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SELF-STUDY 15
Task 1
1. Look! There ___ nothing here. Everything ___ away.
A) are / have been taken B) is / has been taken
C) is / is taken D) is / is being taken E) is / will be taken
2. Everybody ___ at what ___ .
A) was surprised/has happened B) was surprised/had happened
C) is surprised/happen D) surprise/happen E) will be surprised/ happened
3. The famous writer Tolstoy ___ forever in our memories, in the books he ___ to us.
A) will live / has left B) is living / will be leaving
C) lived / leaves D) would be living / had left E) have been living / left
4. Ernest Hemingway ___ one of those people who ___ in their beds.
A) had not been / died B) are / died
C) was not / die D) was not / dies E) is being / have not died
5. If you ___ so rude to her she ___ to us earlier.
A) were not / had come B) hadn’t been / would have come
C) are / would have come D) are / will come
E) are not being / would come
6. “Hello, Mr. Roberts” ___ the clerk. “What ___ you ___ home your the wife today?”
A) greet / do / take B) greeting / were / taking
C) greeted / are / taking D) will greet / did / taken E) will greet / did / take
7. Two years ago she ___ and now she ___ her time visiting friends.
A) retires / spends B) retired / spends
C) had retired / spends D) would retire / is spending E) will retire / spent
8. He might ___ the accident if he ___ more careful.
A) avoid / was B) have avoided / had been
C) avoid / had been D) had avoided / were E) avoids / is
9. -Hello, Ann! I ___ you for ages. Where have you been all this time?
-I ___ to Italy. I ___ back yesterday.
A) didn’t see/was/came B) haven’t seen/have been/came
C) don’t see/have been/have come D) saw/was/came back
E) haven’t seen/had been/had come
10. -What ___ you ___ at 6 p.m. yesterday?
-I ___ my homework. After I ___ it I played chess with my friend.
A) did/do/did/have done B) was/doing/was doing/had done
C) were/doing/was doing/had done D) were/doing/did/have done
E) had/done/had done/did
11. This book ___ quite different from the one I ___
A) is/have read B) was/am reading
C) has been/read D) have been/reads E) is/read
12. -___ I ___ after the luggage or ___ you?
-If you ___ to the luggage and pay the driver I’ll go in and see about rooms.
A) shall/look/will/see B) shall/look/will/will see
C) will/look/shall/saw D) should/look/would/would see
E) would/looked/will/saw
13. Nobody knows what ___ at this meeting but she ___ to him since.
A) was said / hasn’t spoken B) is said / hasn’t spoken
C) has said / hasn’t spoken D) was said / didn’t speak
E) is being said / doesn’t speak
14. We had an appointment yesterday afternoon but he ___ see me.
A) might not B) cannot C) have to D) mustn’t E) wasn’t able to
15. I didn’t ___ ring her up for she did it herself.
A) had to B) could C) be to D) have to E) must
1b
2b
3a
4a
5b
6c
7b
8b
9b
10c
11a
12a
13a
14e
15d
Task 2. Reading
the present situation.
scientific and non-scientific approaches.
as much as possible of what is known.
alternative ways of interpreting existing material.
explanations of the past.
1 G 2 B 3 E 4 A 5 F,I
Task 4.
Post
Manager
Department
Experience
Qualified
CV
Skills
Salary
Closing
Interview
Task 5
The question of the long occupational day has been widely discussed in recent years. Nowadays we can see a very dismal tendency: an immense amount of people take on extra work to earn extra money to feed their families. Therefore, it makes them unable to spend time with their loved ones or carry out recreational activities. From my point of view, such statement is completely correct and I would like to explain why.
One of the main arguments against long working day is that long hours of work have a negative impact on the mental and physical health of workers such as an increase of stress, an accretion of cardiovascular diseases and the deterioration of family relationships among many other problems.
Secondly, many nations like Sweden and the Netherlands have experimented in the last decade with shortening the work-week which has yielded positive results on the productivity front. Moreover, a lot of people automatically think that reducing the work-hours to 30 hours per week will crash productivity, but there’s evidence that this is far from true.
All in all, despite the increasing working hours experienced by many people nowadays, which will cause less togetherness with families as well as the lack of leisure activities, is necessary to find a balance between work life and personal life. Therefore, people must also have some time for themselves to participate in recreational activities or spend time with their families.
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