B) a city surrounded

By canals.

C) an Italian island.

2 Complete the text with the words from the table.

Author J. K. Rowling is open to the possibility that she may write

(1) Harry Potter book. Or maybe even (2) more. That’s what

She (3) talk show host Oprah Winfrey in an interview recently.

The Harry Potter series beginning with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s

Stone and ending with (4) seventh novel, Harry Potter

and the Deathly Hallows, (5) Rowling international fame. More

(6) 400 million books (7) worldwide. The series also made

her one of the richest (8) in Britain, according to Forbes magazine.

So (9) we see another Harry Potter novel in the very near

Future? Probably not very soon. Rowling says she’s moved on to a new

Phase in her writing. In the meantime, kids can always close their eyes,

wave a wand… and (10) a wish.

A B C

Other another the other

A few many fewer

Told said spoke

A — the

Brought bring bought

Then than that

Were selled have been sold have sold

Women woman womans

Did must will

To make make making

3 Comment on the following issues.

Remember a book you have recently read on your own initiative.

• Specify its genre, title, and author.

• Describe where the plot is set, who the main characters are, what the

Content of the book is and explain why you liked the book.

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VARIANT 7

1 Read the text and mark () the following statements «True» or «False».

New Forms of Entertainment

Many inventions gave Americans new ways to spend their leisure

Time. In the 1920s families used to gather around their radios to hear

Broadcasts of news and music, as well as comedy shows, religious shows,

And programmes for children. In this period, many people first started

Going to the movies. But the movies in the 1920s were very different

From the movies of today. They were filmed in black and white, and

They were silent.

The movies of the 1920s included Westerns, love stories, adventures,

And stories based on tales from the Bible. But the best-loved movies were

Comedies. For a while they offered only slapstick humour, in which people

Got into crazy car chases or hit each other in the face with pies. But

Then came a series of great comedies in which Charlie Chaplin played

a character called ≪the Little Tramp≫ — a poor, shy, unlucky little man

Who used to get into lots of trouble. In the twenties, people all over the

world became familiar with ≪the Little Tramp≫ and loved him. He made

Them laugh but he never lost his dignity or sense of hope.

True False

Before movies, Americans got their

Entertainment from radio shows.

Programmes for children and comedy shows

Were broadcast on the radio in the 1920s.

All types of movies were presented in the 1920s

Except Bible stories.

Two big changes in movies since the 1920s are

Music and sound.

Two big changes in movies since the 1920s are

Sound and colour.

When one character throws a pie in the face of

Another, it is an example of slapstick.

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