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 “The role of my parents in my life
4. Speak on the topic: “Seasons ”
Independent work 1
Variant 3
1.Read the text and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words
__________ (1) a foreign language isn't _________(2) easy thing. Nowadays it's especially important _________ (3) foreign languages.
Some people _________(4) languages because they need them for _______(5) work, others travel abroad, ________(6) the third studying foreign languages ______ (7) a hobby. Everyone, __________ (8) knows foreign languages can speak ______ (9)people from other countries, read foreign authors in the original, ________ (10) makes your outlook wider.
I study English. It's a long and slow process that ______(11) a lot of time and efforts. ________(12) 300 million people speak it is as a mother tongue.
The native speakers of English _______ (13) in Great Britain, the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand. English is one of the ________(14) languages of the United Nations Organization and other political organizations.
English language is a wonderful language. It's ________(15) language of _______(16) great literature. It's the language of William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and others. Half of the world's scientific literature is _______ (17) English. It's the language of computers technology.
The great German poet Goethe once said, «He, _______(18) knows no foreign language, doesn't know his own one ». That's why in order to understand oneself and environment one has to learn foreign languages.
I think, that _______________(19) English today is absolutely necessary ________(20) every educated man, for every good specialist.
1.a. to learn b. learning c. learns d. to learning
2.a. an b. the c. a d. -
3.a. knowing b. knows c. to know d. knew
4. a. learn b. learning c. to learn d. learns
5.a. its b. them c. their d. his
6.a. on b. for c. at d. of
7.a. is b. was c. were d. are
8.a. which b. who c. whom d. whose
9.a. - b. at c. to d. for
10.a. which b. who c. whom d. whose
11. a. take b. taking c. takes d. is taking
12.a. above b. over c. ang d. between
13.a. living b. lives c. lived d. live
14.a. official b. national c. native d. difficult
15.a. an b. the c. a d. -
16.a. the b. an c. - d. a
17.a. at b. on c. - d. in
18.a. which b. who c. whom d. whose
19.a. to know b. knows c. knowing d. knew
20. a. to b. for c. by d. -