105.Choose the right variant
I was brought up on a farm, so ______hard work.
used
used to
I'm used to
getting used to
106.Choose the right variant
I lived in the country for 20 years, but I'm slowly ________ to living in a city.
am used
getting used
get used
d) to get used
107.Choose the right variant
When I was a student I ______speak German.
used to
use to
got to
was to
108. Choose the right question
My brother used to eat chocolates when he was 5.
Does my brother used to eat any chocolates when he was 5.
Did my brother used to eat any chocolates when he was 5.
Did my brother use to eat any chocolates when he was 5.
Will my brother used to eat any chocolates when he was 5
109. Choose the right variant
I_________ became a multi-millionaire.
a)’ll have
b) ‘llused to
c) I'm used to
d) ‘llgetting
110. Choose the right variant
I___________ to California.
a) ‘llused to have
b) ‘ll have moved
c) ‘llget used
d) ‘ll have move
111. Choose the right variant
I’ll _____ _______ a handsome actor.
a) used to marry
b) have marry
c) have married
d) washave married
112. Choose the right question
I will ____ ____ smoking.
a) have given up.
b) had give up.
c) have had given up.
d) have been given up.
113. Choose the right variant.
A boy who sings in a church
a) A choirboy
b) A singboy
c) A choirkid
d) A singkid
114. Choose the right variant.
The door which is used by the actors and theatre workers when entering and leaving the theatre
a) A stage door
b) A door stage
c) A stage entrance
d) An entrance stage
115. Choose the right variant.
An event in which people compete to show who is the most skilled, esp at being entertaining
a) A talent contest
b) A skill event
c) A skill contest
d) A talent event
116. Choose the right variant. Many of the TV programs are broadcast with subtitles for
a) The deaf
b) The old
c) The young
d) The dead
117.Choose the correct variant.
They export a lot wine from France.
A lot of wine is exported from France.
A lot of wine was exported from France.
A lot of wine is being exported from France.
A lot of wine have been exported from France.
118 .Choose the correct variant.
You can get married when you are 16.
You were allowed get married when you are 16.
You are allowed get married when you 16.
You was allowed get married when you 16.
You have been allowed get married when you 16.
119. Choose the correct variant.
The Comedy store players started 1985perform in London.
The Comedy store players, who started in 1985, perform in London.
The Comedy store players perform who started in 1985 in London.
The Comedy store players perform in London start 1985.
120. Choose the correct variant.
“Please, come to my birthday party, Tom,” said Liana.(invite)
Liana invited Tom to coming to her birthday party.
Liana invited Tom to come to her birthday party.
Liana invited Tom come to her birthday party.
Liana invited Tom coming to her birthday party.
LISTENING
Bank of tests for listening practice
Listening 1 [1.4]
Sarah: What makes me happy? Well, I love watching my children when they’re sleeping. That makes me feel very happy and peaceful. My days are usually extremely busy- I work for father’s travel company until 3 and pick up the kids from school on the way to home. At the moment they are in the other room watching TV so I’ve got a bit of time to myself. Um, what else make me happy? Well, I really enjoy going to museums and art galleries. Last Saturday I went an exhibition with a friend from work-oh, it was just wonderful.
Greg: Well, I really love travelling and visiting new places. That makes me really happy. I’ve been to about 20 countries so far, I enjoyed visiting every one of them, and they are all so different. Um last year I spent six weeks travelling around South America, which was amazing, a different world really. When I’m here in the UK, er, well I really like gardening that makes me happy too. I only have a small garden, but I spent a few hours working in it every weekend. I love watching things grow, it’s very satisfying.
Jenny: What makes me happy? Well, having a lie- in makes me really happy. I have to get up at 6.30every morning for work, including Saturdays. So Saturdays lie-ins are very important to me. Last Sunday I woke up at about 11, then I made some toast and coffee, got the papers and went back to bed- and I didn’t get up until half past one. It was wonderful! But my flat mate is the complete opposite to me. She is the happiest when she’s doing exercises. Dancing makes me happy. I don’t go clubbing very often, but when I do I always have a fantastic time.
