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Задание I READING

Read the text about New Zealand and match its five paragraphs with their titles (a-f). There is one title you don’t have to use.

a) New Zealand Nowadays
b) Some Pages of the Country’s History
c) Different from All Other Places of the World
d) The Land of the Maori
e) Geographical Position of the Country
f) Climate of the Country

1. New Zealand is in the South Pacific Ocean, a long way from anywhere. Australia is the closest country and that’s two thousand kilometres away. New Zealand is fairly isolated and this makes it special. New Zealand’s history is special, its weather, its people, its flora and fauna are also special.

2. New Zealand is situated on three islands. Two of them are quite large — the North Island and the South Island. The third island is much smaller. Its name is Stewart Island. The territory of New Zealand is about the same size as the lands of the United Kingdom. But the population of the country is only four million people while sixty-one million people live in Britain.

3. The main language of New Zealand is English. New Zealand was once part of the British Empire and still has the British flag as part of its own flag. The first people who made New Zealand their home were the Maori. They arrived from Polynesia in wooden boats. The Maori called New Zealand “Land of the Long White Cloud”. About the year 1700 the first Europeans came to New Zealand.

4. The weather in New Zealand is usually never really hot or really cold. It is hotter on the North Island where most people live. It often rains and the weather can change quickly. Sometimes you can get many various kinds of weather in one day, especially on the South Island.

5. Thousands of people go to New Zealand. Some of them go there on holiday. They want to see the beautiful countryside and to enjoy sports. While they are there, tourists can learn interesting facts about Maori and hear many Maori stories about New Zealand. Today the biggest business in the country is tourism. Farming is also important. New Zealand has a lot of water, clean air and good earth. The country is famous for its butter, cheese and meat.

Задание II     USE OF ENGLISH (GRAMMAR)

Use the derivatives of the words on the right to complete thesentences.
1. Most children in Michael’s class were very competent computer users.   CHILD

1. Emma smiled and said: “We are happy to meet you.  BE
2. He was in the bathroom cleaning his teeth when he heard some TOOTH unfamiliar voices from the veranda.
3. Your mum showed us your photo, but you are much younger there. YOUNG
4. I lost my key and I can’t get into my house.” LOSE
5. The weather was getting worse every hour. BAD
6. The screen broke and the phone was obviously dead. BREAK
7. We have always been optmistic and we have always been sure of our success. OPTIMIST

Complete the sentences with the verbs in the correct form. Using the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous.

1. My friends have visited the British Museum.
2. I have been dreaming of going to USA since I was a child.
3. These people have finished reading a text.
4. Everybody has played this game before.
5. The teacher has been asking us questions for 3 hours.
6. The sisters have discovered a wonderful new book.

Complete the sentences with the prepositions from the box.

1) It was just a silly mistake, I don’t think Ben did it on purpose.
2) I find it very difficult to agree with his arguments.
3) Nowadays a lot of people are used to buying things online.
4) I think you should apologize for your behavior: it made us all very unhappy.
5) The first manned spaceship was launched into space in 1961.
6) One of the most terrible wars broke out at the beginning of the previous century.
7) They can’t use their computer at the moment: it has broken down.
8) A lot of discoveries were made at the cost of human lives.

Create the tag-questions:

4. The two girls are chatting with each other, aren’t they?
5. The guests put on colourful paper hats at the beginning of the party, didn’t they?
6. There aren’t any biscuits on the table, are they?
7. The grey cat has gone into the house, hasn’t it?
8. The children didn’t enjoy the birthday party, did they?