At the week-end he always do plenty of running, tennis or swimming.




He stays in, or watches TV or a film on DVD.

He likes going to the park with his friends, or for a bike ride by himself. In winter he goes to the gym or helps his dad with stuff in the house.

The Republic of Belarus

 

On geographical maps our republic looks like a birch leaf in outline. The area of Belarus is 207,6 thousand square km, it stretches 560 km from north to south and 650 km from west to east.

It borders on the Polish republic, on Russia and the Ukraine, on Baltic republics.

Nearly 12 million people live in the multinational Belarus. The Republic is divided into 6 regions: Brest, Gomel, Grodno, Minsk, Mogilev and Vitebsk and 117 districts. There are 100 cities and towns, 110 townships and about 25,000 villages. 64 % of the population live in the towns.

Most of Belarus is a flat country. More than a quarter of the republic’s area is covered with forests and bushes. The climate in our republic is moderately continental, so the weather is unstable here. There are over 20,000 long and short rivers and more than 10,000 lakes in Belarus.

Our republic is an independent state. It has its own national Emblem, Anthem, Flag and Government. Belarus is the member of the United Nations Organization.

Билет № 25(70)

SURPRISE PARTY

 

Liz was just finishing the final details for the surprise party she was planning for her husband. She had been thoroughly preparing for this event, designing every aspect of the party from the invitations to the food, and she was very excited about it. Family members whom Andrew hadn't seen in years were flying in from Poland in a few days. Liz had tracked down several college friends, and they were coming from various places across the country. A band and dancers were invited.

The best part for Liz was that she knew Andrew did not have any idea about the party. She could not wait to see the look on his face when he walked into a big "Surprise!" in his own home.

The party was supposed to be on Saturday. As Liz was daydreaming about picking relatives up at the airport the next day and taking them to their hotel, Andrew walked into the kitchen and said, quite certainly, "Sweetheart, I don't want anything special done for my birthday." "What do you mean?" Liz responded calmly, though her heart began to beat. "I mean that I don't want a surprise party." "Okay," Liz said. "Not a problem." Liz's mind raced. There was nothing she could do about Andrew's request now. And, frankly, she didn't want to. Liz had been planning this for more than a year. The party would go off as she intended. She did not want all of her effort to fail. When Andrew came home Saturday evening from playing soccer with friends, he was shocked. Tears filled his eyes. This response was something Liz had not predicted. Among the crowd he saw friends whom he had not seen in nearly 20 years and family members who had come from Poland just for this evening. But along with being deeply moved, he was also angry with his wife. He knew he could be emotional, and he did not like people to see him that way. That was why he did not like being surprised.

Salsa music filled the home of Liz and Andrew. Liz whispered "I love you" in Andrew's ear, they shared a kiss, and the two danced the whole night.

2. The author describes the preparations Liz made for the birthday party. Find this extract and read it aloud.

3. What did Andrew ask Liz for?

4. How did Andrew feel at the party?

 

1. This text is about the the preparations Liz made for Andrew’s birthday. She wanted to make a surprise for him inviting his relatives and friends whom he had not seen in nearly 20 years.

 

2. 1 абзац.

 

3. Andrew asked Liz not to make a surprise party.

 

4. He was shocked and deeply moved, though he was angry with his wife.

 

 

Билет 25 (70)

Speaker 1: I am a shop assistant and I work in a shop and what really makes me angry is when I am serving somebody and then their mobiles ring and they answer the phone and start having a conversation. It is really annoying. I think if you are in a shop and talking to a shop assistant, you shouldn’t answer the phone.

Speaker 2: I hate when people talk very loudly on their mobile phones in public places. The other day I was in the waiting room at the doctor’s and there was a man whose mobile rang about every ten minutes and we all had to listen to him talking loudly to his wife, then to his boss, then to a garage mechanic… I think if you are in a public place, you should speak really quietly or go somewhere else. And you don’t have to shout – the other people can hear you perfectly well.

Speaker 3: What really annoys me is people who use their phones a lot when they are with other people – like you are out having a meal with someone and they spend the whole time talking on the phone or texting messages to other people to arrange what they are doing the next day. I think it is very rude.

1. What really makes him angry is when he is serving somebody and then their mobiles ring and they answer the phone and start having a conversation.



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