1. Supply a/an or the if they are necessary: 1. ... Lake Ontario is one of ... five Great Lakes in ... North America. 2. Andrew and Alice went to ... school yesterday and then studied in ... library before returning home. 3. There are only ... few seats left for tonight's musical at ... university. 4. When you go to ... supermarket, please buy ... bottle of ... chocolate milk and ... dozen oranges. 5. Your ... car is five years old and it still runs well. 6. No one in ... German class knew... correct answer to ... Mr. Gruber's ... question. 7. ... red books on ... table are for our Geography class. 8. Please give me ... cup of coffee with ... cream and ... sugar. 9. ... judge asked ... witness to tell ... truth. 10. Margaret is studying ... Physics and ... Chemistry this term. 11. ... Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship from ... France to... United States. 12. Peter's father bought him ... ball that he had wanted for his birthday. 13. Our cousin is in ... hospital so we went to visit him ... last night. 14. ... Queen Elizabeth II is ... monarch of ... Great Britain. 15. On our trip to Brazil, we crossed ... Atlantic Ocean. 16. While Ted was in Alaska, he visited ... Eskimo village. 17. ... Declaration of Independence was drawn up in 1776. 18. ... armchair she is sitting in is broken. 19. ... Civil War was fought in ... United States between 1861 and 1865. 20. Two nights ago there was ... bird singing outside our house. 21. George can't go to ... cinema tonight because he has to write ... essay. 22. Scientists hope to send ... expedition to ... Mars during ... 1990s. 23. John has been admitted to ... School of Medicine at... Cambridge University. 24. Emma plays ... guitar and her brother plays ... violin.
I wish that in the future I will become someone famous. I want to be like a star or a celebrity, and get a feel of the good life. I want to walk down the red carpet in Hollywood, and stun everyone with my amazingness and beauty. I want to have paparazzi who will follow me everyone I will go! To some this kind of life seems too hard or too stressful. There is sometimes too much stress, and thats the reason why most celebrities start doing drugs or start doing illegal things. But I want to reach this dream nonetheless. I will become a star!
2. I wish I could speak English __as well as__ you do.
3. __Despite__ her injured foot, she managed to walk to the village.
4. Nobody was listening anymore; nevertheless the recital continued.
2. Use the modal verbs must, can/may, can’t.
1. Zag can go to the cinema with us. He is not very busy.
2. "May I get you lemonade?” "That's very nice of you.”
3. The book is not on the shelf. Jean must be reading it now.
4. I can't visit you every day.
3. Read the dialogue and mark the sentences as true (T) or false (F).
A: Hi, Ben! How were your exams?
B: Nice of you to ask about them. Everything’s all right, thanks.
A: Is it? You look worried. Is there anything wrong?
B: No, everything’s all right, but when we were waiting for the results of the exam, we spoke about our future and our career plans. You know, I was the only one who hadn’t decided yet.
A: Well, let’s try to find out what kind of job could be suitable for you. I’ve got a special test that might give us the answer. All you need to do is to answer some questions. The first one is: "Would you like to work in an office or be out and about during working hours?”
B: It depends… But no, I think I would rather work inside. It could be difficult to be outside if the weather is bad. But I want to have the opportunity to be out in good weather, too.
A: Are good working conditions, job satisfaction and stability important to you?
B: Yes, I want my job to be exciting but not very stressful. Stability is very important to me, too. But I don’t want to work at the weekends or in summer.
A: And how about job satisfaction? What does that mean to you?
B: To me, job satisfaction isn’t just a quick promotion or good money. I want to feel useful.
A: Would you prefer working with machines or with people?
B: When I was little, I enjoyed taking things apart to see how they worked. But now communicating with people is much more important to me. I want to work with nice and friendly people.
A: OK. That’s enough. Let’s have a look at the test results. Well, there is a long list of jobs which meet your requirements. And the job of babysitter is at the top of the list.
B: Babysitter?! I have never thought about babysitting, but I don’t mind working with children. I’m very good at sports and the job of a coach has a lot of advantages. I’ll definitely try to learn more about it.
1. Ben looks worried because he failed his exams. FALSE
2. Ben decided everything about his career when he was little. FALSE
3. Ben doesn’t care about stability in a job. FALSE
4. Ben discovers that a job as a coach might be suitable for him. TRUE
4. Give English equivalent to the following Russian words.
1. хорошо оплачиваемая работа = well-paid job
2. получить хороший опыт = to gain good work experience
3. расширять кругозор = to widen one's outlook
4. держать слово = to have respect for one's promise
5. творческий = creative
6. уверенный = confident