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Choose the correct response. e.g. I need to get more exercise. - How about joining a gym?

Here are the portraits of Arthur Conan Doyle’s wives in front of you. About whom of them did Arthur Conan Doyle write in the text that you have just read? Every one found themselves doing strange things. I was not only a private in the Volunteers, but I was a signaller and I was for a time number one of a machine gun. My wife started a home for Belgian refugees in Crow-borough. My son was a soldier, first, last, and all the time. My daughter Mary gave herself up altogether to public work, making shells at Vickers' and afterwards serving in a canteen. If I may quote a passage from my history: «Grotesque combinations resulted from the eagerness of all classes to lend a hand. An observer has described how a peer and a prize-fighter worked on the same bench at Woolwich, while titled ladies and young girls from cultured homes earned sixteen shillings a week at Erith and boasted in the morning of the number of shell-cases which they had turned, and finished in their hours of night-shift. Truly it had become a national war. Of all its memories none will be stranger than those of the peaceful middle-aged civilians who were seen eagerly reading books of elementary drill in order to prepare themselves to meet the most famous soldiers in Europe, or of the schoolgirls and matrons who donned blue blouses and by their united work surpassed the output of the great death factories of Essen». Choose the correct answer.

Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.

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Choose the correct form of the verb. Maybe I ... go to bed early.

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use short forms to make negative sentences. E.g. If the weather is bad, we won't go for a walk. If you get a pet, you ... (not be) lonely.

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use short forms to make negative sentences. E.g. If the weather is bad, we won't go for a walk. If we buy a car, we ... (not to have) travel by car.

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use short forms to make negative sentences. E.g. If the weather is bad, we won't go for a walk. If you ... (not sleep) enough, you get tired.

Choose the correct form of the verb. I promise I ... feed the cat.

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use short forms to make negative sentnces. E.g. If the weather is bad, we won't go for a walk. If you go to the party, I'm sure you ... (not/have to) travel by train.

Read the text and choose the correct item to complete the sentences. THE INTERNET: HERE TO STAY Most people today cannot imagine their life wit hout the Internet. I believe it is one of the most important innovations. Thanks to the worldwide web, our lives have become easier and more exciting. First of all, the Internet helps us find information easily. For example, we can read the news and find answers to the questions 24 hours a day.In addition, we can use the Internet for entertainment. We can send e-mails to friends and shop online. We can even listen to the latest music and watch live sporting events from other parts of the world.However, some people argue that the Internet has a negative effect on society. Internet users become less sociable. They stay at home most of the day instead of going out to shop, work and meet friends. In my opinion, the Internet has more advantages than disadvantages. Our lives are better with it and it is here to stay. 5) The biggest disadvantage of the Internet is

Choose the correct form of the verb. I want to buy a new video game so I ... save my pocket money.

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use short forms to make negative sentences. E.g. If the weather is bad, we won't go for a walk. If he ... (cook) dinner, I'll wash the dishes.

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Choose the correct form of the verb. I ... order a pizza if you like.

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use short forms to make negative sentences. E.g. If the weather is bad, we won't go for a walk. When you ... (run) fast, you get tired.

Read the text and choose the correct item to complete the sentences. THE INTERNET: HERE TO STAY Most people today cannot imagine their life without the Internet. I believe it is one of the most important innovations. Thanks to the worldwide web, our lives have become easier and more exciting. First of all, the Internet helps us find information easily. For example, we can read the news and find answers to the questions 24 hours a day. In addition, we can use the Internet for entertainment. We can send e-mails to friends and shop online. We can even listen to the latest music and watch live sporting events from other parts of the world.However, some people argue that the Internet has a negative effect on society. Internet users become less sociable. They stay at home most of the day instead of going out to shop, work and meet friends. In my opinion, the Internet has more advantages than disadvantages. Our lives are better with it and it is here to stay. 3) The Internet is important mostly because

Choose the correct form of the verb. I booked my holiday ages ago. I ... go to Spain.

