Skyfall is one of the best action films in recent years. Released in 2012, it stars Daniel Craig as secret agent James Bond and Spanish actor Javier Bardem in the role of Raoul Silva, the villain in this film. The plot involves a genius computer hacker who is an ex-spy. He wants to take revenge on the organisation he used to work for and James Bond has to prevent this from happening. There are a lot of exciting action scenes as Bond pursues him around the world. Can he stop him before it is too late?
The film is set in a variety of locations including Istanbul, Shanghai, Macau, London and Scotland, which gives it a very international atmosphere. The soundtrack is impressive and includes the theme song 'Skyfall', performed by English singer Adele. The acting is also of a very high standard and Bardem brings his character to life with a dazzling and memorable performance.
I would highly recommend Skyfall, especially if you are keen on action films. It will have you on the edge of your seat until the very end and I am sure you will not regret watching it.

Complete the sentences.
1) Skyfall is a musical/ an action film / a comedy.
2) The film was produced / came out on DVD/ came out in cinemas in 2012.
3) The main character is Daniel Craig James Bond/ Raoul Silva.
4) There are scenes in / characters from / songs from Istanbul Shanghai, Macau, London and Scotland.
5) The writer especially liked/ didn’t really like / had no opinion about Javier Bardem's performance.
Vocabulary part
Fill in: performance, soundtrack, characters, plot (x4 points)
1) Looper has a very complicated involving time travel, and it is a quite difficult to follow the story at some points.
2) Jennifer Lawrence became a huge star after her excellent in The Hunger Games.
3) Scriptwriters sometimes create who are based on people they have met.
4) The Hunger Games contains some wonderful music and was produced by rock legend T-Bone Burnett.

Grammar part
1) Look at the pictures. Put the verbs in the correct form, past continuous or past simple. (x2 points)

Yesterday Sue……………………..(walk) along the road when she………….(meet) James. He ………………. (go) to the station to catch a train and he…………(carry) a bag. They…………………..(stop) to talk for a few minutes.

2) Complete the sentences. Use a comparative and superlative (x2 points)
1. This building is very old. It’s ……….. in the town.
2. She’s a very popular singer. She’s ………. singer in the country.
3. You are not very tall. Your brother is ……. than you.
4. It isn’t warm today. It was ……… yesterday.
5. It was a very bad mistake. It was …….. mistake that I’ve ever made.

Writing part
Choose one theme and write a letter to your friend (x5 points)
1) about a film that you enjoyed
2) about your water experience
3) about concert that you visit
4) about the festival that you would like to visit
5) about the TV program that you prefer

Объяснение:

The final frontier

There was a time, not so long ago, when space exploration

was a battleground where nations fought to be the first to

make new breakthroughs in space. Once, countries such as the

Soviet Union and the US kept all their space research secrets to

themselves to prevent the ‘other side’ from winning the space

race. But now all that has changed.

It all changed because the countries involved in space

research and exploration realised that working alone is just too

expensive. Working together and cooperating means they can

all make progress, so some of the countries involved in leading

space research decided to set up a space station together.

The International Space Station is run by space agencies from

Russia, the US, Europe, Japan and Canada.

The aim of the ISS is for the astronauts on the station to

carry out experiments in such fields as physics, astronomy

and meteorology. Work on board the station involves testing

space equipment and it will help to prepare for space missions

to the Moon and Mars. In addition, the station is involved in

educational programmes and encourages young people to

become interested in science and space.

So what is life like aboard a huge floating space laboratory?

What do the crew of six do every day while the space station

hurtles round the Earth’s orbit 15 times a day at 17,227 mph?

Well, the one thing the crew know for certain is that every day

is going to be a busy one. Firstly, as the crew is responsible

for all the maintenance on the station the day begins with

an inspection of the whole station. As well as carrying out

their duties and conducting experiments, each crew member

has to exercise several hours a day to counter the effects of

weightlessness, and have regular medical checks, too. By the

time their working day is over, the crew don’t have much time

to themselves before they have to sleep.

It’s not easy living in a weightless environment. Food is

sealed in individual vacuum-packed plastic bags and only has

to be heated to be ready for crew member to eat. When eating,

the astronauts have to be very careful not to create crumbs that

would float off into equipment and damage it. Drinks come

in powdered form and are then mixed with water and sipped

from a plastic bag with a straw. Even one drop of water floating

around could cause damage to systems. There are no showers

on the station, so the crew use a little water and wet wipes. They

also have shampoo that doesn’t need rinsing off and edible

toothpaste, so water is not wasted.

All in all, it can be quite stressful living on the space station,

but fascinating and exciting, too. If you think it is likely that you

would enjoy a trip to the ISS, then it is possible to arrange it.

The only drawback is that tickets cost $40 million. So far, seven

people have dug deep into their pockets to travel into outer

space to visit the ISS and see for themselves the work of the

astronauts and experience life outside Earth.

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DICTIONARY CORNER

1 Choose the correct word or phrase.

1 Millions of years ago, a huge asteroid hit the Earth and was ultimately responsible of / for the

dinosaurs becoming extinct.

2 In the film Armageddon, the heroes didn’t have much time to save / for savi

3. 1)His sisters have very pretty children.
2) These men are accountants.
3) The boys have a wite mouse.
4) Those women are our doctors.
5) Take the knives and put them into the box.
6) The books are on the shelf.
7) His feet are big.
8) There are some factories in this city.
9) These leaves yellow.
10) There are some interesting stories in this magazine.

4. My mother's flat; my sister Mary's children; my friend's letter; this writer's stories; my brother's younger daughter; his parents' house; the women's rights; my sisters' children; my grandparents' car; her brothers' room.

6. 1) from; 2) at ; 3) to; 4) into; 5) out of(должно быть); 6) on 7) in; 8) near, on; 9) on; 10) at.

7. 1) them; 2) us; 3) him; 4) me; 5) her; 6) His; 7) Our; 8) Ther; 9) My; 10) ther; 11) Its; 12) Our.

8. 1) my; 2) This; 3) This; 4) That; 5) These; 6) few; 7) little; 8) a lot of; 9) myself; 10) Both.

9) 1) some; 2) No one; 3) someone; 4) anybody; 5) anything; 6) something; 7) nothing;

10) 1) was; 2) is; 3) am, is; 4) are; 5) is, is; 6) were; 7) are; 8) is; 9) were.

11. 1) has got; 2) had; ) 3) had; 4) have got; 5) has got; 6) has; 7) have; 8) has; 9) have got.

12. 1)there is; 2) there are; 3) there are; 4) there is 5) there was; 6) there are; 7) are there; 8) is there; 9) are there; 10) is there.

13. 1) It is raining. 2) I am working. 3) She is reading ... 4) Mary is playing... 5)  the sun is shining .. 6) they are testing ... 7) he is writing ... 8) is crossing .. .