Task 1. Read the texts and match them with the titles. There is one title you don't have to use
a) It Is Becoming One of the Necessities All Over the World
b) Travelling As a Hobby
c) Winning People's Hearts on Both Sides of the Atlantic
d) Not to Be Worse Than Those Around You
e) Life and Music
f) The Nation Turned into Pupils
g) They Want to See It with Their Own Eyes
Test 1.
Task 1. Read the texts and match them with the titles. There is one title you don't have to use
a) It Is Becoming One of the Necessities All Over
the World
b) Travelling As a Hobby
c) Winning People's Hearts on Both Sides of the
Atlantic
d) Not to Be Worse Than Those Around You
e) Life and Music
f) The Nation Turned into Pupils
g) They Want to See It with Their Own Eyes
1. Money can buy happiness but only if you are richer than your neighbours. Sociologists found that it was
not quite true to say that being wealthy «will not make a person happy, according to today's research. But it
depends on a person’s ability not to live worse than his or her neighbour. Researchers in the US are sure that
most of people are in a nonstop wealth race with their neighbours.
2. A lot of young Britons go travelling thanks to the films they watch or books they read. A research has
shown that as many as 45 per cent of 16 to 24yearolds say that fiction greatly influences their choice of
holiday places. For instance, New Zealand has had a big rise in tourism from the UK since the first of the
Lord of the Rings trilogy. It is clear that more and more young people wish to visit the parts of the world
which have been made famous by writers and film directors.
3. James Blunt has been nominated the best male singer and songwriter. His way to success hasn't been easy.
He was born into a military family, became a pilot at the age of 16 and joined the army. Finally he found
himself in a studio in Los Angeles, where he recorded his multimillion selling album "Back to Bedlam".
James draws his personal lyrics from his life, making them touching and honest.
4. Jem, the best female singer, is from Wales, Great Britain, but became a success in the US before her home
country. Her debut album went straight to the top of the charts, her name appeared in lots of newspapers.
She seems to be a sweet and easygoing girl but at the same time she is very strong and fairly ambitious.
With both the US and the UK at her feet, she is going to be a megastar.
5. You can be a Japanese manager on business in Brazil, a Mexican computer scientist at a conference in
India, or a Norwegian tourist in an Italian street market, there is one thing you are likely to have in common
— you are probably speaking English.
"There's never before been a language that's been spoken by more people as a second than a first language."
says Englishlanguage expert David Crystal, author of English as a Global Language.
6. Britain has a growing English language Teaching industry. They say that by 2020 it will be the UK's
biggest export, giving the income of 20 billion pounds a year.
One of the fastest growing markets is China. Though Chinese is the world's top language as it has the largest
number of native speakers, the Chinese themselves want to learn English. Li Yang, an exnewsreader even
developed a new method of leaching it. The language is taught in big stadiums to classes of thousand.
Task 2. Complete the text. Use the appropriate forms of the words on the rightJane Smith worked in a primary school. She (1) ... there since the time she (2) ...
college and met her (3)... students. She never (4)... the fact that her students were
very young (5).... Jane (6)... absolutely satisfied with her job and (7)... that she
(8)... her lessons with little boys and girls very much. She liked the time they (9) ...
in the classroom. While her pupils (10) ..., drawing or reading she often (11) ...
how wonderful they were. At those moments she was really in harmony with
herself.
work, leave
one, regret
child, feel, admit
appreciate, spend
write, think
Task 3. Read the text and complete it with the derivatives of the words on the right
Heart disease leads to four million deaths in Europe each year. Heart attacks
sound (1)... and they are. Our heart is the most (2)... organ in our body. It beats
day and night. But (3)... it can stop beating: this is a heart attack. The majority of
heart attacks are (4).... One major factor is diet. (5) ...s say that things we eat are
often (6).... They contain too much fat, sugar and salt. All these can lead to heart
diseases. Stress, anger, little exercise also (7)... the heart. But the worst thing of
all is (8)....
occasion
prevent, special
terribly, importance,
healthy
weak
smoke
Task 4. Read the text and choose the appropriate words to complete it
J.K. Rowling is the author of the "Harry Porter series. She is internationally famous. Her books have been
sold over 377 (1)... copies worldwide. Rowling is one of (2)... writers of our time. In 2006 Forbes (3)... her
the second richest female entertainer in the world. How did she get there?
As a child, Rowling (4)... writing stories. She was good (5)... languages and didn't like sports or maths.
After (6)... French and Classics at the University of Exeter she moved to London to work as a researcher
and (7)... secretary. One day, while she was on a fourhour delayedtrain trip between Manchester and
London, she (8)... the idea for a story of a young boy who goes to a school of wizardry. As soon as she got
home, she began writing.
1. a) million
2. a) unsuccessful
3. a) named
4. a) was fond
5. a) about
6. a) studies
7. a) second language
8. a) developed
b) millions
b) most successful
b) admitted
b) enjoyed
b) on
b) study
b) twolanguages
b) found
c) million of
c) the most successful
c) appreciated
c) delighted
c) at
c) selfstudy
c) bilingual
c) took
d) millions of
d) the least successful
d) believed
d) wanted
d) in
d) studying
d) twolanguaged
d) received