VOCABULARY means
Complete each sentence using a word or phrase from the
questionnaire.
1 If you
something
you put it on to see if it fits.
2 To
something
to return something to the shop where you bought it.
3 If you use a
you
don't pay cash and you pay for what you've bought at a
later date.
4 A.
is a piece of paper that shows you have
paid for something.
5 When shops have
they reduce their
prices for a certain period of time.
6 A
is a type of book or magazine which
shows products and their prices.
7 If you
something, you say you want to
buy it and you pick it up or receive it at a later date.
8 If you think something is a
-, you think its
price is very low.
9
are the names of
companies that make products, eg Reebok.​

In the early days of Christianity Christmas was not celebrated as a great event. the first mention of Christmas as the festival refers to the year 200 ad, when theologians in Alexandria decided that Christmas should be celebrated on 20 may. In the 4th century ad the Roman Church tried to unify the celebration in different groups and denominations. having decided to celebrate Christmas on December 25. This date was chosen not by chance — among the pagan cults, which at that time were common, December 25 was celebrated as the birthday of the Sun. St. Cyprian said later, "How wonderfully ordered God that the birth of Christ occurred on the birthday of the Sun". In the early days of Christianity Christmas was not celebrated as a great event. the first mention of Christmas as the festival refers to the year 200 ad, when theologians in Alexandria decided that Christmas should be celebrated on 20 may. In the 4th century ad the Roman Church tried to unify the celebration in different groups and denominations. having decided to celebrate Christmas on December 25. This date was chosen not by chance — among the pagan cults, which at that time were common, December 25 was celebrated as the birthday of the Sun. St. Cyprian said later, "How wonderfully ordered God that the birth of Christ occurred on the birthday of the Sun". The tradition of giving gifts at Christmas is very ancient. Christmas drinks, cards, beautiful boxes with bows — it all came to us from the ancient Romans who exchanged gifts on New Year's day. Holy Eligius in the 7th century warned about the priority of spiritual over physical gifts, but as you can see, some traditions in the truest sense of the word cannot be destroyed.A character named Santa Claus is based on Bishop early Christian Saint Nicholas, who was born in 270 ad in the Turkish village of Patara. It is known that quietly gave money to the poor and gifts. The modern image of Santa Claus is largely based on the 1823 poem "A visit from St Nicholas" (the Visit of Saint Nicholas), also called "the Night before Christmas". To read it in the original can be found here. Our Santa Claus is headed by the cold and frost, and the prototype of it, apparently, was one of the pagan gods, the Great old man of the North, which was notorious for its cold evil disposition.

1 task allows, with the help of a teacher or independently, to learn to understand the text without using a dictionary. To find the correct answer, you need to find the key points of the content of the text. 2 and 3 tasks help to determine the depth of knowledge in the main sections of the morphology and syntax of the English language. In the field of morphology, it is necessary to pay attention to the temporal forms, voice and mood of the verb, the degree of comparison of adjectives, to modal verbs and their equivalents. Task 4 consists of 2 parts.

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