My independence. Of course, there are many Americans who are eager to

have their parents live with them.≫ After the barbecue was over, Mr Lin

thought to himself, ≪When I first came to this country, I knew almost

nothing about American lifestyles. I’ve certainly learned a lot since then.≫

True False

Mr Lin received an invitation from his neighbour.

Mr Lin was relaxed.

At barbecues dress is casual.

The hostess kissed Mr Lin on the cheek.

Alyssa was older than fifteen.

Margaret, the second daughter, was a successful

Lawyer.

Mr Lin did not understand the meaning of the

words ≪a home for the aged≫.

Many senior citizens are reluctant to give up

Their independence.

In America elderly people are welcomed into the

Homes of their children.

Mr Lin feels he still has much to learn about how

Americans live.

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

Problem uneducated first character already

Inventor ran called real from

Thomas Edison, a great American (1), and his assistant

Dickson began to consider the (2) of developing moving film

And special cameras by putting together what (3) existed.

The (4) public demonstration of their new system was on

Broadway in New York in April, 1894. People lined up around the block

To see this marvellous new invention (5) a kinetoscope. In

Quick succession three workable systems were independently developed.

The one-minute movie film which often broke was improved when Edison

Came up with a device that eased the film’s tension by adding feeder

Sprockets to the edge of the film; as a result, film of more than a hundred

Feet could finally show a (6) story.

The first real movie with a story line, ≪The Great Train Robbery≫,

(7) eleven minutes and was a sensation! When

A (8) fired a gun at the camera, many people in the audience

Gasped and recoiled.

It is a curious fact that this American phenomenon was created, and

The first movie studios were run by, poor (9) Eastern European

Jews, who left their homelands in the late 19th century to emigrate

To America. At the beginning of the 20th century, abruptly, these

men moved into New York’s ≪nickelodeon industry≫ as theatre owners.

Then, Mayer, a Lithuanian, Goldwyn from Poland, and many others

(10) Germany, Hungary and Russia decamped a lot for Hollywood

And set up new movie studios. Thus, studio chiefs, directors,

Composers, artists, musicians and others were mostly foreigners working

In this most American medium.

3 Comment on the following issues.

You have been chosen to prepare an article for a teachers’ magazine

About what a student wants in a teacher.

• What, in your opinion, makes a good teacher?

• Write about the teacher who has influenced you. How?

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VARIANT 25

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

New Year’s Eve

Two minutes before midnight, the coloured lights on the Empire State

Building winked off. There was a nattering sound at our backs, from

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