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34.

1) stared

2) glanced

3) watched

4) gazed

Dr Tomas Strayer looked around the control room at his team of scientists and engineers. He was 30_________ to be calm, but he was both excited and terrified.  

'Ready,' he said, and pressed the first button, bringing to life the complicated computers and machines around them.

'Set,' he said, and pressed the second button, 31_________ on the huge particle accelerator that lay in a huge underground laboratory, deep beneath the towns and fields of Switzerland. 

'Go,' he said, at exactly twelve o'clock, and pressed the final button.

For a second, everything went absolutely black, as if he had gone blind. Tomas cried out in shock, but the lights were already on again. Whatever that was, it was not 32_________ to have happened.

'Everybody check the systems!' he ordered, but nothing 33_________ to be wrong with them. The particle accelerator was working, just as he had hoped it would.  

'Look outside,' said Tomas's assistant in a frightened voice. Instead of the perfect summer day of five minutes ago, the sky was darker than the blackest night. Not only had the sun disappeared, there weren't even any stars.

Tomas 34_________ people shouting and screaming, calling their families on the telephone, afraid they had all suddenly disappeared too. Several people got in their cars and turned on the headlights. When the automatic street lights went on, some people cheered, but most of them were still frightened.

Then, almost twenty minutes after Tomas had started his experiment, without warning the sun reappeared in the sky, warm and yellow, and the black sky 35_________ blue again. Everyone started laughing and dancing around, and Tomas breathed a sigh of 36_________ . 

33.

1) Despite

2) Nevertheless

3) Though

4) Otherwise

Porridge – a perfect breakfast?

Porridge. It doesn’t have a very tasty name, does it? It doesn’t have a very tasty reputation 30________. I’m here to try and convince you that porridge isn’t boring and tasteless, that it can be a delicious, convenient and very healthy way to start the day.

If you’ve never eaten it (although you probably have!), porridge is a type of food served for breakfast. It is usually 31________ type of grain, like maize or oat, mixed with either milk or water, and often heated up. It has a gooey texture – thicker than liquid, but not solid. This porridge base is very easy to digest, so it’s a very good option for people who are ill, and it provides long-lasting energy for the day.

Porridge preparation – the amount of ingredients and cooking time – depends on what you choose to use as your porridge base. If I’m cooking for myself, I put a very big handful of ‘rolled’ oats in a saucepan, add 32________ water and about 200ml of milk, and let the mixture boil. I stir the porridge constantly, and it takes about five minutes to cook.

Once it’s cooked, the fun part is adding the flavours. Porridge alone doesn’t have a very strong flavour. 33________ some people think this makes porridge boring, I think this is what makes porridge exciting! It is like a blank piece of paper – you can add almost anything you want to the porridge base. Seeds, nuts and dried fruits are very healthy options to add and can give you energy for the day. But if you don’t like these, or you’re allergic, then syrups and chocolate are 34________ very tasty options.

One of the best things about porridge? You can make it almost anywhere in the world. Oats, maize or 35________ are ‘staple foods’ for many people across the world. You can usually buy big bags of either, then add local ingredients to make your porridge interesting – whatever is cheap and convenient to find, wherever you are. I am currently in Mexico, and I love to heat my oats up with milk, then mix in chia and pumpkin seeds and cacao nibs, and I put a layer of sugar over the top to make my porridge sweet 36________ to please my taste.

Porridge? Hopefully it sounds a lot tastier now!

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18. Which piece of advice about volunteering does the author NOT give to her peers?

           1)     Do not to expect quick results.

           2)     Develop through volunteering.

           3)     Become part of a social group.

           4)     Do not count on earning money.

What volunteering taught me

Today I am member of the UN Global Education First Youth Advocacy Group. Many young people have come to me to ask how I got to be in such an initiative. It has always been a pleasure for me to share my volunteer experiences, and it is because of these experiences that I was selected out of 500 applications to serve in this group. It all started when I was in secondary school. I was engaged in student affairs as the president of the UNESCO club, a school platform that brings students together to discuss school matters and the pressing current issues concerning them.     

