1. READING
TEXT 1
• Read the article below about traveling to find work.
• Choose the correct word or phrase, A, B, C or D to complete each gap.
• There is an example at the beginning.
GET ON YOUR BIKE
Get on your bike! That was an injunction made to (0) __D__ people by a UK cabinet minister in the 1980s. The message was, if you’re looking for work, you should be prepared to move to another part of the country to find it. (1)
is lower now in general than when the minister made this plea, but perhaps people in some parts of the UK with fewer job (2) are now more used to the idea of traveling to another city or another region to find work. This can be quite an upheaval for many, and being cut off from friends and family can be disorienting.
For British people, going to find work outside the UK in Europe has been more problematic. Many British building workers went in search of (3) work in Germany in the 1970s and 1980s, but the (4) market in the UK has become so tight in the first decade of the 21st century that they will now find work easily in the UK. With the (5) for the European Union (EU), many workers from the new member countries are coming to work in UK companies, especially in construction, catering and healthcare. There is also (6) in some professions such as teaching. However, in general, the barriers to movement between countries in the EU are quite high, in terms of language, professional (7) , and cultural expectations. The upshot of all this is that the EU is a long way from being a (8) market for labor.
In the United States, on the other hand, job mobility has always been much more widespread. People move more easily from region to region in search of work. The American work (9) applies everywhere, and a business on the west coast will seem very familiar to someone from the east coast. There will be jokes about the differences in the weather, but working (10) in one state will be very similar to those in another, probably more similar than between some neighboring countries in Europe.
0 A outsourced B workless C in-work D jobless
1A Unemployment B Vacancies C Appointments D Jobs
2 A chances B situations C posts D opportunities
3 A rich B lucrative C wealthy D worth
4 A work B employed C labor D occupations
5 A expansion B grow C increase D raise
6 A moving B mobility C motion D transport
7 A litigation B regulations C tribunals D lawyers
8 A unique B one C whole D single
9 A ethic B ethics C ethnic D ethnicity
10 A conditions B conditionals C conditioning D content
ответ:I didn’t know a lot of places , because I was poltergeist.I lived in the Carter-Browns’-hose and never visited other counties . But my uncle Henry always told me about fantastic places in different parts of the warld . Did you know Paris ? Well, my uncle Henry often went there . He said it was beautiful, but how did he know ? He didn’t have got a head , so he couldn’t see ! My favourite place was my room . I shared it with my friend Sophie . She always said it was her room , but it was really our room
Объяснение:
Упражнение 4. Передайте следующие повествовательные предложения в косвенной речи.
E.g.: He said “I have just received a letter from my uncle.” – He said he had just received a letter from his uncle.
1. He said to me he was going to the theatre that night.
2. I told them that I couldn't give them my uncle’s address.
3. The woman told that man had spoken to her on the road.
4. She said to me that I would read that book in the 9th form.
5. The teacher said to me I had not done my work well.
Упражнение 6. Восстановите прямую речь в следующих предложениях.
E.g.: Tom said he would go to see the doctor the next day. – Tom said: “I shall go and see the doctor tomorrow”
1. He said: "I have fallen ill. "
2. They said: "Tom did not come to school yesterday. "
3. She said: "I caught cold. "
4. The old man said to the doctor: "I have pain in my right side now"
5. He said: "I will not come to school until next Monday."