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1)Выберете правильный вариант: Mr. Wright’ll be busy tomorrow. He … a lecture from 10 to 12.
will be delivering
will have delivered
will be delivered
will deliver
will have been delivered
2)Заполнить предложение в Future Perfect Tense: What …Nick …by 11 o'clock?
will /have done
will/ has done
will/ have do
will/ have doing
will/have did
3)Выбрать глагол в Present Continuous Tense: Are you … anything now?
eat
ate
eating
eaten
eats
4)Выбрать глагол в Past Indefinite: … they at the cinema a week ago?
Were
Was
Be
To be
Are
5)Выберете правильный вариант: I … my work by next Monday.
am finishing
finished
will be finish
will have finished
finish
6)Выберете правильный вариант: As soon as my mother … Tom tomorrow she will invite him to our party.
meet
meets
will meet
met
is meeting
7)Выберете глагол в Past Continuous Tense: Where was Paul yesterday when I phoned him? He … his homework.
are doing
were doing
was doing
doing
is doing
8)выберете глагол в Present Simple (Indefinite): … Tim go to school by taxi?
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Is
Was

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Lost Horizon.

Conway never exactly remembered how he and the others arrived at the monastery, or how they were greeted and led into the grounds. The thin air was dream-like and matched the light blue of the sky. With every breath and every glance, he took in a deep relaxing feeling that made him unaware of Mallinson's uneasiness, Barnard's witty comments, and Miss Brinklow, who looked like a lady well prepared for the worst. He just about remembered being surprised at finding the inside of the monastery spacious, well warmed, and quite clean.

There was no time to do more than notice these qualities, for the Chinese had left his hooded chair and was already leading the way through different rooms. He was quite pleasant now. "I must apologise," he said, "for leaving you to yourselves on the way, but the truth is, journeys of that kind don't suit me, and I have to take care of myself. I hope you were not too tired?"

"We managed," replied Conway with a tight smile.

"Excellent. And now, if you will come with me, I will show you to your rooms. No doubt you would like baths. Our accommodation is simple, but comfortable, I hope."

At this point Barnard, who was still affected by shortness of breath, chuckled. "Well," he gasped, "I can't say I like your climate yet - the air seems to stick on my chest a bit - but you've certainly got a fine view out of your front windows. Do we all have to line up for the bathroom, or is this an American hotel?"

"I think you will find everything quite satisfactory, Mr Barnard."

Miss Brinklow nodded. "I should hope so, indeed." "And afterwards," continued the Chinese, "I should be greatly honoured if you will all join me at dinner."

Conway replied politely. Only Mallinson had given no sign of his attitude in the face of these kind offers. Like Barnard, he had been suffering from breathing problems, but now, with an effort, he found breath to exclaim: "And afterwards, also, if you don't mind, we'll make our plans for getting away. The sooner the better, so far as I'm concerned."

****

"So you see," Chang was saying, "we are less barbarian than you expected."

Conway, later that evening, was not willing to argue. He was enjoying that pleasant feeling of his body being relaxed but his mind being awake, which seemed to him, of all feelings, the most truly civilised. So far, Shangri-La had been all that he could have wished certainly more than he could ever have expected. It was not so strange for a Tibetan monastery to have a system of central heating, but that it should combine. the baths and cleaning facilities from the Western part of the world with tradition from the Eastern world struck him as amazing and rare. The bath, for instance, in which he had recently bathed, had been of a light green pottery from America. Yet the native servant had washed him in a Chinese way of cleaning his ears and nostrils and under his lower eyelids. He had wondered at the time if - and how - his three companions were receiving similar treatment.

Conway had lived for nearly ten years in China, not wholly in the bigger cities; and he counted it, all things considered, the happiest part of his life. He liked the Chinese, and felt at home with Chinese ways. He really liked Chinese cooking, with its subtle undertones of taste; and his first meal at Shangri-La had been familiar.

Most people
use money every day. It is so common they many people rarely think about why
money is important and what gives it value. In general, money is any item that
is widely accepted as payment for products. It is something people see and use
almost every day. Though money is commonplace, its forms and functions are
complex. The familiar paper bills and metal coins are only two of the forms
money can take. In the past, many things served as money - beads, shells,
cattle and even slaves. Precious metals, especially gold and silver, have been
a favorite form of money. Some of the things used as money - fishhooks or cattle,
for example - also have had value as consumer goods. Most of the items used as money,
however, have had value only because people agreed that they could be exchanged
for goods and services. In other words, what is used as money often has little
value of its own. Its value comes from the product for which it can be
exchanged.

In most
modern economies money serves several functions. As a means of exchange money
is used to trade for goods and services. Less complex societies often do not
use money at all. They simply barter, or trade, one product for another. Two
farmers may trade a bushel of wheat for a jar of milk, for example. The more
complex a country’s economy, the harder it is to use a system of trading one
good for another. Money is the answer to that problem.

As a store
of value people use money to save their wealth for the future. Storing goods is
not so easy as storing money. Many goods, such as food, spoil quickly. Other,
such as cars, take up a lot of space. But money can be kept in a bank or a safe
or a pocketbook until it is needed.

Any politician who wants to win should be a real personality (личность). He/she should have a will (воля) to win and a wish to have power. He/she should use power not for his/her own needs but for improving the situation in the country and for achieving definite aims.

A good politician should have an ability to risk and to love risking if he/she wants to win. He/she should be able to take non-traditional decisions and to give up (жертвовать) some people from his/her team. If a good politician understands that some people can't perform their functions he/she should change these people and forget how hard it was. A politician, who can't change some members of the team when it is necessary will lose. It's very important for a politician to have clever advisors but it is he/she who is responsible for the decisions. Though people often say that a politician who has clever advisors is not clever!

Political decisions may be ruthless (безжалостный) for some people and good for the majority of the people. So, a good politician should be ready to take ruthless decisions.
A politician who follows one and the same strategic line and doesn't revise his/her ideas won't live a long life in politics. But again, people may say that he/she has no will to finish something!

No image-maker can help a person who is nothing. It is impossible to improve 'nothing'. Image-makers and advisors can add only 15-20% to the image of a politician.
The power should be used by a politician not for power itself but for achieving definite aims.