Read the article and choose the
correct option (a, b, c or d).
1 the reason people may use tvs less in the
future is
a .smartphones will have bigger screen displays.
b. tv programmes will be made especially for
smartphones
c. smartphones will be able to project images
onto walls.
d .tv programmes will all be watched on pcs.
2 smartphone screens will soon be
a .unbreakable c. expandable.
b .rigid.
d. exchangeable.
3 in the future, cash could become
a. more valuable.
b. no longer necessary.
c. used in only some countries.
d. made of plastic.
4 in order for our phones to suggest goods and
services to us, we would have to
a. make changes to our lifestyle.
b. join a social networking site.
c. provide location details.
d. sacrifice some privacy.
5 the nanotechnology of the future may
a. replace smartphones.
b. release harmful toxins.
c .be used in a number of gadgets.
d.revolutionize smartphones.
If we go down the Thames we pass the port of London and get to Greenwich — a very old town. We can see the place where the Greenwich Meridian passes.
Most of the biographers and bibliographers of Pushkin say of him as the great or greatest Russian poet, as the Creator of modern Russian literature, in his works, which approved the norms of modern Russian literary language. His works are recognised benchmark of language, like the works of Dante in Italy or Goethe in Germany.
During the life of the poet became known as a genius, including print. The second half of the 1820-ies he was considered "the first Russian poet" not only among contemporaries, but also by Russian poets of all time, and around his person among the readers has developed a cult following.