I New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1600 km southeast of Australia and about 10 500 km southwest of California. New Zealand belongs to a large island group called Polynesia. The country is situated on two main islands — the North Island and the South Island — and several dozen smaller islands. Most of the smaller islands are hundreds of kilometers from the main ones.

Wellington is the capital of New Zealand and Auckland is the largest city. English is the official language of New Zealand and is spoken throughout the country. Many native people speak their own language» Maori, in addition to English.

The country once belonged to the British empire. Today it is an independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations, an association of Britain and a number of its former colonies.

New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy. The British Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, is the monarch of New Zealand. She appoints a governor general to represent her, but the governor general has little power. The legislation, prime minister, and Cabinet run the national government.

Britain gave New Zealand a constitution in 1852, when it was a British colony. But through the years the New Zealand legislature has changed almost all its provisions. Today, the nation has no written constitution.

The first people who settled in New Zealand were a brown-skinned people called Maoris. They came from Polynesian islands located northeast of New Zealand. The country was discovered by Europeans in 1642, but they did not start to settle in the islands until the late 1700's. Today, most New Zealanders are descendants of the early European settlers. Maoris make up about 12 % of the country's population

New Zealand has one of the highest standard of living in the world. For many years, the economy of the country depended largely on agriculture. Today agriculture, manufacturing, and service industries are all important to the economy. New Zealand's economy depends on trade with many countries — Australia, Britain, Japan and the United States.

II 1. Mary isn't available ..... the moment.

a) in b) at c) on

2. Susan is better-looking than Ada; however, Liz is ..... one.

a) the best-looking b) better-looking c) good-looking

3. I ….. to work tomorrow.

a) must b) should c) have

4. This is ..... wine I have ever drunk.

a) best b) a best c) the best

5. Sara, my next door neighbour, has a car, but she ..... it very often.

a) doesn’t use b) isn’t using c) hasn’t used

6. Don't put all these things in your bag; ..... .

a) it is not enough big b) it is big not enough c) it is not big enough

7. Susan is a well-mannered girl; ..... .

a) always she is polite b) she is always polite c) is she always polite

8 ... during the storm.

a) The fence was collapsed b) They collapsed the fence c) The fence collapsed

9. After the volcanic eruption of 1957 the railway station ... .

a) destroyed completely b) was completely destroyed c) has destroyed

10. Why do you insist _____ our returning back home?

a) in b) on c) from

III Computers in our life

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I The Internet

The Internet is a huge network of computers spanning this planet and is now started to bring in the surrounding area like space. Some computers like servers share data, others just surf the web as clients downloading the data. Public Internet began in the late 70's. In the 70*s web users used an interface called telnet, but now that program is mainly obsolete. Telnet is most widely deployed in accessing college email accounts.

The Internet is very helpful, because it's a huge database of knowledge, from the pictures of family trips to an analysis of quantum mechanics. Everyone should have the Internet because of its near instantaneous communication and huge wealth of knowledge. But how to go on the Internet and do a search for information we need. There are two ways to do it.

The first is when you know an Internet address of data you need and the second one is when you try to find information you need by using a search program. In the beginning we have got to enter any browser you like. It could be an Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator or Opera, etc. If we have a broadband connection, we connect to the Internet at once. If not, we have to set up and connect to our dial-up service. Finally, if we want to find some information in the Internet, we are to type an address of this data in the browser we use or simply use the existing search-programs such as the google search program, rambler search program, yandex search program or yahoo search program.

They are very simple and popular networks of sites. In these programs we can just type the word or name of thing, we would like to find and then press enter. A search program solves this problem. We get our results in the same window. After we get our results, we simply choose whatever site best matches our query or keep searching.

Besides data, one can get from the Internet; we can also send and receive e-mail or electronic mail. This Internet service is cheaper than ordinary mail and much quicker. It is becoming popular day by day. We can get some news from the Internet, because there are many informational servers in the web.

II 1. _______ she your friend?

a) Does b) Do c) Is

2.  What__________ yesterday?

a) do you read b) did you read c) have you read

3. Tom is ______ boy in the class.

a) tall b) taller c) the tallest

4. Where is you brother? He ___________a shower.

a) has b) is having c) have

5.Next summer I ______ to Spain.

a) go b) travel c) will go

6. When I ______, she ___________.

a) was coming, was cooking 
 b) came, cooked c) came, was cooking

7. My brother plays tennis ____________.

a) on Saturdays
 b) at Saturday c) in Saturdays

8. I think he _______ tomorrow

a) will come b) comes c) is coming

9. I ________ cheese yesterday.

a) didn’t bought b) didn’t buy c) don’t buy

10. _______you usually get up early?

a) Does b) Did c) Do

III My future profession

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I Magazines

Magazine is one of the major mass media. Magazine is a collection of articles and stories. Usually magazines also contain illustrations.


