Reading Task 1. Read the text and complete the task. Choose a title for the texts
Выбери заголовок к текстам. Один заголовок лишний.
1) My friend is not the best pupil
2) School awards
3) The dream of all my life
4) My friends want to be like me
А. Horse-riding is my life. I go in for horse-riding every Sunday. I want to compete in Olympics. It’s very important for me. I believe that someday I will get some prizes in this kind of sport. I train properly and want to be famous. My mother thinks that I will win the competitions. It’s not so easy to do. But I must do everything to achieve this aim. When we want anything very much our dreams come true.
B. It is very difficult to show all your talents to other people. I do to a musical school. I think that I play the guitar very well. I often play the guitar in front of a hundred of people. In such situations I am always nervous. I should train more properly to be the best musician at my school. All my friends want to play any musical instruments like me. I believe that if I train harder I will play better.
C.I have got many friends. Most of them are my classmates. There are boys and girls among them. My best friend is Alex. He is not the best pupil at our school. But he likes several subjects in our timetable. These subjects are History and Music. He doesn’t spend much time on doing his homework. Alex thinks that it is very difficult to do it. My mother says that he should try more seriously to get better results. But my friend doesn’t want to work harder.
Grammar. Comparison of Present Simple - Present Continuous times "Сравнение времен Present Simple - Present Continuous"
Task 2. Choose a verb in the correct form from the brackets. Выберите из скобок глагол в правильной форме.
1. He … (works/is working) for a big insurance company.
2. Water always … (boils/is boiling) at 100 degrees.
3. I … (wait/am waiting) for my doctor at the moment.
4. Bob, stop! You … (eat/are eating) too fast.
5. She … (has/is having) four brothers.
2.have you got a fireplace upstaris or..downstairs? I have got a fireplace downstairs
3.is there a sofa in your bedroom orin your living room? There is a sofa in my living room
4.do you have dinner in the dining room or...in the kitchen? I have dinner in the kitchen
5. are the armchairs in your flat green or...beige? My armchairs are beige
6.do yoy always leave your keys in the right place or ..everywhere? I always leave my keys in the right place
2. Говорят, что рынки сводят вместе продавцов и покупателей товаров и услуг.
3. Полагают, что массовый приток женщин на рынок труда иногда приводит к безработице.
4. Как правило, алкогольные и табачные изделия относят к товарам с неэластичным спросом.
5. Ожидается, что увеличение ставки заработной платы приведёт к уменьшению спроса на труд. (= количества нанимаемых работников).
6. Известно, что субсидия – это деньги или другие ресурсы, предоставляемые государством для того чтобы поддержать деятельность предприятия или физического лица.
7. Ожидается, что спрос на импорт будет расти, с увеличением величины внутренних доходов и объема производства внутри страны