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use short forms to make negative sentences. E.g. If the weather is bad, we won't go for a walk. Whenever it ... (rain), I take my umbrella.

Read the text and choose the correct item to complete the sentences. THE INTERNET: HERE TO STAY Most people today cannot imagine their life without the Internet. I believe it is one of the most important innovations. Thanks to the worldwide web, our lives have become easier and more exciting. First of all, the Internet helps us find information easily. For example, we can read the news and find answers to the questions 24 hours a day. In addition, we can use the Internet for entertainment. We can send e-mails to friends and shop online. We can even listen to the latest music and watch live sporting events from other parts of the world.However, some people argue that the Internet has a negative effect on society. Internet users become less sociable. They stay at home most of the day instead of going out to shop, work and meet friends. In my opinion, the Internet has more advantages than disadvantages. Our lives are better with it and it is here to stay. 2) Thanks to the World Wide Web, our lives have become

Read the text and choose the correct item to complete the sentences. THE INTERNET: HERE TO STAY Most people today cannot imagine their life wit hout the Internet. I believe it is one of the most important innovations. Thanks to the worldwide web, our lives have become easier and more exciting.First of all, the Internet helps us find information easily. For example, we can read the news and find answers to the questions 24 hours a day.In addition, we can use the Internet for entertainment. We can send e-mails to friends and shop online. We can even listen to the latest music and watch live sporting events from other parts of the world.However, some people argue that the Internet has a negative effect on society. Internet users become less sociable. They stay at home most of the day instead of going out to shop, work and meet friends. In my opinion, the Internet has more advantages than disadvantages. Our lives are better with it and it is here to stay. 6) The Internet has

Choose the correct form of the verb. Look at those black clouds! It ... rain.

Complete the words. s _ b _ a _ _ n _

Match the words.

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use short forms to make negative sentences. E.g. If the weather is bad, we won't go for a walk. If you ... (not study), you may fail the test.

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Complete the words. l _ _ t _ p

Read the text and choose the correct item to complete the sentences. THE INTERNET: HERE TO STAY Most people today cannot imagine their life without the Internet. I believe it is one of the most important innovations. Thanks to the worldwide web, our lives have become easier and more exciting. First of all, the Internet helps us find information easily. For example, we can read the news and find answers to the questions 24 hours a day. In addition, we can use the Internet for entertainment. We can send e-mails to friends and shop online. We can even listen to the latest music and watch live sporting events from other parts of the world.However, some people argue that the Internet has a negative effect on society. Internet users become less sociable. They stay at home most of the day instead of going out to shop, work and meet friends. In my opinion, the Internet has more advantages than disadvantages. Our lives are better with it and it is here to stay. 1) Most people nowdays

Read the text and choose the correct item to complete the sentences. THE INTERNET: HERE TO STAY Most people today cannot imagine their life without the Internet. I believe it is one of the most important innovations. Thanks to the worldwide web, our lives have become easier and more exciting. First of all, the Internet helps us find information easily. For example, we can read the news and find answers to the questions 24 hours a day. In addition, we can use the Internet for entertainment. We can send e-mails to friends and shop online. We can even listen to the latest music and watch live sporting events from other parts of the world.However, some people argue that the Internet has a negative effect on society. Internet users become less sociable. They stay at home most of the day instead of going out to shop, work and meet friends. In my opinion, the Internet has more advantages than disadvantages. Our lives are better with it and it is here to stay. 4) We can use the Internet for fun, as we can

Write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use short forms to make negative sentences. E.g. If the weather is bad, we won't go for a walk. If it ... (be) sunny tomorrow, we'll go to the park.

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Write the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use short forms to make negative sentences. E.g. If the weather is bad, we won't go for a walk. I ... (buy) you a present if I have enough money.

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BASIC LEVEL Choose the correct option.