The earliest magazines developed from newspapers and booksellers catalogs. Such catalogs first appeared during the 1600's in France. In the 1700's pamphlets published at regular intervals appeared in England and America. They were literary publications. One of the first British magazines «The Gentleman's Magazine» was published from 1731 to 1914. The first American magazine was called the «American Magazine », or «A Monthly View».


Magazines provide information on a wide range of topics such as business, culture, hobbies, medicine, religion, science, and sports. Some magazines entertain their readers with fiction, poetry, photography or articles about TV, or movie stars.


Magazines are designed to be kept for a longer time in comparison to newspapers and that is "why they are printed on better paper and have covers. Magazines, unlike newspapers, do not focus on daily, rapidly changing events.


There are specialized magazines intended for special business, industrial and professional groups, and consumer magazines intended for general public. There are several kinds of consumer magazines.


Children's magazines contain stories, jokes, articles on subjects especially interesting for children and instructions for making games or useful items.


Hobby magazines are intended for collectors of coins, stamps, and other items; people interested in certain sports or games; photography enthusiasts.
Intellectual magazines provide analysis of current cultural and political events. Many of them publish fiction and poetry as well.


Men's magazines focus on such topics as adventure, entertainment, men's fashion and sports.


Women's magazines deal with child-raising, fashion trends, romance. They offer ideas on cooking and home decorating. Many of the monthlies with big circulations are women's magazines.

II 1.  She never thinks ______ herself

a) at b) about c) on

2.  _______ come to our party on Tuesday?

a) you can b) can you c) can you to

3. I _____ a nice statuette last week.

a) buy b) bought c) has bought

4. Would you like ______ water?

a) an b) some c) a

5. Life is getting ______ every day.

a) better b) good c) best

6. Is Father busy now? Yes, he _______ to the postman.

a) is talking b) talks c) talk

7. ___________ a webmaster when I grow up.

a) am going to be b) am going to c) am going be

8. I _________ to France.

a) has never been b) never was c) have never been

9. What did you _____ him?

a) tell to b) said to c) tell

10. I'm looking ____ a job.

a) for b) of c) with

III Tell about your hobby

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I THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART: HISTORY OF CONSTRUCTION

On March 17, 1941, the National Gallery of Art was dedicated to the nation. Located in the heart of the nation's capital, the building was designed by architect John Russell Pope to implement a dream long held by its donor, the financier and art collector Andrew W. Mellon. He had started to collect paintings early in life, and as he planned for a National Gallery of Art, he brought together a superb collection of art to serve as the nucleus of a great national collection.

Andrew Mellon selected John Russell Pope to design the building of the National Gallery of Art. The proposal came as early as 1935, and the architect set out to create a building that would be monumental yet practical, classical in appearance yet thoroughly modern in structure and as comfortable as possible for visitors and staff alike.

Andrew Mellon and John Russell Pope both died in August 1937 within twenty-four hours of each other. The overall plan and exterior design for the National Gallery had been finalized by them, but the layout and decoration of the interior spaces was left to Pope's successors.

Construction of the National Gallery of Art was completed before the end of 1940. The new museum was opened on March 17, 1941. On behalf of the people of the United States of America, President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted the completed building and the collection, which Andrew W. Mellon promised to the nation in 1937.

The building is one of the largest marble structures in the world, measuring 785 feet in length and containing more than 100,000 square feet of exhibition space.

II 1. There's plenty of room for cars in the yard; much better . . . . . parking in the village street.

a) than b) then c) there

2. Your boss really likes you. He said . . . . . the best manager in his department.

a) then b) your c) you're

3. Thanks for taking me out, it's much better . . . . . listening to my grandma all day long.

a) than b) then c) -

4. If I _____ more time, I _____ to play the guitar.

a) have; will learn b) had; would learn c) has; would have learnt

5. Hillary told me she . . . . . in New-York all that year, and she had no wish to leave the city.

a) lived b) had lived c) was living

6. Nina said Lucy complained that her friends never . . . . . any attention to what she told them.

a) would pay b) paid c) had paid

7. Water . . . . . at 100 degrees.

a) boils b) is boiling с) will boil

8. I always feel positive . . . . . the start of the week.

a) in b) at c) on

9. Hundreds of people . . . . . by the new factory this year.

a) are employed b) were employed c) have been employed

10. Many accidents . . . . . by dangerous driving.

a) caused b) are caused c) have been caused

III Computers in our life.