LISTENING Task 1. Listen to the presentation about unusual British festivals and circle the best phrase to complete these sentences. 1 The Clavie is...
a whisky container / a wooden cross / a bonfire made of things people don't need
2. In the Up Helly Aa festival, they burn...
a wooden man/a Viking boat/ a line in the grass 3. During a pancake race, you have to...
eat as many pancakes as possible/ run as fast as possible while tossing a pancakes in a pan/ run and jump over the ropes without dropping the pancake
4. Nowadays, the people who win the cheese rolling competition are usually
top athletes/ people from the village/ visitors from all over the world
5. The fastest snail in the Snail Racing is ... cooked with garlic and butter / rescued from the barbecue/ given a prize of extra lettuce
6. The Buming of the Clocks festival is ...
2 years old/ 20 years old / 200 years old.

In today's evening paper has an article by peter on this topic. 8. there was a moment of silence. 9. prior to his work was a few minutes walk. 10. the two-meter fence separates mr. sims site from ours. 11. the film tells about the career of the actress. 12. ten flight was very tedious. 13. a police officer wrote down the names of all witnesses. 14. behavior steve and john's shameful. 15. smith house is a stone's throw from my in-laws house. 16. in my wallet there were two five-dollar bills. 17. lunch is served chicken soup, rice pudding and cherry pie. 18. they held a fifteen-minute break every hour. 19. at this plant produce five-ton trucks. 20. as a gift she received a dollhouse and a book of fairy tales. 21. he never misses a six o'clock news. 22. goat milk is good for health. 23. this is a favorite of my mother-in transfer. 24. one can not discuss the commander of the order. 25. during the reign of queen elizabeth of england had sent investigators to many countries.

People have been doing sports since time immemorial years. olympic games have been a popular entertainment early in the century. today we still want to do sport and exactly extreme sports getting more and more popular. so what are people think about extreme sports? in my opinion, sport is a part of our life and extreme sport s help people in different situations. first of all, it determines a character. consequently each person becomes more confident, trying to use your head before actions. secondly, extreme sports prepare people to get over hazards. as a result, person can get by any disasters. finally, this sport not only develops character, but and helps healthy from illnesses such as cold, flu and so on. on the other hand, some people believe that extreme sport is rather a dangerous kind of sport, because everyone can broke any part of body. only specially trained people should do this sport.