Listening 2 [1.20]
Sam: I work as a guide for a company that organizes rainforest holidays here in Costa Rica. I’ve lived in this country for 3 years and I love it. I’ve worked in 2 other Central American countries and I had a great time in both places, but, er, this country is really special. It’s not an easy job- you have to deal with some very difficult people and most of guests have never been in a rainforest before. But they always say it’s the best experience they ever had. Of course, I’ve also had to put up with some idiots. For example, last month two guys set off on their own without telling anyone. They got lost in the rainforest and it took us 2 days to find them. And I’ve just been to San Isidro to pick up a guest from the hospital. He was bitten by poisonous spider he found in his room. He is OK now, though. And you know, at least he’ll have a story to tell people when he gets back home.
Marcia: I started working in the hotel industry 14 years ago, but this is the first time I’ve run a hotel in a touristy place like a Cornwall. My husband and I have had this place since 2001 and I am a bit, er, fed up with it, to be honest. Managing a hotel is quite stressful, particularly when people complain all the time, which can happen. And I can’t stand it when people steal things from the rooms. I suppose people want to bring back a souvenir of their holiday, but surely they’ve got enough towels at home! Another problem is that, um, one of us always has to be here. For example, my husband gone to see some friends off at the station, so I have to stay and look after the hotel. Also it’s very hard to get a holiday together. We’ve been away together a few times, but each time there was a problem at the hotel so we’ve to come back early. But this winter we’re going to close the hotel for 2 weeks and go skiing- we’re really looking forward to it.
Listening 3 [3.23]
How did I become an actor? Well at school when I was about 16 or 17 I was in quite a few plays and once my godfather, who was a television director, came to one of this plays just to see what was going on, not in any professional sense. There wasn’t other sort of motive. He just really came to see me work as his godson. And we, we did the play afterwards he and I were sitting having a chat and he thought maybe having seen my work there, was, had I ever thought going to the theatre as a profession? He thought there were grounds for a possible career move. So, I wrote to the grammar school and, I don’t know, filled in all the forms and did everything that was asked of me and accordingly I was called up to London for an audition and I was late. They wanted an explanation of course- the trains had held me up- but anyway, I got there, I did my audition and waited to hear what was going to happen. The audition’s quite interesting. You have a couple of pieces to do and then they give you a scene. They want to know as an actor, if can tell what the objective in a scene, whether you think the outcome of the scene can go one way or another. They’re quite interesting moment’s they’re improvised. And what was that and then after about2-3 months I heard from the drama school and I’d got it. So. it was thanks to my godfather really that I’d managed to go to drama school and I did 2 year course and here we are, I’m speaking to you.
Listening 4 [1.70]
Amber Benson: Hello, I’m Amber Benson, and here is the news this Tuesday lunchtime. The health service has failed to meet its targets to reduce waiting times in A&E departments in NHS hospitals, according to a new survey carried out by the British Medical Council. The survey said that patients were still waiting too long to see a doctor, with some patients waiting up to 9 hours. However, government spokesperson Francis Hall told reporters that the situation was improving.
Francis Hall: We haven’t met our targets yet, that’s true, but we’ve made a lot of progress. The average waiting time has already been reduced from3 ½ hours nearly 2 2/1 hours, and we expect to see even a better figures in the future.
Amber Benson: A new report on allergies has been published. The report shows that allergies have become one of the UK’s biggest causes of illness, within three people now affected. According to the report, the UK also has the highest rate of asthma in Europe and treatment for this illness cost the NHS over £1billion last year. Dr Jeff Gordon from Charity Allergy Action welcomed the report.
Jeff Gordon: We’re pleased to see that the government has finally decided to take this issue more seriously. However, we feel they still haven’t told us the whole story. For example, the government has also carried out a survey on the causes of allergies, but why haven’t we seen those results yet? That survey hasn’t been still
published, although it was completed 6 months ago. We think they are hiding something.
Amber Benson: And we’ve just heard that the actress Tanya Fisher has died. She was taken to hospital 2 days ago with heart problems. Mrs. Fisher was best known as Jennifer Sheldon in the TV comedy series Over My Dead Body. She was 79. That’s the news this Tuesday lunchtime, now over to Danny Strong for the sport.
Listening 5 [1.54]
Don: I came here to work for a multinational company about 10 years ago, and I’ve been here ever since. I love living here, but it can get really hot in summer months, and I’m no good at all in that kind of weather. Er, this is why air conditioning is so important here. I know for sure, if we didn’t have it in the office, I wouldn’t get much work done. I just don’t know how people managed to do anything here before it was invented. And if we didn’t have it at home I wouldn’t get any sleep at all.
