Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentence:

_________ television do you watch a day? - About two hours.

Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentence:

A home computer ............. an opportunity for convenient and efficient work at home.

Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentence:

Napoleon ................... the West Indian island of Santo Domingo in 1801.

Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentence:

Farmers look forward to ............... every summer.

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Put the time expression in the correct column.

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Read the text and do the activities that follow.

 What makes you laugh

Robert Provine studied people and laughter. He discovered that people laugh when they want to be friendly. He watched people in city walking and shopping. He found that 80 to 90 % of laughter came after sentences like “Yeah, I know” or “I’ll see you later”. People did not laugh because someone said something funny. People laughed because they wanted to be friendly with each other.

Many people say “Oh, I just don’t laugh very much. I can’t change that actually”. That’s not true. People can learn to laugh. First you need to see how small events can be funny. For example, you are carrying too many bags, and you drop one bag. Laugh at the situation. Second, you can learn to be funny and tell jokes. Watch funny TV shows and read jokes on the Internet. Give yourself more reasons to laugh. You can learn to bring laughter into your life.

Laughter happens at certain time in a conversation. People laugh more when they speak than when they listen. Pay attention to conversations around you. You will discover that the speaker in a conversation laughs more often. Also, laughter almost always comes at the end of a sentence or a thought. For example, a person might say “He went to the wrong store! Ha! Ha! Ha!”. “The person does not say, “He went – Ha! Ha! Ha! – to the wrong store!”

Decide if the statements below are true (T) or false (F) based on the previous reading

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Read each pair of sentences. Write F (fact) or O (opinion)

1.  ......  a. Many people believe that violent stories on the news make us more afraid.

     ......[F] b. Many studies show that violent news stories affect people in negative way.

2.  ...... a. I think the streets are dangerous at night.

     ......[F] b. There was a robbery on Jackson Street last night.

3.  ......[F] a. Many people climb mount Everest every year.

     ...... b. I don’t think I can climb any mountain.

4.  ...... a. You should go by hands and knees because the path was too narrow.

     ......[F] b. When the path is narrow, people go by hands and knees.

5.   ...... a. It is too dangerous to take adventure alone in the wild.

      ......[F] b. A dead body of a climber was found near the Amazon river.

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Match the words and phrases in the table to their definitions.

Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentence:

Where is the ________? I’d like to change the channel.

Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentence:

All the boys are good at cooking, but ______ is as good as the girls.

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Read the text and do the activities that follow.

                                                       Music is Good for You

1          Do you need to get off the sofa and go to the gym? If you want to get motivated to exercise, try listening to your favorite songs or to dance music. Psychologists at Brunel Univeristy in London say that certain types of music help people to get started and also to exercise for a longer time. People who listen to music exercise for 13 percent longer than people who don’t. International athletes often listen to music when they are training. 

2          Doctors know about the therapeutic effects of music. Listening to music can help people recover after operations. Teachers should pay attention, too. In a study at the University of California, students who took a test while listening to a Mozart sonata scored 30 percent higher than students who took the test in silence.

3          Music also relaxes people after a stressful day. Pauline Etkin, director of a music therapy center in London, says that throughout life’s ups and downs, people always respond to music. When someone is nervous or afraid, it can make them feel better. “Music’s rhythm is closely linked with the rhythms of the body,” she says. 

Select the best heading for each paragraph of the Reading Text. 

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Complete these sentences with at, on, or in and the most likely word or phrase.

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Choose the correct verb. Use the past tense.