Task. 1 Read the text about A Terrific cook. Mark the sentences TRUE or FALSE according to the context.
A TERRIFIC COOK
Do you see how slim I’m? It’s not on purpose and it’s not my nature either: there’s a good reason for me keeping in shape: Mom. She’s a disaster in the kitchen, and besides being unable to fry an egg properly, she always causes accidents. I can’t keep track of all the times the kitchen was on fire (4? 5?) because of something weird she decided to do despite of our advice to keep out of the kitchen – especially the stove.
She doesn’t pay attention to our advice and we have to eat what she prepares – or at least we eat what we can- so we live constantly on an undesired diet.
The last time she tried to prepare roast beef the result was a burning kitchen. Dad could barely save the family and extinguish the fire. When she goes to the kitchen we start fearing for our lives (and stomachs) and thinking of a sickness we’ll fake in order to avoid the “result”.
Despite the bad cook we have at home, our house is always full of guests for lunch and dinner. I suspect they come just to have fun watching the disasters. And – of course – they want to be the first to tell our friends what her latest calamity was like.
Example: The girl’s mother is a terrific cook? True
The girl’s mom tends to cause accidents in the kitchen [1]
The girl’s mom knows how to cook. [1]
The girl’s mom gave up cooking. [1]
The family asks the woman to stop cooking. [1]
They have to eat what she cooks. [1]
She set fire in the kitchen more than once. [1]
Answer the questions
Who is the “terrific cook” mentioned in the title? [1]
What adjectives would you use to describe her abilities in the kitchen? [1]
Do you know someone who’s a terrible cook? [1]
What kind of situations does this person cause? ( if affirmative) [1]
Total [10 ]
Writing
Task. Choose ONE of the topics to write.
Topic 1. Write an essay about the following topic:
Nowadays food has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the way people live?
Give reasons for your answer using your own ideas. You should write:
An introduction
Main body
Conclusion
Topic 2. Write an essay about the following topic:
Doctors, nurses and teachers make a great contribution to society and should be paid more than entertainment and sports celebrities. Do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer using your own ideas. You should write:
An introduction
Main body
Conclusion
Total [6]
Total marks 16
It was the best day of my life. I was in concert of my favourite rock band. The name of this band is Three Days Grace. There is four men in this band: Neil Sandersonws - drums, keyboards, backing vocals, Brad Uolst - bass guitar, backing vocals, Barry Stock - lead guitar and Matt Uolst - vocals. My favourite song is Last to know. This song is about unrequited love. There was so many people in concert! I can't show myself, how much people listen them in my town! And I was very happy to know about it. There was very friendly atmosphere. I met with several people.
The concert was held in the square in the city center, and the sound was very good. I enjoyed with music. And I can say, that it was on of the best days in my life.
1. My watch keeps stopping – That’s because you keep forgetting to wind it. Мои часы все время останавливаются - это потому, что ты продолжаешь забывать заводить ихю
2. Would you mind lending me ten pence? I want to make a phone call. ты не одолжишь мне 10 пенсов, я хочу позвонитью
3. I suggest telephoning the hospitals before asking the police to look for him. Я предлагаю обзвониить больницы прежде, чем просить полицию разыскивать егою
4. Why do you keep looking back?почему ты все время оглядываешься?
5. He kept ringing up and asking for explanation and she didn’t know what to do about him.Он продолжал звонить и требовать объяснений и она не знала, что с ним делать.
6. Try to avoid being late. He hates to be kept waiting.Постарайся избежать опозданий, он ненавидит, когда его заставляют ждать.
7. The taxi-driver tried to stop in time, but he couldn’t avoid hitting the old woman. Таксист остановился вовремя, но так и не смог избежать наезда на пожилую женщину.
8. He offered to by my old car, if I didn’t mind waiting a month for the money. он предложил мне купить старую машину, если только я не возражаю целый месяц ждать денег.
9. Imagine having to get up at 5 a. m. every day!представь, что тебе нужно вставать в 5 утра каждый день.
10. At first I enjoyed listening to him, but after a while I got tired of hearing the same story again and again. Сначала мне нравилось его слушать, но потом я устал от одной и той же истории.