Module 3

UNIT 8

UNIT 7

UNIT 6

UNIT 5

UNIT 4

UNIT 3

UNIT 2

UNIT 1

Task 1. Прослухайте наступний текст:

An important businessman was asked to give a twenty-minute speech in another city. He was too busy to write it himself, so he asked his secretary to put one together for him out of a large book of speeches which she had on her desk. She typed one out for him, and he picked it up just in time to rush off to his plane. But when he gave his speech, it ran on for an hour, and the audience was getting very restless and bored by the end of it.

When the businessman got back to his office, he complained to his secretary about this. “I told you it was supposed to be a twenty-minute speech!” he said to her bitterly.

“That’s what I gave you,” she answered, “the original and two copies. The original for you to read at the meeting, and two copies for the files, after you had checked them.”

Task 2. Дайте відповіді на запитання:

1. What was the important businessman asked to do?

2. Who prepared the speech for him?

3. How did the audience receive it?

4. Why did the speech last an hour instead of twenty minutes?

5. Why had the secretary given him so many copies?

6. What mistake had the businessman made?

Task 3. Заповніть кросворд:

Across:

1. The_______ give a speech.

6. When he was sick, he used to take some ________.

8. “Did the man only read one copy of his speech?”

“No, he read _______ three of them.”

9. The businessman’s plane is _______ now.

12. Travel by plane, instead of by train, ________ time.

13. The businessman should _______have read more than one copy of his speech.

16. The businessman’s audience did not find his speech very ________ after the first time.

1.

Down:

2. The businessman always took _______of his company’s products with him to show other people.

3. There are sixty in a minute.

4. The secretary forgot to________that there were two extra copies of the speech when she gave them to her employer.

5. The businessman had ________time to write his own speeches.

7. The businessman had to ________his speech in another’city.

10.The businessman ________ his secretary to type his speech.

11. The businessman was met _________ arrival at the airport.

14. “Did the businessman have his ________plane?”

“No, he flew with the commercial airlines.”

15.The businessman had to read his speech ________the meeting.

Task 1. Прослухайте наступний текст:

A young man was called up for army service, but he didn't want to become a soldier. When he went for his medical exam, he pretended that his eyesight was very bad.

The doctor pointed to the eye chart on the wall and said, “Please read the top line.”

“The top line of what?” the young man asked.

“The top line of the chart,” the doctor replied.

“What chart?” the man asked.

“The one on the wall,” the doctor said.

“What wall?” the man asked.

Finally, the doctor decided that the man’s eyes were not good enough for army service.

That evening the same young man was at a movie when another man came in and sat next to him in the dark. When the lights went on, the young man saw that his neighbor was the doctor who had examined him earlier. Immediately he said, “Excuse me, ma’am, but does this bus go to Main Street?”

Task 2. Дайте відповіді на запитання:

1.What did the young man do to avoid military service?

2.What did he say when the doctor said, “Please read the top line of the chart”?

3.What did the doctor decide at last?

4.Where did the young man go that evening?

5.Who sat down next to him?

6.What did the young man say when the lights went on?

Task 3. Виберіть правильні твердження з тексту та запишіть їх:

1. The young man in this story was unwilling to do his military service.

2. The young man in this story was willing to do his military service.

3. He avoided it by pretending that he had bad eyesight.

4. He failed to get in because his eyesight was very bad.

5. When the doctor gave him orders, he could not understand what the doctor said.

6. When the doctor told him to look at things, he pretended he could not see them.

7. He went into a movie theater by mistake, thinking it was a bus.

8. He went into a movie theater to see a film.

9. The doctor came into the theater with the young man.
10. The doctor came into the theater after the young man.

Task 4. Підберіть відповідні речення до наступних картинок:

He asked him whether the bus he was on went to Main Street.

