Reading. read the email messages (a–d) below. for questions 1 to 8, choose the best answer (a, b, c or d). in which email message, does the sender…
(1) try to get in touch with an old friend?
(2) look for someone to do an activity with?
(3) claim to identify a common problem?
(4) reply to a previous email?
(5) feel unfairly treated?
(6) offer a service?
(7) need an urgent reply?
(8) talk about responsibilities and leisure?
chat room
a
hi, anyone who’s out there. i really like surfing and sailing. i live with my family in the city but we go to the coast at weekends if my dad isn’t too busy with work. we’ve got a small boat but my parents don’t let me sail it on my own, which is ridiculous ’cause i’m 18! i’ve got a younger brother matt, but he doesn’t really like outdoor stuff much – he can’t even swim. he prefers to read books and science magazines. my mum thinks he’s a genius because he got three as on his last school report card. if you like sailing and live in the southampton area, send me an email. ciao. tom.
b
‘my job is getting me down, my children don’t listen to ’ sounds familiar? well don’t just sit there and complain about it. there are plenty of people in a similar situation. why not reach out and share your feelings with a stranger? we all need a shoulder to cry on and often, we’re not getting it at home. so, why delay? there’s probably someone waiting to share your load at the other end of your keyboard right now. for a small fee, friends inc will put you in touch with the right person. it’s good to talk.
c
my name’s joan. i’m writing because it seems to me our lives are so similar. i don’t get out much either because i’m looking after my granddad. he’s very old and sweet but it can be quite difficult sometimes looking after him all on my own. like you, i do all the meals and shopping. in the evenings, i read him a story from one of his thousands of books. his eyesight has long gone but his mind is still there. in my free time, i love painting and looking at the stars. i use my granddad’s telescope to paint pictures of the moon. i’m very pleased with the results. it takes a lot of time and patience but it’s worth it in the end.
d
i’m hoping that someone out there can help us. we’re desperate to make contact with an old schoolmate. his name’s peter marshall and he comes from bournemouth. he studied anthropology at cardiff uni and graduated in ’98. his family used to live in the bournemouth area but they died a couple of years ago. no one has heard from pete since then. the last thing we heard he was going to tunisia. we’re getting married soon and the wedding wouldn’t be the same without him. if you think you know pete and where he is, please let him have our contact details. there is a sizeable reward for anyone who can help us to make our special day complete.
For the long history of Formula 1 Michael Schumacher set an absolute record for victories, champion titles, points and winning podiums. Also in one season of 2004 he won the maximum possible points, namely 148 points. Dozens of riders can not even win a race once in their entire career, and Michael has been winning every year for 15 consecutive years at least once.
Also, from the biography of Michael Schumacher, you can not erase unpleasant facts. He owns one and extremely dubious achievement: this is the only pilot in history, disqualified for the whole season. Everything happened in 1997, when, during the decisive race, Schumacher deliberately took the Jacques Villeneuve, his main rival in the fight for the title, off the route of the Canadian.
Michael Schumacher has always been known as a prudent and very fast pilot. Schumacher from the first minutes led the race at the limit of their capabilities. This German at every turn sought from his car the ideal behavior, trying to incredibly accurately control the bow of the car at the entrance to the turn, while he also skillfully controlled the inertia of the rear of the car. In the passage of turns he was never equal. And while he had a special ability - using switches on the steering wheel, already in the process of the race to customize his car, getting from the car a clear and predictable reaction to each of his actions.
Perhaps the most difficult season in the pilot's career was the 1999 season. When on the 30th second of the race in the struggle for leadership Michael Schumacher got into a terrible accident. High speed and brake problems made the Ferrari car uncontrollable. Michael was hardly dragged from a broken car, as a result, he received a double fracture of his right leg, which generally questioned the continuation of his career in Formula 1. The most insulting in this accident is that by that time the judges had already posted a red flag because of a collision of others pilots, but Michael did not know this and, continuing the race, attacked his team-mate - Irvine - with all his strength. But even after such a serious accident, this German did not hurry to give up. Soon after all the transferred operations and hard training, he returned to the track to set new records, once again proving that he is the best pilot of our time.