II variant. I. Match the two parts of the sentences: 1. I’m just finalising a the files you asked for 2. Please let everyone b from Head office 3. I’ve had a message c come to the meeting 4. Please confirm that you can d meeting you last week 5. We met recently e the arrangements for next week 6. John f know about the arrangements 7. I really enjoyed g please make the necessary arrangements 8. I have attached h in the London office II. Put the correct form, - ing or infinitive, in these sentences. 9. Please ………..(confirm) that you can come. 10. Can you ………. (check) the brochure for us? 11. I look forward to ……. .. (to receive) the document. 12. I enjoyed ………… (meet) you last week. 13. Mr. Lahtinen will be ………. (visit) Helsinki tomorrow. 14. Could you let me ……… (know) if everything is OK. 15. How did the meeting ………..(go) yesterday? III. Match the opening greeting with the most suitable close. 16. Dear Sir a Yours faithfully b All the best 17. Fred a Best regards b Yours sincerely 18. Hi Isabel a With very best regards b See you 19. Dear Dr. Somerset a Yours sincerely b Best wishes 20. Hello everyone a Yours faithfully b Regards IV. Complete the sentences with a preposition. 21. I’m very interested coming to the seminar. 22. I look forward hearing from you. 23. We met the Shanghai seminar. 24. I ‘d like to make some changes the programme. 25. I’ll see you Monday 3 p.m. 26. Call me my mobile. 27. There will be a buffet lunch midday. 28. I’ve attached the files you asked . 29. We are a leading exporter ………. electrical goods. 30. I would like the work completed ……… the end of the week. V. Tick the phrase in each pair which is more informal: 31.a Hi Fausta b Dear Fausta 32.a Yours sincerely b Regards 33. a No problem b There is no problem 34. a I would like to invite you to visit our office. b Come and visit our office. 35. a Please confirm that you can attend. b Let me know if you can come.
Jack London became my favourite writer from his first books I'd read. First of all I got interested in Jack London as a personality. His life story struck me not less than his works. What a man! He was strong and talented. He lived a life of adventures and hardships, so he knew what he was writing about. In his novel Martin Iden he describes his biography. What a hard life he lived!
Jack London was born in San Francisco in 1876. From his childhood he suffered greatly. He changed a lot of jobs: selling out newspapers, working at the factory. He hated that kind of job, which exhausted people and made them suffer physically and morally.
Young Jack had no opportunity to go to school, so he studied privately reading much at night.
First of I’d like to say a few words about my parents. My mother is a good-looking woman with blond hair. She is forty-two but she looks much younger. She is a teacher of Russian. She works in a school. She likes her job very much. My mother keeps the house and takes care of my father and us. She is very good at cooking. She always cooks very delicious meals. Our mother is very kind, but sometimes he is strict to us. She always checks if our homework is done. Mother takes care of our free time, so that we are not able to waste our time.
My father is a lawyer. He is forty-five. He is a professional. My father does his work very well and gets good money. He is also handy with many things. He can fix almost everything. He also likes making models of planes. My parents have been married for 20 years already. They have much in common, but they have different views on music, books, and films. For example my father likes thrillers and my mother likes adventure films and fantasy. My father is fond of football and chess. My mother likes playing ping pong. My parents work a lot.
My younger brother, Dima, is a student of the same school. He wants to become a lawyer, like our father. Besides he is playing table tennis like our mother. He studies well. On the one hand, Dima loves constructing and can become an aircraft designer, on the other hand he is very good at languages and can become an interpreter. My grandmother and my grandfather are pensioners. They live not far from us. Sometimes our granny helps us to run the house. She is fond of knitting. My grandfather is a military man and he reads a lot! The library that we have at our flat is the tenth part of all the books that granddad has at his place.
As for me, I’d like to become a computer programmer. I have always loved computer science. I can make some computer programmes and I also can play the guitar very well. I like different kinds of music, but mostly I prefer rock.
We all get on with each other very well. Every one in our family is rather busy, but we are always very happy if we have a possibility to spend some time together. My family means a lot to me.