I. Reading.
Read the following text. Прочитайте текст и выполните задание
Hard work and no money
Every year thousands of young people in Britain finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to University. Some young people go to another countries and work as volunteers. Volunteers give their time to help people – for example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they help with conservation.
Pauline Jones, 18, lives in Cardiff, Wales. Next year she wants to go to University to study Spanish, but now she is living in Belize. Pauline says, “I’m working with other people here to protect the coral reefs in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful, but if the sea water is very polluted, the coral dies. I’m helping to do research on the coral and the fish that live around the reefs. All over the world, coral reefs are dying. We need to do something about the problem before it’s too late.
I’m staying with a family here and I help with the cooking and the cleaning. I don’t get any money, but that’s OK. I love my work here, and I’m learning a lot about the people of Belize – and myself!. When I finish my work, I want to stay here for another three months. I want to travel around Belize and Central America”.
a). Mark the statements T (true) or F (false). Поставьте правильно или неправильно
1) Pauline comes from Belize.
2) Pauline wants to save the coral reefs.
3) Young people in Britain go to University just after they finish school.
4) Pauline is studying the fish in the sea near Belize.
5) Pauline is unhappy because she doesn’t get any money.
6) Pauline wants to go home when she finishes her work.
7) Pauline thinks people need to help the coral reefs.
b). Turn the following sentences into negative.
1) Young people take a year off after school.
2) Pauline is living in Belize.
3) I’m helping to do research on the fish around the reefs.
4) I want to travel around Belize.
5) She wants to go to University to study Spanish.
II. Vocabulary and grammar. Работа по грамматике
Complete the sentences.
1) you at school last week?
a) Was b) Were c) Are
2) When we the office, it .
a) left, was raining b) were leaving, was raining c) left, rained
3) It a small car, but it four doors.
a) is, is b) has, is c) is, has
4) Give the book to .
a) her b) she c) hers
5) Flying is than driving.
a) the quicker b) quicker c) the quickest
6) They work ... night.
a) on b) at c) in
7) When we were children, our parents family problems with us.
a) discussed b) found c) thought
8) She was born twenty-five years ... in a small village.
a) since b) before c) ago
9) You have to be a very good to get a job as a chef..
a) cooker b) cookery c) cook
10) If you are hot, you can take your jacket.
a) off b) on c) away
11) You’re having a test next week, ?
a) don’t you? b) are you? c) aren’t you?
12) We haven’t got money.
a) much b) many c) more
13) The of the environment is everyone’s responsibility.
a) protect b) protection c) protective
14) She lives in …. Rome with her family.
a) - b) the c) a
15) Her hair …. lovely!
a) are b) is c) it’s
III. Use of English.
Complete these sentences by using the correct word from the box. There is an extra word which you do not need to use. Вставьте соответствующие слова
In a Language School.
water subjects exciting four problems love
making teacher boring summer learning
Fourteen-year-old Andy, who is from Korea, lives in France. He is (1) French and is also studying English. What’s it like for him? “I (2) living here,” says Andy, “and I’m beginning to feel like I’ve lived here my whole life and not for only (3) years. I’m not usually very good at (4) friends, but everyone here is so nice that I’m not having any (5). If I don’t understand an exercise at school, I ask the (6) or one of
my friends to help me with it, and they always do. I enjoy most of the (7) we do at school, but I’m not very fond of history. It’s a bit (8)! Another thing I like about living here is that I’m able to do lots of (9) sports, like swimming and water-skiing. I’m really looking forward to my (10) holidays this year because I want to learn windsurfing!”
a). Mark the statements T (true) or F (false).
1) Pauline comes from Belize. - F (false)
Explanation: The text states that Pauline lives in Cardiff, Wales, not Belize.
2) Pauline wants to save the coral reefs. - T (true)
Explanation: Pauline mentions that she is working with other people to protect the coral reefs in Belize.
3) Young people in Britain go to University just after they finish school. - F (false)
Explanation: The text mentions that some young people in Britain take a year off before they start work or go to university.
4) Pauline is studying the fish in the sea near Belize. - T (true)
Explanation: Pauline mentions that she is doing research on the coral and the fish that live around the reefs in Belize.
5) Pauline is unhappy because she doesn’t get any money. - F (false)
Explanation: The text mentions that Pauline doesn't get any money for her work, but she says that she loves her work.
6) Pauline wants to go home when she finishes her work. - F (false)
Explanation: Pauline mentions that when she finishes her work, she wants to stay in Belize for another three months and travel around Belize and Central America.
7) Pauline thinks people need to help the coral reefs. - T (true)
Explanation: Pauline mentions that all over the world, coral reefs are dying, and she believes that something needs to be done about the problem.
b). Turn the following sentences into negative.
1) Young people take a year off after school.
- Negative: Young people don't take a year off after school.
2) Pauline is living in Belize.
- Negative: Pauline is not living in Belize.
3) I’m helping to do research on the fish around the reefs.
- Negative: I'm not helping to do research on the fish around the reefs.
4) I want to travel around Belize.
- Negative: I don't want to travel around Belize.
5) She wants to go to University to study Spanish.
- Negative: She doesn't want to go to University to study Spanish.
II. Vocabulary and grammar.
Complete the sentences.
1) Were you at school last week?
- Answer: b) Were
2) When we left the office, it was raining.
- Answer: b) were leaving, was raining
3) It is a small car, but it has four doors.
- Answer: b) has, is
4) Give the book to her.
- Answer: a) her
5) Flying is quicker than driving.
- Answer: b) quicker
6) They work at night.
- Answer: b) at
7) When we were children, our parents discussed family problems with us.
- Answer: a) discussed
8) She was born twenty-five years ago in a small village.
- Answer: c) ago
9) You have to be a very good cook to get a job as a chef.
- Answer: c) cook
10) If you are hot, you can take your jacket off.
- Answer: a) off
11) You’re having a test next week, aren't you?
- Answer: c) aren't you?
12) We haven’t got much money.
- Answer: a) much
13) The protection of the environment is everyone's responsibility.
- Answer: b) protection
14) She lives in Rome with her family.
- Answer: c) a
15) Her hair is lovely!
- Answer: b) is
III. Use of English.
Complete these sentences by using the correct word from the box. There is an extra word which you do not need to use.
In a Language School.
1) French
2) love
3) four
4) making
5) problems
6) teacher
7) subjects
8) boring
9) exciting
10) summer