ЗАДАНИЯ ПОСЛЕ ТЕКСТА Since February 2012, a scanner has been checking cargo transported by rail into the port of Rotterdam as trains travel at speeds up to 60 kilometres per hour. The train scan is the latest innovation in non-intrusive detection implemented by Netherlands Customs and is currently the most modern train scanning system in the world. Not only it is the fastest in comparison with conventional installations that only allow for train speeds up to 30 kilometres, it is also the best in term of image quality. Being a fully automated scanning operation, no inspectors needed to be positioned on site. After the train passes through the scanner, an x-ray image analysis is performed at an Inspection Office in the heart of the Port, several kilometers away from the scanner’s location. In order to facilitate the analysis, the cargo manifest and container number are automatically linked to the relevant x-ray image. Customs expect that approximately 200,000 outgoing containers will pass through the train scan this year. With the collection of so many scanned images it should be possible to devise a solution that would automatically recognize anything unusual about a container’s content. (WCO NEWS) b) Make up 10 questions of all types to the text; c) Give the gist of the story.

My Family Our family is neither big nor small. I have a mother, a father and a sister. We live together in a flat in one of the industrial districts of Kharkiv. We are an average family. My father Ihor Ivanovych is 45 years old. He is a tall and well-built man with short black hair and grey eyes. He works as a manager at a big plant. He likes his work and spends most of his time there. By character my father is a quiet man, while my mother is energetic and talkative. My mother’s name is Olha Petrivna. She is a teacher of music and plays the piano well. My mother always has a lot of work to do about the house and at school. She is a busy woman and we all help her. My sister’s name is Alla. Like our mother Alla has blue eyes and fair hair. She is a very good-looking girl. Alla is three years younger than me. She is a pupil of the 8th form. She does well at school and gets only good and excellent marks. Literature is her favourite subject and she wants to become a teacher, as well as I do. Our family is very united. We like to spend time together. In the evenings we watch TV, read books and newspapers, listen to music or just talk about the events of the day. Our parents don’t always agree with what we say, but they listen to our opinion. All of us like to spend our weekends in the country. We often go to the village where our grandparents live. They are agуd pensioners now, but prefer to live in the country. My grand-grandmother is still alive. She lives in my grandmother’s family and is always glad to see us. Her health is poor and she asks us to come and see her more often. I also have many other relatives: uncles, aunts, cousins. We are happy when we are together

My name is Boris. I am fourteen years old. I would like to tell you about my family.There are five of us in the family.  I have got mother, father, elder brother and younger sister. First of all, I would like to tell you about myself.We always go to the village of our grandparents during summer holidays. There is a lake there, where we swim. We also play badminton, go fishing and in the evening we get together, drink tea, talk and laugh.My family is very friendly and united. I love it and I am proud of it. study at school at the eighth grade. I like to read historical novels and listen to pop music. My elder brother is a school-leaver, he is seventeen years old. This year he is going to enter the musical academy. He plays the piano and guitar very well. My younger sister’s name is Kate. She is five years old, she goes to the kindergarten, likes to draw and dance. I like to spend my free time with her.My mother’s name is Elena. She is a teacher of the English language. She works at school and likes her profession very much. She is forty years old and she looks very good. My father’s name is Vladimir. He is forty-five years old. He is a surgeon. He is a very responsible and hardworking person. He works a lot and he is busy all the time. We are proud of him, because every day he saves lives of other people.
We always go to the village of our grandparents during summer holidays. There is a lake there, where we swim. We also play badminton, go fishing and in the evening we get together, drink tea, talk and laugh.My family is very friendly and united. I love it and I am proud of it.
Меня зовут Борис. Мне четырнадцать лет. Я хочу рассказать вам о моей семье.В нашей семье пять человек. У меня есть папа, мама, старший брат и младшая сестра. В первую очередь, я хочу рассказать о себе.Я учусь в школе, в 8 классе. Я очень люблю читать исторические романы и слушать поп-музыку. Мой старший брат – выпускник, ему 17 лет. В этом году он собирается поступать в музыкальную академию. Он очень хорошо играет на фортепиано и гитаре. Мою младшую сестру зовут Катя, ей 5 лет, она ходит в детский сад, любит рисовать и танцевать. Мне нравится проводить с ней свободное время.Имя моей мамы - Елена. Она учитель английского языка. Она работает в школе и очень любит свою профессию. Ей 40 лет, но она очень хорошо выглядит. Моего папу зовут Владимир. Ему 45 лет. Он - хирург. Папа - очень ответственный и трудолюбивый человек. Он очень много работает и почти всегда занят. Мы очень гордимся им, потому что он каждый день жизни людей.Во время летних каникул мы всегда едем в деревню к бабушке и дедушке. Там есть озеро, мы плаваем в нем. Мы также играем в бадминтон, ловим рыбу, а вечером собираемся все вместе и пьем чай, разговариваем, смеемся.Моя семья - очень дружная и сплоченная. Я люблю ее и горжусь ею.