Rita Nelson is fourteen, and she has changed her school because her parents moved to another town this summer. “Let me tell you about my new school. I’m having a great time. All pupils are very friendly, but it’s very different from my old school. I can tell you! First of all school starts at 8.00 here, a whole hour before it did in that school. This morning I forgot about it and got to school ten minutes late, so the teacher put a note into my record-book. I was really angry! There are a lot of other differences in this school, of course. We have seven lessons here almost every day. What else? The school day is different, too. In my former school we finished school at 3.00, and then most pupils went home. Here we finish lessons at 3.30, and then most pupils go to sports practice. Well, they love sports here. I joined gymnastics and football clubs here. A lot of girls play football in this school. I had my first practice yesterday, and I feel tired today. Another important thing here is learning to do practical things. Their metal and wood shops are like small factories, and we are taught to drive as well. It’s fantastic. I had my first lesson in driving a tractor yesterday.” Choose the correct option. After lessons most pupils go _____

Choose the correct item. ____ are two bedrooms in our flat.

Complete the sentence. Choose the correct item.

Read the article again and choose the correct variant. For most people, a job means they get up at 7:00 am and drive to work by 8:30 or 9:00 am. Later, they have lunch at noon, and then they start work again at 1:00 pm. Finally, they finish work at about 5:00 pm and then go home and have dinner with their family. That kind of job is okay for most people, but my job is special and I love it! I’m a commercial airline pilot. That means I don’t drive to work, I fly! In fact, I fly to many different destinations in the world and I have friends in many countries. Usually, I fly between countries in Asia, North America and South America. It’s not surprising, then, that my best friend lives in Japan and we stay in touch by Facebook and e-mail – when I’m in Tokyo, he always invites me to have dinner with him and his family. In fact, my favorite food is sushi. Another good friend of mine – Gustavo – lives in Brasilia. That’s the capital city of Brazil. Gustavo and I love to watch football games together when I visit. Is my job perfect? No, it’s not. Because I fly across many different time zones, I sometimes go to bed at 2:00 am. At other times, I go to bed at 2:00 pm. That kind of schedule isn’t easy. In addition, my job often separates me from my wife and two children. They live in New York and often I am many thousands of miles away. Sometimes I miss them very much. However, I think I have an exciting job. And my kids think it’s great that I can say, "Hello" in eighteen different languages: "Ni hao", "Konnichiwa", "Bonjour", .... What does the author say about his job?

Your classmate Jastin has just visited a guitar factory. Read his review. Then, read the descriptions of eight guitar factories. Decide which factory he has visited. Choose the correct option. Jastin: Last weekend my father went to the guitar factory to buy a new guitar. He took me with him. Just think! They have made guitars for over sixty years. The staff were highly qualified. They helped my Dad to choose a guitar and answered all our questions about their work. After visiting the factory shop, we had a cup of tea in the cafe where we enjoyed listening to the professional musicians. We made sure that the guitars made by this factory sounded perfectly. Then, on the way home we saw some houses of famous rockstars nearby. We had a good time. If you need a guitar I'll definitely recommend this brand to you. Rockalls The café at Rockalls is always a lively place to be — great music is played live on instruments made at this well-known guitar factory. Its location is surprising though, as it’s miles from the nearest town, but it’s definitely worth the trip. Ronsons Ronsons have their own museum full of the guitars they've made for rock stars. You will have a chance to see some famous replicas. Your guide will tell you about the skills used to make sure that each guitar was exactly what its owner wanted. After the tour, go and visit the Ronsons shop, where guitars are available at better discounts than you'll find in other shops. Barnards Barnards are well known for the individual design of their guitars, ideal for professional players with money to spend. You can discuss your needs with staff, who'll make the perfect instrument for you. After your factory tour, relax in the café, before visiting the shop which has gifts for every age. Stocktons The staff at Stocktons are always happy to talk to interested visitors about the love and care that goes into designing and making their stylish modern guitars. The shop has a fantastic selection of books on the guitar to choose from, as well as guitars, of course. PSA Staff at PSA have made guitars by hand since 1956, and they’ll answer any questions about their work. Visit the factory shop after your tour, or watch professional players performing on PSA guitars in the café. There’s also the chance to go and see the homes of several rock stars that lived in this area. Maxwells Maxwells have made guitars for over 100 years. In their museum, you can find out about the early development of the guitar, and see how much care still goes into selecting the wood that’s used to create perfect guitars. And don’t forget the gift shop, with its huge selection of books on the guitar. Delamere The shop at the Delamere factory is worth a visit as guitars are for sale at lower than average prices, plus there’s plenty of advice about what to buy. There is little else on offer though after your visit and apart from the shop the factory offers a few visitor facilities. Mitchells Mitchells train their staff to become as skilled as possible in the art of guitar-making — and encourage people who are considering this as a profession. You’ll get the opportunity to watch exactly how each guitar is put together, and you can even play one!

