1 GRAMMAR comparative adjectives and adverbs, as...as... a Complete the sentences with the correct comparative form of the adjective/adverb. 1 My new boss is more patient than the old one. (patient) 2 Pollution is in cities than it is in the country. (bad) 3 We aren't in a hurry. You can drive (slowly) 4 The summers here are than they were in the past. (hot) 5 I failed the test. I'll work next time. (hard) 6 It's to my parents' house than it is to my boyfriend's, (far) 7 You can make the dinner tonight. You cook than me. (good) 8 The Japanese dier is than the American diet. (healthy) 9 A motorbike is than a car. (dangerous) 10 Heathrow airport is than Manchester airport. (busy)

Zina Portnov, 17 years oldA member of the underground komsomsomolska-youth organization "Young Avengers" scout guerrilla army Voroshilov in the territory of the Byelorussian SSR.Born in 1926 in Leningrad, he graduated from the 7 classes there and went on a summer holiday vacation with relatives in the village of Zuya Vitebsk region of Belarus. There she was, and found the war.In 1942, she joined the Obol underground Komsomol youth organization "Young Avengers" and was actively involved in distributing leaflets among the population and sabotage against the invaders.Since August 1943, Zina - scout guerrilla army Voroshilov. In December 1943 she was given the task to identify the reasons for the failure of the organization "Young Avengers" and establish contact with the underground. But when returning to Zina squad arrested.During interrogation, the girl grabbed the gun from the table Nazi investigator, shot him and two other Nazis, tried to escape, but was captured.From the book "Zina Portnov" Soviet writer Vasily Smirnov: "interrogated its most sophisticated in the brutal torture the torturers ... She promised to save lives, if only the young partisan in all recognized call the names of all known to her underground and partisans Again Gestapo met with surprises.. their unwavering firmness this stubborn girl who in their protocols was called "Soviet Bandidas." Zina, exhausted by torture, refused to answer questions, hoping that because it will kill you. ... One day in the prison yard the prisoners seen as very gray girl, when her led to another interrogation, torture, threw herself under the wheels of a passing truck. But the car was stopped, the girl pulled out from under the wheels and was taken in for questioning again ... ".January 10, 1944 in the village of Goriany now Shumilino district, Vitebsk region of Belarus 17-year-old Zina shot.The title of Hero of the Soviet Union Zinaida Portnova was awarded in 1958.

At the moment I am а student of a comprehensive school #45. I like my school, but I think it could be better, so I would like to tell you about my ideal school.

My ideal school would be situated in a quiet place near a big park, so that students could walk there after classes to relax. There would be a big buffet, where students could have a cup of tea or coffee with a sandwich during the breaks. My ideal school would also have lockers for books and personal things like in American schools.

Nowadays we have to study a lot of subjects at school. But I think that the most important subjects are those, which will help us to pass the Unified State Exam and to enter the university. In my ideal school the majority of sciences would be given at fact-finding level and students of a high school would be allowed to choose subjects, which they would like to learn on a higher level, according to their aims and preferences. But of course, Russian will be a compulsory subject for everyone at my school, because we must admit that it is necessary for the literate writing. Information technology is another important subject, because computers simplify our lives and each of students will need to use it in future.

As well as the subjects of the curriculum, there would be many after-school clubs, such as chess, drama, music, arts and sports.

To sum up, I think my school would be a place I would like to go to