Dear Tony, Thank you very much for your letter. It was great to hear from you. In your letter you ask me to tell you about my birthday... Well, I was born on the 6th of December, that is in winter and I can't go on a picnic on this day because the weather is usually very cold in December in our region. Though sometimes if the weather is rather warm we can go to ski or skate with my friends. Usually I invite my classmates to come to my birthday party which we arrange at home. We have fun joking and laughing, talking, dancing, listening to CDs and, of couse, eating tasty food and a delitious birthday cake. Sometimes we go out to a cafe with a few friends of mine or with my family. As for the present for my next birthday I would like to have а small puppy. Well, I must finish now. Keep in touch. Best wishes, Alex
1.A B 1) achieved f) fame 2) benefit g) the farmers’ crops 3) captured b) my interest 4) contribute e) to your magazine 5) establish d) a decorations committee 6) record a) earthquake shocks 7) tame c) wild horses B 1. Marie and Pierre Curie achieved fame as scientists. 2. Rain will benefit the farmers’ crops as the soil is dry and the plants need water. 3. The film’s strange title captured my interest and I decided to watch it on Saturday. 4. It’s an honour to be invited to contribute to your magazine. I certainly accept the invitation. 5. The school authorities decided to establish a decorations committee to prepare the gym for the school dance. 6. The recently bought seismograph can record earthquake shocks even at such a distance. 7. They tame wild horses at the ranch.
2) 1. Jim dropped his pen and bent to pick it __up__. 2. Bullies often pick __at__ younger children. 3. Try to eat your dinner, Jane. You’ve just been picking __at__ it. 4. I don’t know where my children have picked _up__ those rude words. 5. Albert was really shocked and picked __out___ his words with difficulty. 6. I’ll pick you _up___ at your place at 5.
3) 1. The ability of _a_ man to talk is due to the way in which the larynx is made. 2. Larry was _a_ handsome man in his early fifties. 3. I won’t see Dr Jackson again. I don’t like _the_ man. 4. _A_ modern man is responsible for a lot of disastrous events. 5. Lewis Clark, __-_ tall thin man of about 30, entered the building at 8 o’clock.
Thank you very much for your letter. It was great to hear from you.
In your letter you ask me to tell you about my birthday... Well, I was born on the 6th of December, that is in winter and I can't go on a picnic on this day because the weather is usually very cold in December in our region. Though sometimes if the weather is rather warm we can go to ski or skate with my friends. Usually I invite my classmates to come to my birthday party which we arrange at home. We have fun joking and laughing, talking, dancing, listening to CDs and, of couse, eating tasty food and a delitious birthday cake. Sometimes we go out to a cafe with a few friends of mine or with my family. As for the present for my next birthday I would like to have а small puppy.
Well, I must finish now. Keep in touch.
Best wishes,
Alex
1.A B
1) achieved f) fame
2) benefit g) the farmers’ crops
3) captured b) my interest
4) contribute e) to your magazine
5) establish d) a decorations committee
6) record a) earthquake shocks
7) tame c) wild horses
B
1. Marie and Pierre Curie achieved fame as scientists.
2. Rain will benefit the farmers’ crops as the soil is dry and the plants need water.
3. The film’s strange title captured my interest and I decided to watch it on Saturday.
4. It’s an honour to be invited to contribute to your magazine. I certainly accept the invitation.
5. The school authorities decided to establish a decorations committee to prepare the gym for the school dance.
6. The recently bought seismograph can record earthquake shocks even at such a distance.
7. They tame wild horses at the ranch.
2) 1. Jim dropped his pen and bent to pick it __up__.
2. Bullies often pick __at__ younger children.
3. Try to eat your dinner, Jane. You’ve just been picking __at__ it.
4. I don’t know where my children have picked _up__ those rude words.
5. Albert was really shocked and picked __out___ his words with difficulty.
6. I’ll pick you _up___ at your place at 5.
3) 1. The ability of _a_ man to talk is due to the way in which the larynx is made.
2. Larry was _a_ handsome man in his early fifties.
3. I won’t see Dr Jackson again. I don’t like _the_ man.
4. _A_ modern man is responsible for a lot of disastrous events.
5. Lewis Clark, __-_ tall thin man of about 30, entered the building at 8 o’clock.