Independent work II variant 15 I. Reading task How did I learn English?

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Independent work II 
Variant 15 
I.
 
Reading task
How did I learn English? 
My name Mansur. I live in Tashkent and Uzbek is my native language. I am a mathematician, but 
I like learning English too. I learned English very well and now I want to share my experience 
with other people.
I had my first contact with English when I was six. My dad inspired me to listen to The Beatles. I 
listened to them every day for the next seven years. In the beginning I could understand nothing 
of what they were singing. But soon I started to understand every word, especially the ones which 
appeared in the titles. So The Beatles were my first motivation. Today, I can understand The 
Beatles very clearly. When I was 13 years old, I started reading science fiction books. I read in 
Uzbek. The books were all American. I could not read the original versions because I did not know 
English so well. Somehow I felt that in English the books will be even more interesting and reading 
will be more exciting. I finally decided that I wanted to read books in English. I learned every new 
English word that I met. I found that reading is much more exciting in English. Now I study 
mathematics. Most of the books in my math institute’s library are in English. I discovered that my 
knowledge of English is very important for my learning mathematics. 
 
1. Mark statements True or False. 
1.
Mansur is an architect. 
( F) 
2.
He began learning English when he was six.(
T
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3.
He began learning by reading books.(
 F
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4.
The first English songs he heard were by The Beatles.( 
T
)
5.
He began reading English books when he was 13.( 
F
)
6.
He wanted to read books in the original language.(
 T
)
7.
He discovered that his English is useful for mathematics too.( 
T
)
III.Writing task:
Can you think of other activities in which one season may be better than 
another? 
There are many sports and other sort of activities, which require certain kind of weather and 
season. Some activities are suggested to play in summer in which the weather is sunny and 
warm. For example, swimming in rivers, making and eating ice creams, having picnics and 
camping are played in summer, undoubtedly. This is because; doing above-mentioned activities 
in winter can be called just silliness, for sure. In addition to this, there are also some sports and 
other pastime activities which can only be done in winter, mostly with snow. This can be 
perfectly exemplified by the fact that skiing, ice skating, making snowman can only be done 
using snow, which is present in winter. Also playing kites, drawing, playing football volleyball 
and basketball are played mostly in Autumn and Spring, showing that these seasons also have 
their importance.
In conclusion, I believe that doing some activities are better under certain weather conditions 
than others, which again confirms that season plays a crucial role in doing them.