Choose the correct item. ____ are two bedrooms in our flat.

Read the text and choose the correct answer. English is an international language spoken by an increasing number of people around the world. In many English-speaking countries, though, English isn’t the only language. In the UK, for example, people speak Welsh, Gaelic and a few other old languages. Because these languages aren’t international, people pay less attention to them. So, what does this mean for children who grow up speaking them as their mother tongue? I grew up in Wales. My family spoke English, but the Welsh language was everywhere. When you were driving around Wales, all the road signs were in English and Welsh. As a child, I hated reading everything twice! We had Welsh television programmes too. While everyone in England was watching fashionable American TV shows, we were learning about local farming in Welsh! At secondary school I was dreaming of going to live in Paris, when I realized that instead of Welsh lessons, I needed French lessons. No one spoke Welsh outside Wales. Now I feel differently. Welsh is a part of my identity and, besides, we have better Welsh TV now! In parts of Scotland, some children grow up in families where grandparents still speak Gaelic. Gaelic has even fewer speakers than Welsh, and few are confident that this part of their culture will survive. It’s difficult when English is everywhere else in the country, but teaching subjects in Gaelic in schools helps. However, often there aren’t enough Gaelic-speaking teachers. Unless families continue to speak the language at home too, these languages won’t survive. Between 1950 and 2010, 230 languages went extinct, nowadays, a third of the world’s languages have fewer than 1,000 speakers left. Every two weeks a language dies with its last speaker, 50 to 90 percent of them are predicted to disappear by the next century. Many old languages are disappearing in the UK. People on the Isle of Man spoke Manx for centuries until the last native speaker died in the twentieth century. The same thing happened to Cornish. There was a language spoken by smugglers who were bringing goods into the country illegally, or travellers and criminals. It allowed them to keep secrets from the police, but it too has disappeared. Languages, even if they are spoken by very few people, have a history and culture, and it’s a shame to see them go. When humanity loses a language, we also lose the potential for greater diversity in art, music, literature, and oral traditions. If we care about saving forests and animals, we should care about saving languages too.

Medium level Read the text and choose the correct option. Work–life Balance Ronan I work in a fairly traditional office environment doing a typical nine-to-five job. I like my job, but it’s annoying that my commute to work takes an hour and a half each way and most of my work could really be done online from home. But my boss doesn’t seem to trust that we will get any work done if left to our own devices, and everyone in the company has to clock in and out every day. It’s frustrating that they feel the need to monitor what we do so closely instead of judging us based on our task performance, like most companies do these days. Jo I used to do a typical five-day week, but after I came out of my maternity leave, I decided that I wanted to spend more time with my children before they start school. After negotiating with my boss, we decided to cut my working week down to a three-day work week. This of course meant a significant cut in my pay too, as I’m paid on a pro rata basis. I’ve since noticed, though, that my workload hasn’t decreased in the slightest! I’m now doing five days’ worth of work in three days, but getting paid much less for it! I find myself having to take work home just so that I can meet the deadlines. It’s wearing me out trying to juggle work with looking after my children and my family, but I don’t dare to bring this up with my boss because I think he feels as if he’s made a huge concession letting me come in only three days a week. Marcus I work for a global IT company, but because their headquarters is in the States, I do all my work online from home. That means that I don’t waste time commuting or making idle chit-chat with colleagues. I work on a project basis, and this flexibility is very valuable to me because it means that I can easily take some time off when my children need me to go to their school performances or if I need to schedule an appointment with the dentist. The downside is that without clear office hours, I tend to work well into the evening, sometimes skipping dinner to finish a task. It can also get quite lonely working on my own, and I sometimes miss sharing ideas with colleagues. Lily I’m a freelancer and work for myself. This is great because I am in control of what I do and how I spend my time. At first, I was working from home, but I found it really hard to concentrate. There were just too many distractions around: housework that needed doing, another cup of tea, my family members wanting my attention for various things. So I started to go to a nearby café to work, but the Wi-Fi connection wasn’t ideal and I found myself drinking too much coffee. In the end, I decided to rent a desk in a co-working space with five other freelancers like myself. I liked getting dressed to go to work in the morning and being able to focus in an office environment. The other freelancers do similar kinds of web-based work to me and so it’s nice to have workmates to bounce ideas off as well.