Holly: I like straight hair, but mine is really curly and I hate it. So after I wash my hair I always have to use these hair strengtheners. I’d never leave the house if I didn’t have these. Well, would you go out in public if you looked like clown?
I’ve had these strengtheners for a couple of years now, they’re ok, but they’re not good as my friend Jane’s. But the really good ones are quite expensive. Still I’ve got my birthday coming up next month, and Mum says if she has enough money, she’ll get me some new ones.
Kathy: I’ve got absolutely no sense of direction and I’m hopeless at finding my way around. My brother-in-law’s got a new car and it’s got a GPS, and it’s just amazing. If my car had one, life would be so much easier. I’d probably never get lost again in my life. I’d get one tomorrow if I had enough money, that’s for sure. But they’re quite expensive at the moment so I’ll have to wait until they come down in price. But you know, I spend so much on petrol because I get lost all the time, it might be cheaper to buy one now.
Listening 6 [1.94]
Sandy: For me the most important moment in my life was, probably, the day I met Paula. There was a party at a friend’s house and I was so late leaving I nearly didn’t go. Just think, If I’d stayed at home, I wouldn’t have met my wife. Anyway, when I got there a friend introduced us and we got on really well. Paula was only in England for 3 weeks-she’s Australian, you see-and she was supposed to fly back home the next day. Then she.., then lost her passport, so she had to stay in England to get a new one. She’d had flown home that day if she hadn’t lost her passport. Anyway we spent some time getting to know each other and before we knew it we were in love. We got married 3 years later- and the rest, as they say is history.
Miranda: For me the, um… the biggest turning point in my life was when I lost my job few years ago. I was working for an American multinational company, but they got into a financial trouble and you know, had to get rid of lots of people, including me. I got a bit depressed at first, but I was getting fed up with my job anyway. That was when I decided to do at business management course. Now I live in the country and run my own garden centre – I’ve always loved gardening, and now I’m working with plants and flowers all the time. But if I hadn’t lost my job, I wouldn’t have left London. I don’t get as much money as I used to, but I am definitely much happier. So, um, it’s worked out really well for me, I think.
Barry: Well, for me it’s probably the day I got my first pair of boxing gloves. When I was younger I used to like, get into trouble a lot, you know fighting at school, that kind of things. Then for my 15’th birthday Dad gave me some boxing gloves, kind of like as a joke because I was always fighting. If he’d got me the bike I’d asked for, I’d never had started boxing. Anyway, the next weekend he took me to the gym where they teach kids how to box- and I really loved it.
I lost my first 3 fights, but you know, but I’ve got better as I’ve got older and now I’m thinking of going professional. I know some people don’t like boxing because it’s violent, but it really changed my life. I’d had got into a lot more trouble if I hadn’t started doing this, I’m sure of that.
Listening 7 [1.86]
Joe: So how did it go?
Eva: Oh, quite well, I think. I had to read from the script, then Max, the producer, interviewed me.
J: What did he ask?
E: First he asked me if I was working at the moment.
J: And how did you deal with that?
E: Well I couldn’t tell I was working part-time in a café, could I? So I said no. then he wanted to know what my last acting job had been, so I told him Ward 6.
J: That’s good. It shows you’re working actress-well, some of the time anyway.
E: Very funny. He also asked if I had any acting work in the next 3 months.
J: And what did you say?
E: I told him about other auditions, and said it was very helpful, that was the best thing to say, don’t you think?
J: Yes probably.
E: Oh, and he asked where I’d studied acting.
J: Uh-huh
E: Uh-huh.
E: So I told him about drama school, of course.
J: Did he ask anything else?
E: Er… let me think…yes he asked me what other parts I’d had recently.
J: You told him about FLOWERS IN WINTER, I suppose.
E: OF course. Then guess what?
J: What?
E: He wanted to know whether I was available to start new week!
J: Next week?! So you’ve got the part?
E: Er, no, not exactly- he said he’d let me know by the end of the day. But I have a good feeling about this…I really do.
J: Well, I really hope you get it. Will you still love me when you get famous?
E: No, I’ll go out with someone rich and good-looking, for a charge.
J: Hey.
Listening 8 [4;14; 2.1]
Cassy: I recent the government telling me what I should and shouldn’t eat.
