№1.
Read the texts (A–G) and match them with the titles (1–8).There is one
extra title.
Подобрать для
каждого текста заголовок. Один заголовок лишний.
1.TV and health problems
2.TV and the parents’ guidance
3.The positive side of TV
4 .TV as a family member
5.TV and children
6.Life without TV
7.TV and a daily routine
8.TV in the past
A
Many people think that
television is evil. It isn’t all that bad. TV is a friend for the elderly and
an entertainer-babysitter for the young. It makes burglars think we’re home
when we’re not. It entertains us cheaply with live action sports, great movies,
ballets, concerts and singular events of the world all in living colour. It
educates us about everything from heathy diets to international problems.
B
How much television watching
should parents allow? There is certainly nothing inherently wrong with TV.
However, research has shown that as the amount of time spent watching TV goes
up, the amount of time devoted to homework, study, social development and
physical activities decreases. Television is bound to have its tremendous
impact on a child, both in terms of how many hours a week he watches TV and of
what he sees.
C
With television programs
designed specifically for babies, the question whether kids under two years of
age should be watching becomes very important. We are learning more all the
time about early brain development, but we do not yet have a clear idea how
television may affect it. Some studies link early TV viewing with later
attention problems. Other experts disagree with these results, though they
admit that TV viewing before age three may hurt later development.
D
Just about everyone now owns
and watches television. We’ve become accustomed to a fairly predictable and
monotonous home life. Every working day we come home and switch on the TV.
Every night we cook dinner, clean up the kitchen, watch some TV. Every weekend
we do the shopping and settle in to watch a movie. It’s relaxing to lie down on
the sofa at the end of a tiring day and to flip through the channels with the remote
control in one hand and a bowl of chips in the other.
E
Before TV families used to sit
down together for dinner and dinner was hardly over with when the kids wanted
to go outside and play with their friends. Then came black and white TV! It
brought entertainment into our homes and also with this came the media. In the
1960sTV was really worth watching. There were all types of movies on. Most of
today’s kids would find those programmes boring now, but we laughed and it was
good light entertainment.
F
Five years ago we decided to
get rid of our TV. So out went the TV set and in came books, cooking, lengthy
discussions, hiking and much needed sleep. Life has become more relaxed and at
last we are getting as much sleep as we need. To stay up to date on world
events, we use the Internet. If there is a big sports game that my husband
wants to watch, he heads to a friend’s house and they watch it together. Or
sometimes we even head to the stadium to catch the real thing as a family.
G
Parents can show how to choose
useful and interesting TV programmes. They can help the kids to find informative,
educational programmes. There are some remarkable things for a kid to see and
enjoy on television, and parents can encourage them while discouraging watching
undesirable programmes. Parents should remember that while television can give
preschoolers a lot of useful information, it doesn’t raise their IQ or improve
their school grades.
№2
Read the texts again. Which of the statements (1–5) correspond to the
content of the texts (1 –True), which –don’t (2 –False) and about which is
there no information (3 –Not stated)? Fill in your answers in the squares after
each statement. (5points max.)
Установить, какие из предложенных утверждений
соответствуют содержанию текста (True–1), какие
–не соответствуют (False–2) и о чём в тексте не сказано, т. е. на основании текста нельзя
дать ни положительного, ни отрицательного ответа(Not
stated–3).
1.We learn about a lot of
things from television.
1) True 2) False
3) Not stated
2.There is nothing good about
TV.
1) True 2)
False 3) Not stated
3.TV has become part of our
lives.
1)True 2) False
3) Not stated
4.Many families live without
TV in their homes.
1) True 2)
False 3) Not stated
5.Parents should help their
children to choose what to watch on TV.
1) True 2) False
3) Not stated
№3
Paraphrase each sentence using the Passive so that it means the
same as the original sentence.
Перефразировать предложения, используя пассивный залог.
1.Leonardo da Vinci made first
sketches of submarines in the late 1400s.
2.In1890s people built the first real submarine.
3.Today countries
spend billions of dollars on building submarines.
№4
Прочитайте
приведенный ниже текст и употребите слова 1-4,
напечатанные заглавными буквами,
в необходимой грамматической форме.
Saltwater
crocodiles live in Australia,
India and Asia. They live in riversand
in places near the sea. They can adapt to 1_____DIFFER_________types
of
water.
They are very
good 2______SWIM_______,
and can swim distances of1,000
kilometres in the sea.
Saltwater
crocodiles are 3______DANGER___________
very big –between three and five meters long.
Not all types of
crocodiles are 4_________USUAL_______, but saltwater Crocodiles attack humans. Every year they kill one or
two people.
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