Read the text and choose the correct options. Cyber Security: Basic Internet Safety Tips When you want to keep your home safe, you lock the door. When you want to keep your bike from being stolen, you use a bike lock. When you want to keep your valuable things safe, you put them in a safe. But how do you keep your identity safe online? Nowadays, the internet is a big part of our daily lives. Almost everything we do can be done online, and most people have multiple devices like laptops, phones, tablets, smartwatches, and smart TVs. The more accounts and devices you have online, the more chances there are for criminals to get your personal information and use it against you. Staying safe online is important for everyone, no matter how old you are. But it's especially important for kids, teens, and older people. To stay safe on the internet, it's best to start with the basics. Here are some tips to help you check your online habits and make some small changes to keep your information and security safe. A. Protect your Personal Information with Strong Passwords When making a new password, make sure it meets strong requirements. Use different usernames and passwords for different accounts. Make the password more complex with letters, numbers, and special characters to make it hard for others to guess and keep it a secret. Change your passwords regularly. Don't tell anyone your passwords. Keep them in a safe place. Try not to write them down. Turn off “auto-login” and uncheck the "Keep me signed in" or "Remember my password" options. B. Keep Personal Information Private It's important to make sure your personal information stays safe even when you're not using the internet. If someone steals important information like your credit card number or PIN, they can use it online. To keep your information safe, remember to cover the PIN pad when you're making a purchase. Using a debit card with a chip can also help protect your information. Chip technology is more advanced and secure than the older magnetic strip cards. When you sign up for something online, always read the rules and conditions, and never enter your financial information on a website that isn't secure. C. Make Sure Your Devices are Secure Use passwords and other security features like fingerprint readers and face scanning technology to protect your devices. A report found that 30% of smartphone users do not use any security features to lock their phones. Make sure to secure all of your devices, including computers, phones, tablets, smartwatches, and smart TVs. D. Keep Your Personal Data Safe Do not reveal details about your online account. Be careful while communicating with people you have met online recently. Accept people's friend requests in social media only if you know them in person. Delete inappropriate messages from your profile. Do not post information about your friends as you put them at risk. Remember that what you post online can be seen by everyone.

