Unknown Arthur Conan doyle(чтение)

Ответ на вопрос 1. This text is about the great writer Arthur Conan Doyle. He was not only a writer, but he was a doctor. He was a very active man. He did many things in his life, but he will be remembered most as a writer, a creator of Sherlock Holmes.

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Ответ на вопрос 3. When he worked as a doctor he used his free time by writing stories.

Ответ на вопрос 4. He was a great man of action. He tried to enter Parliament, he worked to improve the law system. He worked very hard to help people who had been wrongfully sent to prison.

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1. After swimming with the dolphins a 10-year-old boy began to talk.

 2. Close contact with the dolphins works as a motivator. Children become deeply concentrated for learning.

3. Some people are not enthusiastic about dolphin therapy because returning to the wild does harm to the animals, and swimming with captive dolphins can be dangerous for children.

HAND MADE CHOCOLATES(Чтение)

Ответ на вопрос 1. This text is about Jane Turner, who began her chocolate making business in a village near the seaside resort three years ago. It’s also about the development of her business and a range of difficulties connected with production of chocolates.

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Ответ на вопрос 3. She began with making cakes and she supplied hotels and restaurants with cakes. Then she began trying to make her own chocolates and clients ordered more. That is how the chocolate making grew.

Ответ на вопрос 4. She sold her cakes and chocolate over the internet. It was expensive to get a professionally designed website set up. It was also very expensive to deliver them to faraway places.

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1. Arthur Conan Doyle stopped writing about Sherlock Holmes because it took up too much of his time. 2. It was exciting for Anthony Horowitz to deal with the character because he didn’t want to disappoint people who loved books about Sherlock Holmes.

3. He found it fairly easy to write because he had always loved those books.

MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE(Чтение)

Ответ на вопрос 1. This text is about Agatha Christie, the famous crime writer in England. It is said about her life, about her unhappy marriage with her husband Archie Christie.

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Ответ на вопрос 3. The detectives immediately organized a big search of the area, where Agatha Christie’s car was found. Policemen came from different parts of the country.

Ответ на вопрос 4. According to the article Agatha was going through an unhappy time with her husband.

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1. The boy wants to go and see a football match with his friends on Sunday.

 2. His mum wants to drive to the country, take a long walk in the wood and have a picnic by the lake.

 3. They can’t make a decision because they have to talk to dad first.

PABLO PICASSO(Чтение)

Ответ на вопрос 1. This text is about one of the greatest artist of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso. He experimented in many different styles and changed the world of art during his time. His career had some periods. Some facts of his life had a great influence on those periods.

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Ответ на вопрос 3. Picasso learned to paint from his father and then in Barcelona in art academy.

Ответ на вопрос 4. ne of his styles was his Blue Period, then his Rose Period and cubism. In his Blue Period he painted in gray and blue tones, in his Rose Period he painted in rose, pink and brown, in the period which was called cubism he didn’t show nature as it really was.

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1. Carry usually gets up at about 10 a.m. She goes to the gym or to a jazz class. She meets friends, then they go to the theatre where they work.

2. Kerry doesn’t follow a diet or go to the gym because she doesn’t need to do it.

3. Kerry advises the beginners to be confident and to keep practising.

9.GOOD NEWS FOR CHOCOLATE LOVERS! (Чтение)

Ответ на вопрос 1. This text is about chocolate. Studies carried out in the United States show that chocolate is very useful for our health. But we should eat reasonable amounts of chocolate.

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Ответ на вопрос 3. People often believe that chocolate causes a number of health problems including bad teeth, obesity and skin problems such as acne.

Ответ на вопрос 4. Chocolate contains protein, vitamins and minerals. Scientists believe chocolate may reduce the risk of heart disease. Even the smell of chocolate can have a positive effect on our immune system.

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1. Alex is thinking about the gifts he should bring back home from England for everyone.

2. He wants to bring soldiers as a gift for his parents because they are not only very colourful, they represent English traditions too.

3. Alex will buy a DVD for his brother.