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.

THE SECRET OF LIFE
I was very happy at the University. I worked hard and my ____________ were very pleased withme. I studied science – chemistry and medicine. I wanted to learn______________ about the human body. Ialso wanted to learn about the mind of man.
Most of all I wanted to____________ the secret of life. What was difference between a living personand a dead body? Why did a dead body turn to dust? Could a dead man come alive again?I worked__________ to find the answers to these questions. I read many old books. The writers said itwas possible to create life. They said it was_____________ to make a dead man live again. But the writersdid not say how it could be done. I lived in a house in ____________ told part of the city. I had a______________ there where I worked alone. Noone knew what I was doing.In the evenings, I read in my library. Sometimes I did not sleep all night. The months passed and I forgot______________ my family and my friends. I had _____________ one thought. I wanted to find the ___________ of life. I went to hospitals and ___________ men dying. I listened to their cries. I watched their bodiesgrow old and ugly.I paid men to steal bodies from graveyards. These men dug up the _____________-- from the ground.They ____________ them to my laboratory at night. I cut up the bodies. Everywhere I smelt death – deathand blood.
People were___________ of me, but I did not. I knew that death would change them. Their bloodwould stop moving. Their skin would become_____________- and yellow. I wanted to help them. I was______________- hard to find the secret of the life.

3.Write a short essay on the topic: “Could I be a manager ”.(200-250words)
4. Speak on the topic: “Uzbek holidays”
Independent work 1
Variant 14
1.Read the text and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words

Last month my mother ____(1) her birthday. My father ______(2) to throw a surprise party for her. Two weeks, before the event he booked a room in my mother's favourite cafe. And then my father began _______(3)our relatives and friends. Of course, that was a great secret. It was sometimes difficult to keep mother from suspecting anything. It was also ______(4)to make some people understand that it was to be a surprise. For example, _____(5) only time he could ring mother's parents was when she happened to be in the house. However, she didn't suspect _____(6) and her parents didn't say a word _______(7) the invitation. Two weeks such secret planning was more than father could stand. He was glad when that day arrived but nervous in case something went wrong. ____(8) had told mother that they would just go shopping. She agreed as she didn't often make a big fuss of ____(9) birthday. My father _________(10) her a beautiful ______(11) and she wore it when they went out. They wandered _______(12) the river and then _______(13) the shops. It was a lovely day and many people were out. Father ______(14) very nervous, because if mother guesses his surprise will be ruined. Eventually it was time _____(15) my father to suggest having a _____(16) at their favourite cafe. It would be his treat as ___(17) kind of birthday present.

Mother readily agreed. Great was my _______(18) surprise when she saw her sister-in-law's car parked outside the cafe and greater when in the foyer she saw ray brother and me, though we had to be at the university. What a ______(19) people she found ________(20) ready to wish her a happy birthday. My mother was very happy!

1. a) had b) have c) are d) will

2. a) decide b) decided c) was d) deciding
3. a) invite b) inviting c) to invite d) invited
4. a) difficult b) different c) interest d) beautiful
5. a) a b) the c) an d) -
6. a) nothing b) something c) somebody d) anything
7. a) about b) together c) with d) off
8. a) she b) he c) his d) him
9. a) her b) she c) hers d) she’s
10. a) buy b) bought c) have bought d) had bought
11. a) flower b) pictures c) dress d) vase
12. a) with b) along c) about d) from
13. a) around b) in front of c) behind d) next to
14. a) is b) were c) are d) was
15. a) from b) for c) of d) by
16. a) food b) meat c) meal d) lunch
17. a) a b) the c) an d) any
18. a) mother b) mother is c) mother's d) mothers’
19. a) crowd of b) a lot c) many d) a few
20. a) outside b) into c) out of d) inside