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For questions 1-12, read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example (0). TIP: • Read the title to get a general idea of what the text is going to be about. • Read the text once to get the general idea. • Read again. Pay close attention to the words before and after each gap. • Look at the choices you have. Choose the best one. • Read again to see whether it makes sense. THE RULES OF INTRODUCTION Awkwardness rules As it is, our introductions and greetings tend 0___ be uncomfortable, clumsy and inelegant. Among established friends, there is less awkwardness, 1___ we are often still not quite sure what to 2___ with our hands, or whether to hug or kiss. The French custom of a kiss on each cheek has 3___ popular among the chattering classes and some other middle- and upper-middle-class groups. Handshakes are now the norm in business introductions - or rather, they are the norm 4___ people in business are 5___ to each other for the first time. At subsequent meetings, particularly as business contacts get to 6___ each other better, a handshake 7___ often starts to seem to be too formal, but cheek-kisses would be too 8___, and in any 9___ not allowed between males, so we revert to the usual embarassed confusion, 10___ no-one being quite sure what to do. Hands are half-extended and then withdrawn or turned 11___ a sort of vague wave. This is excrutiatingly English: over-formality is 12___ , but so is an inapppropiate degree of informality.

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Read the text. Determine which of the following statements below correspond to the content of the text (True), which do not correspond (False) and what the text does not say (Not stated). Click on the number of your choice of answer. Summerhill School What will you do if your teacher says that you can have a lesson or go home? In fact, in Summerhill School teachers really do it. Summerhill is the oldest children’s democracy in the world. It is, maybe, the most famous ‘free’ school. This school in Suffolk (the United Kingdom) is a very special place. Trees and grass, meadows and playing fields give children a good chance to play games, to do sports. Children don’t wear uniforms there, they can play as much as they want. They also do a lot of project work. A man called A. S. Neill opened this school in 1921. Neill knew well what kinds of problems many children have at school and he believed he could help them feel free. So each child there can choose what he wants in life. The children at Summerhill decide themselves if they want to have lessons or not. It is strange, but most of them do. They often come from schools in which they were unhappy and didn’t want to do any work at all. But at Summerhill they usually decide that to have classes is more interesting than not to have them. Like in most other schools, the children study different subjects. At the beginning of a term each student gets a timetable, on which they write the lessons they want to have. Another unusual thing about Summerhill is the meetings. There teachers and students discuss the school rules two times a week. If a teacher wants to tell everyone about a student’s bad behaviour, he can do it at the meeting. A student can also say what he dislikes about a teacher. At the meetings children can listen, think and make decisions about their own lives. And you? Can you make decisions yourself? Would you like to study at Summerhill? Summerhill school is about one hundred years old. ________

Read the text. Determine which of the following statements below (1-6) correspond to the content of the text (True), which do not correspond (False) and what the text does not say (Not stated). Choose the correct answer. Summerhill School What will you do if your teacher says that you can have a lesson or go home? In fact, in Summerhill School teachers really do it. Summerhill is the oldest children’s democracy in the world. It is, maybe, the most famous ‘free’ school. This school in Suffolk (the United Kingdom) is a very special place. Trees and grass, meadows and playing fields give children a good chance to play games, to do sports. Children don’t wear uniform there, they can play as much as they want. They also do a lot of project work. A man called A. S. Neill opened this school in 1921. Neill knew well what kinds of problems many children have at school and he believed he could help them feel free. So each child there can choose what he wants in life. The children at Summerhill decide themselves if they want to have lessons or not. It is strange, but most of them do. They often come from schools at which they were unhappy and didn’t want to do any work at all. But at Summerhill they usually decide that to have classes is more interesting than not to have them. Like in most other schools, the children study different subjects. At the beginning of a term each student gets a timetable, on which they write the lessons they want to have. Another unusual thing about Summerhill is the meetings. There teachers and students discuss the school rules two times a week. If a teacher wants to tell everyone about a student’s bad behaviour, he can do it at the meeting. A student can also say what he dislikes about a teacher. At the meetings children can listen, think and make decisions about their own lives. And you? Can you make decisions yourself? Would you like to study at Summerhill? 1. Summerhill school is about one hundred years old. ______

