Television nowadays has become one of the most important mass media. It informs, educates and entertains people. It influences the way people look at the world and makes them change their views. In other words, mass media, and especially television, mould public opinion Millions of people like to watch TV in their spare time. The TV set now is not just a piece of furniture. It is someone who is one of the families. There are two viewpoints on television. Some people think that television is doing a lot of harm. People begin to forget how to occupy their free time. It prevents them from communicating with each other, from visiting friends, or relatives. And indeed, people used to have hobbies, they used to go outside for amusements to the theatres, cinemas, sporting events. They used to read books and listen to music. Now all free time is given to television. But there are a lot of people who consider TV to be helpful because it gives us a lot of information. We become better informed by watching documentaries, science programs and by learning the most important economic, social and political issues of the day. We can see famous people, great events that will pass into history. Television gives wonderful possibilities for education: you can take a TV course in history, economy, in learning foreign languages and in many other subjects. Television brings the world in your living-rooms. We see people in our country and in other lands, and learn their customs, occupations, and problems. TV gives us opportunities to see the best actors and performances, to hear the latest news, to listen to political discussions. To crown it all, TV simply helps us to relax after a hard day's work, giving a great variety of entertaining and musical programs. Still, it's not a good thing for children to be glued to the TV screen all day long. It's very harmful for their health and for developing personalities, because children prefer low-standard hits, horror films or banal serials. All this by no means contributes to what we call making a personality.
Wimbledon is 1 important sporting event of the British summer. Since the first tournament was played in 1877 in front of just 2 hundred spectators, the competition has become a globa sporting event attended by over half a million people and watched on television by millions.3 the Wimbledon tennis championship has been in existence for just over a century, the sport of tennis has a long history.4 experts agree that the modem game has its origins in a courtyard ball game played by French monks in the 11th century. It is definitely 5 taking part in tennis championships. The Wimbledon champion, Roger 6 total prize money has amounted to nearly $17,000,000 since 1998.7 the fact that Wimbledon has traditionally been dominated by Americans and Europeans, players from many other countries are looking forward 8 the tournament. 1 b) the most 2 a) few 3 d) Although 4 a) Most 5 b) worth 6 с) Federer’s 7 d) Despite 8 b) to winning
1) The teacher asked the students a lot of questions. Past Simple 2) She is told wonderful stories by her grandmother. Present Simple Passive 3) What will you be doing tomorrow at 5 o`clock? Future Continuous 4) The inventor had already finished the experiment when we came. Past Perfect 5) The pupils will be given prizes. Future Simple Passive 6) America was discovered by Columbus . Past Simple Passive 7) They will start building the bridge next year. Future Simple 8) We have already translated the text. Present Perfect 9) They were discussing their plans the whole evening yesterday. Past Continuous 10) The newspapers have been brought this morning. Present Perfect Passive 1) Учитель задал студентам много вопросов. 2) Бабушка рассказывала ей удивительные истории. 3) Что вы будете делать завтра в 5 часов? 4) Когда мы пришли, зобретатель уже закончил эксперимент. 5) Учащимся дадут призы. 6) Америка была открыта Колумбом. 7) Они начнут строительство моста в следующем году. 8) Мы уже перевели текст. 9) Вчера они обсуждали свои планы весь вечер. 10) Газеты принесли сегодня утром.
