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Choose the correct option. We’ve been here for three hours. Don’t you think it’s about time we hit the _________?

Choose the correct option. James’ parents will ______ him off to his grandparents this summer.

Choose the correct option. You aren’t the only one waiting in this long queue. We’re all in the same ______ .

Choose the correct option. The house we stayed in was completely off the beaten ________ .

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form. “I like travelling by plane,” she said. She said she __________(LIKE) travelling by plane.

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form. “We visited Russia last winter”, they said. They said that they _____________(VISIT) Russia the previous winter.

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form. “Have you ever lived abroad?”, Judy asked Sam. Judy asked Sam if he___________(LIVE) abroad.

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form. “I’ll be in Tula next weekend”, Alice said. Alice said that she ________(BE) in Tula the following weekend.

Read the text and say YES/NO. Presents for the Natives Miklukho-Maclay was a Russian scientist and traveller who lived more than a year on the island of New Guinea. The ship came to the island in the evening of a September day in 1871. Next morning the captain said to Maclay: “You are coming ashore. Why don’t you take more men with you? Have you a gun?” “I don’t need a gun. I have presents for the natives.” The island was beautiful. There were trees and flowers everywhere, and it was very hot. The sun shone brightly high above Maclay’s head. He walked for some time down a forest path. Suddenly he stopped because he heard a noise. A native stood in front of him. He looked at Maclay quickly and then started running away. Maclay ran after him. The native looked back and suddenly stopped. Maclay took out some presents and showed them to the man. The native took the presents and smiled. This was how Miklukho-Maclay met the first black man on the first day of his life in New Guinea. The native’s name was Tui. He was Maclay’s best friend all the time that the traveller lived on the island. On the first of October Maclay started out for a walk in the forest. He carried no gun. He had only a notebook and a pencil. In the forest, he met a native boy who saw him and ran away. Maclay heard the voices of men and women and the cries of children. Suddenly many men with spears in their hands came out. They stopped and looked at Maclay angrily. When he tried to say something, one of the men wanted to throw his spear at him. Maclay did not know a word of their language. He could not explain that he was their friend. He knew that he had to do something quickly. And a good idea came to him. He suddenly sat down on the ground and began to take off his shoes. Then he lay down, put a bag under his head and ... slept. The natives did nothing to him.

Read the text and mark the statements True (T), False (F) or Not Stated (NS). Homemade Ship to sail around the world Hans Andersen, a life-long fisherman, had a dream. He wanted to sail around the world. And he did it. He got several sponsors who paid for his trip. He bought a beautiful 40-foot yacht, with all the latest technical and safety gear, and had a pleasant voyage. Well, except for almost sinking while going around the tips of South America and Africa. The voyage went so smoothly that, looking back on it, he felt it was too easy. He needed a new challenge. He decided to build his own boat. But that was nothing new. Several people had built their own boats and sailed them around the world. No, he needed a unique boat. Watching TV commercials one day, he got it - ice cream sticks! He would be the first man to sail around the world in a boat built exclusively of ice cream sticks. He put out the word. Within three years, school children from all over Hol­land had sent Hans 15 million ice cream sticks. He used these sticks to build a 45-foot replica of a Viking ship. After all the sticks were glued to­gether, Hans took his new boat out to sea on a one-week voyage. “It’s magnificent, and totally sea-worthy,” he proclaimed. He plans to set out to sail in about three years’ time with a crew of two. He will sail across the Atlantic to Canada, and then down to Florida and through the Panama Canal. Then he’ll travel to Los Angeles, Honolulu, Tokyo, around the tip of Africa, and back to Holland. “If this trip suc­ceeds,” he joked, “my next goal will be to build a plane out of ice cream sticks and fly it around the world!”