And, um, anyway, they keep changing their minds about what’s good and for you. For example, I’m …we’re always hearing stuff about fat being bad for us. Er, it causes heart attacks and all that, but I heard on the radio only this morning that the French eat a high fat diet and they have fewer heart attacks than we do in America, so where, where does that leave us? As for me, well I don’t care how much fat I eat. Every day when I get home from work. I’ll have a coffee and a half packet of chocolate cookies. That’s a lot of fat. But I know what I like and I eat what I like. I’ve always been like that. Tonight I’ll probably have a burger and fries for dinner- even more fat. And you know what? My mum’s always telling me what I should and shouldn’t eat, and the joke is, I never get ill and she’s ill all the time
Ted: Most of the time I watch what I eat, but, sometimes I’ll things that I know are unhealthy like ice-cream or pizza. But when I was a teenager I’d get up in the morning and go straight to the cookie jar. I used to be addicted to chocolate chip cookies- my mum used to hide them from me. and then I read a lot of books about health and nutrition, and I knew I had to change. One of the big killers is fat, so I’m always reading food labels to see what the fat content is. It drives my girlfriend crazy. And did you know that Japanese people have far fewer heart attacks than Americans? That’s because they have a very low fat diet, you know, stuff like sushi, rice, that sort of thing. They don’t add fat to anything, well, that’s what I heard anyway.
Listening 9 [3.53]
How to make an espresso
First you need good quality beans. Then the beans are ground very finely into a powder. Next, the ground beans are placed into a container in the espresso machine contains water, and when heat the water, it boils and turns into steam. The steam is forced through the coffee by the funnel shape of the container. Finally, the steam condenses at the top of the machine are the liquid falls back into a container. Machines in daily use should be cleaned regularly to keep the fresh coffee taste.
Listening 10 [2. 107]
Apple: the story continues
From success to near failure and back to success. Of all the turnaround stories in the business world, perhaps Apple is the most famous. In the early 1980s Apple computers were faster and more functional than IBM computers, who were the closest competitor. But in 1985 IBM shipped a computer using the Microsoft Windows operating system for the first time, and this made it nearly as good as an Apple. Apple was in trouble, especially when Microsoft developed a business strategy that was much more successful than their own. Microsoft decided that it would license Windows to a variety of different PC makers, not just IBM. As a result, Windows became an Industry standard, and Apple’s market share became smaller and smaller. But Apple wasn’t finished it. In 1997 they brought back Steve Jobs, the founder of the company. He concentrated on design, and Mac computers became trendier and more exciting than boring PCs. But Steve Jobs greatest success in 2001, when Apple launched the iPod- the coolest music player the world had ever seen.
References:
Face2face Intermediate Student’s Book
Chris Redston & Gillie Cunningham, Cambridge University Press 2011
Essential Business Grammar Builder
Paul Emmerson, Macmillan Publishers Limited 2007
Cambridge Objective, Student’s book
Felecity O’Dell, Cambridge University Press,2010
Face2face Upper - Intermediate Student’s Book
Chris Redston & Gillie Cunningham, Cambridge University Press 2011
SPEAKING
Bank of tests for speaking practice
Speaking 1. [3, p 80]
Theme: “Food and restaurants”
Task1. Work in groups of three. Each person should take one of the roles below.
STUDENT A
You are a vegan. You strongly disagree with people eating meat, fish, eggs, cheese or milk.
STUDENT В
You are a vegetarian. You do not eat fish or meat but see nothing wrong in eating dairy products.
STUDENT С
You are a gourmet. You love good food, including meat, fish and dairy products.
Task2. With the partner discuss the following questions.
What do you think about the way food is produced nowadays?
Do you think all children should learn to cook at school?
What role do fast food and junk food play in your country?
What do you eat on special occasions?
How well do you cook?
Task3. Discuss these questions.
Speaking 2.
Theme: Sport [1, p 32]
Task1. Questions for discussion:
Do you enjoy or watching any sports? Why or not why?
Which sports are popular in your country, either to play or to watch?
In your opinion, why are they popular?
Task2. In small groups discuss these questions. Try to use some of the phrases from the Useful language box. Encourage each other to develop your answers, using expressions like the ones opposite.
How important is it to try to win when you’re playing a sport?