After secondary school, I started volunteering within non-governmental organizations. It was at this moment that I began to understand a lot about community development. I was involved in projects and activities relating to peace, human rights and the environment. It was a great pleasure for me to contribute to the development of my community through volunteering because the impact was visible.

I had many obstacles while volunteering because people don’t value volunteer work. In Cameroon and especially in my community, people consider volunteering as waste of time and resources. They cannot conceive the fact that someone can work without remuneration or a salary. My friends and family advised me on several occasions to stop volunteering. I felt very discouraged at some point, but I could not stop because I loved doing it. Volunteering was the top priority in my life. I decided not to pay attention to their advice but to concentrate on my work.

By spending time with host families in various regions I got used to cultural differences, which was really helpful during the projects. I learned a lot about what belonged to the norms and values of the local people. For example, how to dress appropriately, eat and even how to shower and go to the bathroom the local way. Most of the things are totally different than in my area, so it took some time to adapt.

In Nigeria I taught English conversation, 3 times a day. I had the opportunity to come up with my own ideas for the classes and tried to be as creative as possible making my lessons not only informative, but also fun. Apart from having conversations, we also cooked food, listened to English music and painted. Having a lot of conversations in English on different topics, I understood how to look at things from a different perspective. It also made me think in a more creative way, out of the box, one can say. I think this will help me in the future, looking at things through different glasses.

One day, a group of young people came to me and said they had something to say. I was very surprised. They said they were all grateful for the changes I brought into their lives through peer education. I was so happy to hear this that it aroused joy in my heart. This experience made me understand that only volunteer work can have such a profound impact on people’s lives.

There are three elements that permitted me to succeed in a life dedicated to volunteering: passion, determination and patience. Volunteering helped me become a job creator, not a job seeker.

My advice to my peers is that we cannot succeed in life overnight. We have to work hard to enjoy the fruits of our labor. Even if you have a diploma from the best school in the world, it is not enough because what matters most is your skills, your talent. The best way to discover who you are in order to integrate yourself into society is to volunteer. Volunteering not only allows you to offer your services, but to learn and discover new things and improve your skills. One secret in volunteer work is to avoid thinking about money because that is where the problem is. Young people expect to be paid as they are volunteering.

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I wanted __________ (go) alone there.  

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1. Some countries offer good career opportunities for beginning teachers.
2. Don’t hesitate to write to the employer if you need the job.
3. Teaching as a way to change your life.
4. Relatives are happy when you decide not to teach abroad.
5. Teaching abroad doesn’t seem nice to some people.
6. My relative is a role model for me in terms of working abroad.
7. I’m going to spend my gap year teaching English abroad.

Choose the correct answer.

So I ______ to take care of her flowers too.

1) tried

2) tryed

3) try

4) trew

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Can you imagine? They ___________________________________ (MARRY) for 35 years now!

36. Вставьте пропущенное слово

1) looked
2) viewed
3) appeared
4) seemed

A CHINESE VASE

When I was a child I loved visiting my grandmother. I thought her house was as beautiful as a palace. As I grew older the house and garden seemed smaller, but I still loved visiting the old lady. There were so many lovely things to look   30   _____ in the house.

I loved her paintings and the old clock, but   31   _____ all I loved a big Chinese vase which stood in the hall. It was   32   _____ than me, and I couldn’t see   33   _____ it. I walked round and round it looking at the beautiful ladies and the birds and flowers and trees, and Grandmother often   34   _____ me stories about these ladies. She said that her grandfather had brought the vase with him when he returned from a long   35   _____ to China.

We live in a modern house, and I’m afraid my husband and I often nag at the children. “Don’t make the new carpet dirty, Paul!” “Be careful with the new table, Philip!”

Before she died, Grandmother gave me the vase I loved so much. It   36   _____ beautiful in our modern hall.
One day I came home from the shop. The boys met me at the door. “I’m as strong as George Bes, Mummy,” said Paul. “I got a goal and I broke the vase.” Philip tried to be more diplomatic than Paul, “It doesn’t really matter, does it? You told us it wasn’t new. You aren’t cross, are you?”

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The shop ______ when I got there.