Is a vision embraced by many people personally, each unlike any other.

Which New York you see depends on who you are and (8) you

live: my New York is not, and never will be, (9) .

But while we may not be able to live in all of these intersecting cities,

(10) them is a definite possibility.

3 Comment on the following issues.

Present a review about a gym, a sport club or a sport centre:

• include information on the equipment, facilities and customer service;

• mention how often you go there and what sports you do.

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Variant 21

1 Read the text and mark () the following statements «True» or «False».

In ancient times, there was a King who decided to have an experiment.

He placed a huge stone on a roadway. Then he hid himself and

watched to see if anyone would remove it. Some of the king’s wealthiest

merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many

loudly blamed the King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did

anything about getting the stone out of the way.

Then a peasant came along; he was carrying a load of vegetables.

Upon approaching the huge rock, the peasant laid down his burden and

tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and

straining, he finally succeeded. After the peasant picked up his load

of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying on the road where the rock had

been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the King

indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder

from the roadway.

The peasant learned what many of us never understand! Every obstacle

presents an opportunity to improve our condition.

True False

1 The story happened long ago.

2 The King ordered his servants to place a huge

stone on a roadway.

3 The King was watching the road from the

shelter.

4 Most people of the kingdom ignored the stone.

5 No one blamed the King for not keeping the

roads clear.

6 The peasant was carrying some wood.

7 It was difficult for the peasant to move the

rock away from the road.

8 The peasant didn’t manage to move the rock

away.

9 Under the rock there was a purse.

10 The King went out of the shelter and thanked

the peasant for his job.

46 Variant 21

2 Complete the text with the words from the table.

Dear friends,

Being here is such a rich experience, it’s hard to stop talking about

it — and harder still to know where to start. When we got (1) the

plane in the capital it was so hot I thought there must be some humidity

alert. However I was wrong, of course; it was actually unseasonably

cool that day, as I now realize.

Those were the days, though, when we couldn’t get (2) of this

place. The people were the friendliest people on earth, and nothing we

did seemed to disturb them. After a while that changed, of course, and it

began to dawn on us that one or two things about our culture appeared

to be different from theirs, and that probably we shouldn’t be quite so

sure we weren’t disturbing the locals, since maybe they didn’t express

their (3) the same way we did!

Training is now less pressing than at the beginning, though during

those early weeks I remember it was very intense; and we were so