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1. We went on a guided _______________ of the UK.
2. The first _______________ taken by the ocean liner ‘Queen Mary’ took place in 1936.
3. Foreign ____________________ never really appealed to him until he visited England.
4. The Australian Museum offers group _____________ with professional guides.
5. She’s away on a business ______________ and won’t be back until next week.
6. They used to go on family ________________ to the countryside.
7. Our parents wished us a safe _______________ as we drove away.
8. My parents went on a/an ________________ around the Mediterranean.
Задание №3. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.
One... day... father and his... rich... family took his... son on... trip to... country with... firm... purpose of showing him how poor... people can be. They spent... day and... night at... farm of... very poor family. When they returned from their... trip,... father asked his... son, "How was... trip?" "Very good, Dad!" "Did you see how poor... people can be?"... father asked. "Yeah!" "And what did you learn?"... son replied: "I saw that we have... dog at... home, and they have four. We have... pool that reaches to... middle of... garden; they have... river that has no... end. We have... imported lamps in... garden; they have... stars. Our... patio reaches to... front yard; they have... whole horizon." When... little boy finished speaking, his... father was speechless. His... son added, "Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are."
Задание №4. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в одном из следующих времен: Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Continuous, Past Continuous.
1. I (to see) my friend in the street yesterday, but he (to run) for a bus and he (not to have) time to speak to me.
2. What your son (to do)? — He (to study) computer science.
3. What you (to do) at this weekend?
4. When she (to open) the door, a man (to stand) on the doorstep. It (to be) her uncle, but she (not to recognize) him because he (to wear) dark glasses.
5. Last night we (to go) to a cafe to meet our friends.
Задание №5. Переведите английские пословицы, обращая внимание на модальные глаголы. Постарайтесь вспомнить русские эквиваленты пословиц, где это возможно.
1. A man can do no more than he can.
2. Anyone who has to ask the price cannot afford it.
3. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones at their neighbors.
4. You must learn to walk before you can run.
5. He who falls today may rise tomorrow.
Задание №6. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в одном из следующих времен: Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple; Present Continuous, Past Continuous.
1. Where your brother (to work)? — He (to work) at an institute.
2. Your grandmother (to sleep) when you (to come) home yesterday?
3. What your brother (to do) tomorrow?
4. I (not to go) to the shop yesterday. I (to go) to the shop tomorrow.
5. Where Kate (to go) when you (to meet) her yesterday?
Вариант №8.
Задание №1. Переведите и прочитайте текст
THE BIRTH OF THE "SEVENTH ART"
Can you imagine life without films or television, cinema's little sister?
Today we can watch television 24 hours a day, we can go to the cinema or put a cassette into our video when we want. We can even make video films ourselves.
But imagine the surprise and the shock that people felt when they saw the first films in 1895! There was no sound, no colour and the films were very short: they lasted from 60 to 90 seconds! Besides, they did not tell a story.
They were glimpses of real life: a military parade, a running horse, a boxing match, the ocean... One of the first films showed a train coming towards the camera. The audience panicked and ran away! The frightened people were sure that the train was coming into the theatre.
The cinema was the perfect popular entertainment. It was not expensive and, at first, the audience consisted mainly of workers. The rich and intellectual classes ignored it. They didn't think it was art.
Gradually films became longer and started to tell stories. Edwin Porter was one of the first directors who made such a film in 1903. It was The Great Train Robbery, the first Western in the history of the cinema. This 11-minute film became a sensational hit.
As soon as the films learned to tell stories, they began to film the classics.
Silent films had orchestras or pianists. Later, printed titles were invented.
In 1911 the first studio was opened in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Filmmakers soon realised that the place was perfect for shooting nearly any film — it had mountains, desert and ocean. Soon nearly all important American studios were in Hollywood. The next thirty years became Hollywood's greatest years.
The era of the talking film began in 1927 with the enormous success of Warner Brothers' The Jazz Singer. The film mostly told its story with titles, but it had three songs and a short dialogue. There were long queues in front of the Warner Theatre in New York... The silent film was dead within a year.
The first colour films were made in the 1930s. The introduction of colour was less revolutionary than the introduction of sound. The silent film soon disappeared, but the black-and-white films are made even today.
The most important aspect of the cinema was that, for the price of a ticket, people could dream for a few hours. The little boy who went to a Saturday matinee in Manchester or Marseilles could imagine he was a courageous cowboy. The mother in Birmingham or Berlin could imagine she was Scarlett O'Hara in the arms of Rhett Butler.
Today, no one disputes cinema's place as the "seventh art". It has provided as many great artists as literature, the theatre, and any of the other arts.