Read the text. Determine which of the following statements below correspond to the content of the text (True), which do not correspond (False) and what the text does not say (Not stated). Summerhill School What will you do if your teacher says that you can have a lesson or go home? In fact, in Summerhill School teachers really do it. Summerhill is the oldest children’s democracy in the world. It is, maybe, the most famous ‘free’ school. This school in Suffolk (the United Kingdom) is a very special place. Trees and grass, meadows and playing fields give children a good chance to play games, to do sports. Children don’t wear uniforms there, they can play as much as they want. They also do a lot of project work. A man called A. S. Neill opened this school in 1921. Neill knew well what kinds of problems many children have at school and he believed he could help them feel free. So each child there can choose what he wants in life. The children at Summerhill decide themselves if they want to have lessons or not. It is strange, but most of them do. They often come from schools in which they were unhappy and didn’t want to do any work at all. But at Summerhill they usually decide that to have classes is more interesting than not to have them. Like in most other schools, the children study different subjects. At the beginning of a term each student gets a timetable, on which they write the lessons they want to have. Another unusual thing about Summerhill is the meetings. There teachers and students discuss the school rules two times a week. If a teacher wants to tell everyone about a student’s bad behaviour, he can do it at the meeting. A student can also say what he dislikes about a teacher. At the meetings children can listen, think and make decisions about their own lives. And you? Can you make decisions yourself? Would you like to study at Summerhill? Choose the correct answer. A.S. Neill was a famous teacher. _______

Read the text. Determine which of the following statements below correspond to the content of the text (True), which do not correspond (False) and what the text does not say (Not stated). Summerhill School What will you do if your teacher says that you can have a lesson or go home? In fact, in Summerhill School teachers really do it. Summerhill is the oldest children’s democracy in the world. It is, maybe, the most famous ‘free’ school. This school in Suffolk (the United Kingdom) is a very special place. Trees and grass, meadows and playing fields give children a good chance to play games, to do sports. Children don’t wear uniforms there, they can play as much as they want. They also do a lot of project work. A man called A. S. Neill opened this school in 1921. Neill knew well what kinds of problems many children have at school and he believed he could help them feel free. So each child there can choose what he wants in life. The children at Summerhill decide themselves if they want to have lessons or not. It is strange, but most of them do. They often come from schools in which they were unhappy and didn’t want to do any work at all. But at Summerhill they usually decide that to have classes is more interesting than not to have them. Like in most other schools, the children study different subjects. At the beginning of a term each student gets a timetable, on which they write the lessons they want to have. Another unusual thing about Summerhill is the meetings. There teachers and students discuss the school rules two times a week. If a teacher wants to tell everyone about a student’s bad behaviour, he can do it at the meeting. A student can also say what he dislikes about a teacher. At the meetings children can listen, think and make decisions about their own lives. And you? Can you make decisions yourself? Would you like to study at Summerhill? Choose the correct answer. At the end of the school year children decide what lessons they want to have. _________

Read the text. Determine which of the following statements below correspond to the content of the text (True), which do not correspond (False) and what the text does not say (Not stated). Summerhill School What will you do if your teacher says that you can have a lesson or go home? In fact, in Summerhill School teachers really do it. Summerhill is the oldest children’s democracy in the world. It is, maybe, the most famous ‘free’ school. This school in Suffolk (the United Kingdom) is a very special place. Trees and grass, meadows and playing fields give children a good chance to play games, to do sports. Children don’t wear uniforms there, they can play as much as they want. They also do a lot of project work. A man called A. S. Neill opened this school in 1921. Neill knew well what kinds of problems many children have at school and he believed he could help them feel free. So each child there can choose what he wants in life. The children at Summerhill decide themselves if they want to have lessons or not. It is strange, but most of them do. They often come from schools in which they were unhappy and didn’t want to do any work at all. But at Summerhill they usually decide that to have classes is more interesting than not to have them. Like in most other schools, the children study different subjects. At the beginning of a term each student gets a timetable, on which they write the lessons they want to have. Another unusual thing about Summerhill is the meetings. There teachers and students discuss the school rules two times a week. If a teacher wants to tell everyone about a student’s bad behaviour, he can do it at the meeting. A student can also say what he dislikes about a teacher. At the meetings children can listen, think and make decisions about their own lives. And you? Can you make decisions yourself? Would you like to study at Summerhill? Choose the correct answer. Teachers and students speak about the school rules and the school life at the meetings. _______

Read the text. Determine which of the following statements below correspond to the content of the text (True), which do not correspond (False) and what the text does not say (Not stated). Summerhill School What will you do if your teacher says that you can have a lesson or go home? In fact, in Summerhill School teachers really do it. Summerhill is the oldest children’s democracy in the world. It is, maybe, the most famous ‘free’ school. This school in Suffolk (the United Kingdom) is a very special place. Trees and grass, meadows and playing fields give children a good chance to play games, to do sports. Children don’t wear uniforms there, they can play as much as they want. They also do a lot of project work. A man called A. S. Neill opened this school in 1921. Neill knew well what kinds of problems many children have at school and he believed he could help them feel free. So each child there can choose what he wants in life. The children at Summerhill decide themselves if they want to have lessons or not. It is strange, but most of them do. They often come from schools in which they were unhappy and didn’t want to do any work at all. But at Summerhill they usually decide that to have classes is more interesting than not to have them. Like in most other schools, the children study different subjects. At the beginning of a term each student gets a timetable, on which they write the lessons they want to have. Another unusual thing about Summerhill is the meetings. There teachers and students discuss the school rules two times a week. If a teacher wants to tell everyone about a student’s bad behaviour, he can do it at the meeting. A student can also say what he dislikes about a teacher. At the meetings children can listen, think and make decisions about their own lives. And you? Can you make decisions yourself? Would you like to study at Summerhill? Choose the correct answer. Children at Summerhill take a lot of trips. _____

