Reading Task1. Read the article. Holidays in Space The World Tourism Organization says that space will soon be a popular place holiday company is getting ready. They are planning a space holiday centre. It will look like a bicycle wheel and have a hotel for 100 people and a theme park. It will travel round the Earth at a height of 300 km. The company hopes the centre will be ready in 2017. The company chairman says that flying to the centre will probably be quicker than flying from Hong Kong to Singapore. to go on - possibly by 2020. One Japanese When they are on board ar tourists will take of the centre, the short trips to the Moon or go for walks in space. An American hotel group is also thinking of building a hotel, called the Lunar Hotel. This will be on the Moon. Most of the hotel will be under the ground so it won't become too hot or too cold. The rooms will look just like they do on Earth. The guests will eat normal food for lunch. The cooks will just push a button to mix dried food with water to become an instant meal! Task 1.Read the article again and give answers to the questions. Write no more than THREE WORDS or A NUMBER.

Неlеn is 15 and at school. Despite being good at most subjects there are some that she sti11 has problems with. No matter how hard she studies she doesn't seem to get good marks in maths, though her father sits with her every week to try and help her understand it better. She loves art, as she always gets good grades, but she doesn't like sports at all though she' s quite ath1etic. Неlеn knows that while she' s still at school she has to keep working hard in all subjects she's studying. No matter what grades she gets. However, she's optimistic that she'll improve overall.

Although и though переводятся одинаково(хотя), но разница между ними в том, что первое ставится только в начало предложения,а второе может быть и в начале, и в середине, и в конце предложения.

Even though переводится как "даже не смотря на". Оно более сильно, чем despite (так как оно переводится как просто "несмотря на")

While переводится как "пока" (пока что-то происходит, а не прощание)

Whereas переводится как "в то время как, между тем", но не как "пока". Эти слова имеют разные значения.

1. b) These sweets are for us

c) He loves playing it

d) I don't remember it

e) Look at him

f) I love her

g) He reads them during breakfast

h) Wait for her in the hall

2.

baabba

3.

2. Mariam can type fast

3. My sister can do these exercises easily

4. Students study hard for their exams

5. The new worker works very slowly

6. I sleep badly when I eat a lot

7 . My mother cooks very good.

8. Karim is a successful businessman. He works hard.

4.

in: the evening, the spring

on: Friday, the weekend, Monday afternoon, 13th November

at: night, seven o'clock

5.

a) ugly

b) big

c) sad

d) same

e) old

f) young

g) wet

h) low

6.

wasn't/waswas/couldn'twerewere/weren't/wascouldn't/werecouldn't/wascan/wascan't

7.

visited didn'twanteddidn'twaiteddidn'tuseddidn't

8.

a) three years ago

b) last month

c) last Sunday

d) thirty minutes ago

e) last August

f) two weeks ago

g) yesterday evening

9.

arrived (R)

played (R)

decided (R)

fell (I)

went (I)

washed (R)

woke up (I)

took (I)

wanted (R)

sold (I)

walked (R)

wore (I)

became (I)

10.

bbabaaba