Перепишите предложения, выбрав правильный вариант. 1.Your car costs … than mine, but it is more beautiful.
a) little b) less c) the least d) fewer
2.My father who … recently spends all day reading the newspaper.
a) retired b) has retired c) reties d) will retire
3.You aren’t allowed … here.
a) parking b) to park c) park d) to parking
4.Computers can … in many fields.
a) use b) be used c) have used d) is used
5.Brian should not ... .
a) be laughed b) laugh at c) be laughed at d) to be laughed at
6.The figures … in The Times yesterday.
a) had referred to b) referred to c) will referred to d) were referred to
7.… … words about the author himself, the lecturer went on … of his works.
a) saying, few, to speak b) having said, few, speaking
c) after saying, a few, to speak d) to have said, a few, speaking
8.There is no point … to him. He is … last man in the world … by such circumstances.
a) to speak, the, to trouble b) to speak, -, being troubled
c) speaking, a, be troubled d) in speaking, the, to be troubled
9.No one even tries to make these children … well.
a) behave b) behaving c) to behave d) behaved
10.As a small boy he was used to … .
a) leaving in the garden alone b) leave alone in the garden
c) leave in the garden alone d) being left alone in the garden
11.I was careful enough not to promise them … their son to Britain for summer holidays.
a) inviting b) invite c) to invite d) inviting of
12.Without … to her, he began looking for a flat near her … house
a) telling anything, parents b) speaking something, parents’
c) talking something, parents d) saying anything, parents’
13.The trip was … and he was … , but … ten miles .. passed.
a) tiring, exhausting, other, were b) tiring, exhausted, another, were
c) tired, exhausting, the other, was d) tiring, exhausted, another, was
14.Remember … your oil, water and tires before you … .
a) checking, will set off b) to check, set off
c) to checked, sat off d) having checked, will set off
15.… much like a boot, … Italian Peninsula extends generally southeast into ...
Mediterranean Sea.
a) Shaping, - , the b) Shaped, the, the c) Having shaped, -, the d) Being shaped, the, -

Lately computers have filled our life. Now they are almost in each family. We have got used to them and we do not imagine our leisure without this miracle-machine.

With the help of computers the Internet has entered into our life. It became an integral part of a life of each person. Now people cannot live a day without checking of mail and visiting their favourite sites. The Internet is not only the assistant in daily work, it is also the other world in which there are mail boxes, libraries, photo galleries, games, shops. By means of the Internet people can travel to different cities, visit tourist places, communicate with people.

Recently many people ask a question: " Is the Internet harmful or useful? ". I think, that on this question there is no certain answer. In fact on the one hand the Internet is a very good and useful thing. And on the other hand it has many negative functions: dependence, the waste of time, money, health.

Certainly, the Internet can be the excellent assistant in information search. But if we spend a lot of time on the Internet we`ll have some problems. We lose a touch with the real world, get in a full dependence on a computer. I think, that it is important to learn to distinguish a side between a real life and a life on the Internet. For that it is necessary to understand, what is really important on the Internet and what is not . And then the Internet will be not the terrible enemy, but the indispensable assistant.

Перевод:

В последнее десятилетие компьютеры заполнили нашу жизнь. Теперь они есть почти в каждой семье. Мы привыкли к ним и не представляем свой досуг без этой чудо-машины.

Вместе с компьютерами в нашу жизнь вошел Интернет. Он стал неотъемлемой частью жизни каждого человека. Теперь люди не могут прожить и дня без проверки почты и посещения любимых сайтов. Интернет - это не только в повседневной работе, Интернет- это иной мир, в котором есть свои почтовые ящики, библиотеки, фотогалереи , игры, магазины. С Интернета люди могут путешествовать по разным городам, посещать туристические места, общаться с людьми.

В последнее время многие люди задают вопрос: "Вреден Интернет или полезен?". Я думаю, что на этот вопрос нет определенного ответа. Ведь с одной стороны Интернет - это очень хорошая и полезная вещь. А с другой - у Интернета есть много отрицательных функций: зависимость, бесполезная трата времени, денег, здоровья.

Конечно, Интернет может быть отличным в поиске информации. Но есливсе время проводить в Интернете могут возникнуть большие проблемы. Люди теряют связь с реальным миром, попадают в полную зависимость от компьютера. Я считаю, что важно научиться различать грань между реальной жизнью и жизнью в Интернете. Но, чтобы это сделать, нужно понять, что действительно важно в Интернете, а что нет. И тогда Интернет будет не страшным врагом, а незаменимым

Ex. 54. Work in pairs. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions.1. He'll be back in two months. 2. It can not go with you but her mother comes. 3. She was wearing glasses since childhood. 4. It is in this year left school with grustyu. 5. What did you do at home 5 7 o'cl- Ock yesterday? 6. We should not go to school on Sunday. 7. I'm afraid it does not shut down until the end of the week. 8. He prefers that his holiday was in September. 9. We met at my birthday.10. You can now call our place anytime AH. six