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.

3.Write a short essay on the topic: “My Favorite Literary Character”.(200-250words)

4. Speak on the topic: “Environment Protection”
Variant 29
1. Read the text and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words
This is where I work. The name of ---1---is Marshall Publishing. I ---2--working here six years ago. I ---3---a lot of time on the phone, speaking to our-
--4---, especially in Japan and Saudi Arabia. In my part of the office, there's me and then there are three others, Lucy, Helen and Paul. Paul is the new one. It's –5-- that they all ----6-- very good English because I don't speak Japanese or Arabic! I also do some work in the advertising ---7----of the company, helping ---8--adverts for radio stations around the world. Helen arrived at Marshall Publishing only a month or two after me. Everybody comes to her when there's a problem, when you have something you don't understand That's my -----9---part of the job. It's not a big office and it's not very modern either, but we really like working here. There's only one ---10---and there's a lot of papers and files. It's like an office from ten years ago really. The manager of the office is Liam. He's 39 years old and worked for a large publishers in London before taking this job. I think at the beginning, he felt a little strange, like an outsider. Now, he's one of the family. He's the best boss you could have!
1. a) my flat b) my company c) my work d)my computer
2. a) started b) helped c) favorite d) on going
3. a) speak b) work c) spend d) spends
4. a) works b) clients c) papers d) favorites
5. a) lucky b) favorite c) speak d) clients
6. a) papers b) work c) favorite d) speak
7. a) especially b) speak c) department d) papers
8. a) favorite b) papers c) made d) to make
9. a) favorite b) work c) speak d) arrived
10. a) papers b) computer c) office d) work