Reading Read the text and answer the questions. Use short answers. Lakebaikal

Writing a letter

You would like to attend a training course. Write a letter to your company manager. In your letter, you should say:

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  why you would like to attend this course?
  
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  why it would be beneficial for you and the company?
  
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  suggest how to arrange time for it.
  

Speaking:Uzbekistan

Reading.

Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.
THE AMUDARYA AND THE SYR DARYA
The last 1_______ to the basin of two great rivers of our Republic the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya has 2_____ analyses of these rivers and a number of canals. The water from the cotton fields flows 3____ the canals which feed these two great rivers. Because of the large amount of chemical products and other kinds of 4______ the water in the rivers has made a lethal affection on their flora and fauna.

In one section of the Amu-Bukhara canal the high 5______ zone extends from one to two kilometers into the desert.

On its way the canal loses half of the water, if 6___ more. The expedition has made its analysis in autumn when the water level is lowest. It is higher in summer, when the water flows faster, resulting in an even greater filtration. Swamps and lakes have just appeared that are absolutely 7_______ to man.

All these man-made basins have raised the ground water and fertile lands become salinated. And now the lands in the cotton-growing regions are so polluted with chemicals and all kinds of fertilizers that they can yield nothing,

A large group of writers, journalists and scientists have studied various areas of the 8______ of the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya right from the glaciers in the Pamir. They looked into the causes and consequences of the dangerous ecological situation in the Aral Sea basin.

The members of the expedition have analyzed the results and came to the 9______ that this tragedy demands quick and decisive measures. The scientists of different 10_____are busy now with searching the way from this situation.

1. A. Expedition B. Group C. Students D. People

2. A. Released B. Conducted C. Taken D. Brought

3. A. Out B. Down C. In D. Into

4. A. Pureness B. Dirty C. Pollution D. Cleanliness

5. A. Wet B. Dry C. Fresh D. Humidity

6. A. Not B. Any C. No D. No

7. A. Useful B. Useless C. Beneficiary D. Profitable

8. A. Seas B. Lakes C. Basins D. Oceans

9. A. Resume B. Content C. Note D. Conclusion

10A. Pureness B. Dirty C. Fields D. Cleanliness