80 ! task 1. choose the right answer. 1. mr cheater made a living ………. works by famous painters. a) devising b) faking c) pretending d) shaming 2. a sculpture by roden fetched more than two million dollars at the ………. last month. a) auction b) gallery c) museum d) sale 3. the ………. of rembrandt’s paintings finishes next week. a) demonstration b) exhibition c) show d) spectacle 4. they thought the painting was genuine but it turned out to be ………. a) a facsimile b) an imitation c) a replica d) a reproduction 5. there was no ………. difference between the original and the copy. a) discernible b) discoverable c) knowable d) understandable 6. mr adventurous has taken ………. painting since he retired. a) down b) in c) over d) up 7. a young art student acted as our ………. when we visited the museum. a) coach b) conductor c) guide d) lead 8. this self-portrait did not come to ………. until after the artists’s death. a) light b) range c) sight d) view 9. mr vernix is the greatest ………. expert on techniques of painting. a) alive b) live c) living d) nowadays 10. children and pensioners are admitted to the museum at ………. prices. a) decreased b) less c) reduced d) undercharged task 2. read the newspaper article and fill in the gaps with the verbs in brackets, using the passive. new gallery for shelby museum members of the public 1) …… … …….. (invite) to the opening of shelby museum’s new whittaker gallery next wednesday, 18th march, at 6 pm. the gallery, on the top floor of the museum, 2) ….. ………. (complete) in february, and 3) …. … …….. (will/open) by the mayor of shelby. the gallery 4) …. …….. (build) to display the oriental collection, which 5) …. …….. (give) to shelby museum by mr whittaker in 1998. the collection 6) …. ….. ………. (have/recognize), and many paintings and statues 7) …. ….. …….. (have not/show) to the public before. opening hours at the museum are from 9 am to 6 pm daily. admission is £2.50 for adults and £1.00 for children. members of the shelby museum society 8) …. ………. (admit) free of charge. please note that cameras 9) …. …. …….. (not/allow) inside the museum. task 3. try to explain these genres of painting: 1.cubism is … 2. impressionism … 3. surrealism is …

My birthday is on the tenth of May (дату замените на нужную).

Last year I arranged a party to celebrate my birthday and invited my friends. I didn't write any invitation letters because I see my friends quite often, so I told them I was having a birthday party and asked them to come.

At the party we played my favourite board games (Jenga, Sleeping Queens and Imaginarium) and danced. There was a lot of delicious food and drinks and a big chocolate birthday cake. My friends and relatives sang a special birthday song to me and I blew out the candles on the cake.

I got a lot of presents: a lovely mug, a beautiful T-shirt, a big box of  watercolour pencils, an album, wireless headphones, a book by my favourite writer and a pair of cute slippers. I liked my presents very much.

We all had a great time. I usually enjoy my birthday parties because I like spending time with my friends and we all love having fun together.

Мой день рождения десятого мая.

В году я устроил(а) вечеринку, чтобы отпраздновать мой день рождения и пригласил(а) своих друзей (подруг). Я не писал(а) никаких писем с приглашениями, потому что я часто вижу своих друзей, поэтому я сказал(а) им, что у меня вечеринка по случаю дня рождения и пригласил(а) их.

На вечеринке мы играли в мои любимые настольные игры ("Дженга", "Спящие королевы" и "Воображариум") и танцевали. У нас было много вкусной еды и напитков и большой шоколадный торт. Мои друзья и родственники (семья) спели мне песню про день рождения, и я задул(а) свечи на торте.

Я получил(а) много подарков: классную кружку, красивую футболку, большую коробку акварельных карандашей, альбом, беспроводные наушники, книгу моего любимого писателя и пару милых тапочек (*подарки замените на свои). Мне очень понравились мои подарки.

Мы прекрасно провели время. Мне обычно нравятся вечеринки по случаю дня рождения, потому что я люблю проводить время со своими друзьями, и мы все любим веселиться вместе.

I like to spend my free time watching interesting films. My favourite genre is horror as it is very exciting and nerve raking. Some people don't understand the pleasure of watching horror movies, it seems as they are just afraid of them. To my mind, such films help us to face all existed hidden and terrible fears.

This genre provides us the wide range of different dangerous situations such as vampirism, epidemic flu, zombi, great war, random and mysterious deaths and many others. We can get to know all the good and bad sides of people judging by their behavior in these extreme situations, how they act and what values they have. The famous quote says "a friend in need is a friend indeed". I think it is totally true because only after facing the problems we will be able to know whether  we have a devoted friend or not, whether we can be a real friend by ourselves or not. Despite of the unreal elements in the film also the social, terror, political, economic problems are risen.

In conclusion I want to say that people shouldn't avoid horror films as they reveal the mirror image of our society.