Complete the sentences with suitable words. I bought two ... of mittens as Christmas presents for my cousins.

Complete the sentences with suitable words. Linda has got a very good ... of paintings.

Complete the sentences with suitable words. Next year Tom will be a ... seven student.

Complete the sentences with suitable words. Jeremy is really good at computer studies. I’m proud ... him.

Complete the sentences with suitable words. Are you sure you will be able to ... Mom ... buying some new brushes?

Complete the sentences with suitable words. Do you often ... mistakes in spelling?

Complete the sentences with suitable words. How do you ... it in English?

Read the text. Determine which of the following statements below correspond to the content of the text (True), which do not correspond (False) and what the text does not say (Not stated). Summerhill School What will you do if your teacher says that you can have a lesson or go home? In fact, in Summerhill School teachers really do it. Summerhill is the oldest children’s democracy in the world. It is, maybe, the most famous ‘free’ school. This school in Suffolk (the United Kingdom) is a very special place. Trees and grass, meadows and playing fields give children a good chance to play games, to do sports. Children don’t wear uniforms there, they can play as much as they want. They also do a lot of project work. A man called A. S. Neill opened this school in 1921. Neill knew well what kinds of problems many children have at school and he believed he could help them feel free. So each child there can choose what he wants in life. The children at Summerhill decide themselves if they want to have lessons or not. It is strange, but most of them do. They often come from schools in which they were unhappy and didn’t want to do any work at all. But at Summerhill they usually decide that to have classes is more interesting than not to have them. Like in most other schools, the children study different subjects. At the beginning of a term each student gets a timetable, on which they write the lessons they want to have. Another unusual thing about Summerhill is the meetings. There teachers and students discuss the school rules two times a week. If a teacher wants to tell everyone about a student’s bad behaviour, he can do it at the meeting. A student can also say what he dislikes about a teacher. At the meetings children can listen, think and make decisions about their own lives. And you? Can you make decisions yourself? Would you like to study at Summerhill? Choose the correct answer. Most children at Summerhill don’t want to have classes. _________

Misha's going to Russia on holidays. He would like to visit his friends and tell them about education in Great Britain. Help him find a proper title for each part of his presentation.

Choose the right option. I.......... to study English.

Choose the right option. You must.......... him a new video game. It's exciting.

Choose the right option. My sister is learning.......... the piano.

Choose the right option. I expect him.......... the exam.

Choose the right option. I'll never forget.......... the lottery.

Choose the right option. You should practise every day, or you'll never learn..........

Read the text and decide if the statements are True, False or Not Stated. Why I decided to spend a year studying abroad Well, generally I thought it would be an adventure and a great learning opportunity to live in a totally different culture. I chose Mexico because I have been learning Spanish now for three years and I wanted to improve my language skills. The best part of my experience It’s very difficult to choose just a few, but one of the best things has definitely been the experience of living with a host family. Mexicans are very warm, outgoing people and my hosts have been treating me like part of their family. During my first week, they invited their whole family for dinner to meet me, and it was fun but quite overwhelming trying to answer all their questions in Spanish. I’ve also been learning to slow down and relax and take an afternoon siesta after a big lunch, like the rest of the family! It’s been fantastic living in one of Mexico’s oldest cities, too, with its beautiful 16th century architecture. It’s a great feeling when you start to feel like you belong in a foreign place. Little things like knowing the answer when strangers ask you directions or getting around without getting lost are so rewarding. Challenging parts of staying abroad Well, I’ve been struggling a bit to get used to the hot weather, but now I wear a hat. It was also difficult to get used to the spicy food, but now I’m really enjoying it. I still have difficulty understanding social etiquette. Last week, for example, a new Mexican friend invited me for dinner and I turned up exactly on time. My host seemed a bit surprised. I found out later that Mexicans usually turn up for an appointment at least half an hour later. Without a doubt, this has been the best experience of my life so far. I’ve become more self-confident, patient and outgoing, and my Spanish has improved even more than I expected. Steven Marshall