III. Use the verb "to be" or "to have" in the correct form:

1. Up to the last year she ... in a boarding school. 2. They ... two cats and a dog. 3 It ... very difficult for girls to find jobs. 4. The boarding school ... 150 miles away. 5. He has always wanted ... a teacher. 6. Our library ... about two thousand books last year, now their number ... three thousand. 7. In five years we all ... teachers. 8. The age difference between them ... only two years. 9. When we lived with our parents we ... a very happy family. 10. There ... no school in the village and the boy went to the school which ... three miles away. 11. Which year ... you in? — I ... in my second year now. 12. We ... three exams this winter. 13. Teachers training institutes ... a five-year course of studies. 14. The students of our group ... a meeting with students from Britain yesterday. There ... a lot of students from other groups too. 15. ... it a wise choice? 16. Choosing a career ... no problem for our school-leavers.

IV. Insert "it" or "there":

1. ... is an interesting article in this magazine. I advise you, to read ... . 2 .. is very pleasant to walk about the countryside when … is not very hot and ... is enough sunshine and … are no clouds in the sky and ... isn't going to rain. 3. Where ... is life ... is hope. 4. What is ... you want to ask? 5. Once upon a time ... lived a beautiful princess. 6. ... was a long time ago. 7. What is ... in this picture? 8. ... was a rainy day but ... was no wind. 9 ... is nothing but your imagination. 10. ... is no place like home.

V. Complete the following disjunctive questions and answer them:

1. You are a student of Moscow University, ... ? 2. Moscow University was founded by M. V. Lomonosov, ... ? 3. She is a first-year student, ... ? 4. We have three exams in winter, ... ? 5. It will be Saturday tomorrow, ... ? 6. Our institute has a good library, ... ? 7. Higher education in our country is free, ... ? 8. Sunday is our day off, ... ? 9. The entrance exams were difficult, ... ? 10. We shall be teachers, ... ?

VI. Translate into English:

1. Мне восемнадцать лет, и я на I курсе института. 2. У меня есть дедушка и бабушка — родители моей матери. 3. Дача (country-house) моих дедушки и бабушки находится в 20 км от Москвы. 4. По воскре­сеньям мы все на даче. Это наша семейная традиция. 5. У нас с сестрой отдельные комнаты. Комната сестры очень просторная и светлая, так как в ней два окна. 6. Завтра у нас две лекции и семинар. 7. Сегодня у нас будет английский? 8. Сейчас 10 часов, у нас нет времени. 9. Прошлой зимой в Москве почти не было снега. 10. Книга — на полке. 11. В этом шкафу только словари. 12. Здесь только две ошибки, а не три. 13. Нас было двое. 14. Это у них семейная традиция, да? 15. В комнате был стол, четыре стула и книжный шкаф. 16. Спросите его об этом. 17. Не разговаривайте так громко. 18. Отец моего отца тоже жил на ферме. 19. Зимний день очень короткий.

Text 2 an account of a typical day at oxford university and a day off

The system of study at Oxford University brings about a situation where all the days of a term are really working days as we are left to work on our own. I will therefore describe a typical day of the term. In term-time I usually get up at about eight o'clock, eat breakfast, and then begin private study at about nine o'clock. Most lectures in the Modern languages faculty tend to be either at 10 or 11 o'clock although there are some at 9 and at 12. As lectures are not compulsory I usually try to ascertain which are worthwhile and attend these. If I have a lecture I go to the university. I continue private study all morning if I have no lectures. At one o'clock I eat lunch and then continue to study either in the library or in my room. My work involves reading texts, then criticisms and finally writing an essay on a title given to me by my tutor. I have to do one or two of these essays a week. I also have to do a French translation and a Russian translation and so almost all the days of the term are devoted to study.

The work I do must be presented to my tutor at a tutorial. Quite often therefore in the afternoon I have to go to a tutorial which lasts one hour. I eat dinner at 6.30 p. m. and usually study for a couple of hours in the evening and then visit some friends to chat for a while. Sometimes I go to see a French or English film in the evening or to see a play. These films are usually at the cinema but some are shown at the University French Society.

I will now describe a typical day at home in Manchester during the vacation. My tutors expect me to do a lot of reading during the vacation to prepare for the term and so every day I read for two or three hours. When I am at home I often get up about 9 o'clock and then read the newspaper. My favorite newspaper is the "Morning Star" as it contains a lot of information about everyday life, as well as news. My mother stays at home nowadays and so I spend a lot of time talking to her so that she can find out what I have been doing at Oxford. I also help her with the housework. We often go shopping after lunch to buy food and to look at other things in the shops such as clothes, crockery and other household goods.

TEXT 3

Read the text and say what new information about R. Burns you have gained from the text: