There’s a small fly burning out the last of its short life’s energies in

An attempt to fly through the glass of the windowpane. The fly’s strategy

is try harder.

But it’s not working. The fly will die there on the windowsill.

Across the room, ten steps away, the door is open. Ten seconds of flying

Time and this small creature could reach the outside world it seeks.

With only a fraction of the effort now being wasted, it could be free of

This self-imposed trap. It would be so easy.

Why doesn’t the fly try another approach, something different? How

Did it get so locked in on the idea that this particular effort offers the

Most promise for success? This approach makes sense to the fly. Regrettably,

It’s an idea that will kill.

Trying harder isn’t necessarily the solution to achieving more. Sometimes,

In fact, it’s a big part of the problem. If you stake all your hopes

For a breakthrough on trying harder than ever, you may kill your chances

For success.

True False

From the text we can say what season it is.

The author is at work.

The author can hear a bird singing near the

Open door.

The insect trying to fly through the glass of

The windowpane is a bee.

The author can see a way out for a fly.

6 The author believes that the trying harder

Strategy doesn’t always work.

According to the author, trying another

Approach could help the fly.

The author says that a person can get a success

If he does his best.

From the story we know what happened to the

Fly.

The author wants us to learn from this story

That working harder may bring a breakthrough.

Variant 26

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

Most instead across first occur

Revival addition parades part French

≪Mardi Gras≫ is (1) for ≪Fat Tuesday≫. Perhaps the city

Most famous for its Mardi Gras celebrations is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Carnival is an important celebration in (2) of Europe including

Nice, France and Venice, Italy. It is only in Ireland and the United

Kingdom where the festival is called Shrove Tuesday (3) of

Mardi Gras and pancakes are the tradition.

In Brazil, the Carnival celebrations (4) in Recife, Salvador

And Rio de Janeiro. Thousands of people from (5) Brazil

And around the world come to attend the festivities.

Venice is home to one of the most famous Carnival celebrations in the

World, in (6) to one of the oldest. The Carnival of Venice

Was (7) recorded in 1268. It was not until a modern mask

Shop was founded in the 1980s that Carnival enjoyed a (8).

In Nice Carnival became famous when Charles II began taking his

Holidays in Nice. All that was required to take (9) was

A costume and a mask. The city of Nice still celebrates Mardi Gras with

(10) of flower-covered floats and brilliant night-time light

Displays.

3 Comment on the following issues.

Think about the most memorable event in your life.

• Describe what happened.

• Consider how this event changed you as a person.

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VARIANT 27

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

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