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From London to Moscow; a shopper's world

Harvey Nichols, is one of the top Luxury department stores in London, with branches in other cities. Now it may open (1)____________one in Moscow. Russians are flooding into the London store, to such (2)____________that the management has taken on a number of Russian-speaking staff. What's (3)____________, Russian shoppers are proving to be probably the (4)____________spenders in this decade. As one member of the sales staff told me," Russians don't come to Britain to see (5)____________ sights. They come to shop, and they pay in cash. The way they spend is interesting. For example, women come in , and when they shop for the (6)____________handbag, they buy at least three of them. They often ask (7)____________two of our most expensive coats, and then they buy (8)____________of them. In Russia now, there's a real passion for the most fashionable products.' Last year, Britain was the active foreign investor in Russia. Moscow is full (9)____________colourful advertising hoardings and (10)____________country has more Billionaires than (11)____________except America. That's why the British fashion house Burberrys has two stores in moscow, one of them (12)____________. Rolls-Royce has an impressive showroom near the Kremlin, and boutiques (13)___________British designer clothing are doing a brisk trade. As it turns (14)___________, Harvey Nichols( 15 )------------------------' a] more

1 a) more b) other c) another d) a

2 a) an extent b) a number c) a quantity d) an amount

3 a) more b) over c) else d) most

4 a) big b) greater c) bigger d) biggest

5 a) - b) the c) no d) a

6 a) last b) latest c) latter d) late

7 a) with b) for c) about d) around

8 a) either b) neither c) both d) any

9 a) with b) on c) in d) of

10 a) - b) the c) these d) a

11 a) anybody b) anything c) anywhere d) anyone

12 a) as big as the other b) as big than the other c) so big as the other d) as big as another

13 a) have sold b) selling c) sold d) sell

14 a) up b) out c) on d) over

15 a) to hurry b) hurried c) hurry d) hurrying

Пожалуйста

Он водит машину хорошо.
Ты разговариваешь на трех языках?
Они разговаривают.
Что ты делаешь? Я смотрю телевизор.
История становится все более интересной. ( от сл. get )
Они были здесь в течении месяца.
Я купил хороший словарь. Посмотри.
Он работает с девяти часов. ( since )
Им понравился вчерашний фильм.
Полиция прибыли до того как грабители смогли скрыться. ( escape )

Пожалуйста, переведите все грамотно)

4 “OK,” said Lisa, when they were walking along the narrow, dusty street. “We have to make some entertaining plan. Or we ____________(SPEND) all the holidays doing nothing.
5 Christy was silent for a while then said: “I don’t have any ideas. There __________(BE) nothing to do in this town.
6 Suddenly her mobile ___________. (RING)
7 “My dear Aunt” ____________(WRITE) on the display. For a few minutes, Christy listened. At last she said: “Hold on, I need to discuss it with my friend.” She turned to Lisa.
8 “I think we ___________ (FIND)a way to spend the holidays in a very exciting way. My aunt works at the zoo. They need someone to help them to take care of three new-born tigers. It’s only for a week. Are you ready?”
9 In Itаly, eаch region hаs its own speciаl dishes. In the north for exаmple, you cаn find food thаt is similаr to Germаn cuisine but in the south food is more like Greek аnd ___________(SPAIN) dishes.
10 However, most often Itаly is аssociаted with pizzа and pasta. They are very ____________(TASTE) especially when they are cooked by a good, experienced chef.
11 I also think that Italian ice cream is ____________(DIFFER) from any other the ice cream in the world.
12 The company Grom is perhaps the most well-known______(PRODUCE) of high-quality Italian ice-cream. Their ice-cream is not cheap but it’s worth it.
13 Grom is popular and you can ________(EASY)find their cafes in any guidebook.

1. Andrea is good (on, in, at) biology.
2. Are you looking (forward, for, at) to travelling to Spain?
3. In a week, you'll receive a (subject, report, qualification), it'll inform you about your progress.
4. It was the most frightening (event,case, experience) I've ever had.
5. I was (deep, fast, wide) asieep and had a really strange dream.
6.That building is (huge, tiny, enormous)- it's got more than 100 floors.
7. It's (legal, illegal, break) to smuggle drugs. Punishment is imprisonment.
8. The thieves (made, took, went) jff with a pretty sum of money.
9. He asked Adele to (autograph, sign, record) her name on the photo.
10. How can we (prepare, prevent, involve) car accidents from happening?

