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Task 2. Study the advertisement.

Welcome to our school of breakdance!

You are considering starting breakdance lessons and now you’d like to get more information. In 1.5 minutes you are to ask five direct questions to find out about the following:

1) tuition fee

2) course location

3) duration of the course

4) special clothes

5) evening classes

You have 20 seconds to ask each question.

You are going to give an interview. You have to answer five questions. Give full answers to the questions (2-3 sentences).

Remember that you have 40 seconds to answer each question.

Imagine that you and your friend are doing a school project "Communication". You have found some photos to illustrate it but for technical reasons you cannot send them now. Leave a voice message to your friend explaining your choice of the photos and sharing some ideas about the project. In 2.5 minutes be ready to:

• explain the choice of the illustrations for the project by briefly describing them and noting the differences;

• mention the advantages (1–2) of the two types of communication;

• mention the disadvantages (1–2) of the two types of communication;

• express your opinion on the subject of the project  — which way of communication you prefer and why.

 You will speak for not more than 3 minutes (12–15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Установите соответствие между текстами A–G и заголовками 1–8. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний. 

Пример ответа: 1234567

1. Remembering the 3D's

2. Having Self-Belief

3. Taking Action

4. Choosing a Course of Action

5. Staying Focused

6. Investing Money

7. Having Commitment

8. Setting Goals

A. One of the first steps in the process of becoming successful is to make the decision to achieve something. All of us know that nothing can move forward until that first decision to do so is made. The initial action is always the decision to go ahead, which many people tend to overlook. So, decide on moving forward, put your decision down in writing, just to keep it in focus, and then carry on from there.

B. Having clarity of vision and purpose is perhaps one of the most important factors of achieving success. The fact is that most people simply have no idea about what they really want. Clarity means understanding exactly what you want and how it will affect your life. Once you acquire clarity of vision and purpose, the next vital step of becoming successful is determining the aims you want to achieve.

C. You should be able to accomplish what you set out to do with unwavering concentration. Life is full of distractions - TV, family, e-mail and telephones - all of which can be completely overwhelming. How can you concentrate on your goals? Willpower is one of the factors although willpower alone will not be sufficient to achieve your aims. One of the best ways is to make a plan and then stick to it.

D. Before beginning any new activity, examine it to see if it will help in moving you nearer to your goals. If a certain activity can be put away for a later time, defer it. If that activity can be done by somebody else, delegate it. And if it does not really need to be done at all, it can be deleted. This kind of close examination of each activity will help in keeping you focused on the things that are really important.

E. Success often involves being willing to pay the price that everything has. The price may not be in monetary termE. Success often involves being willing to pay the price that everything has. The price may not be in monetary terms. It could be sacrifice, effort, time, and also money, or maybe something else. The point is that in order to become successful, you must be ready to work hard and to put all your effort into achieving your purpose. Success takes a lot of dedication.s. It could be sacrifice, effort, time, and also money, or maybe something else. The point is that in order to become successful, you must be ready to work hard and to put all your effort into achieving your purpose. Success takes a lot of dedication.

F. Lack of confidence is one of the biggest hurdles that many people need to get over in order to become successful. People often think they are not good enough or not smart enough, which can actually prevent them from finding the success they seek. It is common knowledge that if you think you can do something, you will, and conversely, if you think that it cannot be done, it will lead to failure.

G. Nothing can be achieved until action is taken to achieve it. After all the above steps of making a decision, setting goals, making plans and choosing a strategy, you will need to go ahead and act on what you want to achieve. By putting your plan of action into play, you will get to what you set out to achieve - becoming successful!

Установите соответствие между текстами A–G и заголовками 1–8. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один заголовок лишний. 

Пример ответа: 1234567

1. Expensive and hardly available

2. Innovative means of transport

3. Watch to keep updated

4. Spectacular but useless

5. Another stage in music history

6. Search that never ends

7. Difficult to use

8. More options

A. History has taught us that humans are the most curious and smartest living organisms on the planet and as a result of this we invent new things. Despite the fact we have not yet spent two decades in the new millennium, our century is already full of great and not-so-great inventions. It reminds us that no matter how advanced our society might be, human curiosity always looks for new advancements and technologies.

B. Berndnaut Smilde, an Amsterdam artist, has been making indoor clouds since 2010. They only last for a moment and they will definitely help anyone who's trying to impress others with his or her surrealistic photos, but we can't really see what other use or contribution to society this strange invention could have. Maybe, the people who work in the film industry will get really excited about this one.

С. In 2001, before Apple and Samsung started bombing the world with their superb smartphone devices, there was the iPod, a small gadget that changed how we viewed and played music. To make a long story short, the MP3 was introduced to the world and CDs, which had previously replaced cassettes, which replaced vinyl records before them, joined them in the dusty archives of our music technology world.

D. YouTube was first launched in 2005 and since then it has changed the lives of most young people (and many others) around the world. Let's be honest: watching every large social and cultural change or even stupid trend from across the globe in an instant is one of the most exciting things about living in the 21st century. And yes, YouTube, the most popular video sharing website, is mainly to thank for this.

E. The Tesla Roadster was the world's first commercially available battery electric sports car. It was developed by a company called Tesla Motors. Until March 2011 Tesla managed to sell 1,650 Roadsters in 30 countries. In 2010 Tesla started developing right-hand electric vehicles for the British Isles, Australia, Japan, and Hong Kong. The most impressive feature of the vehicle is acceleration. The car can shift from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 3.9 seconds.

F. Google Glass is smart eyewear that helps you get exactly what you want right in front of your eyes, literally. It can display all kinds of information in a smartphone-like, hands-free format but the only difference is that you wear it instead of holding it. Don't get too excited, though, because it will cost you a small fortune to make it yours. Besides, Google has announced recently that it is stopping sales.

G. The iPhone from Apple was released in June of 2007 and radically changed the way mobile phones are used personally and in business. Older phones included voice communications and sometimes a keyboard. Phones that offered Internet access were usually unreadable and difficult to use. The iPhone introduced the multi-touch interface that allows quick and easy access to data, music, pictures, and the Internet while providing storage for other information.