( playing for pleasure, getting exercise, developing teamwork)
Do sports like football need expensive stadiums or equipment – isn’t it enough to have a group of people, a peace of land and a ball?
( professional players, amateurs, spectators, developing skills)
Why have some sports become fashionable, and is this a good thing?
(television, newspapers, celebrity sportspeople)
Should sports in which people can get hurt be banned?
( everyday risks, protective clothing, first aid)
Useful language Encouraging others Why do you think that? Has that been your experience? Go on. But have you considered…? But surely…
Some possible responses Not personally, but I’ve heard from other people… Another reason is that… I’d never thought of that. Maybe… You’ve got a point, but don’t forget...
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Task 3. In small groups discuss how to improve at sports or other activities. Consider practice, training, mental preparation, encouragement from other people, watching champions, prizes…
Speaking 3. [3, p 11]
Theme: Family and personality
Task 1. Work in pairs.
STUDENT A
Write down five sentences which describe the kind of person you are attracted to. Example:
I am attracted to a man with a sense of humor. OR I like women with curly hair.
STUDENT В
Write down five sentences which describe the kind of person you are not attracted to. Example:
I can't stand mean people.
Try to guess what qualities your partner likes/ dislikes. Then explain why you wrote what you did.
Task 2. Take it in turns to imagine you are someone else in the class. The others must ask Yes/No questions to guess who you are. Example:
STUDENT A: Have you got dark hair?
YOU: No, I haven't.
STUDENT B: Are you middle-aged?
YOU: Yes, I am.
STUDENT C: Are you Carlos?
YOU: No, I'm not.
If the other students make a wrong guess, you win. They can only ask ten questions.
Task 3. Answer the following questions about yourself.
a) What are you like?
b) What do you look like?
c) What do you like doing?
Speaking 4. [3, p 87]
Theme: Money matters.
Task1. Say whether you think the following future situations are possible or imaginary. Then say what you will do or what you would do in each situation.
Examples:
Your boyfriend phones you this evening. (Possible)
If my boyfriend phones me this evening, I'll tell him I've got a headache.
You are poor. (Imaginary)
If I were poor, I'd live in a cheaper house.
a) You see a bank robbery in the street.
b) The police stop you for driving too fast.
c) Someone asks you to marry them next week.
d) You go to live abroad.
e) The weather is fine at the weekend.
f) You become President of your country.
g) You lose your job.
h) You oversleep.
Tas2. Look at the following situations and compare your ideas with your partner.
What would you do i f . . .
a
)
someone was following you down a dark street?
b) you saw a pool of blood in your living room?
c) you saw the furniture moving on its own?
d) you heard a noise downstairs at 2 a.m. and you were alone?
e) you were trapped in a lift?
f) you ran out of petrol miles away from anywhere?
Task 3. Read the comments made by three teenagers about their attitudes to stealing.
a) Where possible, decide which of their comments you agree or disagree with and write down any comments of your own.
b) Do you sympathize with any of the young people? Is stealing more acceptable if you're poor? Discuss your views in groups.
c) Read what the young people said again and find two colloquial expressions which mean steal.
Speaking 5.
Theme: Changing your life [3, p 64]
Task1. Express your opinion: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle
Task 2. “It changed my life…” Storytelling
W
ork
in groups. You are going to tell a story about a man who was found
unconscious in a tube train. Choose at least one of the words from
both A and В
below and one of the items in each of С
and D and decide on your story line. Practice telling the story,
adding as many ideas as you like.
Task 3. Discussion.Can you think of one way that could change your life for the better?
Speaking 6.
Theme: Transport and travelling. [2, p 43]
Task 1. You are going on a three-week 'adventure' walking holiday in Northern Thailand. You will be walking
through jungle and across high hills in a remote part of the country where there are very few people and a lot of wild animals. You hope to stay with families in small villages. You can carry only a rucksack and it must not be too heavy. You have already packed the basic clothes and food supplies you will need, and you will have your money in
y
our
pocket. You have only got room left for ten
more items. You are going to meet your
travelling companion in Thailand and you will not be in contact
before you set off on the trip.
Task 2. Look at the items in the box and decide which
ones you will definitely not take. Then put the rest
of the items in order of priority.
Task 3. Discuss your list in groups, justifying your
choices. Agree on the ten things you want to take, in
order of importance. You might want to use
expressions like these:
Making suggestions
Let's take... Shall we...? Why don't we... ?
