1. Прочитайте текст и выясните, какие предложения соответствуют содержанию текста (True), а какие не соответствуют (False).
All the Year Round
Interesting things are happening all the year round all over England. In March and April you can watch the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race. Thousands of people come down to the river and watch the boats. Also in March or April is the Grand National – a long and colourful horse race at Aintree. Many of the horses never finish the race but the first horse gets more than a million euros.
In May there is the Chelsea Flower Show at the Royal Hospital in London. Here you see the most beautiful flowers and gardens.
At the end of June and the beginning of July you can see boat races on the River Thames.
More than two million visitors watch the Notting Hill Carnival in London on the last Sunday and Monday in August. There are two parades with lots of music and noise, one on Sunday and one on Monday. Some towns and cities have summer festivals.
1) Interesting things happen in England in spring and in summer.
2) Boat races and horse races are popular with English people.
3) The first horse of the Grand National gets the prize which is more than a million dollars.
4) Few of the horses that take part in the Grand National don’t finish this race.
5) You can watch boat races only in spring.
6) The Chelsea Flower Show takes place in summer.
7) The Notting Hill Parade in London is not popular with the visitors.
2. Выберите и напишите лексически правильные варианты из данных в скобках.
1) There is a small (isle/island) in the middle of the lake.
2) Easter is a spring (holiday/festival).
3) The (highest/tallest) mountains of Great Britain are in Scotland.
4) In England people give each other chocolate eggs (at/on) Easter.
5) The Browns live in the flat (which/whose) door is brown.
6) The man (which/who) is wearing a dark coat is my uncle.
7) There is (few/little) water in the lake this summer.
3. Впишите в предложения соответствующие формы глаголов из правой колонки.
1) We spent last summer in the south of Russia. We a lot in the sea, played ball games and went boating.
2) Aunt Sarah modern traditions. She says we should keep old customs.
3) Listen! The clock .
4) “Merry Christmas!” Emma said and her little daughter.
5) We came home and saw that everybody for the party.
6) Where are you going this painting?
swim
not understand
strike
hug
prepare
hang
In Britain, people usually buy things in different stores. For example: vegetables and fruits in Grocer's, dairy products in Dairy shops, seafood at Fishmonger's, baked goods in Baker's and so on.
In the modern world, supermarkets are more popular than such stores, there you can immediately buy everything you need. In such stores you can use carts and baskets for convenience, and supermarkets do not close for lunch. But in smaller specialty stores of this category they are bigger and they are of better quality.
If you are going to buy something in Britain, then you should know that for example fish shops are closed on Mondays. There are some traditions of the mother usually buy clothes for their young children, and teenagers usually buy clothes themselves.
Samsbury's supermarket is the leader in selling food and beverages, this store is for wealthy people. Tasco's supermarket is also a leader, but they sell the goods at discount prices.
In any city you can successfully and unsuccessfully go to the store.
It's a shame when you go to the store for something, and in the end you can not find it. One time mom and I went to the mall for shoes. We went there a lot of time and did not choose anything. We were tired and did not want to go anywhere else, but on the way home we came upon a small shop that was already closed.We looked in there and knowingly! We found shoes that were needed. This was both a successful and unsuccessful trip to the store.
The result
Money and shopping are an integral part of our lives, everyone treats this in different ways, but you can not do without it.