2. Write an essay on the topic : English speaking countries

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TASK 1. Reading. 1.B 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.B 6.B 7.C 8.C 9.A 10.C

2.Write an essay on the topic : The role of sports in the life of people and country. Sport holds an important place in our life. When we listen to the radio in the morning, we can always hear sport news. When we open a newspaper, we can always find information about some game or other or an article about our favourite kind of sports. Television programmes about sport are also very popular, and we can watch something interesting every day. Sport helps people to keep in good health. Sport also makes us more organized in our daily activities. National game and sports competitions are popular in our country. People go in for many kinds of sports.

Basketball is played in a gym or a playing ground 26x12 metres. The teams that play the game consist of10 players each but only 5 of them are on the field at the same time, the others are on the benches.