Giving opinions
/ think we should take... because..
Agreeing/disagreeing
Great idea!
Rubbish!
I think that's a good!
silly idea.
Yes, but...
Speaking 7.
Theme: The right job for you
Task 1. Read the text. Number the pictures A-l below in order 1-9. What do the words/phrases in bold mean?
Michael was unemployed and was looking for a job. He saw an advertisement for a job as a computer programmer. He decided to apply for it, and sent his CV and an application form. A week later he had an interview and a few days later the boss phoned to say that he had got the job. He went to sign the contract, and the next day he started work. He had to work very hard and do overtime, but he was happy because he earned a good salary. At first everything went well, and after six months he got promoted. But unfortunately a few months later he had an argument with the boss and was sacked. Michael was unemployed again.
Task2. Describe someone who has motivated you.
You should say:
Who are they ?
What was special about this person?
What other people say about this person and explain why this person has motivated you.
Use a mind map like the example opposite to make notes of important points and then give your talk to your partner. Time yourself- make sure you speak for a maximum of two minutes.
A Teacher at my secondary school
Had worked in advertising. Knew about the business world.
Friendly, gave me confidence, extra help with exams.
Helped with university application. Made me interested in business studies.
Liked by most students. Not traditional enough, said parents.
Task3. Look at these jobs. Which of them do you think are most valuable to society?
Airline pilot astronomer car mechanic soldier computer programmer dentist English teacher footballer lawyer Newsreader plastic surgeon plumber Poet pop singer Prime Minister Refuse collector vet |
Speaking 8
Theme: My ideal house [3, p 57]
Task 1. Look at these photographs. Which place would you most like to live in? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each place.
a tree bouse a traveller's caravan a houseboat
Task 2. Imagine you are an estate agent. Work with your partner and try to 'sell' an unusual home to your partner. Your partner must think of all the objections. Example:
A: An island house is just what you need. It is private and really quiet.
в: Yes, but it's very expensive, and what happens when the sea is rough?
Task 3.Think for a few minutes about your dream house would be like and make notes.
Where would it be?
What kind of house or flat would it be?
What special features would it have?
Speaking 9
Theme: Higher Education in the USA [4, p 58]
Task 1. Express your opinion:
1. What are the main categories of higher educational institution in the USA? Specify the difference between them.
2. What factors contribute to the prestige of this or that higher educational establishment in the USA?
3. The American system of higher education is largely decentralized, isn't it?
4. Do all the students have to pay for their education at the college or university? What are the sources of getting money to pay tuition fees?
5. Why do most students study at public institutions of higher education?
6. Imagine you are going to enter a university in the USA. What should you know about the terms of application?
7. What do you know about the classification of students in American colleges and universities?
8. What degree do American colleges and universities award after four years of study? What degrees do graduate schools grant?
9. What criteria do the accreditation agencies use to rate universities and colleges?
10. Why are many Americans not satisfied with the condition of higher education in their country?
Task 2. Make up a list of questions to ask at the admission interview.. Role-play the interview with your group-mates:
For example:
-How have you prepared yourself to study in the States?
-How well can you speak, read and write the English language?
-Have you taken an English proficiency test?
-What particular academic field do you want to pursue?
-What are your financial resources?
Task 3. Act out the part of the interview where the interviewee is invited to ask questions.
Speaking 10
Theme: Mass media.[2, p 38]
Task 1: group discussion
In groups of 4 or 5 students, to be organised prior to the examination date, choose one of your favourite TV programs and discuss its impact on the lives of young people. Each group discussion will take approximately 15 minutes.
Task2. With a partner, read this question and answer.
Question : Do you ever advertise products or companies,
for example by recommending them to friends?
Answer: Yes, I sometimes do.
That answer doesn’t show how good your English is. Here are some answers that have been expanded. By each of the beginnings (1-3), write the letters of the expansions (a-e) that can follow it.
1. Yes, I sometimes do. __________
2. No, I don’t __________
3. I’ve never thought about it. __________
a For instance, I told my friends about my mobile phone, because I thought it was very smart.
b I suppose I do, because carrying a plastic bag with a company’s name on it is a form of advertising.
C The reason is that one of my friends does it all the time, and it gets very boring.
