Установите соответствие между заголовками 1—8 и текстами A-G. Занесите свои ответы в таблицу. Используйте каждую цифру только один раз. В задании один
заголовок лишний.
1Marriage Values of the Past
2.Free-of-charge Fun
3.An Embarrassing Situation
4.Underwater Connection
5.Conducting Expenses
6.A New Hit Style
7.Career Choice
8.A New Energy Source
A. My best friend had a candy-filled pinata* at her party. I planned to impress the guy I liked by crashing the pinata really hard. My friends spun me around 15 times and I was off-balance, but I finally located the pinata to my left. I swung with all my might, felt the bat make contact, but then heard a scream. As I took off the blindfold, I thought I'd see candy strewn all over the floor, and instead I found some girl kneeled over in pain. I felt so bad!
B. Have you ever wondered how much electricity it takes to use an МРЗ-player like an iPod? Owen Louis, a student from Portsmouth, was worried about the amount of electricity he was using, so he experimented with a new form of power onion power! And it works. You make two holes in an onion, soak it in an energy drink and put a USB cable into the onion. It will charge your iPod for an hour! "The only problem is you have no control over how long it may work for... and it can be smelly!" says Owen.
C. The Royal Museum is located in Edinburgh. It is part of the National Museums of Scotland, adjacent to the Museum of Scotland. The museum contains artifacts from around the world on geology, archaeology, natural history, science, technology and art. One of the more notable exhibits is Dolly the sheep, the first successful clone of a mammal from an adult cell. Others include Ancient Egyptian exhibitions, one of Elton John's extravagant suits, a suspended whale skeleton and the Millennium clock. The wing containing the whale skeleton is temporarily closed for renovation, and will reopen in 2011. Admission, other than for special temporary exhibitions, is free.
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* Pinata - фигурка животного, наполненная сладостями; но время праздника подвешивается к потолку, одному из присутствующих завязывают глаза и просят разбить фигурку палкой.
D. There hadn't been a land link between Britain and Europe for 8,000 years - since the last Ice
Age. But in May of 1994, the Queen of the UK and France's President Francois Mitterrand opened the Channel Tunnel with a big, formal ceremony. The Tunnel under the English Channel seemed like a miracle! But not everyone celebrated. While the French saw the Tunnel as a symbol of a united Europe, the British were sceptical. Some were afraid that it would now be easier for animals with rabies to enter the UK. For others, it would attract illegal immigrants or even terrorists. But for many, it just didn't feel right. Was Great Britain getting too close to Europe?
E. Much like some developing countries today, the English men and women of the past got married and then stayed married. Divorce was tricky, socially frowned upon and very expensive. It also took a long time to complete, the combination of which was enough to put most people off the thought.
F. If you consider your pocket money allowance too small, there may be ways to increase this figure. Think about, for example, taking on a steady part time job or taking on extra chores around the house. Pocket money can be the burden of any teenager's existence. No matter how much you get, it never seems enough. Of course this is the point of pocket money, to teach you to budget and save and become responsible for your purchases. Prove to your parents that you are equal to the task and you just might be pleasantly surprised by the results!
G. Ska comes from Jamaica. It became very popular there and then travelled across to the United Kingdom when people migrated for economic reasons from the West Indies during the 1950s and 60s. Ska music combines elements of traditional Jamaican music with a rhythm and blues sound. It was welcomed by the British public for its infectious fun, and quickly became a chart topper. Today ska is still going but seems to be returning to its roots as more and more bands play full blown traditional ska.