Задание 1. Выберите правильный вариант ответа. 1. Mike said that he that film 2 weeks before watch/watched 2 The musical performance is to be a success. going/will 3. A. S. Pushkin is an outstanding Russian writers/writer 4. My brother prefers music is rather tuneless. which/who 5. The newspaper that there were a lot of wounded in the accident. report/reported Задание 2. Преобразуйте предложения в косненную речь, используя правило согласования премен 1. Alec: "My friend lives in Moscow" 2 Teacher. "You haven't done your homework well" 3. Tom "Nothing will make me do it" 4 Jane: "My friend is a painter". 5. Student: "I worked hard this year" Задание 3. Подберите заголовки к абзацам. Один заголовок лишний. A. Digital personal assistants B Phone addiction C. Back to real-life communication, D A new music instrument Mobile phones 1) With mobile phones we can contact anyone, anywhere, any time. Scientists say that some people are so used to mobiles that they can't go to the kitchen without them. They are in panic if they leave them at home or lose. It has become a habit to have a mobile everywhere. People depend on mobile phones so much that doctors have started worrying. They say it may be a thing similar to drugs. 2) In 2010, a young girl from China made a song using only her mobile phone. She wrote it without any guitars, pianos, drums. She used different functions of her mobile. It took her several days to record the song. Later she made a video of it and put the video on the Internet, where over a million people watched it. She sent the song to the Apple company and süggested using it in their advertisements. 3) Today's mobile phones can already send e-mails, surf the internet, and keep you in touch with friends. Tomorrow's phones are like helpful secretaries. In a few years you'll see that they know your habits and can advise you what to cook for dinner. They will remind you where to go and what gift to buy Задание 4. Прочитайте текст и определите истинность утверждений 1-3 после него (true, false, notstated). 1) Shakira went to one of the most well-known schools in Columbia. 2) At school Shakira was careful to eat only healthy food. 3) When Shakira became famous, she set up a charity fund to help homeless children. Shakira Shakira Ripoll was born on February 2, 1977. in Colombia. She was the only daughter of a well-respected businessman and his wife. When Shakira was a child, her mother discovered that the girl had a gift for writing. Shakira knew the alphabet by the age of eighteen months, and at three she knew how to read. By the time she was four, she was ready for school School was not just a place where little Shakira learnt her arithmetic and geography. There she began to understand such great things as kindness, love, trust, and other human ideals. She realized what real friendship was and how much her family meant to her. Later it helped her to decide what to do with the big money she earned. Shakira loved attention and wished to find a way to get it. She sang a lot for her schoolmates and teachers, However, the music teacher told her that she sounded "like a goat". Shakira wasn't too upset about it and soon found a more original way to become the centre of attention. It was dancing. It helped her to express herself and become famous in school. What is interesting is that no one had ever taught her to dance. As soon as the bell rang after class, Shakira was the first one to run and get in line for the cafeteria. She usually bought a pepsi, a hamburger and something sweet, like a muffin or a piece of cake. She seldom took a packed lunch from home. Though Shakira was a lover of fast food, she had no weight problems, as she loved dancing. When she was eight, Shakira's father lost all his money because his business went bankrupt. For a while Shakira had to stay with her relatives in Los Angeles. When the girl returned, she was shocked to see almost everything that her family had, had been sold. She later said: "In my childish head, this was the end of the world." To show her that things could be worse, her father took her to a local park to see the homeless children. What she saw shocked her deeply and she said to herself: "One day I'm going to help these poor kids when I become a famous singer or dancer" Between the ages of ten and thirteen Shakira was invited to various dance events and became very popular in the area. It was at this time that Shakira met a local theatre producer, who was impressed with her performance and as a result tried to help her career. This woman organized a meeting with the managers of the Sony company. After Shakira