I Read the foilowing text carefuily, choose the best option to complete the sentences below and then match the name of the sports in the text to the images lympic Gamės In 2005, the International Olympic Committee selected London as the host city for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Summer Games. London had also hosted the Olympic games in 1908 and 1948. Athletes and spectators from around the world will gather during July, August and September to celebrate summer sporting excellence. The Games, along with the region's spectacular natural playground and its vibrant venues such as the Olympic Park, Wembley Stadium, Wimbledon, The Mall, Riverbank Arena, Olympic Stadium, Aquatics Centre, etc. will put London in the spotlight as a premier sporting destination. The Olympic Opening Ceremonyfencing,wheelchair rugby, wheelchair tennis which will take place in 21 venues. The 2012 Summer Olympic Games will be held in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012, followed by the 2012 Paralympics Games from 29 August to 9 September .There will be 5,500 Olympic athletes and officials. Over 205 countries are expected to participate in 305 events at the Olympic Games and over 147 countries will take part in the Paralympics. I.Choose the right answer 1 The Summer Olympic Games will be held in... a) Olympia b) Vancouver c) London 2. ... is a summer sport. a) Football b) Ice skating c) Curling 3. The Paralympic Games start on... a) July 29 b) August 29 c) September 9 4..countries will participate in the Summer Olympic Games a) 5,500 b) 147 c) 205 5.The Opening Ceremony will be done... a) at the Olympic Stadium b) at the Olympic Park c) at Wimbledon 6.This is not a paralympic game ... a)Boccia b) Fencing c) Boxing III. Complete these sentences with information from the text. 1. London was chosen as the host city for the 2010 Olympic Games by__ 2. The 2012 Olympic Summer Games will be held from to__ 3. The number of athletes participating in the is larger than in the__ 4. The Olympic Games will be done in places such as__ 5. During the opening ceremony we will see a procession of__
Environmental pollutionpeople have always polluted their surroundings. but until now pollution was not such a serious problem. people lived in uncrowned rural areas and did not have pollution — causing machines. with the development of crowded industrial cities which put huge amounts of pollutants into small areas, the problem has become more important.automobiles and other new inventions make pollution steadily worse. since the late 1960's people have become alarmed with the danger of pollution.air, water, and soil are necessary for existence of all living things. but polluted air can cause illness, and even death. polluted water kills fish and other marine life. on polluted soil, food can not be grown. in addition environmental pollution spoils the natural beauty of our planet.pollution is as complicated as serious problem. automobiles are polluting the air but they provide transportation for the people. factories pollute the air and the water but they provide jobs for people and produce necessary goods. fertilizers and pesticides are important for growing crops but they can ruin soil.thus, people would have to stop using many useful things if they wanted to end pollution immediately. most people do not want that of course. but pollution can be reduced gradually. scientists and engineers can find the ways to reduce pollution from automobiles and factories. government can pass the laws that would make enterprises take measures for reducing of pollution. individuals and groups of people can work together to persuade enterprises to stop polluting activities. загрязнение окружающей средылюди всегда загрязняли окружающую среду. однако до последнего времени загрязнение не было такой серьезной проблемой. люди жили в слабозаселенных сельскохозяйственных областях, у них не было загрязняющих природу машин. с развитием перенаселенных промышленных городов, в которых огромные количества отходов выбрасывались на маленькой площади, эта проблема стала гораздо серьезнее.автомобили и другие новые изобретения делают загрязнение все интенсивнее. в конце 60-х годов люди начали ощущать тревогу в связи с опасностью загрязнения окружающей среды.воздух, вода и почва необходимы для существования всех живых существ. однако загрязненный воздух может послужить причиной болезни и даже смерти. загрязненная вода убивает рыб и других морских животных. на загрязненной почве не могут выращиваться пищевые культуры. кроме того, загрязнение окружающей среды портит природную красоту нашей планеты.проблема загрязнения окружающей среды так же сложна, как и серьезна. автомобили загрязняют воздух, но предоставляют людям возможность передвижения. фабрики загрязняют воздух и воду, но они предоставляют работу людям и производят необходимые товары. удобрения и пестициды важны для сельского хозяйства, но они могут разрушать почву.таким образом, людям пришлось бы прекратить пользоваться многими полезными вещами, если бы они захотели прекратить загрязнение окружающей среды сразу. большинство людей, конечно, этого не хочет. однако загрязнение может быть сокращено постепенно. ученые и инженеры могут найти пути сокращения вредных выбросов от автомобилей и фабрик. правительство может издать законы, которые бы заставили предприятия принять меры для уменьшения загрязнения. отдельные лица и группы людей могут сотрудничать, чтобы убедить предприятия прекратить виды деятельности, вызывающие загрязнение окружающей среды.
Television now plays an important role in our life. It is difficult to say if it is good or bad for us. It is clear, that television has advantages and disadvantages.
But are there more advantages than disadvantages? In the first place, television is an entertainment. But it is not only a convenient entertainment. For a family of three, four or five, for example, it is more convenient and less expensive to sit comfortably at home than to go out to find entertainment in other places. They don't have to pay for expensive seats at the theatre or cinema. They turn on the TV-set and can watch interesting films, concerts, football matches.
But some people think that it's bad to watch TV. Those who watch TV need do nothing. We are passive when we watch TV. Television shows us many interesting programmes. But again there is a disadvantage here: we watch TV every evening, and it begins to dominate our lives.
My friend told me that when his TV-set broke down, he and his family found that they had more time to do things and to talk to each other. There are other arguments for and against television.
Very often the programmes are bad. Sometimes they show too much violence in films and news programmes. There is also too much pop music and ads. Ads on the whole are convenient for grown-ups. But is it good for children to watch all those ads where they show all kinds of underwear and what not?