1. He went to the doctor for a medical exam.

2. Someone came in and sat down next to him in the dark.

3. The doctor tested his eyes.

4. Then he let the young man go.

5. A young man got a letter from the army.

6. The young man went to a movie that evening.

7. When the lights came on, the young man saw that it was the doctor.

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Task 1. Прослухайте наступний текст:

A young officer on a small vessel was being tested on his knowledge of what to do if someone fell overboard while he was in charge of the ship. A big can was thrown into the sea, and the officer had to pretend it was a man who had fallen in and try to save it. The officer was inexperienced, and the first 'thing that happened was that the can was pulled under by the ship’s propeller. The officer quickly stopped the ship and went backwards. There was a loud crash as he struck the can again. Then he went forwards, went around in a circle, and struck the can once more straight in front of the ship.

A sailor who was observing all this now said, “Excuse me, sir, but if I’m ever unfortunate enough to fall into the sea while you're steering the ship, please let me swim to shore by myself!”

Task 2. Дайте відповіді на запитання:

1.What was the young officer being tested on?

2.How was he being tested?

3.What was the first thing that happened?

4.What did the officer do then?

5.What happened when he went forwards?

6.What did a sailor say to him then?

Task 3. Виберіть правильний варіант відповіді:

1. What kind of test was the young officer having?

a. It was a test of whether he could save a person who fell into the sea.

b. It was a test of whether he was in charge of the ship.

2. What did the officer have to save in the test?

a. A man who had fallen into the sea.

b. A can which had been thrown into the sea.

3. What did the propeller do to the can?

a. It made it go around.

b. It pulled it under the water.

4. How did the officer hit the can the second time?

a. He hit it when he had stopped.

b. He hit it while he was going backwards.

5. How did he hit it the third time?

a. He went around and hit it with the front of the ship.

b. He put it in a circle and hit it with the back of the ship.

6. What did a sailor want the officer to do?

a. To let him swim to shore if he ever fell into the sea.

b. To save him if he ever fell into the sea.

Task 4. Заповніть пропуски в реченнях за допомогою слів з тексту:

The captain of a small______went below deck to sleep, leaving a young officer in______of the ship. This young man did not have much _______about a ship yet, and he was too_______to avoid hitting a large rock. The ship______it twice. The_______woke the captain, and he_______put on his clothes and hurried onto the deck.

He stood for a few seconds, _______the scene and then said, “Well, you said you’d never been in a shipwreck before: now you’re in one.”

Task 1. Прослухайте наступний текст:

When George Jones finished college, he became a clerk in a big company, hoping to advance to higher positions as time went on. He did his work reasonably well, but he wasn’t very smart, so when the older employees retired from higher positions, it was never Jones who was promoted.

After he had been with the company for fifteen years without ever being promoted, a smart young man, straight from college, came to work in the same department, and after a year, he was promoted above Jones.

Jones was angry that he hadn’t been promoted instead of this young man, so he went to his manager and said, “I've had sixteen years’ experience on this job, yet a new man has been promoted over my head after having been here only one year.”

“I’m sorry, Jones,” answered the manager patiently, “but you haven’t had sixteen years’ experience: you’ve had one year’s experience sixteen times.”

Task 2. Дайте відповіді на запитання:

1.What job did George Jones get after leaving college?

2.What was his ambition?

3.Why didn’t he get promoted?

4.Who joined the same department fifteen years after him?

5.What happened after a year?

6.Why did Jones go to see the manager?

7.What did Jones say to him?

8.What did the manager answer?

Task 3. Заповніть пропуски в реченнях за допомогою слів з тексту:

1. The man _______above Jones’s head was very______in getting ahead in life.(promoted, promoting), (interested,interesting)

2. The other people______in Jones's department found him_______to talk to. (worked, worked), (interested, interesting)

3. Students ________college in the summer were usually_______by the company in the autumn. (finished, finishing), (choosing, chosen)

4. Clerks ________to be were usually young rather than old. (choosing, chosen), (promoted, promoting)

5. The manager _______ to Jones did not think Jones was very _______. (talked, talking), (experienced, experiencing)

Task 4. Підберіть відповідні слова з лівої колонки до слів з правої колонки:

1. Jones a. did not think Jones had a lot of experience.

2. Jones’s experience b. retired from the company.

3. Older employees c. was angry because he was not promoted.

4. The manager d. was promoted after a year.

5. The new young man e. was the same each year.

Task 1. Прослухайте наступний текст:

Mr. Johnson had never been up in an airplane before and he had read a lot about air accidents, so one day when a friend offered to take him for a ride in his own small plane, Mr. Johnson was very worried about accepting. Finally, however, his friend persuaded him that it was very safe, and Mr. Johnson boarded the plane.

