Read and choose the correct answer: It is hard to believe that anything as tasty as honey could be good for you. But new research shows that drinking four tablespoons of honey in water improves blood antioxidants, which helps to prevent narrowing of the arteries. Honey contains about the same amount of antioxidants as spinach, apples, and strawberries. New research has revealed that honey contains the substances that…
ПОЛУЧИТЬ ОТВЕТ Read and choose the correct answer: Sophie Grey, who runs a catering business, has kept a tube of sterilised honey in the kitchen since badly burning herself last year. "We were frying samosas for a function. I was holding the frying pan in one hand and trying to do something else with the other, when the oil split out and fell over the palm of my hand. It was so painful. I could not bear to move it from under the cold tap. Later, it became very red, blistered and incredibly sore.“ Sophie Grey received a burn on her palm when she was frying samosas for a function. After that, she ...
Read and choose the correct answer: At casually, Sophie's wound was dressed and she was told to return the next day and then a week later. Reluctant to be out of action for so long, she applied the honey and redressed the burn. "The next day, it was so much better. I did not bother going to the hospital and within three days there was nothing at all to see." Sophie's injured palm healed quickly because ...
Read and choose the correct answer: Honey has other medicinal uses – mix it with lemon and hot water to soothe sore throats and coughs, and with hot milk to aid sleep, for athlete's foot and to rehydrate dry skin. The author tells us about ...
Read and choose the correct answer. Next, it is time to think about why you want to volunteer. This may sound obvious, but you have to think about the reasons why you are volunteering. Is it because you’re passionate about helping others? Is it because you want to meet and spend time with new people? Or is it because you want to gain further experience and qualifications? Knowing your motives can help you decide which organisations and roles are more suited to your wants. Mind there are more opportunities for volunteering than you might know about or imagine. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the reason to volunteer?
Read and choose the correct answer. So, now you know how much time you can dedicate to volunteering, as well as why you want to volunteer, and where you want to do it. The next step is to secure your position working within that organisation by writing a CV. This may not be a paid position. But it doesn't mean that you should be less ambitious than you normally would be, when you approach a potential employer. In your CV you should outline any experience which you've had. It is relevant to your voluntary position, and you explain why you want to volunteer and how you would benefit the company. You state clearly how much free time you have to dedicate and how long you would be comfortable to work for the organisation in terms of days, weeks and months. What should you include in your CV, if you are going to do volunteering?
Read and choose the correct answer. ‘I want to do the best job I can as a TV presenter’, the Duchess told me last week. ‘I would like people to recognise me as a ... TV presenter, and not just as one of the best-dressed and most glamorous women in the world.
Read and choose the correct answer. A rock star, an actress and a mother Myra Bellina is about to buy a very special home for ... and her baby daughter, Dolores – the Mediterranean island of Santo Domingo!
Read and choose the correct answer. She is also planning to build a copy of the cathedral in Florence at her home in Florida, and she is ... thinking of converting her ranch in Colorado into a private zoo for Dolores and herself. But she will not allow Dolores to have a boyfriend until she is twenty-one. ‘Like any mother, I just want Dolores to have a normal life,’ Myra told me.
Read and choose the correct answer. Filming will start, when the Duchess returns from her latest skiing holiday in Austria – and she says that the programme is going to feature Hollywood celebrities as ... as many of the Duchess’s own friends.
Read and choose the correct answer: We went to the ... and slept in a tent.
Read and choose the correct answer. There are ............. apples and pears on the plate.
Read and choose the correct answer. Where are Nick and Polly?
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Read and choose the correct answer. Eating around the world The Toros live in Tokyo, Japan. Yamada Toro lives with his wife, Keiko, and his children Yoshi and Haruna. He works in an office. Keiko always cooks breakfast before Yamada leaves for work at 7.00 a.m. They have dinner together at home in the evenings. They eat a lot of fish and rice. Keiko cooks all the meals for her family. They never go to fast food restaurants because they try to lead a healthy lifestyle. Steve and Corinne Merton and their children, Larry and Courtney, live in New York. They are a typical American family. Steve and Corinne both work and they don’t usually have time to cook, so they like convenience food. The children eat a lot of hot dogs, burgers and cola. They eat at fast food restaurants once a week. They never go to the gym as keeping fit is not important for them. Julio Esteban, his wife Manuela and their children, Maria and Pedro, live in Havana. Cuba is a tropical country so they eat a lot of fresh fruit – pineapples, watermelons and bananas. Families in Cuba have ration books. They show how much food the family can buy every month. Sometimes they go to the sports centre to do exercise. Swimming is Maria and Pedro’s favourite pastime.
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Choose the correct word. What is the synonym for the term "environment"?
Choose the correct word. The type of place where a plant or animal usually lives is its _______ .
Choose the correct word. Which of the natural disasters below is caused by the absence of rain?
Choose the correct word. A tsunami usually occurs after a _______ .
Put the verb in brackets into the correct tense. Choose the correct option. A: Sorry I didn't come to the Greenpeace meeting last night. I couldn't make it. B: If I __________ (know) that, I _______________ (change) the date.
Put the verb in brackets into the correct tense. Choose the correct option. A: If I __________ (know) about the park clean up, I ____________ (sign/up) to help. B: Don't worry. There's going to be another one next week.
Put the verb in brackets into the correct tense. Choose the correct option. A: I wish I ________ (know) you were free last weekend. We could have gone out somewhere together. B: Oh, that ________ (be) nice!
Put the verb in brackets into the correct tense. Choose the correct option. A: It's pouring down. We're going to get soaked. B: I wish I _____________ (bring) my umbrella with me.
Read the text and match the headings to the paragraphs. There is one that you do not need to use. Lending a helping hand Most teens hang out with their friends or watch TV after school, but fifteen-year-old Richard Evans is different. He helps out at a local animal shelter.
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Read and choose the correct answer. It is fat and it lives in the sea.
Read and choose the correct answer. A violinist in the Metro A man sitting at a metro station in Washington, D.C. started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. Three minutes went by and a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule. A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk. A few minutes later, a man leaned against the wall to listen to him, but then the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly, he was late for work. The one who paid the most attention was a 3-year-old boy. His mother tagged him along, she hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally, the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on. In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk at their normal pace. He collected 32 $. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, there was no recognition. No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most complicated pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars. Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell had performed at a theatre in Boston. The house was full and the seats were 100 $ at average. This is a real story. Joshua Bell’s playing incognito at the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, tastes and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an unusual hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context? One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: If we don’t have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?
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