I.Reading Your brain is like a sleeping giant.The statement that,on average,we use only one percent of our brain may be wrong.It now seems that we use even less than one percent,which means that an enermouse amount of our brain can still be developed.You can improve your brain solving puzzels,crosswords,problems.
A good example of that is man called Dominic O’Leary.He can tell you the day of any date in any year.What day was April 21,1876? “Wednesday”,says Dominic.He can remember the teams and the scores of every football match in every world cup.
And he became world champion memory man when he remembed the order of thirty five packs of playing cards.At school he was a pupil who couldn’t remember his lesson.But everything changed after he saw a programme on television,which showed people how to improve their memory from the age of five.
Another example is a young man called Dario Donatelly.He recently graduated from a University,where he specialized is techniques for remembering numbers.He says,”My memory is just like anyone else’s.There are probably thousands of people whose memories could work faster that mine if they had the same interests as I have” He has broken the world record for memorizing the largest amount of numbers.He recently memorized a number of seventy-three digits.When asked how did this,he repli uped,”group the numbers into pairs,or threes,or fours and I link them with something I am a familiar with,for example,my brother’s age,a date of birth,a month of my year,etc.
However,could we all the same? The important thing to remember is that our brain actually improves with time and practice.
Poets produce their best work between 30-34,medical men and philosophers between 35-39 and fiction writers between 30 and 45.But these figures are just average.

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Task I. Match the parts of the sentences with the correct question tags in writing.

Part of the sentence Question Tag.

1. Sport takes an important place in our life, d) doesn’t it?

2. There are a lot of extreme sports nowadays, g) aren’t there?

3. Football was known hundreds years ago,  j) wasn’t it?

4. Surfing isn’t popular in Ukraine, m) is it?

5. He began to go in for athletics three years ago, c) didn’t he?

6. His cousin doesn’t do judo,  i) does he?

7.My friends have trainings twice a week, l) haven’t they?

8. You aren’t busy now, b) are you?

9. Susan didn’t miss the training yesterday, n) did she?

10. I’ve never ridden a horse, e) have I?

11. Jimmy has been interested in basketball since childhood, h) hasn’t he?

12.They don’t miss sports news, a) do they?

13. Gary wasn’t at the swimming pool at that time, o) was he?

14. Our team won two gold medals last year, f) didn’t it?

15. The girl was skating when she suddenly fell down, k) wasn’t she?

16. My father and I watched a hockey match yesterday, p) didn’t we?

Task II. Match the words with their definitions in a written form.

Word Definition.

1. Team e) a group of people playing a sport together.

2. Football n) a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a ball.

3. Coach  a) a person who trains sportsmen.

4. Basketball g) to play this game you need a ball and a basket.

5. Swimming pool k) a place full of water where you enjoy swimming.

6. Competition c) some sporting event which is held to find out who is the best in a certain kind of sport.

7. Opponent o) a person who is against another person in a game.

8. Tennis b) to play this game you need a racket and a ball.

9. Volleyball j) a team game with a ball which is thrown above the net.

10. Figure skating d) the dancing on the ice.

11. Champion h) the best athlete.

12. Yoga p) exercises which help you stay healty and fit.

13. Tennis court  f) a place where you can play tennis.

14. Fitness studio i) a place where people of all ages can go in for aerobics.

15. Referee l) this person judges the football matches.

16. Cycling m) a kind of activity for which a bike is necessary.

1. Plays (Обычный Pr.Simple, регулярное повторяющиеся действие или факт)

2. Has been perfoming ( Present Perfect Cont. > началось в и продолжается до текущего момента)

3. Used (Обычное он был гитаристом, но стал солистом)

4. Attended ( Та же история, Джефф присутствовал на многих концертах)

5. Held (Третья форма hold, т.к время > слово указатель - last night)

6.  ( сомневаюсь между двумя временами - Past Continuous и Present Perfect Cont., т.к. по контексту не особо понятно, прервало ли одно длительное действие другим, или все-таки действие продолжалось > НО СКЛОНЯЮСЬ К ТОМУ, ЧТО ПРОДОЛЖАЛОСЬ - Have been playing)

7. Was waiting ( Past Cont. два или более действия, которые происходили одновременно в

8. Already started ( слово показатель > already, уже началась)

9. Was intived (был приглашен его братьями)

1. Was walking (Past Cont. > одно длительное действие прерывается другим; она шла в библиотеку, когда поняла, что совершила ужасную ошибку)

2. herself (подумала про себя)

3. was asked ( дословно - была с своим отцом)

4. ran (бежала домой так быстро, как только могла)

5. just arrived ( только что прибыли)

6. was

7. men's (голоса мужчин)

8. them (один из них)

9. didn't smile at all (совсем не улыбался)