only one in the family who took his words seriously. They could never believe that soon we were going to see one of the ____ONE____ airplane flights in the country.

 

 

1. English, Welsh, Scottish… all these languages sound familiar. But I'm sure you ___NOT/HEAR__ of Cornish. I wish I ____KNOW____ it, like my Granny does. Cornish is a Celtic language, used in Cornwall, a county in south-eastern England. ____CENTURY____ ago, when the Anglo-Saxons invaded Britain, many Celts moved to the mountain areas. Some Celts even _____LEAVE___ the country completely and settled in France. Speakers of Cornish stayed in the south-west. There the language _____SPEAK_____ until the late 1700s. But the number of speakers got smaller and the language almost disappeared. At the beginning of the ____TWENTY____ century, academics became interested in Cornish and started to study the ancient texts. From those old documents they managed to restore the language! Nowadays, if you visit Cornwall, you will hear a lot of it. The language is offered as an option in many universities, and students ____THEY____ choose to learn it. Like I did. I think it’s the ____DIFFICULT____ language I have ever learnt, but it’s interesting and it sounds very nice. I believe the Cornish language ____SURVIVE___.

 

 

1. In 2010, a terrible earthquake hit the Haitian city of Léogâne. It was the ___TWELVE_____ of January, my birthday. It was a normal day in the morning. I _____PREPARE_____ for my party when the earthquake hit. My first thought was that everybody was going to die. I ____NOT/UNDERSTAND_____ what was happening. It was the _____BAD____ day of my life so far – I have never felt that scared! After the earthquake I asked my wife: "How are we going to go on living?" "I have no idea", she said. "But we're lucky. Our house is still standing, and thousands of people lost everything, even their ______LIFE______". She was right. We had to help the others, so we decided to start a charitable fund. At first we _____GIVE_____ it the name of ‘Hope’ but then changed it. Now our fund _____CALL_____ 'Seeds for Change'. We work with small farmers and provide people from rural areas with everything necessary for farming. They say it helps them a lot. Their gratitude is the best award for _____WE_____. If we manage to involve more people in our fund, we ___GET___ more impressive results in the future.

 

 

1. Jenny loved climbing. It was a strange hobby for a girl and her family wanted her to stop it, but Jenny ___NOT/LISTEN_____ to anybody. "There are still several trees in the garden I haven’t climbed yet," Jenny said. One day, she ___CLIMB____ the apple tree in the yard, when she suddenly slipped and fell down. Jenny ____FEEL_____ a terrible pain and started to cry. Her mum came outside and saw that her hand was swollen and looked dark. "I wish you ____HAVE____ some other hobby!" she said. "Jenny, please, promise _____I_____ that you'll never do this silly climbing again!" Jenny nodded. Her mother took Jenny to the doctor. It turned out that two of the bones ____BREAK____. For the____ONE____ time Jenny had a cast on her arm, from her fingers down to her elbow. For several weeks, Jenny had to have the cast on. It was a huge relief to get it off, finally. At last she could get back to her favourite ____ACTIVITY_____ which were running, swimming, and climbing. But now climbing was out – Jenny was determined to stick to her promise. “If I break my promise, mum ____GET____ upset. And I don’t want her to feel like this.”

 

1. Tim liked going to the zoo. One day his mother said: “We’re going to a different place today, Tim. It’s an animal shelter. I’m sure you ______LIKE______ it.” The place was much _____SMALL_____ than a zoo, but clean and well kept. There were volunteers in special uniforms. One of them showed Tim and his mum round the shelter. Lots of animals _____KEEP_____ there. Cats and dogs made up most of the population, but there were also horses, monkeys, _______FOX_____ and other animals. Each of the animals had its own story written on a sign next to its cage or enclosure. All the stories were sad – the animals had either been abandoned by ____THEY______ owners or saved by the animal police from cruel treatment. ‘If people ______BE______ more responsible for their pets, we wouldn’t have so much work here,” the volunteer remarked. “But unfortunately some people _____NOT/UNDERSTAND____ that animals are not toys.” Tim’s mother thanked the volunteer and ______MAKE______ a donation. Shelters always needed money to pay for the animals’ food and medical care. On the way home Tim told his mother that he ____WANT____ to go to the shelter again, not only to watch but also to help the volunteers.

 

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