about people, animals, and things in faraway lands. Millions of viewers around the world can watch sports events and other events of worldwide interest. TV brings its viewers a steady stream of programmes that are designed to give information and to entertain. In fact, television provides more entertainment programmes that any other kind of mass media. The programmes include sports events, variety shows, quiz shows, feature films, cartoons, fictional serials called soap operas, etc. There are two main kinds of television stations: public stations and commercial stations. Public television stations are supported by the government. They usually broadcast more educational programmes and programmes on cultural subjects. News and current affairs programmes make up an important section of programmes for most public television stations. Commercial television stations are run by private companies. They sell advertising time to pay for their operating costs and to make a profit for the companies that run the stations. People can also subscribe to cable television system. Viewers pay a fee for this service. Cable television signals are delivered to home TVsets of their customers by cables. Some cable systems carry more than one hundred channels – far more than can broadcast even in the largest urban areas. Satellite broadcasting is another form of subscription television. The signals are transmitted to home TVsets from a direct broadcasting satellite in space. The viewer must have a dish-receiver aerial to receive the programmes. We may speak about different advantages and drawbacks of television but almost every home has at least one TVset. On average, a TVset is in use for about 7 hours each day. Thus, television is the most effective means of mass communication known to mankind. It has become the people’s eyes and ears on the world.

III. Найдите в тексте эквиваленты следующих слов и словосочетаний: средства массовой информации, телевидение, телевизор, дома, в далеких странах, спортивные события, зрители, фактически, развлекательные программы, развлекательные представления, художественные фильмы, мультфильмы, художественные сериалы, мыльные оперы, общественные телевизионные станции, транслировать, текущие события, составляют важную часть, продавать рекламное время, затраты, приносить прибыль, управлять станцией, кабельное телевидение, намного больше, спутниковое вещание.

IV. Найдите в тексте синонимы следующих слов: to watch, to comprise, major, to transmit, various, disadvantage.

V. Найдите в тексте антонимы следующих слов: the least, without, less, to buy, the smallest, disadvantage.

VI. Процитируйте предложения из текста, в которых употреблены следующие слова и словосочетания: in faraway lands, a steady stream, soap operas, current affairs, to make a profit, pay a fee, at least.

VIII. Употребите нужную форму глагола to be, to have. Besides the advantages, the television … some drawbacks. To tell the truth, there … many TV programmes that … no cultural or artistic value. There … rather many films about gangsters and killers. We … so tired of them. Lately, so many advertisement clips … appeared on TV screens. But still, TV remains the main source of information, and we … spending a lot of our free time in front of our TVsets.

IX. Дайте ответы на следующие вопросы:

1. What kinds of mass media do you know?

2. Why is TV one of the important mass media?

3. What kinds of mass media do you prefer?

4. How many TVsets do you have at home?

5. How much time a day do you watch TV?

6. Do you have cable or satellite television at home?

7. Do you watch educational programmes?

8. Do you use Internet? For what?

0. Even though the two parties appear united in negotiations, ----.
A) the level of trust between them will always remain, at best, tenuous
B) they weren’t able to agree on the subject
C) they will eventually reach an agreement
D) it is impossible for him to succeed
E) the president unexpectedly rejected it
1. Since flu viruses have been shown to be one of the major causes of bronchitis, ----.
A) acute and chronic bronchitis were both thought to be inflammations of the air passages
B) infants, young children, and the elderly are more likely to get the disease
C) The American Lung Association estimates that about 14 million Americans suffer from the disease
D) getting a flu vaccine may also help prevent acute bronchitis
E) the fever and most other symptoms, except the cough, disappear after three to five days
2. ---- who hides his powers beneath the persona of Clark Kent, a mild-mannered newspaper reporter
A) Superman was played in the movies most famously by actor Christopher Reeve
B) One of the most beloved characters in comic book history
C) Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster for National Comics
D) Superman came to Earth as a baby from the planet Krypton
E) Superman is a seemingly immortal, superhuman comic-strip character created in the late 1930s
3. ----, but the installation of its primary cargo, a European science laboratory, will be delayed for a day Due to the health problem of an astronaut.
A) Space agency officials would not disclose who was ill or what the problem was
B) U.S. space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday
C) NASA rules prevent much disclosure about astronaut health problems
D) Schlegel flew on a shuttle in 1993 and was scheduled to take part in two of the three spacewalks planned for this mission
E) A similar tear occurred on a shuttle flight in June, and NASA sent out a spacewalking astronaut
4. Guitar Hero is a rhythm-based game ----.
A) that it is one of the most favorite games today
B) to whom we are really grateful since we have great time playing it
C) but you had to be very good at playing guitar in order to participate
D) you could have played even if you didn’t have a guitar
E) where you have to play a "guitar" in time with many well known tracks
5. ----, the debate over the best plan of attack to solve the problem is far from settled.
A) Much as there are many good sides of using bio fuels
B) Because global warming is the biggest problem of our era
C) Though the existence of global warming is indisputable at this point
D) Despite of the fact that the authorities tried best ways to solve the pollution problem
E) No matter what we have done so far about the problems reflected to us