D I’m not sure if I would want to, but perhaps it’s hard to avoid.
E May be I’ll stop doing it, because I don’t want to provide free advertising for companies.
Now answer these questions , using some of the phrases in bold above to develop your answer.
Do you ever advise people not to buy certain products?
Does advertising affect what you buy?
Does advertizing make you want things you can’t afford to buy?
Task 3. In small group , discuss what these quotes mean and say what you think about them. Remember what you say.
Telling lies If the advertising
does not work Budget is big enough, you
in advertising. can make people
believe anything.
In our factory,
we make lipstick.
In our advertising ,
we sell hope.
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LITERATURE
1. Annie Boadhead”Objective” Felicity O’Dell, -Cambridge University Press-2008
2 . Michael Harris, David Mower “New Opportunities”– Intermediate, Longman-2006.
3. Matters Intermediate (SB, WB). Longman Group UK Limited, 2002
4. Elizabeth Sharman-Across cultures.Culture. Literature. Music. Language.-Longman-2007
5. Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham Coening, Paul Seligson “New English File” Oxford University Press 2005
READING
Bank of tests for lreading practice
Text 1. THE DREAM
It chanced that in August 1917 the work upon which I was engaged obliged me to go from New York to Petrograd , and I was instructed for safety’s sake to travel by way of Vladivostok. I landed there in the morning and passed an idle day as best I could. The trans-Siberian train was due to start, so far as I remember, at about nine in the evening. I dined at the station restaurant by myself. It was crowded and I shared a small table with a man whose appearance entertained me. He was a Russian, a tall fellow, but amazingly stout, and he had so vast a paunch that he was obliged to sit well away from the table. His hands, small for his size, were buried in rolls of fat. His hair, long, dark, and thin, was brushed carefully across his crown in order to conceal his baldness, and his huge sallow face, with its enormous double chin, clean-shaven, gave you an impression of indecent nakedness. His nose was small, a funny little button upon that mass of flesh: and his black shining eyes were small too. But he had a large, red, and sensual mouth. He was dressed neatly enough in a black suit. It was worn but shabby; it looked as if it had been neither pressed nor brushed since he had it.
The service was bad and it was almost impossible to attract the attention of a waiter. We soon got into conversation. The Russian spoke good and fluent English. His accent was marked but not tiresome. He asked me many questions about myself and my plans, which – my occupation at the time making caution necessary – I answered with a show of frankness but with dissimulation. I told him I was a journalist. He asked me whether I wrote fiction and when I confessed that in my leisure moments I did, he began to talk of the later Russian novelists. He spoke intelligently . It was plain that he was a man of education.
Text 2. THE OPEN WINDOW
My aunt will be down presently , Mr. Nuttel,” said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen; ”in the meantime you must try and put up with me.”
Framton Nuttel endeavored to say the correct something which should duly flatter the niece of the moment without unduly discounting the aunt that was to come. Privately he doubted more than ever whether these formal visits on a succession of total strangers would do much towards helping the nerve cure which he was supposed to be undergoing .
“I know how it will be,” his sister had said when he was preparing to migrate to this rural retreat;” you will bury yourself down there and not speak to a living soul, and your nerves will be worse than ever from moping. I shall just give you letters of introduction to all the people I know there. Some of them, as far as I can remember, were quite nice.”
Framton wondered whether Mrs.Sappleton, the lady to whom he was presenting one of the letters of introduction, came into the nice division.
“Do you know many of the people round here?” asked the niece, when she judged that they had had sufficient silent communion.
“Hardly a soul,” said Framton. “My sister was staying here, at the rectory, you know, some
four years ago, and she gave me letters of introduction to some of the people here.”
He made the last statement in a tone of distinct regret.
“Then you know practically nothing about my aunt?” pursued the self-possessed young lady.
“Only her name and address,” admitted the caller. He was wondering whether Mrs. Sappelton was in the married or widowed state. An indefinable something about the room seemed to suggest masculine habitation.
“Her great tragedy happened just three years ago,” said the child; “that would be since your sister’s time.”
“Her tragedy?” asked Framton; somehow in this restful country spot tragedies seemed out of place.
“You may wonder why we keep that window wide open on an October afternoon,” said the niece, indicating a large French window that opened on to a lawn.
“It is quite warm for the time of the year,” said Framton; “but has that window got anything to do with the tragedy?”
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