His friend started the engine and began to taxi onto the runway of the airport. Mr. Johnson had heard that the most dangerous parts of a flight were the take-off and the landing, so he was extremely frightened and closed his eyes.

After a minute or two he opened them again, looked out of the window of the plane, and said to his friend, “Look at those people down there. They look as small as ants, don’t they?”

“Those are ants,” answered his friend. “We’re still on the ground.”

Task 2. Дайте відповіді на запитання:

1.Why was Mr. Johnson worried about accepting his friends offer to ride in his small plane?

2.What did Mr. Johnson think were the most dangerous parts of a flight?

3.How did he feel when they began to taxi onto the runway, and what did he do?

4.What happened after a minute or two?

5.What did Mr. Johnson say to his friend?

6.And what did the friend answer?

Task 3. Надайте відповідні слова з тексту до слів та словосполучень:

1. afraid

2. at last

3. coming down

4. go(ing) up

5. nervous

6. entered

7. shut

8. without danger

Task 4. Заповніть пропуски в реченнях, використовуючи слова з дужок:

1. Mr. Johnson has ______his plane! (missed, spared)

2. Mr. Johnson wants to borrow his friend's car, but the friend can’t______it today.

(miss, spare)

3. Mr. Johnson is ______ a bridge. (crossing, passing)

4. He is_____another bridge now. (crossing, passing)

5. Mr. Johnson doesn't have a car today, so hell just have to______one. (borrow, lend)

6. His neighbor owns two. cars. He can______one to Mr. Johnson. (borrow, lend)

Task 1. Прослухайте наступний текст:

A man got into a train and found himself sitting opposite a woman who seemed to be about thirty-five years old. Soon they began talking to each other, and he said to her, “Do you have a family?”

“Yes, I have one son,” the woman answered.

“Oh, really?” said the man. “Does he smoke?”

“No, he’s never touched a cigarette,” the woman replied.

“That’s good,” the man continued. “I don't smoke either. Tobacco is very bad for one’s health. And does your son drink wine?”

“Oh, no,” the woman answered at once, “he’s never drunk a drop of it.”

“Then I congratulate you, ma’am,” the man said. "And does he ever come home late at night?”

“No, never,” his neighbor answered. “He goes to bed immediately after dinner every night.”

“Well,” the man said, “he's a wise young man. How old is he?”

“He’s six months old today,” the woman replied proudly.

Task 2. Дайте відповіді на запитання:

1. Did the woman on the train have a family?

2. What three things did the man ask her about her son?

3. What did she answer to all three questions?

4. What did the man think about her answers?

5. What was his last question?

6. And what was her answer?

7. How old do you think the man had expected the woman’s son to be?

Task 3. Надайте відповідні слова з тексту до наступних слів та словосполучень:

1. a long time

2. next to

3. foolish

4. in an ashamed way

5. pity

Task 4. Заповніть пропуски в реченнях:

Example: a. The man found a woman sitting opposite him on the train, but he wasn’t expecting to.

b. The man wasn’t expecting to find a woman sitting opposite him, but he did.

1. a. The woman was questioned about her son, but she hadn't been expecting this.

b. The woman hadn’t been expecting to________________, but she was.

2. a. The man had an interesting trip, although he had not expected one.

b. The man had not expected ________________, but he did.

3. a. The woman’son was only six months old, but the man wasn’t expecting him to be so young.

b. The man wasn’t expecting the woman’s son ________________, but he was.

4. a. The woman was able to speak proudly of her son, but she had not expected to on a train.
b. The woman had not expected to ________________, but she was.

Task 1. Прослухайте наступний текст:

It was a Saturday evening in late July, and Joe and his girlfriend had been to the movies. After that they ate supper in a small restaurant, and now they were sitting together on a bench in the park, enjoying the cool air and the moonlight.

After a long time, the girl said dreamily, “Joe, do you think my eyes are like bright stars shining in the clear night sky?”

