A Choose the correct word/phrase to fill in the gaps.
1 certificate degree
a) Mark has helped the police solve difficult cases, as he has a … in Criminal Laws.
b) Before he can join the basketball team, Nick has to bring a medical … .
2 chat text
a) It’s annoying when people sit and … in the cinema.
b) Bob decided to … Mary and apologize to her, as he was too nervous to do it face to
face.
3 temper mood
a) Don’t try to solve your conflict with Mark. He is in bad ….
b) When Tim saw the broken window, he lost his…
4 report coverage
a) Live … of the flood showed a number of survivors being saved by helicopter rescue
team.
b) There will be a special … about the growing problem of global warming on TV.
5 advertisements announcements
a) Did you hear …about the bus strike today?
b) It’s really annoying that nearly half the pages in this magazine are taken up by … of
beauty.
B Underline the correct item.
1. You needn’t/ mustn’t eat in class.
2. Should/ May I have some information about this picture, please?
3. I didn’t see him today. He can/ must have taken the day off.
4. Mike may/has to leave school early tomorrow. He has an appointment after school.
5. She mustn’t/ can’t have finished her homework already, it’s impossible.
6. You should /must respect your teachers and your classmates.
7. Students mustn’t/ needn’t run in the school corridors.
C Fill in to, on, for, from, about.
1. Kate comes … very wealthy family.
2. You shouldn’t be mean … other people.
3. She’s so kind. She always cares … other children.
4. You always blame me … everything that I haven’t done.
5. Billy can’t concentrate … his homework because of his mobile phone.
Let’s try to imagine the world without education, without any schools, colleges and universities. What would that be like? No school means no knowledge and skills. No university means no doctors, no engineers and no scientists. Therefore, it means no development and no inventions. Would you like to live in the world that is deteriorating? The answer is quite obvious: it’s vitally important to study and get an education.
Nowadays there’re different kinds of education, but the most wide-spread is still the traditional one that includes the set of establishments providing education. For the vast majority of people, the first step is a primary school where students get the basic skills of reading, writing and counting. The next stage is secondary school which gives broad knowledge about various subjects and prepares students for future professional education. At the end of the last form school children take exams and after school graduation they have several options: to stop studying and get a job or get professional education in college or university. Students’ life is not easy because they have to take exams every term and study hard to succeed. Nevertheless, most people remember students’ years as the best time of their lives, full of fun and entertainment.
However, modern world is full of new opportunities to get education. More and more schools and universities provide on-line courses and trainings. It has some advantages for sure, because you study in a comfortable place at comfortable time. Also, some alternative ways are becoming more and more popular, e.g. home education or some approaches connected with developing the mind without books and strict systems.
As for me, I’m fully convinced that, no matter what kind of education you support, it’s necessary to study and develop your skills, to use the experience of others to create your own ideas in order to implement them to life.
Yesterday it was Sunday, so my last weekend was not too long ago and I remember it quite well. I always try to do my best to make my holidays really exciting, because we have only few days in a week for relaxation and rest.
Yesterday my friends and I agreed to meet at my place. First we watched a very interesting TV show "What? Where? When?". Then we took a videocassette and watched an outstanding movie "The Independence Day". This is a story about strangers from the other planets that were trying to conquer the whole Earth and about the struggle against them. The movie is full of visual effects and computer graphics that takes your breath and makes you admire the modern technologies in the cinema. I wish our studios and directors made such movies. "The Independence Day" can be added to the genius pieces of modern art – that is my opinion.
Having watched the film, we decided that it was a time to go outside. The first place we went to was the sports ground. Though it was rather cold, we put on warm clothes and had much fun. Almost all day long we played soccer and basketball.
As for me, I like weekends and holidays, as the majority of other people. And I like telling about my holidays. It's dull to listen about the ordinary working day, how do you think? Every working day looks like another, but every weekend is different from the other. During the weekend we have an opportunity to enjoy the life and having rest.