Task 2. Choose the best option to complete these sentences. 1. A dirtboard is a board with wheels that you stand on/a board with no wheels that you stand on/ a board that you sit on. 2. Zip-wiring is scary and difficult /easy and exciting/scary but exciting 3. Paris looks so beautiful at night / on television/ in the photos. 4. The famous Rodin statue is called The Worker/ The Thinker / The Philosopher. (4 points)
Choose the right form to complete the sentences
1) You shouldn`t give ( up) football.
2) Don`t forget to give the bike (back) to Jim.
3) We (haven`t met) them before.
4) Last week I (taught) my son swimming.
5) Alec has (been) to this picture gallery many times.
6) She (has had) a very interesting meeting lately.
7) The (English) live on the British Isles.
2. Complete the sentences with the derivatives of the wordsе
1) He was strong and tall. He looked (manly).
2) It is a very (beautiful) country.
3) (Suddenly) he heard a very loud music.
4) It is a modern tall (building) in our town.
5) In the 21st century you can see a lot of (homeless) people in big cities
3. Write the three forms of the verbs: (do-did-done)
Ломать, разбить-break-broke-broken
Обучать-teach-taught-taught
Водить, управлять машиной-drive-drove-driven
Строить-build-built-built
Драться, сражаться-fight-fought-fought
Иметь-have-had-had
Приходить-come-came-come
Говорить-speak-spoke-spoken
Брать, взять-take-took-taken
Падать-fall-fell-fallen
Truth or Myth?
1 D
This is a (5) myth. It won’t damage your eyes, (6) although it might give you a headache. The (7) sensible thing is to watch television at a distance that feels comfortable. But watching too much TV can be a bad idea. In (8) fact, research shows that children who (9) regularly spend more than 10 hours a week watching TV are more likely to be overweight and slower to learn at school.
2 B
This (10) appears to be true. Scientists have found that juggling balls for one minute every day can increase your brain (11) power. Researchers in Germany carried out brain scans and found that certain areas of the brain had grown (12) larger in people who practiced juggling. However, when they (13) stopped juggling, their brains went back to their (14) normal size.
3 A
This is a (15) common belief, but scientists say there is nothing to (16) prove that it’s true. However, the use of this vegetable as a natural (17) remedy goes back to the Ancient Egyptians, and research shows that it can be an effective (18) treatment for coughs, sore throats and upset stomachs, among other (19) illnesses. Unfortunately, many people dislike the smell, but you can take it in pill form.
4 E
The truth is that people get colds from viruses, not from being cold. (20) however, keeping warm may help you to (21) avoid getting a cold. Researchers at Cardiff University’s Common Cold Centre found that a fall in body temperature can (22) cause cold viruses to become active. In a (23) trial, a group of people sat with their feet in (24) bowls of iced water for 20 minutes. A third of them developed colds in the next five days, compared to only 9% of another group who kept dry.
Объяснение:
C - лишнее. Выбрасываем.