Joe looked at her quickly, and then answered, “Yes.”

“And do you think my teeth are like pearls reflecting the light of the moon?" she continued in the same dreamy voice.

“Yes,” he answered again after another quick look.

“And do you think my hair is like a golden waterfall in the moonlight?” she went on.

“Yes,” he repeated.

“Oh, Joe!” she said happily, throwing her arms around him, “You say the most wonderful things!”

Task 2. Дайте відповіді на запитання:

1.Where were Joe and his girlfriend when she began asking him these questions?

2.What was the weather like?

3.What were the girl’s eyes like?

4.What were her teeth like?

5.What was her hair like?

6.Did Joe agree with these comparisons?

7.What did his girlfriend say finally?

8.Who had really been saying all those wonderful things?

Task 3. Заповніть кросворд:

Across:

1. Joe’s girlfriend thought that he said________things.

4. Objects which are very valuable.

6. To know something when one sees it again.

9. Joe did not really seem to have the ________to say much.

10. Joe ________ his girlfriend into the park by the hand, because it was dark.

11. Joe and his girlfriend were ________ to go home after sitting in the park.

Down:

1. The girl’s hair was like a golden _______.

2. Joe and his girlfriend went _______a walk after supper.

3. Joe was just________to what his girlfriend said, and then answering, “Yes.”

5. Adding one’s signature to.

7. Small girl or boy.

8. Freezing cold.

Task 4. Напишіть лист, використовуючи наступні слова:

Moonlight, blades, berries, waterfall, beam, horizon, lightning, hay, stream, rainbow

Dear Martha,

Last week the farmer in the next village cut his grass to make________for his cows, and Joe and I walked through it to reach the little________. We sat among the_________of tall grass and ate_________off the bushes. There was the rushing sound of _________near us, and when we went to look for it, we saw a colorful_________in the sky, and flashes of_________out near the__________._____

We stayed until it got dark, and then ate our supper by the water, where
a_________of_________ shone down through the trees.

Your friend,

Sue

Task 1. Прослухайте наступний текст:

Mr. Grey was a biology professor, and he had a big collection of extremely rare bones which he was very proud of. Then one year he managed to get a new and better job at another university. Because Mr. Grey was very busy, his wife made the arrangements for all their possessions to be taken in a moving van to their new home while he was away at work.

The following week three men started taking the things out of Mrs. Grey’s house and loading them into the van, when one of them brought out a large wooden box. He was just about to throw it into the van with all the other things when Mrs. Grey ran out of her house and said, “Please treat that box very gently! That one has all of my husband’s bones in it.”

The man was so surprised that he nearly dropped the box on his feet.

Task 2. Дайте відповіді на запитання:

1. What kind of collection did Mr. Grey have?

2. What happened to Mr. Grey one year?

3. Why did some men come to take all of the Grey's possessions away?

4. What did one of the men take out of the house?

5. What was he going to do with the box?

6. What did Mrs. Grey say to the man?

7. What happened to the man when he heard this?

Task 3. Виберіть правильний варіант відповіді:

1. Mr. Grey had collected a lot of bones which were very unusual.

2. He had to move to another town because he was very busy.

3. He had to move to another town because he was going to work there.

4. Mrs. Grey watched three men while they took things out of her house and loaded them into a van.

5. Three men watched Mrs. Grey while she took things out of her house and loaded them into a van.

6. Mr. Grey’s collection of bones were in a large wooden box.

7. Mrs. Grey kept her dead husband’s bones in a large wooden box.

8. The man who was carrying the box was very surprised when Mrs. Grey said it contained her husband’s bones.

9. The man who was carrying the box was very surprised when Mrs. Grey dropped the box on his feet.

Task 4. Підберіть відповідні речення до наступних картинок:

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1. A moving van came to the door of Mr. Grey’s house.

2. He was busy at his office.

3. He was going to throw it into the van.

4. Mrs. Grey watched while the men loaded the van.

5. Mr. Grey collected a lot of rare bones.

6. Mrs. Grey stopped him, saying it contained her husband’s bones.

7. One of the men brought a big wooden box out of the house.

8. The man nearly dropped it on his feet.

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