Match the transport problems (a-h) to the sentences (1-8)

1) ( I / hungry ) I______________________________________
2) ( it / warm today ) It________________________________
3) ( I / afraid of dogs ) ________________________________
4) ( my hands / cold ) ________________________________
5) ( Canada / a very big country ) _____________________
6) ( diamonds / cheap ) _______________________________
7) ( I / interested in football )__________________________
8) ( Rome / in Spain ) ________________________________

a. weren't
b. didn't
c. isn't
d. wasn't

a. Why people like reality TV
b. The beginnings of reality TV
c. The end of reality TV
d. Making money from reality TV
e. Problems with reality TV

The first reality TV show in the world was called Expedition Robinson and it was shown in Sweden in 1997. Half the population of the country watched the final episode and a new kind of TV programme was born. Two years later in Holland, the first series of Big Brother was filmed. Again, it was a fantastic success and the final programme was watched by million people. There are now more than 20 countries around the world which have Big Brother or Survivor on their TV screens. The ordinary people who take part in the programmes are known by millions of people in their own countries and reality TV has become big business.

For the TV producers, reality TV is a dream come true because many of the programmes cost nothing to make. At some point, the television viewers are asked to telephone the programme – to vote or to apply to take part in the show. It is the cost of these telephone calls that pays for the show. One of the most popular shows is Pop Idol. In the show, a group of attractive people are made into pop stars. The viewers vote for their favourite person on the show. The winner makes a record, his or her pictures are published on the covers of magazines, millions of copies of the record are sold and then … they are quickly forgotten.

But not everyone is happy about reality TV. In Portugal, two TV channels got into trouble because they showed too much of the private lives of the people in the shows. In France, reality TV is called “rubbish TV” and the studios were attacked three times in one week. In Greece, Big Brother ways described as an insult to human rights and civilization. But despite the problems, reality TV continues to do well in most countries and it will be here for a long time.


2.Read the article again and tick (+) the things that are mentioned in the text.

1.Reality TV started in Sweden.
2.The prize money for Survivor is $1 million.
3.Many countries have reality TV shows.
4.Some people get married after being on a reality TV shows.
5.In the UK,Big Brother is more popular than Survivor.
6.Reality TV makes money when the viewers make phone calls,
7.Loft Story and Pop Idol are the names of reality TV shows.
8.Loft Story has been very successful in France.

the problem of scarcity. Since there is not enough of everything to go about everyone - individuals business films and government - needs to make choices from among the things they want, In the process they will try to economize, to get the most from what they have. With this in mind we can define economics as the social science that describes and analyzes choices from among scarce reources to satisfy its wants. The need to choose is imposed on us by our income, wealth and ability to borrow.

2. By this time next year you (to graduate) from the Institute. 3. He (to become) a pilot now. 4. They (to drive) at about forty miles an hour when the accident (to happen).5. Although the weather (to be) fine during the last few days, this summer is not a good one on the whole. 6. When I (to get) to the station, I (to learn) that the train (to leave) a few minutes before. 7. He generally (to play) tennis very well, but to-day he (to play) very badly. 8. All last week he (to prepare) for the examinations. 9. That man (to teach) in this school since 1932. 10. Water (to change) into ice when the temperature (to drop) below zero. 11. We (to see) your brother a week ago, but we not (to see) him since then. 12. It (to rain) every day since we (to come) here. 13. When we (to reach) the wood, we (to find) that a party of strangers (to occupy) the spot which we (to choose) for our picnic. 14. Kindly repeat what you just (to say). 15. I only (to succeed) in solving the problem after I (to work) on it for several hours. 16. He reminded me that we (to be) classmates at school. 17. My brother (to remain) in Saratov till the end of the war. By that time he (to recover) from the wound he (to receive) during the operations on the Dnieper. 18. I (to hear) that you (to give) up the idea of studying French. 19. Up to now I not (to hear) anything from him. 20. He (to be) a correspondent for *Pravda* since 1941. 21. Come to my room as soon as you (to return). 22. I (to know) him ever since we (to be) children. 23. I shall cash the cheque as soon as the bank (to be) open. 24. He said he (to reach) home by midnight 25. By the time he is thirty he (to become) a great musician. 26. He (to shrug) his shoulders, (to shake) his head, but (to say) nothing. 27 I (to go) to Leningrad last summer and(to work) there since then. 28. When I get back, they probably (to have supper).

a) Time and tide 1 will be done at no time.
b) A stitch in time 2 like the present.
c) The one who is first to act 3 what you can do today.
d) Well begun 4 saves nine.
e) Never put off till tomorrow 5 wait for no man.
f) Busiest men 6 when you’re having fun.
g) What may be done at any time 7 achieves success.
h) There’s no time 8 find the most time.
i) Today is the tomorrow 9 is half done.
j) Time flies 10 we worried about yesterday.