1. READING COMPREHENSION
Nearly 20 million British children have a collection – and it’s not just coins and stamps.
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I. The more. the better! II.comic crazy III.sweet toot
A. Do you love ‘The Beano’? So does 12-year-old Anna Clark. She started piling up (накапливать) her bedroom with ‘Beano’ books and comics two years ago. “They’re such fun to read. I love Dennis the Menace because he’s so naughty!”
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B. Gareth Miles from London started collecting packets of sweets from over the world four years ago. His favourites include a nose with green gum and bubble gum bubbles. “I got the idea after reading ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’,” he explains. “It’s fun, cheap and makes it easy for people to buy me presents when they go on holidays!”
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C. Justin Pressland has more than 10 collections, including old toy metal motorboats from Japan, James Bond toys and rare Action Men. But he started his first, when he was 8. “I was always fascinated by cars, so I collected car sales brochures from garages. I’ve kept them all and still pick up new ones whenever possible.
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1). We were (surprising/surprised) at the news.
2). I think horse racing is very (thrilled/thrilling).
3). John is the most (bored/boring) boy I’ve ever met.
4). I’m not much (interested/interesting) in darts.
5). Some parts of the ‘X-Files’ are (terrified/terrifying).
2)The price of Manhattan Island in 1626 was twenty-four dollars.
3)Today it's the centre of business and commercial life of the country.
4)There are very few people live in Manhattan.
5)Broadway is famous for the Stock Exchange which is located here.
6)It is called like that because a lot of people came to the USA from different countries all over the world at the turn of the 20-th century.
7)The most important branches are producing paper products, vehicles, glass, chemicals and machinery.