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1. Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски одним из вариантов. Один вариант лишний.
Some people say that we live in the time of technologies and communication. Some people, ___________(1). The Internet, radio and computer technologies have changed out communication style completely. We’ve got used to short e-mails and extra-short SMS’s. There is no need to think about handwriting or spelling. We don’t even need to think about the words to use – telephones and computers often suggest their ready-made sentences for greetings and partings,__________(2).
In fact, it’s great that we are able to communicate so quickly nowadays. It takes seconds to ask a person living in the other hemisphere a question and ________(3). And we tend to use shorter and shorter sentences when we write and when we speak.
Some scientists worry about too short sentences. They say that if we lose the art of conversation, ___________(4). Speech influences the way we think. If we don’t apply individual style in writing and speaking, we risk losing individuality in thinking too.
A it will make our speech various
B to express congratulations or compassion
C in contrast, say that we are losing the ability to communicate
D we will become primitive and stereotypical in our thinking
E to get the answer
Прочитайте текст. Поставьте глаголы, данные в скобках в нужную форму.
It was a nice winter day. It _____________5(snow) but it wasn’t windy and I decided to walk instead of going by bus. Everything __________6(cover) with snow and it looked beautiful. I was crossing the road when somebody called me by name. It was a little man in a funny hat, he was waving me from the opposite side of the road. “Jack, is it you? I’m so happy to see you! We ___________7(not/see) each other for fifteen, no – for seventeen years!” His voice seemed familiar, but I ___________8(not/recognize) him anyway. He understood that and looked a bit hurt, “Can’t you recognize me? I’m Sam. We ___________9(play) for the University football team when we were students.”
3.Прочитайте текст и вставьте подходящие слова, выбрав один из предложенных ниже вариантов.
When I say that life will be much ______________(10) when I finish school, my elder brother laughs at me. He thinks that ____________(11) is a lifetime process and it will never be over. According to him, ____________(12) should study all the time if they don’t want to fall______________(13) the others. My brother graduated from the university last year. He works in the field of telecommunications and reads a lot in the evenings. He says that he _____________(14)do it because technologies develop very quickly.
1 a) easy b) easier c) easiest d) the easiest
2 a) to study b) studying c) study d) studies
3 a) someone b) somebody c) nobody d) everyone
4 a) apart b) down c) behind d) in
5 a) has to b) may c) can d) could