Read the text and choose the correct items. Start of college life: how I coped with fear For the last two years I’ve been working really hard to pass all my exams successfully and to get accepted to college. And yet college seemed to be the scariest thing that I could think of. Whenever I thought about it, my stomach would immediately begin to spin in circles. Although I was ready to go off and be by myself and meet new people, I was scared to death at the same time. I pictured hard classes that I wouldn’t be able to keep up with, people that wouldn’t like me, long hikes to get to my classes, and horrible food. I couldn’t imagine leaving the security of my own room, my own stuff where I want it, my friends that I’ve spent practically my whole life with my family who put up with all my little quirks. Everyone else that I talked to, however, didn’t seem to have this problem. They all were thrilled at the thought of being on their own and not having to worry about their parents telling them what to do or not to do all the time. And, sure, the thought was extremely exciting to me as well, but how would I survive without my family and friends and the things that had taken me eighteen years to get used to? The summer before I came to college was probably the most fun my friends and I ever had. We all knew that in September things would never be the same again and we had to make the most of it while we still could. As the end of August rolled around, we knew that it was time to say goodbye and be on our way to our own independence. I packed up the memories of the last eighteen years of my life into about five suitcases and was ready to go. I still didn’t feel like I was just as mature as my older college friends, and I thought that I still looked like I was twelve years old. We finally made it to the doors and began unloading my clothes and the eight million bags of food that my mom had packed for me. I still was unsure about sharing my room and not being able to have the privacy that I had back home. I was worried that the little habits that I had might annoy my roommate and that my roommate might have just as many annoying little habits that I might not be able to handle as well. After I had all my things unpacked and put exactly where I wanted, my roommate and I decided to go around our hall and see whom we would be living with for the next two semesters. As we went around to different rooms and met different people my nervousness seemed to diminish. I began to realize that not everyone here knew everyone else, and most were just as anxious and nervous about being here as I was. It worked. I started to feel better and was actually kind of excited about living here all by myself. I still miss the security of living at home (and I wonder who would blame me for this feeling) and, most of all, home-cooked meals that are nonexistent here and the friends that I grew up with. But I know that we’ve all changed, and those memories are just that – memories, no matter how pleasant they might be. And when times get too tough, my mom is just a phone call away. But I’m not too quick to call her and have her solve my problems. I’ve learned that I can usually work things out by myself. I’m glad that I’ve gone through these changes in myself, and it makes me realize that I don’t need to fear change, that it’s just a part of life that everyone has to go through sometime.

Read the text and choose the correct items to fill in the gaps.

Read the text. Then choose the correct options. Gulliver's Travel My master, finding how profitable I was likely to be, decided to carry me to the most important cities of the kingdom. Having therefore provided himself with all things necessary for a long journey, and settled his affairs at home, he took leave of his wife, and on 17th August, about two months after my arrival, we set out for the metropolis, situated near the middle of that empire, and about three thousand miles distance from our house. My master made his daughter, Glumdalclitch, ride behind him. She kept me on her lap, in a box tied about her waist. The girl had lined it on all sides with the softest cloth she could get, well quilted underneath, furnished it with her baby's bed, provided me with linen and other necessaries, and made everything as convenient as she could. We had no other company but a boy of the house, who rode after us with the luggage. My master's plan was to show me in all the towns on the way and to step out of the road for fifty or a hundred miles, to any village, or person of quality's house, where he might expect custom. We made easy journeys, of not above seven or eight miles a day; for Glumdalclitch, not wanting to exhaust me, complained she was tired with the trotting of the horse. She often took me out of my box, at my own desire, to give me air, and show me the country, but always held me by a leading string. We passed over five or six rivers, much broader and deeper than the Nile or the Ganges: and there was hardly a stream so small as the Thames at London Bridge. We were ten weeks into our journey, and I was shown in eighteen large towns, besides many villages, and private families. On the 26th day of October, we arrived at the metropolis, called in their language LORBRULGRUD, or Pride of the Universe. My master took a lodging in the principal street of the city, not far from the Royal Palace, and put out bills in the usual form, containing an exact description of my person and parts. He hired a large room between three and four hundred feet wide. He provided a table sixty feet in diameter, upon which I was to act my part. I was shown ten times a day, to the wonder and satisfaction of all people. I could now speak the language tolerably well, and perfectly understood every word, that was spoken to me. Besides, I had learnt their alphabet and could make an attempt to explain a sentence here and there; for Glumdalclitch had been my instructor while we were at home, and leisure hours during our journey. She carried a little book in her pocket, not much larger than a Sanson's Atlas; it was a common treatise for the use of young girls, giving a short account of their religion: out of this she taught me my letters, and interpreted the words.

Read the text. Choose the correct missing word.