Are eating or what they are doing. We no longer have to rely only on

Information from a star’s publicist, but are given a virtual front-row

Seat to their fears, heartbreaks, successes and failures.

Most of the time, this behaviour is harmless. As Lawrence points

out, the more common problem is with what she refers to as ≪celebrity

fans≫. Intense levels of adoration for a celebrity can be linked to depression

And anxiety, she says.

(From «Is Your Obsession With Celebrities Unhealthy?»)

True False

1 To magnify celebrities’ places in our lives

means overemphasize.

For most people trying to get closer to the

Celebrities is unhealthy.

Through the media we can feel closer than we

Are to the stars.

4 The phrase ≪to keep up with somebody≫ means

To stay informed.

5 The phrase ≪to keep up with somebody≫ means

To have a final opinion.

Through social nets we are provided with lots

Of private information about celebrities.

Most celebrities don’t want us to know much

About their life.

Most celebrities don’t mind that we get access

To some details of their lives.

Trying to learn more about stars is very

Harmful.

Celebrity fans never have serious problems

Connected with too much adoration.

Variant 10

2 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

Too with but party another by

Prefer stunned than around

The cake is homemade, decorated with ≪Happy Birthday Sophie≫ in

Red icing. We gather (1) the 4-year-old and sing the birthday

Song. Cake comes (2) assorted flavours of ice cream. Sophie’s

Friend Duncan grabs from (3) little guest’s plate, and the

Adults make them share. When it’s finally time to (4) gifts,

Sophie’s (5) tired to care. Sophie’s not a party animal,

(6) she is a dog, as are Duncan and half the guests at the

Feast arranged (7) Doggie Heaven, a Seattle bakery and boutique

For dogs. I’m visiting my hometown after several years of living in

Hong Kong, and I’m (8) by the contrast. In parts of Asia,

Many people still (9) to cook a dog (10) pet

It. But in America, a dog is man’s best friend.

(From «The New Dog’s Life» by Barbara Koh)

3 Comment on the following issues.

Many spare-time activities are a valuable use of time outside of school.

• Describe what your favourite spare-time activity is and how long

You have done it.

• Explain why you enjoy doing it.

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VARIANT 11

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

Darkness falls over a small village in Kenya. Kenya is a country in

Africa. The people who live here are herders, and their cows are resting

In a nearby wooden cattle-pen. All is quiet. Suddenly the cows raise their

Heads. They feel something is outside their pen. It’s a female lion ready

To break in and attack. Her sharp claws rip at the walls of the pen. The

Frightened cows run in different directions. The lioness tears through the

Fence and races toward the nearest cow. All the noise wakens the herders.

They run to the pen, but they’re too late. One cow is dead, and the

Lioness is gone. Scared off by the herders, she left her prey behind. The

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