Independent work variant Read the text and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words

2.Listen to the text and write ten or more questions according to it.


It’s hard to believe ______________________ had computers a few years ago. I wonder how people lived. There must have been ______________________ paperwork. I can’t imagine writing everything by hand. I ______________________ everything worked without computers. We need computers today for everything. Hospitals, airports, the police… nothing can work without computers. I’m ______________________ ten times busier than now if I didn’t have a computer. Imagine ______________________ find ______________________ paper and an envelope and then walking down the street ______________________ letter! I love my computer. It makes everything ______________________ convenient. Sure, it freezes and crashes sometimes. Sure ______________________ data. But that’s not often. Most ______________________ my computer is like my best friend.

3.Write a short essay on the topic: “The English Language ”.(200-250words)

4. Speak on the topic: ““Environmental pollution ””


Variant 18
1.Read the text and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words.

When you leave school you understand that the time to choose your ___1___ profession, your future life has become. It’s not an easy to make the right choice of a job. I have known for long time that leaving school is ____2____of my independent life, the beginning of a far more serious examination of my abilities and character. What do I want _____3____when I leave school? It’s very important question for me. A few years ago it was difficult for me to give a definite answer. As the years passed I____4____my mind a lot of times about what science or field of industry to specialize in. It’s difficult to make up my mind and choose one of the hundreds jobs to which I might be better suited. A couple of years ago I wanted to become a doctor, you know I wanted to help people who had problems with____5___. Then I wanted to become a policeman, then a spaceman, I even wanted to become a professional football___6___. But all of them now are in the past. They were like children’s dreams and nothing more. Now I have already decided what to do. I’d like to be an aviator. I know that it’s very___7___. I should know perfectly everything about the planes, airports, weather and other things. You know that the ____8____is very important thing for the flights too. I must be well educated and well informed. So that’s why at first I am going to go to the Aviation University in Moscow, then when I finish studding I’ll go to my country to try to get a job in the ___9___companies. You know may be something will be not OK, because I don’t know what will happen tomorrow, but I know that I’ll do everything to realize my plane and my dreams. I also want to say that the profession should be chosen according to the character and hobbies of the___10___.

1. a) past b)present c) good d)future
2. a) the beginning b)the ending c) begin d)end
3. a) to do b)to go c)to bed)to leave
4. a)placed b)changedc)liked d)wanted
5. a) wealth b) healthc) head d)
6. a) team b) fan c)layers d)player
7. a) easy b)likely c)difficult d)different
8. a) warmness b)weather c) climate d)place
9. a) air b) water c) ship d) private
10. a) cat b)teacher c)persond)pupils